China leads in mobile banking uptake

China leads in mobile banking uptake

July 26th, 2010 - China is leading the world in the uptake of mobile finance, with 77% of consumers using their phones to conduct financial transactions, according to a global survey carried out by KPMG. Compared with only 18 months ago, the global percentage of respondents who have used their mobil

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La mondialul african de fotbal s-au cheltuit 312 milioane USD pe carduri Visa - 55.000 tranzactii/zi

La mondialul african de fotbal s-au cheltuit 312 milioane USD pe carduri Visa – 55.000 tranzactii/zi

15 iulie 2010 –  In perioada Campionatului Mondial FIFA World Cup™, din 1 iunie pana pe 11 iulie, cheltuielile cu cardul Visa realizate de turistii din intreaga lume in Africa de Sud au depasit 312 milioane USD, reprezentand o crestere de 70%, cu 128 milioane USD mai mult faţa de la acelasi

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Visa Europe a lansat un ghid de bune practici pentru procesul de stocare a datelor pe card

Visa Europe a lansat un ghid de bune practici pentru procesul de stocare a datelor pe card

14 iulie 2010 – Visa Europe a facut astazi public un ghid de bune practici al industriei pentru procesul de « tokenisation », oferind asistenta retailerilor, vanzatorilor, prestatorilor de servicii si acceptatorilor si promovand medii mai sigure de plata. « Tokenisation » este un proces pr

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Industry Leaders Establish MIFARE4Mobile Industry Group

Industry Leaders Establish MIFARE4Mobile Industry Group

June 30th, 2010 - Industry collaboration to drive forward MIFARE standardization for mobile transactions. Seven leading players in the Near Field Communication (NFC) ecosystem, Ericsson, Gemalto, NXP, Oberthur Technologies, STMicroelectronics, Venyon, a company in the Giesecke&Devrient group,

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Number of Worldwide Mobile Payment Users to Reach 108.6 Million in 2010

Number of Worldwide Mobile Payment Users to Reach 108.6 Million in 2010

  June 25, 2010 —    The number of mobile payment users worldwide will exceed 108.6 million in 2010, a 54.5 percent increase from 2009, when there were 70.2 million users, according to Gartner, Inc. Mobile payment users will represent 2.1 percent of all mobile users in 2010. The users

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Ingenico partners with Bank Asya for Contactless Payment in Taxi Cabs in Turkey

Ingenico partners with Bank Asya for Contactless Payment in Taxi Cabs in Turkey

Istanbul, June 22, 2010 ‐ Ingenico, the leading worldwide provider of payment solutions, today announces its partnership with Bank Asya, a leader of the payment systems sector, for the roll out of contactless payment solutions in Turkey. During the pilot phase, integrated POS terminals with contac

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The U.S. Department of Treasury announced this week plans to switch to electronic payments

The U.S. Department of Treasury announced this week plans to switch to electronic payments

June 15, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Treasury announced this week plans to switch to electronic payments, eliminating about 136 million paper checks, saving almost $50 million in postage costs and saving U.S. taxpayers about $300 million over the first five years and more beyond.  Some states hav

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MasterCard launches online bill pay service for pre-paid programs

MasterCard launches online bill pay service for pre-paid programs

June 08, 2010 - MasterCard Worldwide today announced a new bill pay service for MasterCard® prepaid card issuers and program managers, and their cardholders. This new service leverages the capabilities of payment platform and services provider Aliaswire, combined with the industry-leading bill paym

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SEPA Council meets for the first time, discusses migration end dates and future of SEPA for cards

SEPA Council meets for the first time, discusses migration end dates and future of SEPA for cards

On 7 June 2010 the recently created SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) Council met for the first time, taking a major step forward in strengthening the governance of the SEPA project at European level. The meeting brought together top-level representatives from both the demand and supply sides of th

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Visa CodeSure gets commercial green light

Visa CodeSure gets commercial green light

London, 2nd June 2010 – Following a string of bank pilots, Visa Europe has commercially launched its CodeSure system, which comprises a card with a display for generating one-time codes to authenticate online transactions.  Visa Europe, Europe’s leading payment system, today announced a major

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