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18 DECEMBER 2016

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4901. First UK ITSO rail commercial smartcard trial (Card & Payments World \| News/Transit) First UK ITSO rail commercial smartcard trial Commercial trials have begun in the UK of the first ITSO based smart card trial for online ticketing for transit. The trial is being run by Go-ahead Group ... Monday, 19 April 2010 4902. Will Barclaycard’s Freedom proposition drive increased business? (Features/Loyalty) Will Barclaycard’s Freedom proposition drive increased business? The Barclaycard Freedom loyalty scheme has called for a significant IT investment, commitment to a major advertising and marketing budget ... Sunday, 18 April 2010 4903. Bidders drop out of WorldPay running (Card & Payments World \| News/Acquiring) Bidders drop out of WorldPay running Payments company bid rejected; Shortlist to be narrowed down to six UK payments company Voice Commerce has dropped out of the running to buy the Global Merchant Services ... Friday, 16 April 2010 4904. Card maker sees increased 2009 profitability (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Card maker sees increased 2009 profitability Oberthur, the world’s second biggest smart card manufacturer, says its profitability increased in 2009 with a current operating profit of Eur92.2m (10.2% of ... Friday, 16 April 2010 4905. Global Crises, Global Solutions (Book Reviews/Book Reviews) Global Crises, Global Solutions An economic perspective on the question of aid. Review of Global Crises, Global Solutions, edited by Bjorn Lomborg. The recent furore over England’s former football captain ... Thursday, 15 April 2010 4906. Card network to create new technology division (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Card network to create new technology division Global operation to speed up new products to market MasterCard is launching a global technology division that it says will help it bring new products to ... Thursday, 15 April 2010 4907. POS currency converter for World Cup visitors (Card & Payments World \| News/Financial Services) POS currency converter for World Cup visitors With around half a million football fans descending on South Africa this summer for the football World Cup, local card issuer Absa has partnered with Planet ... Thursday, 15 April 2010 4908. Smart manufacturer offers Credit Card Act assistance to issuers (Card & Payments World \| News/Regulation) Smart manufacturer offers Credit Card Act assistance to issuers Oberthur has offered assistance to card issuers struggling with the demands of the US Credit Card Act though its single source solution. ... Thursday, 15 April 2010 4909. Oyster brand sold for £1m (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Oyster brand sold for £1m Transport for London (TfL) has bought the Oyster brand from the Transys consortium for £1m. The move to gain ownership and control of the brand will mean that TfL is able to ... Wednesday, 14 April 2010 4910. Notes and coins ‘almost redundant’ by 2050, predicts Payments Council (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) Notes and coins ‘almost redundant’ by 2050, predicts Payments Council Migration away from cash to debit cards will mean that notes and coins may be almost redundant in the UK by 2050, according to a new ... Wednesday, 14 April 2010 4911. Credit card dumping on the rise (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) Credit card dumping on the rise There has been a significant increase in the number of “credit card dumps” on offer in criminal underworld over the past year, according to security technology company Symantec. ... Wednesday, 14 April 2010 4912. New president and CEO for MasterCard (Card & Payments World \| News/Card networks) New president and CEO for MasterCard Robert Selander steps down MasterCard Incorporated has named Ajay Banga, currently its president and chief operating officer, as the company’s new president and chief ... Tuesday, 13 April 2010 4913. Edible RFID chips to check up on patients (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Edible RFID chips to check up on patients RFID microchips have been developed by researchers at University of Florida that are designed to be swallowed by patients to check if they have taken their medicine. ... Tuesday, 13 April 2010 4914. Hypercom forms anti-card fraud pact with processing giant (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) Hypercom forms anti-card fraud pact with processing giant Card terminal maker Hypercom Corporation has formed a partnership to combat card fraud with payments processor First Data. First Data has approved ... Tuesday, 13 April 2010 4915. Inside Contactless names new general manager, Asia Pacific (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) Inside Contactless names new general manager, Asia Pacific Contactless chip technology company Inside Contactless has promoted Lim Boon Heong to general manager for the Asia Pacific region. In his new ... Tuesday, 13 April 2010 4916. Pearl transit card goes live but sniping goes on (Card & Payments World \| News/Transit) Pearl transit card goes live but sniping goes on It is reputed to have a price tag of $1.2 billion and has taken 15 years of infighting and court battles. But Sydney will finally get its transit card in ... Monday, 12 April 2010 4917. Chinese online payments giant announces major investment (Card & Payments World \| News/Online payments) Chinese online payments giant announces major investment Foreign expansion targeted Alipay, which claims to be China’s largest online payment network, says that its parent group Alibaba will invest a ... Monday, 12 April 2010 4918. First Data recruits head of financial services innovation (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) First Data recruits head of financial services innovation Long time Wachovia executive Steve Boehm has been appointed as senior VP leading global product management and innovation at the financial services ... Monday, 12 April 2010 4919. Gemalto makes further security acquisition (Card & Payments World \| News/Identity) Gemalto makes further security acquisition Gemalto has completed its acquisition of Swedish electronic banking security company Todos. The smart card company did not disclose terms of the acquisition, ... Monday, 12 April 2010 4920. Good news and bad news for Amex (Card & Payments World \| News/Regulation) Good news and bad news for Amex Cards get national ban; Network wins big retail contract from Visa Issuance of American Express credit cards has been banned by Italy's central bank until the company complies ... Friday, 09 April 2010 4921. Network launches e-commerce “mall” (Card & Payments World \| News/Online payments) Network launches e-commerce “mall” MasterCard has launched an online portal giving its cardholders access to offers and discounts from thousands of retailers and manufacturers. The MasterCard Marketplace ... Friday, 09 April 2010 4922. European ATM fraud losses down 36% (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) European ATM fraud losses down 36% ATM related fraud losses in Europe fell by 36% in 2009, according to figures from the European ATM Security Team (EAST). Total reported losses last year were Eur312m ... Thursday, 08 April 2010 4923. Prepaid CEO fears for life over connections to Hamas killing (Card & Payments World \| News/Prepaid) Prepaid CEO fears for life over connections to Hamas killing The CEO of prepaid debit card company Payoneer says he is worried for his family and his own safety after the US-Israeli firm was linked to ... Thursday, 08 April 2010 4924. Bidders confirmed for RBS merchant services business (Card & Payments World \| News/Acquiring) Bidders confirmed for RBS merchant services business Processors and private equity firms among over a dozen contenders Over a dozen companies are reported to have submitted bids to buy RBS WorldPay, the ... Thursday, 08 April 2010 4925. VeriSign completes authentication acquisition (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) VeriSign completes authentication acquisition VeriSign says it has completed its acquisition of online authentication solutions provider TrustBearer Lab. The US company says TrustBearer’s assets will ... Wednesday, 07 April 2010 4926. New chief marketing officer at MasterCard (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) New chief marketing officer at MasterCard MasterCard Worldwide has appointed Alfredo Gangotena as chief marketing officer, effective immediately. Gangotena was previously the global products and solutions ... Wednesday, 07 April 2010 4927. Bulgaria looking for answers after ID system problems (Card & Payments World \| News/Identity) Bulgaria looking for answers after ID system problems The Bulgarian government has requested urgent talks with German supplier Siemens after software problems with its new biometric ID system. Interior ... Wednesday, 07 April 2010 4928. US ATM fraud on the rise (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) US ATM fraud on the rise Attacks may increase as neighbouring countries move to EMV The number of US people falling victim to ATM fraud increased by 16% last year, according to a report from Javelin ... Wednesday, 07 April 2010 4929. Card network plays catch-up with iPhone app (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Card network plays catch-up with iPhone app American Express has become one of the last major card issuers to offer an iPhone application. The move, coming up to a year after many other banks launched ... Tuesday, 06 April 2010 4930. Hypercom names new VP of marketing (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) Hypercom names new VP of marketing Hypercom Corporation has appointed William Rossiter as VP of marketing. He will be principally responsible for the deployment of the US-based company’s mobile payment ... Tuesday, 06 April 2010 4931. L-1 Identity acquires asset of ID technology company (Card & Payments World \| News/Identity) L-1 Identity acquires asset of ID technology company L-1 Identity Solutions has acquired the assets of ID programme technology provider Retica Systems. The assets include Retica’s iris-on-the-move and ... Tuesday, 06 April 2010 4932. PayPass to launch in Africa (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) PayPass to launch in Africa Tunisia is soon to start Africa’s first rollout of MasterCard PayPass contactless technology. A spokeswoman for MasterCard SAMEA (South Asia, Middle East & Africa) told Card ... Tuesday, 06 April 2010 4933. Indian bank issues 20 million debit cards in 15 months (Card & Payments World \| News/Financial Services) Indian bank issues 20 million debit cards in 15 months The State Bank of India has issued 20 million debit cards in the last 15 months. The cards were issued by locally-based Venture Infotek which says ... Friday, 02 April 2010 4934. Rugby booming commercially, finds MasterCard study (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) Rugby booming commercially, finds MasterCard study Rugby continues to see robust growth in popularity and participation, fuelling commerce as it advances globally, according to new research commissioned ... Thursday, 01 April 2010 4935. Identive Group buys ID tech company (Card & Payments World \| News/Identity) Identive Group buys ID tech company Identive Group is to acquire RockWest Technology Group, a privately held US identification and security solutions provider. The Identive Group - formerly SCM Microsystems, ... Thursday, 01 April 2010 4936. Flooding disrupts payments in London (Card & Payments World \| News/Fintech) Flooding disrupts payments in London Flooding and a fire near a BT office in London have disrupted Lloyds Bank high street and internet card transactions. A crash in the systems at a BT building near ... Thursday, 01 April 2010 4937. Japan clamps down on epayments giant (Card & Payments World \| News/Online payments) Japan clamps down on epayments giant US epayments provider falls foul of another overseas regulator, this time in Japan. PayPal has been forced to suspend personal payments in Japan ahead of new regulations ... Wednesday, 31 March 2010 4938. Contactless cards to launch in Czech Republic (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Contactless cards to launch in Czech Republic MasterCard is launching its PayPass contactless payment system in the Czech Republic. Brian Lang, chief executive of MasterCard Europe for the Czech Republic ... Wednesday, 31 March 2010 4939. Korean telco launches m-payments and loyalty service (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Korean telco launches m-payments and loyalty service Multiple cards stored on one RF SIM Korean telco SK Telecom has launched an m-payments service that stores multiple credit and loyalty cards on one ... Wednesday, 31 March 2010 4940. Card networks claim China is shutting them out of its payment market (Card & Payments World \| News/Card networks) Card networks claim China is shutting them out of its payment market Complaint to WTO under consideration Card companies, including Visa and MasterCard, have complained to the US government that they ... Wednesday, 31 March 2010 4941. New chairman for UK Payments Council (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) New chairman for UK Payments Council The Payments Council, which sets the strategy for payments in the UK, has appointed Richard North as its new independent chairman. North, a former chairman of Woolworths ... Wednesday, 31 March 2010 4942. ACI Worldwide names VP sales for EMEA (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) ACI Worldwide names VP sales for EMEA US payments software company ACI Worldwide has appointed Paul Thomalla as VP sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa. He joins the company from Stratus Technologies ... Wednesday, 31 March 2010 4943. Supermarkets “key” to loyalty schemes (Card & Payments World \| News/Loyalty/Marketing) Supermarkets “key” to loyalty schemes Supermarket shopping is the key to high street loyalty programmes with 84% of consumers collecting the majority of their rewards from their grocery purchases. That ... Tuesday, 30 March 2010 4944. Mobile money services on African ATMs (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Mobile money services on African ATMs Mobile money services provider Sicap has launched ‘cash-in, cash-out’ mobile money services on specially designed ATMs across Africa. The company says cash transactions ... Tuesday, 30 March 2010 4945. Gulf ID card to be mandatory for range of services (Card & Payments World \| News/Identity) Gulf ID card to be mandatory for range of services The United Arab Emirates identity card is to become mandatory to recive a range of services from the Gulf state’s Ministry of Interior. The card will ... Monday, 29 March 2010 4946. US hands out record jail term to card hacker (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) US hands out record jail term to card hacker A hacker who took part in the biggest identity theft in US history has been given a 20-year jail term. Albert Gonzalez was part of a hacking ring that broke ... Monday, 29 March 2010 4947. Community card aims to boost local spending (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Community card aims to boost local spending An interoperable smart card is being launched designed to encourage people to spend more money within their local communities. The Credit Union Branch in a ... Friday, 26 March 2010 4948. Datacard expands Mexican presence (Card & Payments World \| News/Identity) Datacard expands Mexican presence Secure ID provider Datacard has acquired certain assets of Mexico City based Electronic Card Universal Systems (ECUS). ECUS has been US-based Datacard's exclusive service ... Friday, 26 March 2010 4949. Deutsche Telekom to acquire epayments provider (Card & Payments World \| News/Online payments) Deutsche Telekom to acquire epayments provider Deutsche Telekom has agreed to buy internet payments provider ClickandBuy. Via its venture capital company, T-Venture, Deutsche Telekom has held shares ... Friday, 26 March 2010 4950. US EMV debate heats up (Card & Payments World \| News/EMV) US EMV debate heats up Stakeholders meet to discuss payment security improvements The US-based Smart Card Alliance confirms that considerable debate is taking place over whether the country should migrate ... Friday, 26 March 2010 4951. It pays to have card insurance (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) It pays to have card insurance CPP in successful IPO Hamish Ogston will pocket UK£120m after his successful initial public offering on the London stock exchange. Ogston, 61, who is often described by ... Tuesday, 23 March 2010 4952. Japan loses number 2 spot in ATM market (Card & Payments World \| News/ATMs) Japan loses number 2 spot in ATM market China has become the world's second biggest ATM market, taking over from Japan, according to a report from Retail Banking Research (RBR). The research company ... Tuesday, 23 March 2010 4953. Chinese pretenders continue smart card growth (Card & Payments World \| News/Manufacturing) Chinese pretenders continue smart card growth Gemalto may still be biggest, but the fact that the Chinese pretenders have increased their market share of smart card production from 12% 15% in two years ... Tuesday, 23 March 2010 4954. Visa Inc makes senior level changes (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) Visa Inc makes senior level changes Visa Inc has announced a number of senior changes. Darren Parslow, the current head of global commercial solutions, and a member of the CPI Advisory Board, will soon ... Monday, 22 March 2010 4955. Smart manufacturer expands Scandinavian service centre (Card & Payments World \| News/Manufacturing) Smart manufacturer expands Scandinavian service centre Gemalto has expanded the activities of its Swedish personalization center to include payment cards. The facility will be able to deliver new value-added ... Monday, 22 March 2010 4956. Paris awards management contract for transit card payments (Card & Payments World \| News/Transit) Paris awards management contract for transit card payments The Paris area transportation public company RATP has selected Ingenico to manage its future centralized payment transactions system. RATP ... Monday, 22 March 2010 4957. Keycorp agrees legal settlement over smart card sale (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Keycorp agrees legal settlement over smart card sale Keycorp says that proceedings filed against it by HID Global have been resolved by mutual agreement by both parties. The etransactions company had ... Monday, 22 March 2010 4958. NGC adds new gift card partners (Card & Payments World \| News/Prepaid) NGC adds new gift card partners US-based National Gift Card Corp. (NGC) has added four new gift card partners list of open and closed loop gift cards for corporate and incentive industry clients. The ... Friday, 19 March 2010 4959. Oyster starts phasing out Mifare Classic cards (Card & Payments World \| News/Transit) Oyster starts phasing out Mifare Classic cards London transit authority Transport for London has started phasing out its Mifare Classic cards to move the Oyster transit card scheme over to Mifare DESFire ... Friday, 19 March 2010 4960. Citi’s Indian m-payments data under fire (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Citi’s Indian m-payments data under fire The success of Citi’s mobile payments trial in India has been exaggerated, according to an analyst at Gartner. Analyst Kristin Moyer wrote on her blog that the ... Friday, 19 March 2010 4961. Epayments giant targets Asia-Pacific expansion (Card & Payments World \| News/Online payments) Epayments giant targets Asia-Pacific expansion eBay-owned epayments system PayPal is to double its staff in the Asia-Pacific to 2,000 by the end of the year as it looks to expand in the region. It has ... Thursday, 18 March 2010 4962. Heavy criticism for UK decision to cull cheques (Card & Payments World \| News/Financial Services) Heavy criticism for UK decision to cull cheques MPs and charitable groups in the UK have heavily criticized plans by the payments industry to abolish cheques by 2018. They say it will push old people ... Thursday, 18 March 2010 4963. Citi releases India m-payment trail results (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Citi releases India m-payment trail results The six month mobile payments trial conducted by Citi in India shows a clear demand for the technology, according to a newly released report. The report by ... Thursday, 18 March 2010 4964. Political will needed to drive SEPA end date (Card & Payments World \| News/Regulation) Political will needed to drive SEPA end date EPC annual report admits EU-wide regulation may be needed Support for an end date for SEPA migration has come from the European Payments Council in its recently ... Thursday, 18 March 2010 4965. NBS Technologies appoints new software boss (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) NBS Technologies appoints new software boss US card software and hardware company NBS Technologies has appointed Ramesh Ajitaprasad as general manager of its UbiQ Software business unit. He will be ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010 4966. Medical cards issued in Kenya (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Medical cards issued in Kenya Smart Applications International, a Kenyan-based provider of secure healthcare solutions, has placed an order for 100,000 MediSmart cards for issue by multiple medical scheme ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010 4967. First winner of Cartes in Asia Sesames Awards named (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) First winner of Cartes in Asia Sesames Awards named Chinese card manufacturer Watchdata is the winner of Asia’s first edition of the Cartes Sesames Awards. The Sesames are awarded in recognition of ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010 4968. Freedom goes live with 30,000 merchants plus Shell (Card & Payments World \| News/Loyalty/Marketing) Freedom goes live with 30,000 merchants plus Shell Exclusive interviews with Barclaycard and Shell on how Freedom feels so far Barclaycard went live with its new Freedom loyalty scheme today, with the ... Wednesday, 17 March 2010 4969. New credit cards rules agreed (Card & Payments World \| News/Regulation) New credit cards rules agreed Most expensive debt must be paid off first The UK is the latest country to introduce tough new credit card legislation in order to give more protection to card holders from ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010 4970. sQuid introduces contactless reward schemes (Card & Payments World \| News/Loyalty/Marketing) sQuid introduces contactless reward schemes Following a twelve month trial, epayments provider sQuid is launching bespoke contactless smart card-based loyalty schemes. The UK company says the schemes ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010 4971. Polish contactless debit launch (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Polish contactless debit launch Citi Handlowy is offering its personal account holders the MasterCard PayPass contactless debit card. The Citi Handlowy MasterCard PayPass contactless debit card, linked ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010 4972. ATM hunter for Blackberrys (Card & Payments World \| News/ATMs) ATM hunter for Blackberrys MasterCard Worldwide has made an ‘ATM Hunter’ application available for BlackBerry smartphones. The application, which enables BlackBerry smartphone users to locate the nearest ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010 4973. Commercial NFC payments planned in UK by the end of 2010 (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Commercial NFC payments planned in UK by the end of 2010 Barclaycard says it will start a commercial NFC mobile payments service in the UK in partnership with telco Orange before the end of 2010. Sarah ... Tuesday, 16 March 2010 4974. EMVCo seeks greater industry involvement in payments standardisation (Card & Payments World \| News/EMV) EMVCo seeks greater industry involvement in payments standardisation EMV standards body EMVCo has launched a new participation framework designed to allow all payment industry stakeholders to play a more ... Monday, 15 March 2010 4975. RBA ‘a reluctant regulator’ of card system (Card & Payments World \| News/Regulation) RBA ‘a reluctant regulator’ of card system The Reserve Bank of Australia's assistant governor Malcolm Edey said the central bank is a reluctant regulator of the credit card payment system and it would ... Monday, 15 March 2010 4976. Solar-powered ATM rollout in India (Card & Payments World \| News/ATMs) Solar-powered ATM rollout in India State Bank of India (SBI) is rolling out 345 solar-powered ATMs supplied by locally-based Vortex Engineering. The Gramateller Duo ATMs will be based at rural and semi-urban ... Monday, 15 March 2010 4977. Card network to launch e-shopping service (Card & Payments World \| News/Online payments) Card network to launch e-shopping service Visa has announced a Spring launch date for its Rightcliq online shopping service. The free tool provides user with a centralised location, called WishSpace, ... Monday, 15 March 2010 4978. Wedge Card to launch in Kensington (Card & Payments World \| News/Loyalty/Marketing) Wedge Card to launch in Kensington UK neighbourhood card scheme Wedge Card will be launching in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on March 24. 150,000 Wedge cards will be distributed, with ... Friday, 12 March 2010 4979. Abrams retires from MasterCard Worldwide (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) Abrams retires from MasterCard Worldwide Steve Abrams is to retire from MasterCard Worldwide as its Group Executive, Global Commercial Products. Steve has been an active member of the Commercial Payments ... Friday, 12 March 2010 4980. CEO of processing giant steps down (Card & Payments World \| News/Acquiring) CEO of processing giant steps down First Data chairman and CEO Michael Capellas is stepping down on March 31 to become a senior technology adviser to the payment processor’s corporate parent Kohlberg Kravis ... Friday, 12 March 2010 4981. Rev Worldwide expands to North America (Card & Payments World \| News/Financial Services) Rev Worldwide expands to North America Rev Worldwide, a global payment company for underserved markets, has expanded its global presence by establishing operations in North America. The company, which ... Thursday, 11 March 2010 4982. Bank of Italy awards contract for bad card and cheque archive (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Bank of Italy awards contract for bad card and cheque archive Bank of Italy has awarded a five year Eur23m contract to manage its interbank computerised archive of bad cheques and payments cards to SIA-SSB. ... Thursday, 11 March 2010 4983. Amex to pay US$5 an hour to charity volunteers (Card & Payments World \| News/Loyalty/Marketing) Amex to pay US$5 an hour to charity volunteers American Express says it will donate US$4m annually to causes selected by the public, and will also reward volunteer service. American Express, in partnership ... Thursday, 11 March 2010 4984. Visa Europe issues guidelines on data encryption specification (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) Visa Europe issues guidelines on data encryption specification Visa Europe says it has launched the industry’s first guidance for data encryption solutions by providing the minimum security practices needed ... Thursday, 11 March 2010 4985. G&D wins Golden Card award (Card & Payments World \| News/Manufacturing) G&D wins Golden Card award Convego Air Mobile, the contactless payment sticker from Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), was a winner at this year’s CIT Golden Card awards in the category of “most innovative payment ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010 4986. South African bank foresees elimination of cash and cards within a decade (Card & Payments World \| News/Customer Insight) South African bank foresees elimination of cash and cards within a decade Digitized and dematerialized cash is set to eliminate the use of cash and cards over the next decade according to a technologist ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010 4987. UK card fraud falls by 28% (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) UK card fraud falls by 28% Online losses show 14% increase Fraud losses on UK cards fell sharply by 28% to £440m in 2009. The decline from last year’s total of £610m is the first fall since 2006, ... Wednesday, 10 March 2010 4988. Visa Inc appoints Group Executive, International (Jobs & People/Jobs & People) Visa Inc appoints Group Executive, International Visa Inc has named Elizabeth Buse as Group Executive, International, effective April 1. In this new role, she will oversee Visa's global sales and client ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010 4989. Serbians with chip ID cards get free digital signature certificates (Card & Payments World \| News/Identity) Serbians with chip ID cards get free digital signature certificates Serbian citizens who have been issued with ID cards with a biometric chip will also be given free digital signature certificates. First ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010 4990. Thailand extradites credit card hacker (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) Thailand extradites credit card hacker A court in Thailand has agreed the extradition to the US of a Malaysian man allegedly involved in hacking credit card information from US cards. Gooi Kokseng will ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010 4991. US plan for national biometric scheme for all workers (Card & Payments World \| News/Identity) US plan for national biometric scheme for all workers The US is planning a national biometric ID card that would eventually be mandatory for all workers. The plan, still making its way through the Senate, ... Tuesday, 09 March 2010 4992. UK lags in PCI compliance (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) UK lags in PCI compliance Only 11% of UK companies have so far been certified as compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. The finding came in a survey of 100 retail, financial ... Monday, 08 March 2010 4993. Singapore banks step up card security (Card & Payments World \| News/Fraud and Security) Singapore banks step up card security Banks in Singapore are implementing a range of measures to increase payment card security. By April 2011, all credit, debit and prepaid cards will be embedded with ... Monday, 08 March 2010 4994. Major moves in UK bank market (Card & Payments World \| News/Financial Services) Major moves in UK bank market New bank gets final regulatory approval; Virgin Money to charge upfront fees The UK retail banking sector has seen major moves involving two new players. Metro Bank, ... Monday, 08 March 2010 4995. Smart giant predicts revenue growth for H1 (Card & Payments World \| News/Company news) Smart giant predicts revenue growth for H1 2009 revenue down 2% Gemalto has predicted that its revenues will grow in the first half of this year, while its operating income will be around Eur210m for ... Monday, 08 March 2010 4996. Prepaid making progress in Brazil and India (Card & Payments World \| News/Prepaid) Prepaid making progress in Brazil and India The Prepaid International Forum (PIF) says its Brazil and India chapters have staged a successful link-up to exchange information on developments in their rapidly ... Friday, 05 March 2010 4997. Canada mobile sticker trial (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Canada mobile sticker trial Canadian company EnStream is planning an m-payments pilot with contactless payment stickers attached to mobile phones. In 2009 the company – a joint venture formed formed ... Friday, 05 March 2010 4998. New player enters US market (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) New player enters US market Germany-based mopay has become the latest mobile payments player to enter the US market. Mopay, a unit of the MindMatics group, aims to rival US m-payments players such as ... Friday, 05 March 2010 4999. Chinese telco makes m-payments move (Card & Payments World \| News/Mobile) Chinese telco makes m-payments move China Mobile is planning to buy a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development (SPD) Bank in a move that could see its mobile payments system expand across the Chinese mainland. ... Friday, 05 March 2010 5000. EMVCo seeks broader industry participation (Card & Payments World \| News/EMV) EMVCo seeks broader industry participation EMVCo, the industry group that manages the EMV Integrated Circuit Card Specifications, has announced a new participation framework that it says will allow all ... Thursday, 04 March 2010
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