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Rapid rise of the mobile POS

Rapid rise of the mobile POS

Fri, Feb, 26 2010

HomeATM ePayment Solutions, a Chicago-based payments technology company is betting that the time has come for peripheral readers for mobile payments.

Payment processor TSYS on European growth track

Payment processor TSYS on European growth track

Fri, Feb, 26 2010

Marking its entry into the Italian market, US payments processor TSYS International has been selected by Italian financial services outsourcing specialist Cedacri to provide card and payments services to its clients.

Gemalto positions itself firmly in mobile authentication

Gemalto positions itself firmly in mobile authentication

Fri, Feb, 26 2010

Ensuring itself a leading position in mobile authentication, Dutch digital security specialist Gemalto has acquired Valimo Wireless, a Finnish company that has to its credit the world’s largest deployment in this emerging field of payments security.

Online bankers show scant concern for security

Online bankers show scant concern for security

Fri, Feb, 26 2010

One word aptly describes the attitude of a large proportion of online banking users: careless. This conclusion appears inescapable following release by US online security specialist Trusteer of the results of its study into the use of online banking passwords.

SecureTrading set for online gambling bonanza

SecureTrading set for online gambling bonanza

Fri, Feb, 26 2010

Three years of patience and strong lobbying in the corridors of US political decision making appear to be paying off for UK-based online payments processor SecureTrading, as Congress prepares to pass federal legislation to regulate online gambling.

Signs of progress in moribund SEPA

Signs of progress in moribund SEPA

Fri, Feb, 26 2010

The Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA), hailed by its promoters as holding the potential to provide the eurozone’s GDP with a boost of up to 3 percent, crossed the two-year mark on 28 January 2010 since the introduction of SEPA credit transfers (SCT) in 2008. SEPA direct debits (SDD) followed in November last year.

Citi provides a major boost for e-government in California

Citi provides a major boost for e-government in California

Fri, Feb, 26 2010

Paying taxes and bills to Californian state departments has become a whole lot easier following implementation of an electronic funds transfer solution for the state by US banking group Citi’s Global Transaction Services (GTS) unit. GTS was awarded a multi-year contract by the California State Treasurer’s Office to operate what constitutes the largest electronic state tax collection platform in the US.

Moneybookers powers ahead

Moneybookers powers ahead

Fri, Feb, 26 2010

Seven years on since becoming Europe’s first regulated electronic money (e-money) issuer, UK-based online payments service provider Moneybookers can look back on another year of outstanding achievement.

Smart Voucher fast-tracks global expansion

Smart Voucher fast-tracks global expansion

Mon, Jan, 25 2010

Smart Voucher – better known by its trading name Ukash – has formed its fifth new distribution alliance in six months, reinforcing its claim of having the world’s largest and fastest-growing prepaid-cash estate.

PerSay and Bank Leumi in voice identification world-first

PerSay and Bank Leumi in voice identification world-first

Mon, Jan, 25 2010

US voice biometric specialist PerSay has installed a voice identification system to reset passwords for Israel’s largest bank, Bank Leumi. The company hailed the installation as a world-first and “a new era” in the use of voice biometrics in the financial services industry.

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