0801 Over 419 million near-field communications (NFC) chipsets will ship in 2012, according to U.S.-based ABI Research. "NFC chipset shipments and revenue will continue to grow steadily over the next five years, as the market adapts to this new technology,"...

0801 Credit card issuer Capital One has teamed up with credit reference agency Equifax to launch an identity alert service for its UK cardholders. The service is the first of its type to be offered in the UK, says Capital One. The identity alert service...

0801 MasterCard Europe and Europay France are integrating their operating structures and forming a new company in France. The companies say their aim is to improve payments services to French banks and to help the banks prepare for SEPA. They also want...

0801 On s'emberlificote un peu chez les opérateurs !! mais l'Afrique est belle hôtesse.... We have remarked from time to time within these pages on how approaches to marketing the concept of mobile payments are beginning to differ between developed and...

Around 30% of US online retailers now offer customers the option to use alternative payment methods (APM) - such as Google Checkout, PayPal and Bill me Later - which is a 25% increase since February 2007, according to a poll conducted by interactive marketing...

The worldwide market for contactless technology in transportation ticketing and contactless payments grew more than 15 percent in 2007, as the technology made greater inroads into consumers’ lives around the world. The market now stands at a value of...

US consumers are keen to use their mobile handsets for making in-store payments, but the majority only wants to have one credit/debit account for making those purchases, according to a new ABI Research survey of US consumer attitudes. Much of the work...

epuis plusieurs mois, une bonne partie de votre carnet d'adresses assiège votre boîte aux lettres électronique pour que, vous aussi, vous rejoigniez Facebook. Au moment de rendre les armes, deux ou trois conseils s'imposent pour conserver un peu d'intimité....

Trevor Pavey, Contactless Payments Manager, Texas Instruments In the world of payments, contactless technology continues to make waves. With more than 20 million cards issued in the last year, more contactless payment devices in more consumers’ hands,...

Electronic Cash System 1. What is the electronic cash system? Electronic cash is the debit POS-system in euro operated by the German banking industry. It is a strictly PIN-based debit system where transactions are debited to the cardholders current account...