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0704 According to a new survey, payment professionals are optimistic about future demand for mobile payments (point-of-sale payments made using a mobile phone). Twenty-nine percent of respondents believe that a critical mass will be reached in two to...

0704 Internet research firm IMRG predicts that UK online sales will reach GB£ 42bn (US$ 83.28bn EUR 61.63bn) in 2007, up from sales of GB£ 30.2bn the previous year. Online shoppers are expected to spend an average of GB£ 1,600 each in 2007. The growing...

0705 Cà devient sérieux.... Les dernières statistiques de la banque centrale chinoise devraient conforter la stratégie des grands groupes bancaires internationaux qui tentent de pénétrer le marché chinois par le biais des cartes de crédit. La Banque du...

0704 Quelques spécialistes en informatique indiquent qu'il serait possible de prévenir des massacres comme celui survenu à Virginia Tech le 16 avril dernier en faisant en utilisant des techniques de fouille de données sur l'Internet. L'obstacle pour ce...

0704 Few have heard of VbV and pop-ups alarm them, says Miles Brignall The bank and credit card company Visa has defended the way it has introduced an online security system, despite causing a great deal of confusion among internet shoppers. Verified...

0704 L'Américain First Data, le plus important opérateur de transactions de paiements au monde, sera actif en Belgique à partir de cette année. Par le biais de sa filiale First Data Belgium fondée en mars dernier, First Data sera ainsi concurrent direct...

The Smart Payment Association (SPA) says that over 340 million payment smart cards were shipped in 2006 worldwide, most of which complied with EMV. The members of the smart card industry body are Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Oberthur Card Systems and...

0704 U.S mobile payments transaction volume will exceed US$6.9 billion in 2011, according to a study from U.S.-based consultancy Mercator Advisory Group. The report also forecasts that mobile banking fee revenues will be worth over US$1 billion in 2011....

0704 There are real opportunities for banks in the prepaid cards market, according to U.S-based consultancy Edgar, Dunn & Company (EDC). But banks need to watch out that they are not left behind by non-bank providers of prepaid products. In a presentation...

0704 Twenty percent of mobile handsets worldwide will include Near Field Communication (NFC) technology by 2012, according to New York-based ABI Research. However, NFC-enabled mobile handsets will not become widely available until wireless operators see...