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0703 Since Danish bank card Dankort replaced the magnetic strip on its cards with a chip, retailers have started to replace old Dankort terminals with new ones. The chip technology is regarded as a safety measure for customers and appears to be a hit...

0703 A en croire un récent article de l'Usine Nouvelle concernant les pôles de compétitivité, vingt-quatre d'entre eux "sortent du lot". Etrangement, le pôle TES (Transactions Electroniques Sécurisées) n'en fait pas partie. Pourtant, celui-ci a labellisé...

0703 Visa Europe has launched an advertising campaign in 19 European countries to encourage consumers to use Visa cards in situations where previously they used cash or cheques. The aim of the "Love Every Day" campaign is not to encourage people to spend...

0703 Voca, the UK's central automated clearing house (ACH), has announced plans to merge with Link Interchange Network, the country's ATM network operator. Both Voca and Link are owned by the UK's major banks and building societies. Voca, which was previously...

0703 Gemalto is to supply 3.5 million contactless transit smart cards to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for the MBTA's CharlieCard electronic ticketing initiative. The French smart card company did not disclose the value of the contract....

0703 The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is looking into complaints from consumers that UK-based banks are not charging overseas customers the same fees for switching to interest-free credit cards, as customers in the UK. Customers have complained that banks...

0703 The payment card company Visa Europe has predicted that society could be relying on credit and debit cards by 2012, as they are cheaper and more convenient than paying with cash, and cost retailers less to process. The British Retail Consortium (BRC),...

0703 According to data of German Euro-Kartensysteme, EUR 19.2mn (US$ 25.15mn) has been charged to the about 64mn money cards in Germany in January 2006, i.e. 90% more than in January 2005. The increase is due to the introduction of a new regulation for...

0703 Introduction Que peut bien penser le directeur des services sur mobiles i-mode de NTT DoCoMo, Takeshi Natsuno, lorsqu'il prend le métro à Tokyo (ça lui arrive) et constate qu'un tiers des innombrables passagers ont les yeux rivés sur l'écran de leur(s)...

0703 Le téléphone mobile devient un outil multi-fonctions. Avec l’arrivée des smartphones, le téléphone permet de téléphoner, mais aussi surfer sur internet, recevoir et envoyer ses emails etc… Nous avons eu l’occasion de participer à une table ronde...