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0705 From today (2 mai 2007), people who use expensive store cards will be warned if they are being charged too much. Cardholders will be told on their statement if the annual rate of interest on their card is above 25%. Store cards, a type of branded...

0704 Payments made with the Geldkarte electronic cash card in Germany climbed by around 50% to just under EUR 40mn (US$ 54.05mn) in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006. The electronic cash card benefited from the introduction...

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...

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 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 Belgian mobile operator BASE has launched an m-payments service which enables its subscribers to pay merchants using SMS text messaging. The service also allows subscribers to top up their BASE prepaid mobile phone accounts from their bank accounts....

0704 Boots is set to ban cheque payments at around 1,500 stores in the UK and Ireland from May 1. The retailer is the latest high street name to restrict chequebook payments in UK stores, and initially trialled the ban in Surrey and Sussex. It says that...