banksys

5 results about this entity

Period: 18 May 2006 - 11 May 2007

EU banks discuss debit rival to MasterCard and Visa

A group of Europe's largest banks are holding secret discussions to establish a pan-European debit card scheme that would challenge those operated by MasterCard and Visa, according to banking consultancy Lafferty Group.

Belgian banks reverse decision on Maestro switch

The Belgian banking community has reversed a decision to switch its domestic debit card system to the MasterCard payments platform at the end of the year.

Banksys teams with telcos to launch m-payments platform in Belgium

Belgian payments network Banksys is teaming with wireless network operators Base, Mobistar and Proximus to launch a system for consumers to pay for high street purchases via mobile phone rather than by cash or bank card.

Atos Origin to buy Belgian payment networks Banksys and Bank Card Company

French IT services firm Atos Origin has signed an agreement to acquire Belgian bank-owned card payment proccessing networks Banksys and Bank Card Company (BCC). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Banksys cans BC/MC national payments system in favour of Maestro

Belgium's bank-owned payment network, Banksys, is ditching its existing domestic system for card payments in favour of MasterCard's Maestro global processing platform in preparation for the introduction of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) in 2008.