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Contactless m-payments come to Mobile World Congress

CaixaBank, Gemalto, Telefónica and Visa Europe have joined forces to show off mobile contactless payments to delegates at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

18 February 2013

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La Caixa to distribute 200,000 contactless stickers

Spanish bank la Caixa is to roll out a new contactless payment system in Barcelona, based on TAP Visa stickers for mobile devices. The bank forecasts that 200,000 customers will be using the system by February, when the Mobile World Congress 2013 will be held.

03 December 2012

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La Caixa FinAppsParty doles out prizes

An application that uses mobile geopositioning to locate la Caixa customer retailers and to share information about them via social networks has won the EUR10,000 prize for the best widget created during the Spanish bank's second annual FinAppsParty.

07 November 2012

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La Caixa boosts customer communications with tech overhaul

Spain's la Caixa is introducing a range of online tools designed to make it easier for customers to communicate with its asset managers.

17 September 2012

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LaCaixa's mobile innovation

David Urbano, director of mobile at LaCaixa, discusses payments and the future of mobile at the Spanish bank at this year's MobeyDay event in Barcelona.

23 March 2012

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La Caixa opens access to banking via TV remote

Spain's La Caixa is to offer customers remote banking services via their TV remote control, through a partnership with Samsung.

03 February 2012

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Finextra and Mobey Forum to stage European mobile banking and payments conference

Finextra is partnering with the bank-backed Mobey Forum to launch MobeyDay, a new one-day conference for the European mobile banking and payments industry.

13 January 2012

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La Caixa turns Barcelona contactless

La Caixa has partnered with Visa Europe on a major contactless payments push in Barcelona, rolling out cards, point-of-sale terminals and ATMs featuring the technology across the city.

12 January 2012

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IBM secures 10-year la Caixa IT services deal

La Caixa has inked a 10-year strategic services agreement with IBM which will see Big Blue mange the Spanish bank's infrastructure technology budget, worth EUR2 billion over the period.

03 January 2012

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EU backs project to improve ATM access for the disabled

The European Union is backing a project designed to make "public digital terminals" such as cash machines more accessible to disabled people.

30 August 2011

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La Caixa introduces contactless ATMs

Spanish bank La Caixa has rolled out the world's first cash machines to feature contactless technology from Fujitsu.

05 April 2011

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Visa and Samsung bring NFC m-payments to London Olympics

Official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sponsors Visa and Samsung are teaming on a special Games mobile handset that can be used to make contactless payments.

31 March 2011