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China is fast catching up with the US and Europe as a growth market for non-cash transactions, according to the latest edition of the annual World Payments Report from The Royal Bank of Scotland, Capgemini and Efma.
09 September 2009
The CEO of a bank in virtual world Eve Online has stolen in-game currency worth thousands of real dollars from his customers and traded it in for proper cash on the black market.
03 July 2009
China has banned the use of virtual currency in the trade of real goods and services in a bid to limit its possible impact on the financial system.
30 June 2009
Social networking site Facebook has begun testing its much-anticipated virtual currency payments system with third party application GroupCard.
01 June 2009
The Euro Banking Association and Finextra are calling for community input on the agenda for EBAday 2009 in Vienna, Europe's premiere payments exhibition and conference.
17 April 2009
Lloyds TSB has introduced an internal artificial currency and stockmarket in ideas in a bid to foster an innovation culture at the UK bank.
12 December 2008
E-payments specialist GlobalCollect and DX Exchange have teamed to enable residents of virtual world Second Life to exchange euros for in-game Linden dollars online.
17 November 2008
Consumers shopping online are increasingly turning away from traditional financial institution-controlled credit and debit cards to embrace cash-based alternative payment options, according to an analysis by US-based Javelin Strategy & Research.
11 November 2008
The European Commission (EC) has set out proposals for a legal framework governing the issuance of electronic money which it hopes will accelerate take-up of the technology.
13 October 2008
Digital cash transfer outfit E-Gold has retained KPMG to help improve its anti-money laundering (AML) programme following a criminal case that saw directors plead guilty to charges relating to money laundering and the operation of an illegal funds transfer business.
03 October 2008
MasterCard has marked the issuance of its 20 millionth PayPass device with a consumer survey that indicates a growing acceptance of contactless payments as a replacement for hard cash.
10 December 2007
Digital cash outfit Ukash is partnering with Vodafone to offer its debit and credit card alternative via mobile phones.
06 December 2007
The Manhattan District Attorney has indicted 17 individuals and one corporation on multi-million dollar fraud charges related to global trafficking in stolen credit card numbers, cybercrime and identity theft.
09 November 2007
California-based start-up Sparter has released a beta exchange platform designed to enable global 'Gamer2Gamer' (G2G) trading of virtual currencies.
18 June 2007
Visa and MasterCard have unveiled seperate plans to install contactless payment technology in New York taxi cabs and at airport car parks.
12 June 2007
Germany's Wirecard Bank has become the latest financial services firm to establish a virtual branch in 3D online universe Second Life and says it also plans to set up shop in science fiction game Entropia Universe.
18 May 2007
UK-based start-up sQuidcard is to launch a low-fee alternative to the national contactless programme promised by the nation's biggest banks and credit card schemes MasterCard and Visa.
17 May 2007
Spending on pre-paid payment cards in Europe is estimated to reach US$164 billion by 2010, according to new Boston Consulting Group (BCG) research commissioned by MasterCard Europe.
11 May 2007
The European Central Bank is proposing to establish a new cross-border legal framework to oversee all card payment schemes operating in the euro zone.
03 May 2007
Governments need to extend existing financial legislation and regulations into Web-based virtual communities which are experiencing rising levels of real-life crime, says the UK's Fraud Advisory Panel.
01 May 2007
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