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AIM-listed Neteller, a provider of Web payments services to the online gambling industry, has appointed payments industry veteran David Gagie as president of financial services as it looks to move into the more mainstream banking markets.
11 September 2006
The company behind online science fiction game Entropia Universe - a role-playing game that has a real world cash economy - is introducing a new pre-paid card that allows gamers to deposit money into virtual accounts without having to use a personal debit or credit card.
25 August 2006
UK online payment transfer firm Neteller is launching German, French, Spanish and Italian versions of its service as well as a new payments platform, called 1-Pay, in Asia.
08 May 2006
The company behind online science fiction game Entropia Universe is launching a 'real world' ATM card that allows players to convert virtual money into hard cash that can be withdrawn at the hole-in-the-wall.
03 May 2006
US chip maker Intel Corporation has invested Y5 billion (US$ 42.4 million) in Bitwallet, the Toyko-based firm that provides the EDY pre-paid contactless electronic money system.
24 April 2006
Banks and credit card companies should consider reselling PayPal payments to merchant customers, instead of devising ways to compete with the online payments platform, according to research group Gartner.
13 September 2005
The European Commission is to revisit the E-Money Directive to address recent developments in mobile telephony and Internet payment schemes.
15 July 2005
The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi is to introduce broadband video conferencing between customers and staff through a network of 'Telebank' terminals at branches.
24 June 2005
Canadian e-payments processor UseMyBank has taken legal action against Bank of Nova Scotia and made a formal complaint to the national Competition Bureau over alleged 'bully-boy' tactics by the major Canadian banks in the run-up to the launch of their competing Interac Online payments service.
08 June 2005
PayPal, the e-mail funds tansfer business of electronic auction house eBay, has reported a 44% increase in the value of total payment transactions handled to $6.2 billion for the first quarter 2005.
21 April 2005
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