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Intuit has begun piloting a tweaked, chip and PIN version of its GoPayment mobile credit card processing app and hardware in the UK.
29 November 2012
A joint international criminal investigation has resulted in seven people being charged in Romania for the largest credit card data theft in Australia's history.
Visitors to Russian-language cybercrime forums are being offered the chance to hire foot soldiers throughout the US who will help them scam Americans out of their cash.
Telco China Unicom and China Merchants Bank (CMB) are preparing to launch an NFC-based mobile wallet in Shanghai next month ahead of a national roll out.
28 November 2012
The Royal Bank of Scotland has become the UK's first financial institution to begin trialling Visa's V.me digital wallet.
South Africa's Absa and MasterCard have unveiled a dual contactless debit and credit card which also includes a display screen for passcodes that secure online payments.
The European Commission is unlikely to take action against Visa and MasterCard over their refusal to process payments for WikiLeaks after determining that the blockade does not violate EU anti-trust rules.
27 November 2012
PayPal says attacks on its Web site by the Anonymous group of Internet hacktivists cost it £3.5 million as it scrambled to bring in extra staff and new hardware to keep its operation running.
23 November 2012
An investigation into the data breach at South Carolina's department of revenue, which compromised 3.8 million social security numbers and 3.3 million bank accounts, has uncovered a series of security failings.
22 November 2012
Denmark's four network operators have set up a company to develop a common platform for mobile payments in the country.
21 November 2012
European parliamentarians have adopted a non-legislative resolution calling for common multilateral interchange fees across the EU.
20 November 2012
Wireless operator Vodafone and card giant Visa have unveiled the SmartPass contactless mobile payments system that they will launch in Australia next year.
'Mega Monday' - 3 December - will be the UK's biggest online shopping day in history, predicts Visa Europe, which expects to see £320 million spent on its cards alone.
Barclaycard is employing iPhone games and Facebook competitions, as well as more conventional TV spots, for a Christmas advertising campaign.
19 November 2012
The UK government has warned banks that it is prepared to legislate to force them to hand over current account and credit card data to customers who request it.
US personal finance start-up Wallaby has launched an iPhone app that tells users which credit card they should use in which shop in order to get the best rewards.
16 November 2012
More than a trillion dollars will be spent around the world using mobile devices by 2017, according to IDC Financial Insights, although this will still represent only a drop in the commerce ocean.
A British start-up is encouraging parents to ditch cash and take pocket money into the digital age, offering pre-paid cards to children as young as eight which can be used online, in-store and at ATMs.
15 November 2012
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has convinced innovative finance start-ups BillGuard, Plastyc and Simple to share their anonymised customer data to help identify behaviours and trends.
Japan's JCB is to commence a one-month trial of a new mobile wallet platform ahead of a national and international roll-out in 2013.
14 November 2012
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