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Brits more likely to get divorced than dump their bank – Tandem

With the 8th of January marking Divorce Day – the UK’s most popular day to start divorce proceedings - Tandem Bank product director Matt Ford revealed that despite the act of changing banking provider becoming simpler, consumers are still misinformed and discouraged.

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Cardstream and Gala form alliance to combat chargeback fraud

Cardstream announced a game-changing fraud prevention alliance with Gala Technology, aimed at protecting thousands of embattled Card Not Present Mail Order Telephone Order (CNP MOTO) merchants.

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Mastercard drops name from logo

Mastercard today announced that it is dropping its name from its iconic brand mark in select contexts.

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Marriott updates on hack: 8.6m cards involved

Marriott today is providing an update on the number of guests whose passport numbers and payment card numbers were involved in the Starwood reservations database security incident announced by the company on November 30, 2018.

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Wirecard partners China's Ctrip on multi-currency travel cards

Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, and Ctrip, the largest online travel agent in China, today announced the launch of multi-currency Visa cards, which support seven of the most widely-used currencies, eliminating the need to exchange currency abroad and travel with excessive amounts of cash on hand.

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BNL-BNP Paribas chooses TAS Group for card services

On 13th November 2018, TAS Group was awarded the contract following BNL’s call for tender as part of BNP Paribas Group's Domestic Market 2020 Strategic Plan.

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Contactless card fraud on the up

Fraud on contactless cards now accounts for more than half of debit and credit card crime, as criminal push the £30 PIN-free limit to the max.

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Mastercard appoints first chief experience officer

Mastercard has hired Donald Chesnut from SapientRazorfish as it first chief experience officer.

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Fingerprint payment card firm Zwipe aims to raise $13.7 million

Fingerprint payment card firm Zwipe is bidding to raise $13.7 million by applying for a listing on Oslo Bors' multilateral trading facility Merkur Market.

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SIA records 92 million card payments in pre-Christmas week, up 26% on 2017

There were 92 million payments using debit, credit and prepaid cards, issued in Italy and processed by SIA, during the week up to Christmas (from Tuesday 18th to Monday 24th December 2018), compared to the 65 million in the same period last year (+26%); of these approximately 77 million related to traditional stores, representing almost 84% of the total, up 32.8% over 2017, while the volume of online purchases has not changed (15 million payments).

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Nexo Standards welcomes ten new members

As nexo standards continues to respond to the expanding needs of the payments market, the association today announces that ten companies have joined its membership base in 2018 to support the growth of fast, borderless and interoperable card payments globally.

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MTB introduces UnionPay to Bangladesh with support from Compass Plus

ompass Plus, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has announced that Mutual Trust Bank Ltd (MTB), one of the top five retail banks in Bangladesh, has become the first bank in the country to issue UnionPay International cards.

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European Cards Stakeholders Group seeks feedback on card standardisation

The European Cards Stakeholders Group (ECSG), the industry association in charge of cards standardisation in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), is today releasing version 8.5 of the SEPA Cards Standardisation Volume (the Volume) for a three-month public consultation.

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JCB launches QR Code payements in Asia

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd, today announced that JCB has launched EMV standardized QR Code Payment service.

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Lights, camera, action! Finextra TV highlights 2018

It’s been a busy year for the Finextra TV team, posting 251 video interviews with leading industry figures during the course of 2018. Here are the top five by viewing figures.

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2018: The future of banking in the spotlight as digital trends take hold

As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2018, we take a look back at our most popular news items and community engagement activities over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2019.

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Card fraud in Germany: Few incidents, but high costs

Christmas is only a few days away, and everyone is rushing to buy presents for family and friends. The tills are ringing and the card terminals are buzzing. But how safe is it to pay by card?

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US Payments Forum releases guidelines for contactless ATM transactions

With more than 85 percent of U.S. ATMs now accepting EMV contact chip cards, many ATM owners are looking to make transactions easier and faster by adding contactless EMV chip capabilities.

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Mastercard to test LitePOS in Poland

MYPINPAD, the global leader in payment acceptance and customer authentication solutions, is delighted that Mastercard and eService have announced a pilot implementation of the LitePOS solution enabling smartphones, featuring MYPINPAD technology, to fulfil the functions that have been so far reserved for payment terminals.

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Credit checking startup TotallyMoney agrees £29 million funding round

TotallyMoney, a fintech startup providing consumer credit reports, has agreed £29 million of funding from Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited (Elliott) and existing investors Scottish Equity Partners (SEP).