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Premier Tax Free taps Wirecard for emerging payments

For merchants, the integration of value added services including those that are ‘tax free’ and alternative payment procedures at the Point of Sale (e.g. Alipay, WeChat) is becoming increasingly important.

21 October 2016

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Visa tells Europe to be ready for 3-D Secure 2.0 by April 2018

As EMVCo prepares to unveil a major update to the 3-D Secure specification for authenticating online transactions, Visa says that it expects to set a migration deadline for European merchants of April 2018.

21 October 2016

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Uber partners Bankaool and Mastercard for Mexican debit card

Uber, the ride-sharing app that allows users to request a safe, reliable and affordable rides with the tap of a button, in partnership with Bankaool the first Mexican online bank and Mastercard, the technology company leader in the industry of electronic payments, will launch tomorrow, the Uber Bankaool Debit Card.

20 October 2016

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Ecobank to roll out Masterpass QR across 33 African countries

MasterCard has signed its largest-ever deal for Masterpass, snagging an agreement with the Ecobank Group for the roll out of its QR code-based mobile payment service across 33 African countries.

20 October 2016

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Digital a big opportunity for small banks

Astrid Stolbrink, Head of FSI EMEA Services, SAP, talks about smaller established banks’ advantages when it comes to providing banking anywhere, anytime, and how they can approach breaking down the silos in their organisations to realise this opportunity.

20 October 2016

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Worldpay offers end-to-end PCI compliance

Worldpay has announced a major milestone in helping UK retailers reduce the complexity and cost associated with gaining PCI compliance by becoming the first payment acquirer to be able to offer customers a complete end to end omni-channel payments service that includes Point to Point Encryption (P2PE) Version 2 certification from the Payments Card Industry Council.

20 October 2016

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Visa supports Android Pay in Hong Kong

With the announcement made by Google on Android Pay today, this makes Hong Kong one of the first few markets in Asia Pacific to have this mobile payment option.

20 October 2016

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Android Pay goes live in Hong Kong

Mastercard cardholders and Android device users in Hong Kong now have even more ways to shop easily and securely on-the-go as Android Pay launches in the city.

20 October 2016

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Indian banks hit by massive ATM breach

India's top banks are asking customers to change PIN codes and recalling millions of debit cards following reports of a malware-based security breach at a number of unspecified ATMs across the country.

20 October 2016

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Eckoh brings Apple Pay to voice calls

Eckoh and WorldPay have carried out what they claim is the world's first Apple Pay payment via a phone voice call.

20 October 2016

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There is no one-size-fits-all to instant pricing

Trevor LaFleche, Dovetail, speaks about the findings of the Finextra and Dovetail research paper on the pricing of instant payments, and what banks should be doing in light of the changing climate.

19 October 2016

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Ingenico names app challenger winner

Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING), global leader in seamless payment, is pleased to announce the winner of its 2016 Telium TETRA App Challenge.

19 October 2016

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Ingenico adds three new SDKs to developer toolbox

Ingenico ePayments, the online and mobile commerce division of Ingenico Group, today announced the availability of three new Software Development Kits (SDKs) under the Ingenico Connect suite of integration tools and services.

19 October 2016

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Myanmar's KBZ Bank issues UnionPay credit cards

UnionPay International and Kanbawza Bank (KBZ Bank) have begun issuing credit cards to customers.

19 October 2016

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Adyen extends acquiring platform to Brazil, Hong Kong and Australia

Adyen, the technology company enabling global commerce, today announced a worldwide expansion of its credit card acquiring capabilities.

19 October 2016

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Orange Cash opens mobile wallet to teen market

Orange is offering a version of its mobile wallet app Orange Cash to cover the teen market in France.

19 October 2016

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In-store mobile payments fail to take off in North America

The number of North Americans using their mobile phones for payments at the point of sale has remained flat over the last year, despite growing awareness of the technology and a drop off in the popularity of cash, according to a survey from Accenture.

19 October 2016

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Customer value drives changes in payments

Gene Neyer, Industry & Regulatory, Global Payments, D+H, talks about how ISO 20022, PSD2 and real-time are coming together to transform the payments landscape, and the growing recognition that collaboration is needed to deliver value to customers in the payments landscape.

18 October 2016

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Bottomline adds Mastercard virtual card capability to Paymode-X network

Bottomline Technologies (EPAY), a leading provider of cloud-based payment, invoice and digital banking solutions, today announced an agreement to connect Mastercard In Control® for Commercial Payments technology with Bottomline’s Paymode-X.

18 October 2016

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Indian microfinance institution Ujjivan to launch biometric ATMs

Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd., (Ujjivan), a leading pan-India microfinance institution, which is in process of transforming into a small finance bank (SFB), today announced that it will provide the benefits of ATMs to its unbanked and under-served customers across the country by using biometric enabled machines.

18 October 2016