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PayPal is opening a European operations centre in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, creating 1000 jobs over the next four years.
21 February 2012
Bitcoin's tribulations continue, with e-wallet provider Paxum ceasing all business involving the virtual currency after coming under pressure from MasterCard and banks, and major exchange TradeHill shutting down.
20 February 2012
MasterCard is set to open a global technologies office in Dublin, creating 130 jobs in the Republic of Ireland's capital.
15 February 2012
MasterCard has forged an exclusive deal with Silver Tail Systems to provide Web merchants with better tools for detecting online shopping fraud.
08 February 2012
Transactional advertising outfit TrialPay has secured $40 million in a funding round joined by payments giant Visa.
31 January 2012
Following the lead of rival Visa, MasterCard has set out plans to push the United States into abandoning mag-stripe cards in favour of EMV chip technology.
A Dutch retail association has hit out at ING, claiming ongoing problems with the bank's iDEAL payments system has cost its members millions of euros.
25 January 2012
American Express has licensed its Serve digital wallet platform to Chinese mobile top-up provider Lianlian Group and made a $125 million equity investment in the firm's overseas unit.
18 January 2012
Around £1 in every £3 in the UK was spent on Visa cards in 2011, with growth in debit and e-commerce payments fuelling a strong year for the European card scheme, which is now training its sights on mobile services.
17 January 2012
Jumio, a US start-up that has developed a system to turn Web cams and smartphone cameras into credit card readers, has raised $25.5 million.
12 January 2012
The European Commission has published its green paper on how Europe can break down barriers to an integrated market for card, Internet and mobile payments.
11 January 2012
PayPal has taken another step in its journey to the high street, beginning a pilot of its new point-of-sale technology with US retail giant Home Depot.
09 January 2012
The vast majority of Americans would spend more online if they were offered an easier and more secure way to pay than credit and debit cards, according to a survey from Javelin Strategy & Research.
13 December 2011
Ahead of Christmas, Visa Europe has launched a Web portal offering deals and discounts from participating retailers to its UK cardholders.
12 December 2011
Data from IBM and PayPal shows a sharp rise in online and mobile shopping over the US Thanksgiving holiday, as savvy shoppers switched on their iPads and smart phones to avoid the crowded shopping malls on Black Friday.
28 November 2011
MasterCard has teamed up with chip giant Intel to make online shopping simpler and more secure by letting customers tap their cards or phones against computers to complete payments.
14 November 2011
Credit card giant American Express has set up a $100 million fund to invest in digital commerce startups.
08 November 2011
Big banks and card schemes are among a list of 26 companies that are working with the UK government on the creation of a new personal identity system for consumers transacting online.
03 November 2011
Facebook is seeking to extend the reach its virtual currency, teaming up with developers to test Credits outside of the social network.
25 October 2011
The chief executive and chairman of cashless payments vendor USA Technologies has resigned over "inappropriate" comments he posted on the Yahoo Finance message board.
19 October 2011
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