Latest E-commerce News: Finextra Research

EBA Clearing makes online shopping play with pan-European e-payments initiative

EBA Clearing has outlined plans to launch a pan-European electronic payments service for online shopping, enabling buyers and sellers to complete transactions through their e-banking portals.

15 June 2011

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US senators voice fears over Bitcoin link to online drugs market

Peer-to-peer virtual currency Bitcoin has come under fire from US senators worried it is being used to anonymously buy illegal drugs online.

09 June 2011

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Hype-driven Blippy falls by the wayside

In a salutatory lesson for the never-ending stream of start-ups hoping to make money from clever takes on social media, Blippy, the service that automatically published users' credit card transaction details online when it launched to much fanfare in late 2009 but had to quickly change its business model, is now all but dead.

20 May 2011

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Industry heavyweights launch FreeMonee 'gift network'

A group of veterans from the banking, retail and e-commerce worlds have launched a "cash-gift network" that lets firms send monetary incentives straight to customers' credit and debit cards.

12 May 2011

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Visa preps digital wallet

Visa's assault on the online and mobile commerce markets is gathering momentum, with a digital wallet coming to customers in the US and Canada this autumn.

11 May 2011

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Amex makes mobile play with Payfone investment and partnership

American Express has joined a $19 million funding round for m-payments outfit Payfone and formed an alliance with the start-up to build a mobile checkout service.

13 April 2011

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Visa Europe promises EUR100m a year on mobile and e-commerce

Visa Europe has vowed to pump EUR100 million a year into mobile and e-commerce in a bid to ensure it stays at the top of a rapidly changing payments tree.

08 April 2011

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MasterCard to make contactless standard in Australia and New Zealand

MasterCard says that from October next year all of its cards issued in Australia and New Zealand will include PayPass contactless technology.

30 March 2011

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RBA calls for Australian payments innovation

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is calling for the country's payments industry players to coordinate on system-wide innovation.

29 March 2011

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Amex unveils digital payments platform

American Express has unveiled a digital payment and commerce platform that lets users buy goods and make person-to-person transfers online and through mobile phones.

28 March 2011

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Bankwest launches e-commerce-inspired Web site

Australia's Bankwest has revamped its Web site, taking inspiration from online shopping portals.

21 March 2011

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Rise of e-commerce changing Brits' Christmas shopping habits

With UK consumers increasingly going online to do their Christmas shopping they are also spending earlier, shifting from last-minute December buying to November, according to the Payments Council.

10 March 2011

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Sprint to bypass banks with BilltoMobile online payment option

US wireless carrier Sprint is working with payments start-up BilltoMobile to offer customers the ability to charge online purchses direct to their mobile phone bill, cutting out banks and credit card companies.

18 February 2011

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EC launches public consultation on e-signatures

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on electronic signatures and identification as it bids to boost e-business and e-commerce across the continent.

18 February 2011

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PayPal creates 150 Dublin jobs; suffers brief outage

Online payments firm PayPal is adding 150 new positions at its European operations and customer service headquarters in Dublin.

18 February 2011

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Active mobile users show strong interest in m-commerce - Accenture

Nearly half of the "most active" mobile device users would welcome the chance to pay for goods and services using their handsets, according to a global survey from Accenture, which also shows the West lags way behind Asia in adoption of the technology.

16 February 2011

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Cosmetics firm Lush forced to shut more hacked Web sites

Cosmetics firm Lush says its Australian and New Zealand Web sites have been hacked, urging customers who have placed orders online to contact their banks about cancelling credit cards.

15 February 2011

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Visa agrees $190m PlaySpan acquisition

Visa has stepped up its assault on the e-commerce market with the $190 million acquisition of PlaySpan, provider of a payments platform for digital goods.

09 February 2011

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O2 seeks UK license for mobile money play

O2 is set to join the growing band of telcos bidding to grab a slice of the mobile payments market when it applies to the UK's FSA for an e-money license later this year.

03 February 2011

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French telcos form e-payment JV

French telcos Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR have teamed with vendor Atos Origin to form a joint venture company which uses mobile phone numbers in place of plastic card details for online shopping.

03 February 2011