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A massive rise in fraud committed on UK cards abroad pushed up industry losses in the first half of the year, even though domestic card fraud levels fell during the period, according to industry figures released by payment association Apacs.
03 October 2007
The number of online transactions will more than double to reach $355.2 billion by 2012, according to a US study released by Javelin Research & Strategy which also predicts increasing take up "alternative payment methods" such as PayPal.
26 September 2007
Swiss group Telekurs has bought 3C Communications, a Luxembourg-based provider of card payments processing services, from Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 for SKr50 million in cash.
19 September 2007
UK banking group Barclays is using technology from US-based Omniture in a bid to increase conversion rates for inquiries and sales of key products on its Web site.
11 September 2007
Over two hundred thousand cases of online financial fraud were commited in the UK last year - double the amount of real world robberies - according to a study carried out by criminologists at consultancy firm 1871.
07 September 2007
The publication of a patent filing has fuelled specualtion that Internet search engine Google is gearing up to launch a payments service, dubbed GPay, that would enable users to pay for purchases using SMS text messages.
03 September 2007
The UK's major mobile phone operators - Orange, Vodafone, T-Mobile, 3 and O2 - have launched a payment system that allows subscribers to use their handsets to pay for low value purchases.
Following sustained pressure from retailers, Mastercard has ditched plans to introduce a new ad valorem fee structure for the launch of its new debit card in the UK.
31 August 2007
Problems with an IT upgrade at UK online payments processor Protx left thousands of online and mail order merchants unable to take payments yesterday.
02 August 2007
Nordea has contracted with Swedish security vendor Todos Data System for the supply of over a million portable smart card readers which will be rolled out to its Internet banking customers.
08 June 2007
Person-to-person payments firm PayPal has been granted a banking licence in Luxembourg and is relocating its European headquarters to the country from London, in a move that will see it escape FSA oversight and multiply the number of Web sites that can offer its service.
15 May 2007
A voice-verified authentication system for mobile and Internet payments has been launched in the UK by Nick Ogden, the founder of online payments operator WorldPay.
30 April 2007
Internet search engine Google has launched its Web payments processing service Checkout in the UK.
13 April 2007
US person-to-person payments firm PayPal says it has registered almost 35 million user accounts in Europe.
21 March 2007
Fraudsters are selling stolen credit card details over the Internet for as little as $1, according to a study conducted by security systems vendor Symantec which also found that other confidential information - including bank account data - is available for just $14.
20 March 2007
UK e-payments outfit PayPoint has acquired SecPay Limited, a provider of online payment processing services, for a net purchase consideration of £12 million in cash.
26 February 2007
UK-based DataCash has signed a deal to buy NetGiro Systems, a Swedish provider of e-payments systems and services, for EUR10.25 million in cash.
08 February 2007
Google claims to have signed up 20% of the Web's top 500 retailers for its online payment service Checkout in its first six months of operation.
01 February 2007
California online micropayments firm BitPass has shuttered its operations and has informed its merchant and consumer customers that their accounts will be closed at the end of the week.
22 January 2007
UK consumers spent a record £7.66 billion on Internet purchases during the 10-week run-up to Christmas 2006, over 50% more than the amount spent in 2005, according to figures from industry body Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG).
18 January 2007
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