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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
Only 17% of Brits want to use their mobile phones as wallets, with security concerns the chief reason for reticence, according to a survey from Intersperience.
14 October 2011
PayPal has taken the wraps off its single sign-on digital identity service for online shopping, PayPal Access. The move comes as the San Jose-based payments operator unveils a series of new partnerships with a host of banking technology suppliers at the BAI Retail delivery show in Chicago.
12 October 2011
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Giorgio Ferrero, Chairman of EBA Clearing discusses the launch of MyBank.
29 September 2011
American Express is teaming with Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings on cross-border online payments.
28 September 2011
The EC has opened an antitrust investigation into whether the European Payments Council (EPC) is blocking new, non-bank, players from entering the online payments market.
26 September 2011
Financial heavyweight Citi has faced off a challenge to old-bank hegemony with a powerful display of its technological prowess that knocked the wind out of a room-full of Bank 2.0 innovation gurus and digital evangelists at an Innotribe session at Sibos in Toronto.
22 September 2011
Financial messaging network Swift has announced that its MyStandards project is now recruiting users after completing a closed pilot phase.
PayPal is stepping up its bid to take on card companies Visa and MasterCard in the high street as the boundaries between online and offline merge.
15 September 2011
Globally, mobile payments will represent 15% of all cards transactions by 2013, and will overcome plastic volumes within 10 years if growth continues at the same rate, claims the World Payments Report from RBS, Capgemini and Efma.
14 September 2011
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