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MasterCard launches online shopping mall

MasterCard has launched a Web site where cardholders can gain access to deals and discounts from thousands of retailers and manufacturers.

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New regs force PayPal to stop Japanese personal payments

After falling foul of regulators in India earlier this year, PayPal has been forced to suspend personal payments in Japan ahead of new rules set to come into play on 1 April.

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Deutsche Telekom buys ClickandBuy

Deutsche Telekom has agreed a deal to buy Internet payment service provider ClickandBuy. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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PayPal targets Asia Pacific with new staff and China Unionpay tie-up

PayPal has stepped up its efforts to conquer the Asia Pacific market, vowing to double its staff numbers in the region and inking an agreement with China UnionPay.

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Visa preps online shopping plug-in to take on Web giants

Visa has set a spring launch date for Rightcliq, an online shopping tool that provides users with a centralised location to store and manage their e-commerce activity in a bid to make it easier and safer.

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Morgan Stanley Matrix founder heads to UBS

Hishaam Caramanli (formerly Mufti-Bey) has joined UBS as head of Global Securities - Client Facing Technology

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PayPal tells users to download anti-phishing software

PayPal is asking UK customers to download software from Iconix to help identify genuine e-mails sent by the eBay unit and weed out phishing messages.

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Visa launches virtual debit card programme in Japan

Visa has partnered Japan Net Bank (JNB) on the country's first virtual debit card programme for online merchant payments.

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Facebook offers PayPal option for buying virtual goods

Facebook has teamed with PayPal on an online payments system that enables users to buy virtual goods on the social networking site.

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CyberSource commits £2.8m to Belfast R&D centre

US online payment and security outfit CyberSource has committed to spend around £2.8 million in research and development at its centre in Belfast.

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Gemalto buys mobile authentication firm Valimo

French smart card supplier Gemalto has acquired Finnish mobile authentication outfit Valimo Wireless. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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PayPal to add another 100 Dublin jobs

Online payments company PayPal is creating 100 customer service and operations jobs at its centre in Dublin.

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M-payments start-up Boku raises $25m

San Francisco-based online mobile payments start-up Boku has raised $25 million in a series c financing round led by Dag Ventures and joined by existing investors Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures.

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Samsung shows off contactless card with animated OLED display

Korean IT giant Samsung has unveiled a contactless ID card with an OLED display that shows a rotating digital image of the owner's face when placed by a RFID reader.

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Twitter for credit card purchases unveiled

Blippy, a service that automatically publishes users' credit card transaction details online, has launched in invitation-only beta.

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North American merchants hit back at e-commerce fraud

North American merchants appear to be fighting back in the battle against e-commerce fraud, with losses in 2009 down 18% on the previous year, to $3.3 billion, according to tech security outfit CyberSource.

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Visa invests in authentication outfit Emue

Visa Europe has taken a stake in authentication specialist Emue Technologies, with which it has been developing a card that contains a display for generating one-time numeric codes. The size of the investment was not disclosed.

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UK mobile micropayment service launches

GoPayforit, a mobile phone-based small payments service designed to let bloggers and content owners sell online has launched in the UK.

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US retailers face $100bn in ID fraud losses a year - study

US retailers rack up around $100 billion in identity fraud losses every year, absorbing nearly 10 times the cost incurred by financial institutions, according to a study from LexisNexis and Javelin Strategy & Research.

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PayPal opens up to third party developers

PayPal has officially launched its new platform for third party developers, making it easier to integrate the payment system with other Web sites and applications.