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PayPal has launched a reloadable pre-paid Visa card for the UK market that can be used to pay for purchases in traditional retail stores as well as via the Internet.
01 August 2008
Internet retailer Amazon is taking on PayPal and Google in the e-payments market by launching two new services that enable online merchants to use its payments functionality on their e-commerce sites in the US.
30 July 2008
Despite the economic gloom, UK online shopping sales in the first half of 2008 were up 38% - to £26.5 billion - on the same period the previous year.
18 July 2008
The UK's House of Lords is calling on the government to make banks legally responsible for losses incurred by customers through electronic fraud.
08 July 2008
EBay has abandoned plans to force Australian customers to use the PayPal service to make payments on its online auction site.
03 July 2008
UK high street bank Lloyds TSB has come under fire for issuing Visa debit cards to children as young as 11 without seeking parental consent.
30 June 2008
Online retail spending by consumers in Latin America and the Caribbean soared 40% in 2007 to hit US$10.9 billion, according to a study commissioned by Visa.
27 June 2008
Ten years after the service was first launched, PayPal says it now processes some $2000 in payments every second and transactions conducted via its system represent about nine per cent of e-commerce globally.
24 June 2008
Google, Microsoft and PayPal are among a group of technology firms that are joining forces to promote the use of virtual online identity cards - rather than user names and passwords - for conducting transactions via the Web.
The European Union (EU) is set to introduce new rules that will crack down on e-commerce companies that conduct business across member states but force customers to make purchases on country-specific Web sites.
20 June 2008
EBay is postponing plans to force its Australian customers to use the PayPal service following the intervention of the country's competition watchdog, but says it will challenge moves to block its new payments policy.
16 June 2008
UK fraud protection specialists The 3rd Man says criminals are exploiting a loophole in a payment verification system used by e-retailers in order to steal goods.
12 June 2008
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has moved to scuttle plans by eBay to force customers to use the PayPal service to make payments on its online auction site.
Despite the economic downturn, online retail spending by UK consumers rose 35% to £14.7 billion in 2007 and is growing at the fastest rate for six years, according to a report by retail analyst Verdict Research.
03 June 2008
Glitches with the PayPal service has left merchants unable to accept some international payments for almost two weeks. The bug has also prevented merchants from charging some customers for handling costs.
28 May 2008
US authorities have charged 38 members of an international criminal gang that allegedly used spam e-mails to steal bank account details and passwords from thousands of customers.
23 May 2008
UK ID fraud start-up Garlik has secured $5 million in additional funding which it will use to support its launch into the North American market.
16 May 2008
European online payments outfit Moneybookers has launched a Facebook application that enables account holders to send and receive money via their profile on the social networking site.
Citi has launched a service that enables its customers in Singapore to make purchases on US-based online shopping Web sites.
13 May 2008
Australian banks are looking to the country's competition watch dog to derail plans by eBay to force customers to use its PayPal service to make payments on the online auction site.
29 April 2008
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