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Bank-owned Norwegian e-payments processor BBS has agreed a deal to acquire Sagem Denmark and Sagem Manison Finland from Ingenico for an undisclosed cash fee.
12 June 2009
US Bank is piloting a card that can be used for for traditional magnetic stripe purchases, Visa payWave contactless transactions and to gain access to secure facilities.
27 May 2009
UK high street retailer Boots is teaming with MasterCard and RBS WorldPay to introduce contactless payments at stores in London and Liverpool.
12 May 2009
Following a successful pilot, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is set to install 5000 contactless payments readers across the country this year, according to the Australian newspaper.
08 May 2009
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has awarded Telstra a 10 year, A$1 billion managed services contract as it prepares for a major telecommunications network upgrade.
22 April 2009
Visa has teamed with Malaysia's Maybank, wireless carrier Maxis and handset manufacturer Nokia to launch its first commercial contactless mobile payments service.
09 April 2009
Citi has teamed with Visa and mobile operator M1 to launch a three month contactless m-payments trial in Singapore.
03 April 2009
The growth of contactless payments continues apace with MasterCard issuing its 50 millionth PayPass device late last year, a doubling of the amount in circulation in just 12 months.
19 March 2009
India's ICICI Bank is reportedly looking into spinning off its network of ATMs and payment terminals to a separate company and has sounded out technology vendors about joining the new entity.
Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn has shelved plans to use fingerprint scanning technology as an alternative to card and cash payments at the check-out after a six month trial failed to dispel security concerns.
18 March 2009
Barclaycard and wireless operator Orange have formed a strategic alliance that will see them push through the development and adoption of contactless mobile payments services.
09 March 2009
Canadian authorities are to launch a probe into credit card interchange fees and the debit payment system.
Bank-backed Canadian card payments processor Moneris is gearing up for the country's migration to EMV by awarding eftpos vendor Verifone a $10 million contract for the supply of terminals.
27 February 2009
Authorities in Singapore have outlined plans to work with banks, telcos and payment processors to set up an interoperable infrastructure for contactless mobile transit and payments.
24 February 2009
National Australia Bank is looking at a commercial launch of contactless mobile payments after a three-month trial at Melbourne's Docklands "exceeded expectations" and indicated a strong consumer appetite for the technology.
19 February 2009
Middle East and African mobile telecommunications provider Zain has partnered with banks including Standard Chartered and Citi to offer mobile banking to over 100 million people in East Africa with the launch of its new service, Zap.
17 February 2009
American Express has joined MasterCard, Visa and JCB as an owner-member of EMVCo, the standards body set up to manage and maintain the global EMV specifications.
03 February 2009
UK prepaid card programme service provider Tuxedo Money Solutions has completed a significant funding round with all major shareholders participating.
22 December 2008
Police in Sweden are warning shoppers who bought goods in two Toys R Us stores in the last few weeks to cancel their bank cards after skimming equipment used to steal data was found on Eftpos terminals.
16 December 2008
Visa has outlined plans to accelerate Australia's migration to chip and PIN card technology as part of a five year programme to improve payment system security in the country.
11 December 2008
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