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Backed by major banks and telcos, the Amsterdam arm of Startupbootcamp has launched an NFC and contactless offering, inviting young firms to pitch for a place on a three month programme with access to funding, workspace and specialist advice.
18 April 2013
Travellers on the subway system in Romania's capital Bucharest can now pay for journeys through their mobile phones, using 'data-over-voice' technology from Margento.
08 April 2013
Having secured $6 million in funding, Italy's Jusp is set to become the latest firm to enter the crowded European market for app and chip and PIN dongle systems that turn mobile phones into card payment terminals.
05 April 2013
Londoners have paid for more than 700,000 bus fares using their contactless bank cards since the option was introduced three months ago.
02 April 2013
Payleven, one of several European firms hawking an app and dongle-based system for turning smartphones into card readers, has been fully authorised by the UK's Financial Services Authority as a payment institution.
27 March 2013
Discover has won the support of ten debit networks to provide a common debit application identifier for the US migration to EMV Chip and PIN.
20 March 2013
UK sandwich chain Pret A Manger is singing the benefits of contactless payments having experienced a surge in uptake by customers over the past year.
19 March 2013
Uninspired by the rewards of running a Subway sandwich franchise, Sean Holdt and Thomas Wilkinson set up an alternative business selling POS terminals to other franchisees. The winning formula? A pre-configured remote access toolkit that allegedly allowed the men to log in after hours and run off their own gift cards.
The new Samsung Galaxy S4 will include 1-D barcode-scanning technology from start-up Mobeam that enables users to scan their handsets at point-of-sale terminals.
15 March 2013
PayPal's bid to take on mobile card reading rival Square has stepped up a gear with the launch of the company's first native app for the iPad, pitched at small retailers that want to use the tablet as a point-of-sale device.
14 March 2013
Wading into a crowded UK market, Intuit has launched its app and chip and PIN dongle system for turning mobile phones into card payment terminals.
PKO Bank Polski is betting on the death of cash and cards with a new mobile banking app, combining a full range of payments and money management services.
08 March 2013
In a bid to co-opt retailers to their mission to kill cash, a group of Dutch banks and MasterCard recently held a special musical, cashless 'thank you' event for the country's shop workers.
RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank customers were left unable to withdraw cash from ATMs, make card payments or access Internet and phone banking for several hours last night, after another technical meltdown at the group.
07 March 2013
Mobile money vendor PayOne has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Home Depot over the retail giant's use of PayPal's in-store checkout technology.
06 March 2013
Thai telco Advanced Info Service (AIS) has selected an Oberthur Technologies SIM card for its upcoming mobile contactless payments trial on Bangkok's public transport network.
05 March 2013
Italian bank UniCredit has begun market tests of a new biometric payment system that uses infra-red sensors at the POS terminal to recognise the geometry of the veins in the palm of the user's hand.
Italian payments processor SIA has teamed up with Gemalto to develop a nationwide mobile NFC payments infrastructure that can be used by the country's banks and network operators.
Spain's Bankinter is prepping a contactless mobile payments service that does not require a secure element within the handset.
04 March 2013
Square has been told by local regulators to stop providing "money transmission services" in Illinois.
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