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Starbucks brings mobile app to New York; adds PayPal option

Coffee chain Starbucks has extended its mobile payments trial to around 300 stores in New York City and Long Island.

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UK hits contactless and mobile payments milestones

PayPal and Barclaycard have released statistics demonstrating the rise of mobile and contactless payment methods in the UK.

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MBNA and Virgin Money embark on UK contactless card roll outs

Bank of America's card unit MBNA and Virgin Money have both committed to rolling out contactless credit cards to millions of UK customers over the next two years.

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VeriFone in talks to buy Gemalto POS business

VeriFone has moved to boost its European presence, entering into exclusive talks to buy the point-of-sale business of Gemalto as part of a wider strategic partnership between the two firms.

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Co-op taps Clear2Pay for payments overhaul

Co-operative Financial Services has selected technology from Clear2Pay as the basis for a revamped, single unified payments hub.

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Danish city introduces contactless card for school kids

A contactless payment card for school children has been introduced in the Danish city of Aarhus in a move its developers Nets and Axicode claim will make kids' days easier, safer and cleaner.

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Commonwealth Bank contactless drive gathers momentum

Australia's Commonwealth Bank says it will have more than 20,000 contactless payments readers in stores by the end of the year - for use with four million issued cards - after signing up another two major retailers to the technology.

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TfL eyes global travel card harmonisation - report

Transport authorities in major global cities are considering harmonising their ticketing systems, enabling people to use contactless bank cards to pay for journeys wherever they are in the world, according to the Daily Telegraph.

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Over one billion EMV cards now active

Over a third of the world's payments cards - around one billion - are now EMV with two thirds of terminals - 15.4 million - also on the standard designed to secure transactions at the point-of-sale.

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South Korea to see surge in contactless m-payments - Celent

South Korea is set to see an explosion in the popularity of mobile contactless payments, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 50% for the next few years, according to Celent.

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VeriFone makes hostile bid for Hypercom

VeriFone has launched a £337 million hostile bid for rival card terminal outfit Hypercom after seeing an initial friendly approach rebuffed.

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Visa in NY and LA contactless transit deals

Visa is trialling its contactless payWave payments technology for public transport services in New York and Los Angeles.

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Ditching cash and cheques could save Ireland EUR1bn - NIB

Ireland cold save EUR1 billion a year by ditching cash and cheques in favour of electronic payments, according to research from National Irish Bank (NIB).

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First Data ships TransArmor eftpos protection unit

First Data is forecasting 100,000 unit sales by year-end of its new card protection system FirstArmor, which begins shipping to merchants today.

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CBA upgrade hits eftpos and ATM transactions

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has apologised to customers after scheduled system and security upgrades to its NetBank online service disrupted its nationwide payment network.

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ANZ outage blacks out eftpos and credit card transactions

ANZ has suffered its second technical outage in as many months as a system glitch knocked out eftpos and credit card transactions across the country for three hours on Tuesday.

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BofA and Visa plan contactless m-payments trial - Reuters

Bank of America and Visa are set to start testing mobile contactless payments technology next month in New York, according to Reuters.

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RBS WorldPay promises end-to-end encryption for US merchants

RBS WorldPay has struck a deal with Semtek for the provision of end-to-end security services for its US merchants.

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Youth Olympics spectators get 3-in-1 Visa card

Spectators attending the opening and closing ceremonies at the first ever Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this month have been issued Visa pre-paid cards that, as well as acting as tickets, can be used to buy goods and travel on public transport.

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Visa and Akbank team on MicroSD-based contactless m-payments

Visa is teaming with Turkey's Akbank and vendor DeviceFidelity to launch Europe's first microSD-based contactless mobile payment system.