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IPC Systems has unveiled a vendor and customer app development partner programme for its Unigy trading communications platform.
14 May 2013
Eftpos Australia says it will begin mobile payments trials with selected Australian retailers in the next few months.
UK government officials met yesterday to discuss the security and tax implications of virtual currency bitcoin, according to the Financial Times.
Numbrs, a Swiss start-up developing a mobile money app that lets users access all their bank accounts in one place, has secured a EUR6.1 million investment from Net firm incubator Centralway.
Finextra TV/Innovation
Chris Dunne, Payment Services Director at VocaLink celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Faster Payments Service in the UK.
Kindle Fire owners in the US have had 500 new Amazon Coins - worth a total of $5 - deposited into their accounts today to mark the launch of the virtual currency for purchasing apps, games and in-app items.
13 May 2013
CIBC in Canada has expanded support for its mobile payments app from BlackBerry-only to Android devices, as wireless partner Rogers receives approval to incorporate as a bank.
10 May 2013
Italian cancer researchers are harnessing the computing power of Intesa Sanpaolo, Unicredit and payments processor SIA to help process and analyse huge quantities of genetic data.
09 May 2013
"Candy is compulsory." So says Eric Van der Kleij, technology entrepreneur and special adviser to Level39, the FinTech Accelerator space in Canary Wharf, as he guides the Finextra TV team on an exclusive tour of the facility.
Barclays Wealth and Investment Management in the UK is using voice biometric technology to verify the identity of customers as they converse with call centre agents over the telephone.
08 May 2013
Barclaycard is to move into the daily deals market with a new service which enables merchants to tap into its datasets to target consumers with tailor-made discounts and promotions.
A small collection of bitcoin enthusiasts met in New York yesterday to drag the high-tech virtual currency back into the eighteenth century through face-to-face trading.
07 May 2013
Chase has added a feature to its Jot app that enables small business cardholders to capture and file receipts using their mobile phone cameras.
The bank-backed Mobey Forum has established a global task force to assess the mobile point of sale (MPOS) revolution sweeping across North America and Europe.
03 May 2013
A rogue staffer at competitive gaming firm Esea enslaved users' computers to run a background bitcoin mining operation that generated around $3700 worth of the digital currency.
A partnership between the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, MT. Gox, and US counterpart CoinLab has turned ugly, with the latter suing the former for $75 million.
MasterCard is reporting positive results from a year-long global social media monitoring campaign, tapping into conversations across 43 markets worldwide to gain insights and drive its business strategy.
Recently-reopened US bitcoin exchange Tradehill has moved to beef up its security through a partnership with online identity verification start-up miiCard.
02 May 2013
The Australian arm of banking giant ING has teamed up with social innovation crowdfunding specialist StartSomeGood to launch Dreamstarter, a platform for entrepreneurs looking to raise money for socially useful projects.
Mobile POS outfit Square has raided rival PayPal to appoint a new head of retail partnerships as the company reports fast growth in the tablet point-of-sale terminal market.
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