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Barclaycard launches cross-border service
Barclaycard SmartPay, an online payment processing system designed to help its e-commerce customers manage their cross-border payments will be launched this summer.
Ixe Bank multi-channel service for Mexico
Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, the mobile messaging and mobile commerce service provider, is partnering with Ixe Bank, one of Mexicos leading financial institutions, to launch Ixe Net Movil, a multi-channel m-banking service.
UK ATMs accept German debit cards under EAPS
The German girocard debit card scheme, operated by Zentraler Kreditausschuss, will now be accepted at all 63,000 LINK ATMs in the UK under the Euro Alliance of Payment Schemes (EAPS). EAPS facilitates pan European ATM and POS transactions by uniting independent card schemes throughout Europe under a single European framework
Obopay changes tack on P2P payments
As bank interest in mobile payments gather pace, Obopay has refined its business model, focusing on white-label m-payments products for banks The company is hoping to benefit from a wave of new product launches after US Bank became the first mainstream bank in the US to implement P2P mobile payments. Obopay has revamped its business model, choosing to shelve its mobile transfer service for an offering built around a new service banks can offer to customers.
Comment: US Bank m-payments initiative is the start of the avalanche
Welcome to the new-look Electronic Payments International, part of an upgrade of the product both in print and online. As you will be aware, EPI is now also available through a more user-friendly website which features daily updates on the main industry stories in addition to the analysis, features and country surveys you are used to The main focus over the last month, both online and in print, has been the huge surge in interest in mobile payments, which is our cover story in this issue, and covered extensively in a special section.
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Visa positions for mobile future through $2bn Cybersource deal
Signaling its ever-deeper move towards a digital payments future and as a result of the resilience of online fraud, Visa is set to pay $2bn in cash for e-commerce payment processor CyberSource in a deal that strengthens its position in mobile commerce. CyberSources fraud prevention technology is expected to help Visa to increase online use of the credit, debit and prepaid cards that bear its name, while also positioning the company as a major player in mobile payments
Micropross and Brightsight team up on contactless testing
Smartcard solutions provider Micropross is joining forces with IT security company Brightsight to collaborate in the field of contactless smartcard testing. By using Microprosscontactless laboratory tools, MP300 TCL1 and MP300 TCL2, Brightsight have found a basis for its own test equipment and security analysis tools This makes it possible for the user to verify the strength of the security features that are present inside a secure micro controller with the support of a convenient and flexible card reader and tester.
Ukash launches first open-loop product
Ukash has teamed up with Transact Network to launch its first open-loop product, significantly extending its acceptance network in Germany and the UK.
Research warns of ATM fraud
A quarter of ATM fraud victims left their financial institutions in 2009, according to research by Javelin Strategy & Research.
Australia’s Fairfax Digital selects TNS for ecommerce
Australian print and online media company, Fairfax Media, has selected US based communications experts Transaction Network Services (TNS) to provide eCommerce payment solutions for its online subsidiary, Fairfax Digital, the Australian network of online news, information and classified websites.