All articles by Zak Garner-Purkis
Zak Garner-Purkis
Federal Reserve to track changing payment methods
The US Federal Reserves Retail Payments Office (RPO) plans to carry out a study into the volume and make up of electronic and cheque payments in the US.
ALi integrates CryptoFirewall into system-on-chip solution
TV set-top-box (STB) provider Acer Laboratories (ALi) has announced that it has integrated security company Cryptology Research’s CryptoFirewall into its multimedia set-top-box and system-on-chip (SOC) products.
World Pay and MoneyGram agree partnership
A partnership has been agreed between global money transfer company MoneyGram and payments processor WorldPay.
2013 predictions from the payments industry
Cards International and Electronic Payments International have asked key industry figures how they think the payment industry will evolve in 2013. The overriding theme revolves around the impact of new technologies, but opinions from across the cards and payments spectre vary significantly.
xpWallet launches bank integration system
Indian mobile wallet provider xpWallet has launched its mWallet Bank Integration System. The product is aimed at mobile network operators, banks and merchants who can use it to offer customers the opportunity to manage funds via their mobile device, integrating a bank account to a mWallet without visiting a branch.
Wincor Nixdorf to launch mobile wallet
Wincor Nixdorf, the German banking IT service provider, has developed a mobile wallet. The product is part of the companys TP Application Suite software for retail companies and Service Station Suite (NAMOS) for service station companies.
ACI releases money transfer system
Payment system providers ACI has released ACI Money Transfer System 5.0, a payment processing management product.
Biometric specialist Validity joins GlobalPlatform
Biometric identification specialist Validity has joined the cross mobile security standardisation group GlobalPlatform.
Vietnam to launch mobile banking service
Vietnamese payment switch operator Smartlink has launched a mobile banking service with Singaporean vendor Tagit. The latter said its Mobeix platform will be available to over 40 million card holders.
CIBC Rogers print magazine NFC advert
Canadian bank CIBC and mobile operator Rogers are running a print advert embedded with an NFC chip.