December 15, 2011 - Young, tech-savvy adults may be the quickest to embrace new technology, but don't bet on them trusting social media sites or funky startups with their cash. Banks win out easily, at least for now. A new study from Market Strategies International suggests young adults are more lik
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“Carduri emise de institutii financiare din Romania si din strainatate au fost posibil compromise la nivelul unei baze de date internationale”, potrivit CEC Bank. Institutia a precizat ca a fost vorba de un atac informatic care “nu a vizat doar cardurile CEC Bank si nu se datoreaza eventualelo
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December 14, 2011 - Google's mobile wallet application fails to securely store some personal information on the users' phone, according to research from viaForensics. The security specialist says its initial testing of the app on a rooted handset shows that credit card balances, limits, expiration d
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13 decembrie, 2011 - BRD anunta punerea in ciculatie a primelor 50.000 de carduri contactless care pot fi utilizate, in prezent, in magazinele Carrefour, Inmedio, restaurantele PizzaHut, KFC, Mic.ro, magazinul Ikea, dar si pentru plata calatoriilor cu transportul in comun - la Metrorex, RATB si i
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Cei care nu se intereseaza deloc de produsele bancare sunt, in general, persoane nebancarizate. Cu toate acestea, 23% din populatia bancarizata (care are o relatie cu banca) este la fel de dezinteresata de acest subiect - potrivit unui studiu privind “Nivelul de educatie financiara al romanilor”
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8 decembrie 2011 – MasterCard si compania Western Union au anuntat un acord global prin care consumatorii vor avea acces la o retea globala de transfer si alimentare de bani pe carduri preplatite. Acordul simplifica transferul de bani pentru consumatori, facand interoperabile retelele celor doua
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7 decembrie, 2011 - Libra Internet Bank anunta noi imbunatatiri aduse serviciului integrat de procesare a platilor online – Libra Pay, primul serviciu pe piata locala care permite decontarea in ziua efectuarii tranzactiei. Functional din luna noiembrie a.c., serviciul este considerat de catre b
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6 decembrie 2011 - 28% dintre utilizatorii de internet din mediul urban au facut cumparaturi online in ultimul an. Aproape un sfert dintre cei care cumpara de pe internet fac asta cel putin o data pe luna, potrivit unui studiu Gfk privind comportamentul utilizatorilor de internet fata de cumparaturi
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Dec. 5, 2011– MasterCard and mFoundry announced an international collaboration in the emerging field of mobile payments. MasterCard hopes to tap mFoundry's mobile banking applications, used by the likes of Citi and Bank of America, to push its PayPass contactless payments technology. Founded in 20
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Online collective Anonymous has teamed up with hacker group TeaMp0isoN on its latest campaign, OpRobinHood; using stolen credit card details to "donate" to the "99%". In a statement claiming to be from the pair, the campaign is presented as an extension of the Occupy movement that will "turn the tab
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