2011 – digital music sales beat physical sales for the first time in history

2011 – digital music sales beat physical sales for the first time in history

January 9, 2012 - Most customers now prefer shopping music online to buying in a store. In the U.S., digital sales finally trumped physical sales for the first time in history, according to Nielsen SoundScan’s year-end report for 2011. Digital accounted for 50.3% of all music purchases in 2011.

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Platile prin www.ghiseul.ro au depasit 900.000 lei in 2011

Platile prin www.ghiseul.ro au depasit 900.000 lei in 2011

9 ianuarie, 2011 - In cursul anului 2011, ghiseul.ro a  inregistrat 106.628 vizitatori unici care au intrat pe site pentru consultare si plati, de taxe si impozite locale, precum si pentru rezervari domeniu.ro Au fost efectuate 5.169 de tranzactii de plati prin card bancar in valoare de 908.045 l

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UK government to ban payment surcharges before end of 2012

UK government to ban payment surcharges before end of 2012

January 6, 2012 - UK will be the first EU country to enforce the part of the new EU Consumer Rights Directive that prohibits traders from introducing surcharges for payment methods above what it costs them to deliver the means of payment. The Office of Fair Trading has said that UK consumers spent

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Visa Europe: 2012 to be contactless tipping point

Visa Europe: 2012 to be contactless tipping point

January 6, 2012 - 87% of contactless cardholders in the UK, Poland and Turkey believe contactless cards will be "instrumental in bringing mobile contactless payments to market in the near future," according to Visa Europe. 77% also agreed or strongly agreed that contactless technology would ultima

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168 milioane RON pentru dezvoltarea sistemelor de comert electronic si afaceri online

168 milioane RON pentru dezvoltarea sistemelor de comert electronic si afaceri online

5 ianuarie, 2012 - Incepand de azi, antreprenorii pot depune proiecte spre finantare nerambursabila pentru  Operatiunea 3.3.2 „Sprijin pentru dezvoltarea sistemelor de comert electronic  si a altor solutii on-line pentru afaceri” din cadrul Domeniului Major de Interventie 3 „Sustinerea e-eco

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New reports identifies banking, payments trends for 2012

New reports identifies banking, payments trends for 2012

A new report from Javelin Strategy & Research identifies and evaluates the leading trends that will transform banking, payments, mobile and security in 2012. Javelin provides quantitative and qualitative research focused on the global financial services industry. These predictions highlight a ra

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Achizitionarea de actiuni MasterCard si Visa a fost plasamentul anului 2011

Achizitionarea de actiuni MasterCard si Visa a fost plasamentul anului 2011

4 ianuarie, 2012 - Investitia in actiunile cotate la bursa ale schemelor internationale de plata a fost cel mai bun plasament al anului trecut. In conditiile in care, cu exceptia SUA, toate pietele din economiile dezvoltate au inregistrat scaderi de pana la 24%, ca urmare a deteriorarii pretului act

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