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New white papers from Visa Europe

8th July 2010 – Visa Europe’s UK Expenditure Index, launched today, indicates that card expenditure in the UK rose 10.1% in the second quarter (Q2) of 2010 compared to the same period a year earlier. The annual growth rate is now comparable to that seen prior to the recession and in absolu

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European Payments Council publishes white paper on mobile payments

6 July, 2010 - Given the proliferation of mobile phones throughout the EU, the European Payments Council recognises that the mobile channel is an ideal launch pad for SEPA payment instruments. The availability of practical SEPA mobile payments, either account or card-based, would provide a realistic

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Mobey Forum publishes the market’s first mobile remote payments implementation guidelines

9 June, 2010, Helsinki - Mobey Forum, the global leader in defining a sustainable and prosperous mobile financial services ecosystem, has released the market’s first comprehensive white paper specifying implementer guidelines for mobile remote payments. The document will be of particular interest

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Plăţile pe card arată o revenire a consumului in Europa, mai puternică decât cea estimată

27 mai 2010 – Cheltuielile făcute de consumatorii din Europa au crescut cu 9% în primul trimestru (T1) din 2010 faţă de primul trimestru din 2009, conform raportului Visa privind Tendinţele de Consum din Europa, realizat în colaborare cu Markit, o companie specializată în analize de busi

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MasterCard Incorporated a inregistrat o rata a profitului de 35% in T1 2010

In primul trimestru in 2010, veniturile totale ale MasterCard Incorporated s-au ridicat la 1,3 miliarde USD, in crestere cu 13% fata de aceeasi perioada din 2009, iar profitul net a fost de 455 milioane USD. La 31 martie 2010 in circulatie erau 1,6 miliarde de carduri valide sub brandurile Ma

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2 milioane de clienti utilizeaza servicii de online banking

Analiza anuala pe care revista e-Finance o realizeaza pe zona serviciilor de Internet banking indica o crestere de 66%, in anul 2009 fata de 2008, a numarului clientilor care s-au abonat la servicii de online banking, pana la aproape 2 milioane. In privinta gradului de tranzactionare, cresterea este

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New Report Reveals Massive Change in the Ways We Pay over the Last Decade

A new report, ‘The Way We Pay 2010 ‘, published recently (14 April) by the Payments Council shows a payments revolution occurred in the noughties, and this looks set to continue over the next decade. The last decade not only saw the rise of internet banking and shopping but it was also the dec

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Consiliul European de Plati: sectorul public joaca un rol esential in concretizarea SEPA

SEPA va deveni realitate după migrarea masei critice a operaţiunilor de la instrumentele de plată naţionale tradiţionale la noile instrumente de plată paneuropene. Acest obiectiv poate fi realizat numai dacă principalii participanţi din sectorul plăţilor, cum ar fi administraţiile pu

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Card firms press US to file WTO complaint on access to China

The Obama administration is weighing complaints from U.S. companies that China is violating trade rules by shutting them out of its $723 billion payment- processing market. Trade Representative Ron Kirk told reporters in Brussels that the U.S. hasn’t decided if it will file a complaint at the Wor

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Rezultatele MasterCard Europe in 2009

9 februarie 2010 – MasterCard Europe a anunţat rezultatele financiare pe trimestrul al patrulea din 2009, înregistrate în Europa. Consumatorii din regiune au continuat să-şi utilizeze cardurile lor MasterCard®, astfel că numărul de tranzacţii la comercianţi a urcat cu 10%, comparativ cu

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