February 5, 2012 - A survey has found that French consumers are more interested in the idea of using their fingerprint to identify themselves when making a payment than in using a mobile phone for the purpose. 69% of the 1,008 people surveyed by Ifop for Wincor-Nixdorf said they were either very or
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February 3, 2012 - Two movie theatres in Sydney- Australia have become the first to pilot test QkR, a "queue-busting" mobile payments app that supports QR codes and NFC. The QkR app lets movie-goers at the cinemas order food and drinks directly from their seats using their smart phones. Purchases ar
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Jan. 31, 2012– MasterCard introduced a comprehensive roadmap focused on advancing the U.S. electronic payments system. “We’re moving toward a world beyond plastic … a transformational shift in the approach to payments and is not simply about EMV, chip and PIN”, president US Markets Maste
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26 ianuarie, 2012 - Firmele de servicii financiare si procesatorii de carduri vor trebui sa informeze autoritatea nationala de supraveghere cat mai curand posibil cu privire la orice incalcare grava a securitatii datelor („lost&stolen data”), daca este posibil, in termen de 24 de ore, potriv
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18 January – Visa Europe processed nearly one billion transactions every month in 2011 totaling €1.16 trillion. Fraud losses on Visa cards in Europe reached an all time low in 2011, with the fraud to sales ratio falling by 27% to 0.038%, meaning that fraud now accounts for less than four cents i
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16 ianuarie, 2012 - Pentru respectarea transfrontaliera a legislatiei in materie de TVA, Comisia Europeana anunta infiintarea, incepand cu 1 ianuarie 2015, a unui minighiseu unic pentru furnizorii de servicii, de comert electronic, radiodifuziune sau televiziune si de telecomunicatii, catre clientii
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11 January 2012 — Visa Inc. and Visa Europe announced that NFC-enabled smartphones from Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Research In Motion (RIM) have been certified for use with Visa’s mobile application for payments at the point of sale, Visa payWave. The Samsung Galaxy SII, LG Optimus NET
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10 ianuarie 2012 - Ati fost vreodata pe punctul de a semna un contract pentru un imprumut personal, carte de credit sau alte credite de consum si ati descoperit ca este mai scump decat v-ati asteptat? UE a investigat 562 de site-uri care ofera astfel de servicii, 20 fiind din Romania, si a constatat
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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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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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