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MasterCard lanseaza primul serviciu MoneySend din Europa

14 decembrie, 2010 - Russia Standard Bank (RSB) este prima banca din Europa, care furnizeaza serviciul de transfer de bani intre persoane fizice, prin platforma MasterCard MoneySendTM. Clientii RSB, posesori de carduri MasterCard® si Maestro®, vor avea posibilitatea sa trimita bani direct catre

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Antitrust: Commission makes Visa Europe’s commitments to cut interbank fees for debit cards legally binding

9 December, 2010 - The European Commission has made legally binding commitments offered by Visa Europe to significantly cut its multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) for debit card payments. The MIF is a bank-to-bank fee for card payments that is collectively fixed by Visa Europe's member banks, b

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Sustinatorii WikiLeaks au blocat temporar site-ul MasterCard

9 decembrie, 2010 - Un grup de hackeri care sustine organizatia WikiLeaks cat si pe fondatorul acesteia, Julian Assange, a blocat miercuri site-ul Mastercard, facand indisponibile serviciile online ale companiei in mai multe tari, printre care si Romania, potrivit Netopia. Actiunea hackerilor vine

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Visa – mobile contactless payments solution certified for commercial use

December 7, 2010 - Visa Inc. and Visa Europe today announced the commercial availability of mobile contactless payments enabled by DeviceFidelity's In2Pay microSD solution. For the first time in Visa's history, a mobile contactless payment solution is now included in the list of Visa compliant produ

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First Large-Scale Rollout of EMV Contactless Payment Cards in Poland

Dec. 2, 2010 - Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces it has been selected by PKO Bank Polski for the migration of its entire portfolio of Visa debit cards for individual clients, from magnetic stripe technology straight to EMV contactless. PKO Bank is the largest financial i

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China UnionPay and American Express to explore opportunities inside and outside China

November 25, 2010 - China UnionPay and American Express recently announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding that calls for both companies to explore the expansion of their current cooperative activities. For the past several years, China UnionPay and American

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China set to become m-payments mega-market

November 15, 2010 - China will soon be the largest mobile payments market in the world, with 410 million users by 2013, according to research house Celent. China is already the world's largest mobile phone market, with 740 million users in 2009. In terms of remote mobile payment, the penetration ra

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Visa Europe anunta lansarea primului card Visa CodeSure din lume cu functionalitatea de plata contactless

12 noiembrie 2010 – Visa Europe impreuna cu Cornèr Bank anunta lansarea comerciala a Visa CodeSure, un card ce permite consumatorilor sa genereze un cod unic prin simpla introducere a codului PIN folosind tastatura aflata chiar pe card. Cardul are si functionalitatea contactless care permite plat

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Gemalto launches payment card with online banking security functionality

November 10, 2010 - Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today launched the industry‘s first credit card to combine one-time password security capabilities with standard payment. This innovation allows banks to provide a single card that delivers both payment and increased security for

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All banks in the euro area are reachable for cross-border SEPA direct debits

Starting with 1 November 2010, all banks in the euro area are reachable for cross-border SEPA direct debits as mandated by European Union (EU) law. 1 November 2010 is an important target date for the roll-out of SEPA Direct Debit services by banks. EU Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 establishes mandato

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