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MasterCard Europe reports end of year results
MasterCard Europe today announced its fourth quarter 2009 operating results for the Europe region. European consumers continued to use their...
W. European m-payments market to grow €4-5 billion by 2013
The mobile money market in Western Europe is forecast to increase to €4-5 billion by 2013, according to a new...
PayPass deployed in Brazil
MasterCard Worldwide, Credicard, Citibank’s credit card administrator for the Brazilian market, and Redecard have announced the launch of MasterCard PayPass...
Voice Commerce becomes fully authorised Payment Institution
Voice Commerce has become one of the first fully authorised Payment Institutions, having received authorisation to perform payments services from...
Cash costs EUR 130 per person in Europe
The number of retail cashless payments grew by over 160% between 2000 and 2008, to 87 billion transactions. Of these,...
Adopting EMV standards less costly
Payments executives say that adopting the EMV Integrated Circuit Card Specifications may be less costly than expected if banks embrace...
Contactless payments now being accepted
The number of locations that accept contactless payments is set to increase by over 12.5 million by the end of...
Elevon, Santander Form Merchant Services Alliance for Mexico
Elavon and Santander have announced the establishment of a joint merchant services alliance in Mexico. According to Elavon, "the alliance...