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Questions around EU payment system interoperability resurface
The European Union and ECB are once again trying to grapple with the seemingly intractable question of payment system interoperability...
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Interchange fees to process debit and credit card transactions are to be capped under an EU law in a bid...
Contactless cards: Stepping-stone or leapfrog to the future?
The debate around the potential of contactless cards continues to rage in some markets while in others it seems the...
China Everbright Bank selects Datacard for instant issuance
Global instant issuance specialist Datacard Group has announced that China Everbright Bank, a financial services provider headquartered in Beijing with...
WAY4 Switch chosen for regional interbank switch in Indonesia
The Association of Regional Development Banks in Indonesia (ASBANDA), and OpenWay, a provider of software solutions for issuing and acquiring,...
Russia forges closer ties with UnionPay
Russia’s MDM Bank has partnered with Chinese payment network UnionPay (UP) to issue UP-branded cards. Other Russian banks, including Alfa...
US embraces EMV cards
Spurred by major data breaches at Target and other stores, the US banking and retail sectors are turning to more...
UK card spend tops £0.5 trillion for first time
Annual domestic card spending by UK consumers passed £0.5 trillion for the first ever time in 2013 as shoppers increasingly...