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Internet banking use in Norway is growing strongly, according to EDB Business Partner’s annual statistics for 2007, which show that the number of invoices paid through Norwegian internet banks increased by 21% in 2007, and is up 10% on 2006 and up more than three-fold since 2003. Virtually every adult in Norway – about 4 [...]

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Chase Paymentech has formally opened its European headquarters in Dublin. The move is part of the company’s broader strategy to serve its merchant partners across the globe through a series of cross-border payment initiatives. Within three years, the new office is expected to support 100 people across Europe. A joint venture between JPMorgan Bank (51%) [...]

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Newcastle Building Society and Payzone have launched a new prepaid MasterCard gift card for use in the outlet stores of Fidenza Village in northern Italy. The Fidenza card is the fourth gift card in a series of 10 planned for sale in individual designer shopping villages across Europe. The open loop gift card allows customers [...]

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MasterCard Worldwide has announced that it has now issued 300 million EMV chip-based MasterCard cards across the world. About one in five cards carrying MasterCard brands is now EMV compliant. These cards are accepted at over 8 million locations around the world. While the bulk of these remain in Europe much of the growth over [...]

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Barclaycard and Transport for London are in the middle of a further issuance push with selected Barclaycard holders in London (including ECR’s editor) finding themselves ‘upgraded’ automatically to a OnePulse card unless they specifically request not. Sales people are out in force in underground stations too. Barclaycard refuses to disclose the number of cards issued [...]

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