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Canada has become a leader in the adoption of mobile payments by merchants and consumers. PCM looks at the factors driving the country’s m-payments success story and how a collaborative eco-system is a key driving factor. With a population of 33.5 million, Canada’s mobile payments journey has been incredibly smooth in a short space of [...]

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has shown that it will adopt a more robust approach to regulating Financial Services firms. Last year saw the FCA hand out a total of £472,262,738 worth of fines, a significant increase to the £311,569,256 handed by its predecessor the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in 2012.

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El Corte Inglés has received Visa Europe’s certification to implement contactless payments in all its shopping centres. From now on, and for all contactless payments, cardholders won’t have to hand the card to shop assistants. These payments will also be possible from NFC mobile phones. In order to implement contactless payments, El Corte Inglés has [...]

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DeviceFidelity,  a provider of plug and play mobile Near Field Communication (NFC) and security solutions, says that its Isis Ready NFC iPhone cases are available online, and will be available in AT&T company owned retail locations starting on January 31. DeviceFidelity’s patented NFC technology and software is now available to all iPhone users through a choice of [...]

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South African headquartered Payment Gateway, Setcom, has announced a new four year agreement with ReD, a leading global fraud prevention provider. The agreement will make ReD’s industry leading ReD Shield fraud prevention solution available to Setcom’s global merchant base, as part of an integrated fraud and payments offering. The partnership will allow Setcom to offer [...]

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