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Global Payments today announces the UK launch of Global PAY Now, a new terminal for restaurants and pubs which will allow diners to settle their bill in under a minute. The terminal is designed to be carried by waiting staff at all times, which allows them to produce a bill instantly upon request. This will [...]

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Fujitsu Technology Solutions has entered into an agreement with UniCredit, the Italy-based European banking group, to make UniCredit the first customer for its PalmSecure authentication system. As part of the deal, UniCredit will roll out the system in Italy as means of payment authorisation, dubbed Papillon. In that case, users enrolled in the system will [...]

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Clear2Pay announced that the NFC Forum, the non-profit industry association that advances NFC technology, validated the latest release of its NFC Forum conformance test suite. The test solution enables chip and device manufacturers to verify the digital conformance of NFC devices to the latest NFC Forum Device Requirements. The solution will be used in authorized [...]

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Oberthur Technologies, one of the world’s largest providers of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, has been selected by Advanced Info Service Plc. (AIS), the largest telecom operator in Thailand, to provide their secure, contactless technology embedded in an NFC SIM card, for public transportation and shopping in Bangkok. This [...]

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Spire Payments is delighted to announce the acquisition of Thyron Payments Systems, a recognised leader in the mobile payments market.  The purchase, which concluded today, sees Spire Payments solidifying its position as the third largest player in Europe by providing a market leading Chip and Pin / PCI SRED certified mobile point of sale (MPOS) [...]

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