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Visa Europe announced that contactless cards will be rolled out to RBS and NatWest cardholders in the UK. Over 2 million eligible RBS and NatWest customers will receive a contactless card over the next year as part of the bank’s ongoing commitment to innovation and customer service.  Mark Austin, Vice President – Contactless at Visa [...]

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Competition and activity continues to heat up in the mobile payments market. mPowahas signed a white-label deal with Portugal Telecom for the carrier to resell mPowa’s services as the centerpiece of its own mobile payments solution. The exact financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but mPowa’s CEO Dan Wagner says the deal is for seven years, [...]

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Bank of Ireland has stolen a march on its local and UK counterparts by going live with a new service that lets its banking customers transfer cash in a way that is as simple as sending a text message. The Pay to Mobile service lets bank customers make payments from one mobile to another, using [...]

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Virgin Holidays, the UK’s market-leading long-haul holiday company, has deployed interactive voice response (IVR) technology from Encoded to offer customers an automated payment option when booking holidays, adding excursions and making further payments via the company’s Customer Service Department.    The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant system offers the highest levels [...]

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The partnership will enable G2 Web Services to integrate Sysnet’s PCI DSS compliance solutions into the full suite of services it currently offers to more than 200 acquiring clients globally focused on due diligence, compliance and fraud. G2 will now offer the CompliancePlus Suite, which includes Sysnet’s PCI DSS compliance management solutions.  “Partnering with G2 [...]

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