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Finextra and Misys have announced the results of their annual survey of trends in transaction banking. The responses from 105 professionals in the trade finance, payments and cash management industry located in 40 countries highlighted the stronger strategic focus on customer service and channel and product innovation. The survey also provided evidence of the ever-increasing [...]

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Experian, the global information services company, today announced that Microsoft has adopted Experian’s Bank Wizard Global to handle accurate and timely commission payments to Microsoft Corp.’s international network of re-sellers and supply vendors. Under new Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) rules, the use of the International Bank Account Number (IBAN) to uniquely identify the bank [...]

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Sixteen Belgian banks are testing the clearing platform offered by French processor STET, representing the first banking community to switch to a foreign payment processors ahead of the migration to SEPA. From early 2013, STET’s CORE payment processing platform will process SEPA and non-SEPA transactions for Belgium’s  main banks, including KBC, BNP Paribas Fortis and [...]

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TSYS has announced the publication of a white paper, the third in its Emerging Market Perspective Series, titled ‘Convergence of Social Media and Payments in India and Southeast Asia.’ The whitepaper explores adoption levels of popular social networks across the South and Southeast Asia region and how their fast growth could influence consumer banking and [...]

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In its most recent reporting of official shipment figures, the leading point-of-sale industry analysts at the Nilson Report confirmed Spire as third largest player in Europe in 2011. The ranking confirms a rapid ascent since the organisation’s inception in August 2011, with figures based on shipments to the UK and Spain. Significantly, the report was [...]

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