Twitter Praises Chiprify, Jokes About Zynga, Criticizes CitiGroup
December 06, 2012

Here are our top five tweets from the week that was. Keep tweeting, and we may feature you next Friday. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

PayPal Speaks On French Market And Strategy For 2013
December 06, 2012

With PayPal’s excellent results in the United States at the end of the 2012 it feels only natural to assume they have been positive too in this side of the ocean. Gimena Diaz, Paypal’s General Director for France, confirms the company’s great results in the...

Cards Preferred To Cash In United Arab Emirates
December 06, 2012

According to Ernst & Young the idea that UAE customers prefer cash to cards is simply a myth. The firm recently conducted a survey, revealing that 65% of UAE residents prefer to pay with electronic money. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Brits Lose Hundreds Of Pounds In Credit Card Fees
December 06, 2012

Price-comparison site MoneySupermarket.com has found that British consumers could be losing as much as £423 a year because they are too lazy to change their credit provider. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

MasterCard Warns Of EU Interchange Fees Regulation
December 06, 2012

In the past eighteen months the Commission has ruled three times on the enforcement of competition rules in the payment card market. Visa on April 2011, MasterCard on May 2012 and now, at the end of 2012, against Groupement des cartes bancaires “CB” – France’s...

MasterCard And Optimal Payments Partner For Prepaid In Europe
December 06, 2012

MasterCard and Optimal Payments have signed a five-year deal. The two companies will be collaborating to grow the prepaid market in Europe. They will be focusing their work around MasterCard’s Net+ Prepaid programme. The announcement comes a few months after Optimal Payments became an issuer...

Tieto Offers Raiffeisen’s Customers E-Commerce Services
December 06, 2012

Raiffeisen Bank dd Bosna i Hecegovina has partnered with Tieto to offer E-commerce services to its customers in Bosnia Herzegovina. With Tieto’s Card Suite solution, the bank will be the first to offer E-Commerce and 3-D services in the country. Get the Full Story Complete...

Bankia, Serrano Park Partner For Contactless Card In Madrid
December 06, 2012

Bankia and Madrid’s largest car park, Serrano Park, are partnering to offer the latter contactless cards. The card will allow customers to pay for their parking via NFC technology, but also use it as a payment card in stores and ATM machines. In addition to...

New Mobile Loyalty Management Suite By Mopay
December 06, 2012

Innovative payment solutions provider mopay has announced the launch of its mobile loyalty management suite. The solution will integrate with its payment process and will appear as an add-in service for customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...