July 02, 2012
MasterCard, Deutsche Telekom Put PayPass In 93 Million Pockets
Deutsche Telekom has chosen MasterCard’s NFC-powered PayPass digital wallet platform to deliver mobile payment access to its 93 million European customers. The partnership will kick off in Poland, where MasterCard...
June 28, 2012
OFT accepts electrical retailers’ undertakings for extended warranties
The U.K. Office of Fair Trading has accepted undertakings offered by Dixons, Comet and Argos to improve their extended warranties. The undertakings were made in consideration of the OFT’s market...
June 28, 2012
Commission extends and broadens probe into Italy’s Alghero airport
The U.K. Office of Fair Trading has accepted undertakings offered by Dixons, Comet and Argos to improve their extended warranties. The undertakings were made in consideration of the OFT’s market...
June 25, 2012
Olympics Bring Top Dollar to London
According to MasterCard Global City Index, London is the hottest city in the world right now and will attract the highest international visitor spend, ahead of New York, Bangkok, Paris...
June 23, 2012
CARTES Paris 2012
CARTES is considered to be the global reference in the smart card and identification sector, a world event not to be missed. This show is a special meeting place for...
June 20, 2012
KC Fed’s Hayashi: Mobile’s Chicken-And-Egg Problem Persists
Mobile payment applications may seem cool at first glance. But at least one industry expert isn’t quite yet convinced. Dr. Fumiko Hayashi is a Senior Economist in the Payments System...
June 20, 2012
32M euro fine for price-fixing to be returned to Royal...
Royal Philips Electronics and Sony won their appeals against the Autorité de la concurrence in a Paris court. The judgment requires a 32 million euro fine (approximately $42.6 million) for...
June 14, 2012
Olympics Bring Top Dollar To London
According to MasterCard Global City Index, London is the hottest city in the world right now and will attract the highest international visitor spend, ahead of New York, Bangkok, Paris...
June 11, 2012
Sending Money To China? It’ll Cost Ya!
Sending money to China is expensive, The Economist reports. A comparison of those remittance corridors across the world with more than $500 million in money transfers, based on World Bank...