MasterCard Inaugurates MasterCard Labs Office in Dublin
October 14, 2012

Mastercard has unveiled its latest MasterCard Labs office in Dublin, Ireland. The new innovation hub will lead in the development of innovation and technology for MasterCard Worldwide. The MasterCard Labs in Dublin will be the first such office in Europe Get the Full Story Complete...

Vodafone Italy To Launch Its Own NFC Payment Solution
October 14, 2012

Vodafone Italy has announced it will be launching its own NFC payment solution. The product will be trialed in Milan this month and is expected to be rolled out nationally in 2013. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Visa’s P2P See Exponential Growth In Emerging Markets
October 14, 2012

Visa’s Personal Payments platform has seen a 89% transaction increase in the past year in Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe. The P2P platform enables users to send money to credit, debit or prepaid cards around the world. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Boots Introduces Contactless Payments Across the Republic of Ireland
October 14, 2012

Boots has recently introduced contactless payments across all its stores in the Republic of Ireland. The contactless payment solution is a joint effort of Streamline and Visa Europe and will allow customers to wave and pay for purchases under €15. Get the Full Story Complete...

Swapping Opinions for Credit
October 14, 2012

After tweets for treats come opinions for credit. Jana – a payment platform – is trading users’ opinions for money via mobile phones. The objective of the company is to turn phone credit into a currency, especially in developing countries Get the Full Story Complete...

Tesco – Taking Mobile Commerce To the Next Level
October 14, 2012

Last week’s annual Internet Retailing Conference grouped the top innovators of the sector, among them Tesco, represented by Mark Cody, Senior Marketing Manager – Mobile at Tesco.com. Cody spoke about the retailers’ efforts in the mobile channel throughout the world. Get the Full Story Complete...

NFC May Need A Little (Marketing) Push In The UK
October 14, 2012

Marks & Spencer’s recent NFC rollout before the Olympics and the Post Office’s record-breaking 11,500 branches equipped with NFC technology should signal the popularity of contactless payments in the UK. Yet, contactless payments are struggling to take off in the country. Get the Full Story...

UK Card And Online Fraud On The Rise
October 14, 2012

According to The UK Cards Association, total fraud losses on UK cards totaled £185.0 million between January and June 2012. This is a 9 per cent increase on losses in the first half of last year (£169.8 million), but represents a fall of 39% from...

European Truckers Leave Cash At Home For Safer Prepaid Cards
October 14, 2012

Contis Group has launched credEcardplus, a multi-currency cash replacement prepaid solution. The prepaid card is a customized solution to delivered to 128 European haulage customers of one of Contis’ clients – Transport Consulting Services (TCS). The card allows over 2000 truckers to have safer journeys...