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Thursday, June 5, 2008

It's PIN...It's Smart...It's Embedded into the Future of Payments

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MONTREAL — Digital technology is putting the power of a computer onto credit and debit cards to help cut down on fraud. Cards are being emb...

Latest Malta-Pull...PIN Replacing Signature Debit

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Malta The Bank of Valletta in Malta announced that it has issued the first EMV Chip and PIN Cards through its systems. “This is an impor...
Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Subscribe to ThoughtKey's Monthly Bulletin: PCI Today

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ThoughtKey's President, Susan Kohl puts together a monthly bulletin designed to help understand the complex rules and programs surroundi...

NYCE Numbers

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Study shows that from December 2007 until March 2008, Canadian shoppers have spent an average of over USD 68 per Cross-Border Debit transa...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

NYCE Trend Developing Towards More PIN Debit Use

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Image via Wikipedia According to a press release from Acxsys and NYCE, during the four month period from December through March 2008, Canadi...

MasterCard Investment Community Meeting

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If you're interested in taking a look at the slide presentation from this morning's MasterCard Investment Community Meeting (it...

On Global POS Interchange Fees

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Image via Wikipedia Global POS interchange fees increased 140% between 2000 and 2006, to $64 billion (€48 billion). This massive growth in...

Payments News Weekly Wrap

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The Weekly Wrap is compiled by Glenbrook's "Payments News" blog. Clicking any of the links will bring you to their site: ACH N...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Upcoming Payments Related Events

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June 5-6 2008 - Payments Conference: Payments Fraud: Perception Vs. Reality, The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, The Chicago Fed offices, ...

Visa Extends Fraud-Recovery Process to PIN-Debit Transactions

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(May 28, 2008) Visa Inc. is extending to PIN debit cards a process for reporting and recovering fraud losses from data breaches. In effect f...

High Shipping Fees #1 Cause of Shopper Abandonment

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Image via Wikipedia It appears from the data gathered by a recent PayPal survey, that online consumers have been spoiled by web sites offeri...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

e-Commerce Growth Rate Rebounds After Soft March

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RESTON, VA, May 23, 2008 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released retail e-commerce data fo...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Microsoft Launches Innovative Search Rewards Program

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I'm posting about Microsoft's new Live Search Rewards program because of the relationship it has to both the Internet Retail space a...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

More on Alternative Payments

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Alternative ways to pay for goods online are on the rise, driven by online merchants looking for more consumer-friendly options and consumer...

Accenture Payments Innovation Showcase

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Accenture today announced it has opened a new facility at its research and development technology lab in Sophia Antipolis,...
Saturday, May 17, 2008

Alternative e-Payment Systems Expected to Reach $156 Billion by 2012

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New York, May 15, 2008 -- Today's tech savvy and possibly even eco-conscious lifestyles have led to paperless shopping and bill pay. Con...
Friday, May 16, 2008

Interchange has Hearing...But Is Visa/MC even Listening?

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In one ear and out the other? It will be interesting to see what develops out of yesterday's hearing. On the one side the merchants are...