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Verdict Staff

Notre Dame FCU introduces Irish Card Shield to reduce card fraud

Notre Dame Federal Credit Union (Notre Dame FCU) has launched a new high tech security feature for its cardholder to reduce debit and credit card fraud.

MYOB adds American Express to its list of direct credit and charge card feeds

Australian accounting software company MYOB has signed an agreement with American Express that will extend the number of bank feeds available for small businesses and partners using MYOB.

PayPal, Vodafone partner to enable contactless payments in Europe

PayPal has entered into a partnership with Vodafone to enable its customers in Europe to make contactless payments through their PayPal accounts using Android smartphones.

PayGate partners with Trans Africa Solutions to settle barcoded invoices

PayGate has signed a partnership deal with Trans Africa Solutions on a system dubbed SCode, which allows consumers to pay with electronic barcode invoices.

Paysafe Group to offer payment processing, card services to Payfriendz

Payfriendz, a London-based social payments app, has chosen UK-based payments provider Paysafe Group to enable the launch of its P2P social payments app and virtual MasterCard solution.

Wallaby Financial rolls out new solution to optimise online credit card use

Wallaby Financial, a provider of mobile and web-based credit card optimisation solutions, has launched the new Wallaby for Chrome 2.0 to optimise online credit card usage.

Banc of California partners with MasterCard for debit card program

Banc of California has joined forces with MasterCard for its debit card program, and will shift its existing debit card portfolio from Visa in the second quarter of this year.

Four start-ups to participate in SVB/MasterCard Commerce accelerator

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and MasterCard have chosen four startups to participate in the fourth class of a virtual accelerator, Commerce. Innovated., which aims at assisting commerce startups in expanding their businesses.

NZ retail card spending rise 5.2% in January 2016: Report

Use of electronic cards for making retail purchases in New Zealand reached NZ$4.9bn in January 2016, an increase of 5.2% compared to the previous year, according to data from Statistics New Zealand.

Is there life beyond the credit card?

In the UK and across the English speaking world, credit card payments remain prominent, totalling £14.6bn ($20.4bn) in May 2015 alone. Andrew Edem, Head of Engineering & Information Security Officer at the PPRO Group, considers the strengths of this market and whether this type of payment will last or not