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Verdict Staff

Vodafone to launch contactless payment services in Europe

British mobile group Vodafone will offer contactless payment services in Europe from the second quarter of 2015 through Vodafone Wallet.

CBA to roll out new point-of-sale tablet payment device

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is ready to launch a new point-of-sale tablet payment device that was developed in collaboration with German banking tech giant Wincor Nixdorf.

Minimise online abandonment: know your customer

For online merchants, high abandonment rates are a nightmare. So much effort has gone into the design and usability of the website and into back-end technology, only for customers to have a last minute change of heart and click away. Emma Allen, head of Merchant Solutions at SIX Payment Services, comments

Google to launch US mobile network

Sundar Pichai, the search engine’s vice president of Android and Chrome announced Google would rent network capacity and launch a consumer-facing network to show what’s possible. Simon Cadbury writes

MasterCard qualifies Barnes and FIME’s joint EMV & NFC personalization validation tool

MasterCard has qualified EMV chip testing providers Barnes International and FIME’s jointly developed personalization validation (CPV) tool.

PayStand rolls out new mobile POS app for credit card, cheque and Bitcoin payments

PayStand, a US-based online payment processor, has rolled out a new mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solution in the US that will accept credit card, check, and Bitcoin payments.

Zebpay launches Bitcoin India Alliance

Zebpay, a bitcoin wallet appIndian simplest mobile bitcoin wallet, has launched an alliance of all Bitcoin companies in India called Bitcoin India Alliance to make bitcoin transaction easy in the country.

CardFlight launches EMV-ready card readers for mobile POS solution

CardFlight, a mobile point of sale (mPOS) technology provider, has introduced the EMV-ready chip card readers for its SwipeSimple mobile point of sale solution.

Calling out cold callers: The new threat

Gabriel Hopkins looks at the annoying and everpresent cold caller and what the UK government is doing to combat this nuisance to the benefit of consumers

New Regulations Could Significantly Impact the Mexican Acquiring Industry

Since 2012, the Mexican government has been implementing regulations to raise the country’s economic competitiveness. As part of this regulatory effort, Banco de México, the Mexican central bank, has enacted several financial services industry reforms over the past year with the potential to impact Mexico’s acquiring industry materially.