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Visa Europe to launch tokenization service for credit card and payments security

Visa Europe has unveiled its plan to launch a tokenization service for the European market to enhance data protection and fraud prevention.

JCB, Gazprombank to issue credit cards using Russian payments system

JCB International, the Japanese credit card company, has signed a license agreement with Russian lender Gazprombank (GPB) for issuing credit cards and acquiring business.

Wirecard to launch new payment interface for POS terminals

Wirecard, a global financial services and technology company, has revealed a new intelligent payment interface solution to expand the range of functions for point of sale (POS) terminals.

Visa Europe expands peer-to-peer payments capabilities globally

Visa Europe has expanded its peer-to-peer payments service offering into most countries where Visa has presence via Visa Personal Payments, to be renamed as Visa Direct across Europe.

MasterCard collaborates with Telr for digital payments in UAE

MasterCard and Telr, an online payment gateway, have entered into a collaboration to empower small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UAE with digital payments solutions.

MasterCard drives HCE thrust, deploys cloud-based mobile payments

MasterCard has taken up the deployment of mobile payments projects in more than 15 countries across the globe to support Host Card Emulation (HCE) and cloud-based software for secure contactless and remote payment transactions.

Alliance Data launches co-branded credit card program for Red Roof Inn

Ohio-based Retail Services business of Alliance Data Systems has signed a long-term agreement to provide co-brand credit card services for Red Roof Inn.

Equity Bank launches new MasterCard prepaid card

Kenya’s Equity Bank has launched a prepaid card in conjunction with MasterCard to enable cashless payment of bus fare in Kenya.

SmartMetric develops biometric security for credit and debit cards

US-based technology company SmartMetric has developed a biometric fingerprint scanner that can be implanted into payment cards for protection against identity and payments card theft.

Wincor Nixdorf launches cashless payments solution in Germany

Wincor Nixdorf has launched its hardware and software solution for girocard transaction processing to facilitate cashless payment processing in the German market following the approval of the German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC).