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Mint ties up with Miura to distribute mPOS solution in Asia Pacific

Mint Payments and Miura Systems have formed a strategic distribution partnership to deliver mobile point of sale (mPOS) solutions to Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region.

The death and demise of plastic?

Due to the rise of alternative digital and electronic payment services, seldom has a week gone by without an industry expert predicting the end of cash as we know it. However, it might be plastic cards that are actually on the way down. Patrick Brusnahan reports

PNC introduces instant debit card issuance system at Avalon branch

PNC Bank, the principal subsidiary of the American financial services corporation PNC Financial Services Group, has launched instant card issuance service at its new Avalon branch.

RBS and NatWest to launch debit cards for blind and partially sighted customers

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and National Westminster Bank (NatWest), a retail and commercial bank in the UK, have tied up to launch new accessible debit and savings cards designed for blind and partially sighted customers.

Visa to transfer Russian card processing to local payment system

International credit and debit card company Visa has concluded a bilateral agreement with Russia’s local payment system, JSC NPCS, to transfer processing of card transactions in the country to the system.

AmEx loses US antitrust lawsuit

Cards and payments company American Express (AmEx) has lost the lawsuit that alleged its card rules violated US antitrust law by preventing merchants from steering consumers to use lower-cost credit cards.

Enacomm to host customer self-service payments solution for PayForward

Enacomm, a customer interactions technology provider, has entered into an agreement with PayForward, a new social financial platform, to host a customer self-service solution for it.

US Treasury enables PayPal, Dwolla as online payment options

The US Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) has partnered with PayPal and Dwolla to offer their digital wallets as payment options for Pay.gov, the government’s web based collection portal.

PaymentVision announces partnership with Shaw Systems for integrated payment solutions

PaymentVision, an electronic payment processing technology provider, has partnered with Shaw Systems Associates to offer an integrated payment solutions for Shaw Systems clients enabling secure transaction processing.

Visa rolls out Visa Checkout in new markets

Visa has launched its online payments solution, Visa Checkout, in new markets with plans to extend the service to newer regions making it available in a total of 16 markets in 2015.