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Verdict Staff

New Zealand’s bank-operator alliance selects Gemalto’s solution to secure NFC services

Semble, a joint alliance between key banks and all three operators in New Zealand, has selected Gemalto’s Allynis Trusted Services Hub (TSH) to secure their mobile NFC services.

NCR, NPCI complete electronic cheque truncation project

NCR Corporation and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have completed the Cheque Truncation System (CTS) project in India.

Card personalisation and issuance trends in APAC

The executive briefing ‘Into the Future: Card Personalisation & Issuance Trends in Asia Pacific’ that took place in Jakarta, Indonesia focused on the growing importance of instant card issuance and the various facets of enhancing all-round customer experience with secure, card personalisation, writes Meghna Mukerjee

GlobalCollect becomes worldwide acquirer for UnionPay network

GlobalCollect, an Ingenico Group company, has signed an agreement with UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China UnionPay, to become a worldwide acquirer for the UnionPay network.

MasterCard introduces MasterPass in UAE

MasterCard has teamed up with RAKBANK, Mashreq Bank and Emirates NBD to offer digital wallets powered by MasterCard’s MasterPass to cardholders in the UAE.

Established banks need to switch-on to digital and mobile

High street banks are having to weather a seismic shift in their industry as a result of digital disruption. With a string of challenger banks entering the market and a shift in consumer needs and attitudes, the long-term players are being forced to reassess their strategies, writes Jonathan Haines

UK watchdog releases terms of reference for credit card market study

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the terms of reference for a credit card market study that revealed that the credit card market was not working well for consumers who were over-borrowing and paying unexpectedly high interest rates.

Credit Agricole Group joins Paylib run e-payments service

Crédit Agricole Group has signed a letter of intent to join Paylib, the e-wallet reference solution in France, which will be launched commercially in 2015 for private customers, e-business professionals and companies.

UGO launches digital wallet app

UGO Mobile Solutions has launched UGO Wallet, a free digital wallet application that enables consumers to replace credit cards and loyalty cards from their physical wallet with a digital payment method on their smart phone.

Optimal Payments launches new developer centre and suite of REST-based APIs

Optimal Payments has launched its new developer centre and a suite of REST-based APIs allowing developers to integrate e-commerce websites and payment applications with NETBANX payment gateway solutions.