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Visa and John Lewis predict a Mega Monday online sales record
The first Monday of December the UK will experience the busiest shopping online day, according to Visa Europe and the chain of department stores John Lewis.
Interview: Vodafone Group Mark Ritzmann
Agile, innovative and eager to offset losses from other segments of their business, telcos are starting to take the lead in mobile payments growth. Sara Perria asks Vodafones group head of mobile wallet services & NFC, Mark Ritzmann, what strategies the telco has in place.
Cartes on the table
Cloud is the buzz-word that best describes this year’s edition of Cartes in Paris. It recalls the grey sky seen in the French capital on the 6-7 and 8th of November and one of the main topics discussed during the payment event, together with m-payments, NFC, biometrics and the absence of Visa. Sara Perria reports.
US merchants oppose deal with Visa and MasterCard over swipe-fee rates
A group of 1,200 US retailers has called on a New York Federal judge to reject a proposed $7.2bn settlement between merchants and Visa Inc and MasterCard over swipe fee rates, after labelling it as unacceptable.
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Bpaid: posting a success
The Belgian post office bpaid general purpose reloadable prepaid card was launched earlier this year and sold far beyond expectations. Sara Perria asks whether the post-office ingredient is enough to guarantee a success that can be replicated elsewhere
Western Union to run new e-payment solution on eBillme platform
After PayPal has moved into the physical POS territory, Western Union has now gone the opposite way and moved further into the e-payments space, promising a lower-price option compared to other e-payment alternatives currently available. The money transfer service provider is going to launch a new electronic payment platform called WU Pay in the US.
iZettle reaches Germany
mPOS iZettle is now available in Germany following a partnership between iZettle, German bank DZ BANK and mobile operator Deutsche Telekom.
VocaLink partners with Singapores BCSIS
UK payment processor VocaLink has entered a distribution and implementation agreement for its Immediate Payments service with Singaporean payment solutions provider BCSIS.