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Verdict Staff
Country Survey: South Korea
Competition is heating up in the South Korean cards industry as a number of joint ventures and spin-offs are changing the landscape of the market. Telecoms companies are moving into the cards space and the industry is witnessing an acceleration in the convergence of payments and mobile technology. Jane Cooper reports.
Feeding the mobile appetite
Intelligent Environments has metamorphosed from being a small-scale bank support services provider to a multi-disciplined digital and mobile banking platform that serves four of the five largest banks in Britain and has gained a foothold in the lucrative banking app arena, Maryrose Fison reports.
Back into battle
The British Retail Consortium has released its annual Cost of Collection survey, and is bringing the fight to the payments industry. In the card vs cash war, Louise Naughton reports on the latest battle between merchants and payment processors.
Visa Inc announces Q3 2011 results
Payments volume on Visa Inc products increased 13% in Q3 2011 to $941bn with cross-border payments growing 14% in the same period.
Brazil’s ATM market set to grow
Brazils Banco Bradesco SA has signed an agreement with global technology company NCR to widen the ATM market in Brazil.
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Making debit work
Debit card strategy dominated the agenda of this years Cards & Payments Europe Conference. James Ratcliff looks back at the days discussions and finds that there are clear ways forward for banks looking to increase revenues from current accounts
Credit-debit landscape still in transition
Charge off rates are not a prime factor for declining credit card debt, a new study by TransUnion has revealed.
Region round-up
Koreas largest lender, Kookmin Bank, plans to spin off its credit card unit after setting up a holding company as part of efforts to beef up its non-banking business..
Smartphones unleash m-banking in North America
The sky-rocketing popularity of smartphones is giving mobile banking the necessary momentum for take-off in North America. Smartphones offer several advantages over regular mobile phones such as the ability to download banking apps that are faster and easier to use than mobile browsers, writes Robin Arnfield
Targeting the few to acquire the many
In an increasingly competitive environment, card issuers are focusing on more targeted approaches to acquire and retain consumers by looking at their lifestyle interests and preferences Truong Mellor reports on how some of the leading issuers are standing out from the crowd.