Concludes That Merchants Receive Significant Benefits from Payment Card Acceptance
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report confirming the benefits that merchants and their customers receive with payment card acceptance, and the downsides to governmental intervention. The report also makes very clear that while lower interchange rates might benefit big merchants’ profits, consumers could be [...]

The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) announced the promotion of Hikmet Ersek to chief operating officer effective January 1, 2010. In his new role, Ersek will continue to report to Christina A. Gold, president and chief executive officer, and will have responsibility for all of Western Union’s business units around the world, as well [...]

Kent, UK, 29 September 2009, The Bunker Secure Hosting Ltd (www.thebunker.net), a leading provider of Ultra Secure Data Centres and Managed Services on a range of technologies, today announces it has achieved Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance, the internationally-recognised industry standard for payment account data security.
PCI DSS is viewed by the [...]

At APWG conference, industry, law enforcement and research institutions engage today’s common eCrime challenges, and envision techniques and technologies to counter them
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Cambridge, MA — September 17, 2009 — The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) announced it has opened registration for its eCrime Congress | Tacoma 2009, a three-day program beginning October 19, 2009. The eCrime Congress [...]

Supports Financial Institutions in Commercial Rollout of Mobile NFC Payment Services

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced it has achieved MasterCard certification for its TSM (Trusted Services Management) offer. The achievement demonstrates Gemalto’s readiness for supporting commercial launches of mobile contactless payment programs, according to MasterCard’s security requirements. This certification [...]

Social Network Sonico has Selected GlobalCollect, the World’s Premier Payment Service Provider of Local E-Payments, to Process its Online Transactions in Latin America

The popular Latin American social networking platform www.sonico.com offers its over 40 million registered users a safe and fun environment to connect and stay in touch with real-life friends, colleagues, and family. The [...]

New solution secures online transactions executed with new and existing EMV cards
Thales, leader in information systems and communications security, announces that SafeSign, the company’s identity management and authentication solution, has successfully completed MasterCard evaluation for its Advanced Authentication for Chip. MasterCard Advanced Authentication for Chip is the latest extension to EMV, the international card-based authentication [...]

Webinar on Payment Application Vendors and PA-DSS Available On Demand to Enhance Merchants’ Data Security Knowledge
SAN JOSE CA – April 1, 2009 – VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) and MasterCard Worldwide today announced a new online seminar for merchants to help them optimize their business through managing fraud and reputational risk.
The new seminar, “Payment Application [...]

Partnership with mChek enables unique service in Indian telecom space
New Delhi, 19 March 2009: Tata Teleservices Limited, India’s fastest-growing pan-India telecom service provider, today announced the launch of pre-paid top-up and post-paid bill payment services on SMS, powered by mCheck. Tata Indicom subscribers can now use this service by sending an SMS ‘PAY TATA’ to [...]

—5.1ch Surround Demos > Now with Downloadable Purchases—
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Surround-Effect.com (http://www.surround-effect.com/en/), the download sales site for surround sound effects, run by Arky, Inc., has begun offering worldwide sales. Arky, Inc.’s technical advisor is none other than Mick Sawaguchi, perhaps the most globally recognized name in the surround sound industry.
Being able to offer a wide [...]