CreditCall provides Java community with EMV kernel

July 9, 2009

BRISTOL, England — Developers who use Java can now take advantage of EmvJ — a Java version of CreditCall's successful EMV kernels for Windows and embedded…

Canadian Senate committee recommends oversight board for payments

July 9, 2009

Digital Transactions: A sweeping new report from a Canadian Senate committee recommends the federal government create a payment-system oversight board, ban…

As Canada ramps up its EMV migration, pressure on the U.S. intensifies

As EMV gaps close throughout the world, the payments industry is closely watching the United States — a final EMV holdout.

Card use picks up in Australia, but cash still dominates most transactions

July 7, 2009

WA Today (Australia): Australia remains a cash-based society but the use of plastic credit and debit cards is growing. A Reserve Bank of Australia study of…

PayX launches new report for global card-acquiring community

July 6, 2009

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — PayX365 has released its newest report, "Card Acquiring Products: An Independent Assessment of Products and Suppliers, 2009 Edition,…

YESpay imports U.K. payments experience into North America

July 5, 2009

LONDON — YESpay, a global payment-services company, has opened its North American sales and support office and data center in Toronto, as local card acquirers…

Impact of Heartland data breach still felt, Suncoast reports new debit fraud losses

July 5, 2009

Credit Union Information Security News: A Tampa, Fla.-based credit union has notified 56,000 of its members that its Visa check cards were exposed to fraud as…

Colo. bank signs with Bling Nation for 'push' debit payments

July 5, 2009

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Bling Nation is providing La Junta, Colo.-based The State Bank with the Bling Nation Community Payments Service, a contactless local debit…

YESpay solves EMV issues for Canadian retailers with Chase Paymentech

July 1, 2009

TORONTO — Chase Paymentech, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase and a global leader in payment processing and merchant acquiring, is working with YESpay, a global…

Sino Payments enters Asia — an $18.6 trillion card-processing market

June 30, 2009

HONG KONG — Sino Payments Inc., which provides credit and debit card processing services to supermarket and retail stores in Asia, is deploying its proprietary…

TJX reaches $9.7 million settlement in multistate suit for data breach

June 30, 2009

Credit Union Information Security News: The TJX Companies Inc. says it has settled with a multistate group of 41 Attorneys General, resolving the states…

Collis adds French Carte Bancaire card validation to Collis EMV PVT

June 28, 2009

LEIDEN, Netherlands — Collis has announced its implementation of the French domestic debit scheme, Carte Bancaire, module to the Collis EMV Personalisation…

Dynamic Card Solutions launches CardWizard easyPIN

June 28, 2009

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Dynamic Card Solutions has announced the availability of a new, patent-pending EMV PIN change solution. The CardWizard easyPIN allows…

Citizens Equity renews NYCE deal for ATM, POS access

June 23, 2009

SECAUCUS, N.J. — NYCE and Citizens Equity First Credit Union of Peoria, Ill., have renewed CEFCU's participation in the NYCE Network for ATM and point-of-sale…

ECS releases single-terminal solutions for billpay, check-cashing and prepaid processing

June 14, 2009

Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. — Helping retailers meet their payment-processing needs since 1997, Electronic Cash Systems Inc. has released a new…

MasterCard accredits Collis for training and consultancy

June 11, 2009

LEIDEN, The Netherlands —  Collis today announced the successful completion of the MasterCard Chip accreditation program to provide chip-related training…

Payment-solutions provider Sagem Denmark acquired by BBS

June 11, 2009

OSLO, Norway — BBS, a leading provider of electronic security, payment and information services for retailers and financial institutions in Norway, Sweden and…

STUDY: Card issuers expect debit use to grow in 2009, despite recession

June 3, 2009

HOUSTON — The 2009 Debit Issuer Study, commissioned by PULSE, identifies several positive trends for financial-institution debit-card issuers, including…

Reaching the unbanked in Africa through the ATM, mobile channels

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Wincor Nixdorf, which dominates the ATM market in Morocco, says efforts to reach unbanked users throughout Africa will begin in the continent's most developed…

African ATM aims to reduce use of cash

June 1, 2009

(Accra, Ghana) Joy Online: Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System has launched the E-zwich compliant ATM, which aims to reduce the use of cash while…