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01Sep/17

10th anniversary of contactless in UK

September 1, 2017FinanceBarclaycard, Barclays, Business/Finance, Cashless society, Company: barclaycard, Company: Barclays, Contactless, Contactless payment, Country: United Kingdom, Credit cards, Debit cards, Economy, EMV, Finance, financial services, Kate King, London, Mobile payments, MobilePay, Money, Payment systems, Radio-frequency identification, United Kingdomsmbale

September marks 10 years since Barclaycard introduced contactless payments to the UK. As Kate King reports it’s since expanded to include wearables and mobilepay – bringing the idea of a cashless society one step closer. Continue reading →

08Aug/16

UK consumer spending picks up in July, bucking signs of slowdown -Visa

August 8, 2016EconomyBusiness/Finance, Consumer confidence, Country: United Kingdom, Credit cards, Debit cards, Finance, Financial District San Francisco, London, Money, Payment cards, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Travel visa, United Kingdom, Visa Inc.smbale

British consumer spending picks up last month, according to a survey from card company Visa UK that bucked other signs Britons have become more cautious since June, when they voted to leave the European Union.
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30Sep/15

U.S. businesses, cardholders slowly embracing chip technology

September 30, 2015SecurityChip technology, chip-enabled processing systems, Credit cards, CreditCards.com, CreditcardsCom Inc, Deadline, Debit cards, EMV, Eve, Finance, financial services, ISO standards, Mastercard, MasterCard Inc, Matt Schulz, Money, Payment, Payment systems, Smart card, Stephanie Ericksen, Stephanie Ericksen Stephanie Ericksen, Thomson Reuters Corp, Ubiquitous computing, United States, Visa Inc., Wells Fargo & Cosmbale

U.S. businesses on the eve of a big deadline – the switch to a new, more secure chip-based payment system – but many aren’t ready.
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