East Carolina Bank is the latest community bank to offer its customers IronKey Trusted Access. This secure browsing option aims to prevent identity theft, payments fraud and online account stealing. East Carolina Bank is first rolling out this service to its business customers in a portable USB form factor. Future rollouts to retail customers will […]

New research commissioned by First Data shows that Poland and the Middle East are more enthusiastic about contactless and mobile payments than UK/Ireland, Australia and Germany. According to the report, “Payment Methods: What Do International Consumers Want, Need and Expect?” contactless payment card ownership is still “very low” in all five countries/regions, despite being available […]

BPC Banking Technologies and Alfa-Bank have teamed up to complete the first certified Visa PayWave launch in Russia, according to RFP Connect. Alfa-Bank, which boasts some 200 branches throughout Russia, will distribute contactless PayWave Visa cards to its customers to enable low-value contactless payments at the point of sale. To pay, customers need only tap […]

Multicard has announced the expanded roll out of its Cashless Betalen mobile banking solution with NFC payment stickers across the Netherlands. Cashless Betalen, the account management application behind the digital wallet offered by Rabobank, enables users to check their account balances, transfer and deposit funds and make payments and can be accessed via any connected […]

Sparkasse Suedholstein has opted to implement Gemalto’s Ezio strong authentication optical readers to its e-banking customers. The Ezio reader eliminates the need for paper-based lists of one-time-passwords and extends the level of security on a smart banking card without requiring additional software. The device is the size of a credit card and offers optical authentication […]

Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has developed a new mobile app that lets customers use their phones to tap and pay at the point of sale, as well as make peer-to-peer payments via email, contact info and even through Facebook. Built for Apple iPhone users, “Commbank Kaching” works in tandem with Wireless Dynamics’ attachable iCarte NFC module […]

Oberthur Technologies, Visa Europe and Valitor have announced a partnership to launch Iceland’s first mobile contactless payment project. The partners will initially outfit some 1,000 select participants with Oberthur’s NFC-enable SIM card, which will be delivered through Iceland’s major mobile operators starting in January 2012. Participants will be able to load the SIM into their […]

PayPal is preparing to introduce a new payment card that can store information about multiple accounts, reports Bank Technology News. The magnetic stripe card will only display the PayPal logo and won’t contain the holder’s name or account number. A tokenization process accesses account information through a code, negating the need for an account number. […]

MasterCard Australia has announced that more than 1 million contactless PayPass transactions were recorded during the month of August. According to Insider Retailing, this marks the first time that PayPass “Tap and Go” payments have surpassed the 1 million transaction milestone since the technology was introduced in Australia several years ago, indicating growing acceptance of […]

Tyfone ha anunciado el lanzamiento de iCashe, una nueva billetera móvil y motor de comercio electrónico, que combina funciones de banca móvil con programas de compra, regalos y lealtad del consumidor. Con iCashe pueden adquirirse tarjetas de regalo y guardarse en un teléfono celular para uso personal, o pueden enviarse por email o SMS a […]