Dear Readers,
Now, without wanting to sound biased, what a great event our Spring Conference was last week! With the highest attendance so far, participants enjoyed the presentations and were particularly active in the panel discussions and workgroups. And of course there was plenty of opportunity for networking.
During the evening we finally found out who the Winners were for the Monkey Awards 2010 - and with such a tightly fought contest it was certainly a difficult choice for the judges. But 10 Winners were announced and collected their Awards to the congratulations of their industry colleagues. Pret were once again awarded the Visa PayWave Award for best customer experience, making it their 3rd year in a row! Check out all of the Winners.
Our major announcement was the start of a new initiative called the Contactless and NFC City League where we rank different contactless projects from around the world, to find out who is achieving the most. Make sure your city is included contact us today for more details.
Wishing you a successful week,
Susan Hicks
Contactless Intelligence Program Director
This week on C-ITV, we spoke to Pankaj Gulati, the President and CEO of MoreMagic Solutions about their goal to help bridge the gap between the developed and developing nations in terms of mobile financial solutions. He explains how the rising numbers of foreign born immigrants drives the need and desire to stay connected to their home countries.
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Now, without wanting to sound biased, what a great event our Spring Conference was last week! With the highest attendance so far, participants enjoyed the presentations and were particularly active in the panel discussions and workgroups. And of course there was plenty of opportunity for networking.
During the evening we finally found out who the Winners were for the Monkey Awards 2010 - and with such a tightly fought contest it was certainly a difficult choice for the judges. But 10 Winners were announced and collected their Awards to the congratulations of their industry colleagues. Pret were once again awarded the Visa PayWave Award for best customer experience, making it their 3rd year in a row! Check out all of the Winners.
Our major announcement was the start of a new initiative called the Contactless and NFC City League where we rank different contactless projects from around the world, to find out who is achieving the most. Make sure your city is included contact us today for more details.
Wishing you a successful week,
Susan Hicks
Contactless Intelligence Program Director
This week on C-ITV, we spoke to Pankaj Gulati, the President and CEO of MoreMagic Solutions about their goal to help bridge the gap between the developed and developing nations in terms of mobile financial solutions. He explains how the rising numbers of foreign born immigrants drives the need and desire to stay connected to their home countries.
Go To TopPAYMENT
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PR-inside.com
RegaloCard inks US distribution deal
Finextra
To EMV Or Not?
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Hurriyet Daily News
North American Financial Institution to Issue EMV Cards with ACI Worldwide & Bell ID Solution
Bell ID
E-zwich is the dominant money transfer system in Ghana
Citifmonline
Barclaycard says Hello Wembley to Iconic Arena
Barclays
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards expected to evolve based on continued data breaches
Thales
US businesses face skimming fraud increase
SC Magazine
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Business Wire
Research and Markets: Financial Cards and Payments in Switzerland
Business Wire
Multos International reaches sales of 120 million EMV chips
Finextra
Best Western Rewards World MasterCard Helps Travelers Earn Rewards Faster Than Ever Before
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Recently released market study: Financial Cards and Payments in Venezuela
PR-inside.com
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Earthtimes
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Business Wire
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Barclays taps augmented reality for smartphone app
Finextra
Use your finger to pay for shopping
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Livemint
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On Your Chip, Get Set, Pay!!
Bank Technology News
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Finextra
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Ovum
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Radio New Zealand
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The Wall Street Journal
Getting There: ORCA card frustrates some transit riders
Seattle Post Intelligencer
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The Almanac Online
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Sydney Morning Herald
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SecurityInfoWatch
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Business Wire
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Suprema's Xpass smart IP based access control unit now available from Norbain
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Sydney Morning Herald
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Forensic
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I-Newswire.com
Truckers surprised by places they're asked, and not asked, for TWIC card
Land Line Magazine
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Ghana News
FEATURE-An identity for all: India ID project fights dust, doubt
Reuters
Zetes awarded the ISO 27001 certification for the production of e-ID and eTravel documents
ZETES
US official lauds Taiwan's e-passport
Taipei Times
New driver license design, facial recognition to play latest role in stemming ID theft
Access Washington
RP post in HK starts issuing e-passports
GMA news.tv
Nigeria's Identity Crisis
Guide2Nigeria
Aadhaar does a double in biometrics
Livemint
Incentives Introduced To Make Easier For People To Obtain Personal Documents
Bernama
IT and UIDAI agree in-principle to roll out PAN cards
The Economic Times
Fingerprinting goes digital
Times of India
UID will bridge rich-poor divide, says Nilekani
Times of India
I-cards can check influx: Centre
Assam Tribune
AssureTec, Ctrue partner for e-passport, e-ID solutions
ContactlessNews
QuoVadis pioneers Swiss electronic ID
Royal Gazette
Data collection under UID project begins in Bihar
Press Trust of India
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Palm Beach Post
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ZDNet UK
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E-PASSPORT APPLICATIONS START
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MRP applications available in Rajshahi
Bangladesh News 24 hours
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