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Mobile Payments

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 09/23/2015

One of the key challenges presently facing the mobile payments market is the high level of market fragmentation, defined both by the multiplicity of platforms/solutions technologies being deployed and the increasing range of service configurations being offered. This slows down merchant acceptance and makes it difficult for providers to gain scale. We expect the market to reach a point where consolidation among players and solutions becomes the best way to drive address this issue.

UnionPay & CAISSA

3, Country, GERMANY, PriorityBy Robert McKinley 07/10/2015

China’s UnionPay International and Germany’s CAISSA Touristic have teamed to conduct all-round cooperation in overseas travel of Chinese tourists, including incentives to overseas card use and naming tourism groups of popular travel routes.

Security Validation & PCI

9, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 01/07/2015

Security Validation has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new Participating Organization. Security Validation is a data security and data privacy advisory firm focused on improving the security posture of hotels across North America.

TSYS Named to The Civic 50

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 12/05/2013

TSYS has been recognized as one of America’s most community-minded companies in The Civic 50, an annual initiative that identifies and recognizes companies for their commitment to improve the quality of life in the communities where they do business. The survey was conducted by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) and Points of Light, the nation’s definitive experts on civic engagement, and published by Bloomberg News. This year’s Civic 50 applicants were evaluated and accrued points based on several criteria, including financial and human resources applied to civic improvement, how broadly community engagement is supported and institutionalized within a company’s policies, systems and incentives, and how a company measures the social and business value of its community engagement programs.

Cognia joins PCI Security Standards Council

9, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/20/2013

Cognia, a provider of global communications services for compliance, risk and productivity, joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new Participating Organization. Cognia will work with the Council to achieve and improve payment data security worldwide through the ongoing development of the PCI Security Standards, including PCI DSS, PIN Transaction Security (PTS) requirements and PA-DSS. With this, Cognia adds its voice to the standards-setting process and will receive previews of drafts of standards and supporting materials in order to provide feedback to shape their final versions, as well as engage a growing community of more than 600 organizations united to improve payment security. Cognia will also have the opportunity to recommend new initiatives for consideration to the PCI Security Standards Council, participate in webinars and question and answer sessions with Council representatives.

U.S. Government Migrates SS Benefits With ePayments Option

7, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 03/29/2013

The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) and Hudson Institute released the “Double Duty: Payments Cards as a Doorway to Greater Financial Health” report. Illustrating the potential e-payments to help government benefit recipients improve their financial health and capability through access to more information about their benefit payment, the report shows in January over 62 million consumers received Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits. Of this figure, 90.8% used direct deposit, 3.6 percent used the Direct Express prepaid card, and 5.6 percent received a check. Virtually all 22.3 million recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) receive their benefits via monthly loads to payment cards. About 8.2% of U.S. households (17 million adults) do not have a bank account. When recipients are required to receive their benefits electronically, those who cannot choose direct deposit receive the default choice instead”a prepaid debit card.

North American Bancard to Partner with PCI SSC

9, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 11/06/2012

North American Bancard has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new Participating Organization. North American Bancard (NAB) will work with the Council to achieve and improve payment data security worldwide through the ongoing development of the PCI Security Standards, including the PCI DSS, PIN Transaction Security (PTS) requirements and the PA-DSS. With this, NAB adds its voice to the standards setting process and will receive previews of drafts of standards and supporting materials in order to provide feedback to shape their final versions, as well as engage a growing community of more than 600 organizations united to improve payment security.

CFSI Presents The 7th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum

8, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 05/31/2012

Co-sponsored by the Center for Financial Services Innovation and SourceMedia, the Underbanked Financial Services Forum is a national event focused squarely on fostering a cross-sector audience for critical learning and dialogue to create the conditions for innovation around serving the financially underserved. We expect more than 600 participants representing banks, credit unions, financial technology companies,…

Digital River Hosts Cyber Security Conference

8, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 04/09/2012

Digital River, the revenue growth experts in global cloud commerce, will host leading cyber security experts at the Digital River® Globalocity™ commerce conference. Globalocity, which is expected to draw top business visionaries, industry analysts, global commerce executives and senior professionals from the U.S., Europe and Asia, will take place May 14-16, 2012, at the JW…

High-Tech Bridge Joins PCI Security Standards Council

10, Country, Priority, SWITZERLANDBy Robert McKinley 09/28/2011

High-Tech Bridge SA (htbridge.ch), a leading Swiss information security company, has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new Participating Organization. High-Tech Bridge will work with the Council to achieve and improve payment data security worldwide through the ongoing development of the PCI Security Standards, including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), PIN Transaction Security (PTS) requirements and the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS). With this, High-Tech Bridge adds its voice to the standards setting process and will receive previews of drafts of standards and supporting materials in order to provide feedback to shape their final versions, as well as engage a growing community of more than 600 organizations united to improve payment security.

New Net Technologies Partners PCI Security Standards Council

10, Country, Priority, UNITED KINGDOMBy Robert McKinley 09/20/2011

NNT PCI DSS and general security and compliance solutions has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new Participating Organization. NNT will work with the Council to achieve and improve payment data security worldwide through the ongoing development of the PCI Security Standards, including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). As a Participating Organization, NNT adds its voice to the standards setting process and will receive previews of drafts of standards and supporting materials in order to provide feedback to shape their final versions, as well as engage a growing community of more than 600 organizations united to improve payment security.

Vodafone Kicksoff Annual Wireless Innovation Project

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 09/28/2010

The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance are introducing the annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project and mHealth Alliance Award competition to identify and support promising wireless-related technologies to address critical social issues around the globe. Proposals will be accepted from September 27, 2010 through December 15 with the final winners announced at the annual Global Philanthropy Forum in Redwood City, CA in April 2011. The Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project(TM) will award $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000, to the first, second and third-place winners. Vodafone has long recognized that wireless technology has the potential to make the significant impacts in the world — particularly in developing countries.

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