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RSS MasterCardbeenz to release offline debit card
News The service will allow users to convert their beenz into cash and use the card within the Mastercard Network. Internet currency company, beenz.com, is to launch an offline debit card in May in conjunction with US Net... [25 Apr 2000]
Barclays unveils online payment scheme for SMEs
News The move will make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to accept credit card payments online, from JCB, Mastercard, Switch and Visa cards. Barclays Merchant Services (BMS) has launched en@ble - an... [11 Apr 2000]
M&S site raises funds for children's charity
News The Web site, at http://www.marks-and-spencer.co.uk/promise , will accept Visa, Mastercard, Switch, Delta and M&S charge card donations. Troubled retail giant, Marks & Spencer (M&S), has teamed up with... [21 Dec 1999]
Mondex technology to launch in Africa
News According to PTA Bank, it has chosen Mondex - the electronic cash technology developed by MasterCard - as the standard for e-cash because it offers unique advantages, including multi-currency online and offline... [29 Sep 1999]
Credit card giants plan online liability overhaul
News Credit card giants, Visa and MasterCard, plan to relax the rules governing online liability - but not enough to ease mounting tension about the future of ecommerce, according to the banking industry.... [23 Jun 1999]
Credit giants agree on e-wallet standard
News The unlikely partners include Microsoft, Sun, AOL, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Compaq, and IBM. A wide range of technology and credit card companies have joined forces to agree standards for electronic wallets. [14 Jun 1999]
Mondex launches Japanese smartcard drive
News Sanwa Bank - one of the top ten banks in Japan - together with credit card giants JCB and Mastercard International will buy the franchise that they hope will lead to rapid deployment across the country. [15 Feb 1999]
Swedes opt for ecash
News An ICL spokesman told Silicon.com: "The cards will eventually include an electronic purse, loyalty software, travel tickets and credit card applications for MasterCard and Visa. Sweden has confirmed its leadership of... [19 Nov 1998]
Mondex fights back over Visa allegations
News The New York project attempted to run Visa Cash alongside Mondex, which was originally developed by MasterCard. Mondex has slammed allegations from Visa that the collapse of their joint smartcard trial in New York last... [09 Nov 1998]
Smartcard standard bid fails as retailers reject cards
News Retailers said the payment system - which supported both Visa Cash and MasterCard Mondex - was too complicated to use. Visa and MasterCard - arch rivals in the electronic commerce arena - lack a common... [04 Nov 1998]
UK Customs reveal ecommerce tax plans
News HM Customs is liasing with European and US tax authorities to create a global standard for the software, which will most likely be based on the Open Trading Protocol, supported by BT, MasterCard, Netscape and hardware... [04 Nov 1998]
ICL joins Microsoft smartcard alliance
News Visa International has a Java-based version of the operating system called Javacard, while its rival Mastercard promotes Multos as an alternative. ICL is backing Microsoft's smartcard debut with the announcement of an... [28 Oct 1998]
New Yorkers go back to cash as smartcard trial falters
News The trial in New York is backed by Chase Manhattan, Citicorp, Visa and Mastercard. The experiment is one of the first to use both Visa and Mastercard products. One of the world's first large-scale... [12 Oct 1998]
Visa and Mastercard face DoJ case
News The US Department of Justice has accused MasterCard and Visa of stunting the development of smartcard technology. Richard Poynder, chairman of professional association, the Smartcard Club, said: "The US has been slow to... [08 Oct 1998]
Research claims SET is past its sell-by date
News Jupiter Communications last week advised vendors of ecommerce software not to support Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) - the online security protocol pioneered by Visa and MasterCard. Brian Morris, head of ecommerce... [14 Sep 1998]
