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RSS chequeWikipedia parent gets $500,000 to improve user friendliness
News The not-for-profit organisation that operates Wikipedia has received a $500,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to expand its effort to make educational information freely accessible. [21 Aug 2009]
Next stop HMRC: How TfL CIO will shake up the taxman
Comment Why should outsourcing companies be cashing your cheque when I have brought them back in-house and are offering an exceptional service? From TfL to HMRC, CIO Phil Pavitt talks to silicon.com about the nerves surrounding... [26 Jun 2009]
Olympics tickets to double as Tube tickets, cash?
News They didn't take cheque or Visa card and I had to walk into the village to use a cash machine with 100 other people, which is ludicrous in this day and age. The London 2012 Olympics could be set to pioneer smart tickets... [29 May 2009]
Cheque celebrates 350th birthday
News The venerable paper cheque celebrates its 350th birthday next week, although the prospect of the payment method celebrating many more is diminishing. According to the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company... [12 Feb 2009]
Nationwide outsources cheque processing
News Nationwide Building Society has signed a business process outsourcing (BPO) deal with Unisys to take on its cheque processing function. According to Nationwide's group operations director, David Rigney, the deal has... [11 Feb 2009]
Six-month 'kill or cure' deadline for NHS IT project
News Dr Vivienne Nathanson, head of science and ethics at the BMA, said in a statement: "With the UK deep in recession the government must ensure that Connecting for Health confronts the lessons of the past - the NHS IT project can't be paid... [27 Jan 2009]
Photos: Barclays bank of the future
Photo Deposit boxes are not new features but this ATM automatically credits the customer's account by reading the cheque and deposit slip. Barclays has revealed a new branch showcasing the latest in high-tech banking. [05 Jan 2009]
North West leading the rise of online banking
News While consumers may be increasingly managing their money through electronic means, the cheque is still not dead. However, cheque use is still dropping with a one per cent year-on-year decline. The North... [18 Dec 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Faster Payments Services
Cheat Sheet The advent of Faster Payments does, however, spell the end of an oft-used excuse: with FPS, debtors will no longer be able to delay payments by saying the cheque is in the post. The combination of the words 'faster' and... [22 Sep 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News The discovery was made by specialist card fraud police unit, the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPU), when it raided a sophisticated counterfeit card factory in Birmingham. Criminal gangs are hacking chip and... [14 Aug 2008]
Will consumers always want free banking?
Comment In other words, for customers who use the bank purely for payment transactions, settle credit card payments in a timely fashion, and do not overdraw their accounts beyond agreed limits, the bank's services - which could include... [12 May 2008]
Cheques go up in smoke but plastic is fantastic
News Cheque payments continue to decline in the UK as card transactions increase, according to UK payments association Apacs. Meanwhile cheque payments declined by 7.5 per cent in value and 11 per cent in... [12 May 2008]
Cheques gone by 2018?
News Currently, around 41 million adults have a card but only 12 per cent of these cardholders use it to guarantee cheques at least once per month and 56 per cent never use the cheque guarantee function. Would it be... [27 Nov 2007]
The cashless revolution is coming...
News He said: "It's easier for you as a customer to use electronic payment rather than cash or cheque. Cash faces stiff competition from electronic payment methods in the coming years as consumers realise the benefits of... [09 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.11.07
Round-Up Negroponte recently reportedly told The New York Times: "I have to some degree underestimated the difference between shaking the hand of a head of state and having a cheque written. There were banners fluttering in the... [02 Nov 2007]
