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RSS payments councilParking in the West End goes contactless
News From next year, parking meters in the West End will accept contactless payments from motorists with wave and pay functionality built into their debit or credit cards. The three-month pilot, which is being conducted by... [29 Oct 2009]
PCI Security Compliance: The Facts - What PCI Security Means for Your Business
White Paper This also means that all merchants, service providers and payment card network members must be compliant if they wish to continue accepting credit card payments. The PCI DSS is now actively maintained by the PCI Security... [05 Oct 2009]
Communications Recording and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS
White Paper The standard was created to help organizations that process card payments prevent credit card fraud, hacking and various other security vulnerabilities and threats. PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security... [14 Jul 2009]
"We don't need custom services, we don't need anything fancy"
Comment The DWP deals with 20 million 'customers' per year, paying out in excess of £124bn in benefits annually, and making some 14 million payments per week. Harley is a member of the government's CIO Council -... [06 Apr 2009]
Faster Payments too slow: Consumers lose £38m
News However, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has warned that the body overseeing the FPS, the Payments Council, needs to do more to make sure banks are actually using the service. The... [27 Mar 2009]
Cheque celebrates 350th birthday
News In 2008, the Payments Council published a report tentatively suggesting 2018 as the end date for cheque processing. Subsequently, the Payments Council has decided it... [12 Feb 2009]
Green-lighted drivers pay less to drive
News We have proven the system works but now there is a big carrot for young people in being able to reduce their insurance payments significantly. At the end of the journey the computer will assess the overall trip as green,... [10 Feb 2009]
Mac history, Windows 7 and a high-tech KFC
Photo The scheme's technology is supplied by payments company sQuid and is used to make purchases of £10 and under. Photo credit: Dundee City Council Meanwhile, Dundee City Council showed off... [28 Jan 2009]
Photos: Scots are sQuids in with wave and pay
Photo In an effort to boost adoption by the public, Dundee City Council is writing to 30,000 NEC card holders to register for the facility, supplied by payments specialist sQuid. Dundee City... [23 Jan 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Sepa one year on
News The authorities, such as the European Central Bank, the European Payments Council and the European Commission, have so far avoided regulating Sepa, preferring the banks to regulate themselves. The Single... [16 Jan 2009]
Tewkesbury cleaning up waste with SOA
Case Study The council has also been able to use SOA work for the renewal of payments for garden waste collection and the ordering of rubbish bins. Tewkesbury Borough Council has turned to service... [16 Jan 2009]
Irish doctors get €600k web registration system
News The system also operates online payments and requests for a Certificate of Good Standing, which doctors need to practise. The contract lasts for five years and includes support registration, retention, register... [21 Nov 2008]
Liberata dropped from gov't deal over late student cash
News The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has ended its contract with tech outsourcer Liberata following "unacceptable" delays to student grant payments. The payments of up to £30 per week... [20 Nov 2008]
Scottish gov't enlists data privacy experts
News It will cover services that use IT, such as online council tax payments, using cards in libraries and paying for parking by mobile phone, the Scottish government said in an announcement on Tuesday. The... [11 Sep 2008]
Ian Cramb, COO, Citigroup
Comment Operations for the consumer business - essentially what UK banks call 'retail' - cover the usual technology issues a CIO would be expected to handle, plus call centre activities, operational processing, fund transfers... [10 Sep 2008]
