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Payments industry businesses report sales through social media
The international payments industry – often thought of as being risk-averse and reluctant to embrace new ways of working – is on the verge of opting for widespread use of social media channels. Payments industry specialist research house Eurasia Insights’ latest findings are to be published in The Social Media in Payments Report 2012 in [...]
Read moreGlobal line-up confirmed for Social Media in Payments Workshop
HSBC, Realex Payments, Gemalto, Nokia and e-Life join social media thought leaders for inaugural briefing The Social Media in Payments Report 2012 will be launched at the event in London An impressive team of international social media pioneers is confirmed for the first dedicated Social Media in Payments Briefing that takes place in London on [...]
Read moreFirst in-market deployment of Cardis technology heralds global move away from cash
Cardis introduces low value payment market model which, for the first time, makes processing of small payments economically attractive for merchants, processors, payment schemes and banks Unique aggregation software based on patented auditable stored value technology reduces processing costs by an order of magnitude Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International to use Cardis software plug-in for low [...]
Read moreSocial media monitoring: it’s not the tool that’s important
E.life is launching e.lifeMonitor – the first iPad app which monitors brand presence – and giving it away for free Real, human analysis is needed rather than solely relying on automated tools Brand managers and senior executives can now monitor their organisation’s presence on Twitter with the launch of free iPad app e.lifeMonitor. The app [...]
Read moreNot all doom and gloom for Europe
With a population of 850 million people and including several emerging markets already embracing new ways to pay and be paid, Europe presents considerable opportunities for serious players in the areas of contactless, prepaid and mobile payment. According to European Payment Cards Yearbook – the industry’s most comprehensive report covering every aspect of payment across [...]
Read moreCardist 2011: Eurasia’s young economies key to growth of modern payments
People across Eurasia still prefer to use cash for the majority of their financial transactions but new local and regional products, combined with localised information campaigns on modern payment, are convincinggrowing numbers to embrace new, more convenient and less expensive ways to pay and be paid. These are the findings of a major new report, [...]
Read moreCARDIST 2011 – WHERE BANKING MEETS MOBILE
Millions now use mobile devices to make cashless payments, check their bank accounts, and authorise online transactions – the use of mobile phones, tablet computers and other devices for financial purposes continues to grow. The fourth International Card and Smart Technologies Exhibition and Summit in Istanbul (Cardist) is the place where leading industry figures from [...]
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