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Credit Cards Pushing E-currency Out Of The Picture
News Once alternatives are presented, I don't think credit cards will control everything on the Net," Filby said. I don't get the sense that alternative currencies on the Internet have gained any traction, and credit cards will continue to dominate e...
[December 13, 2000, 10:59]
ID Cards 'taking Focus Away From E-crime'
News The government is ploughing too many resources into the ID cards scheme while failing to fight e-crime, a member of the House of Lords has claimed. Lord Erroll today said plans to roll out ID cards in the UK have been promoted by the government as...
[April 25, 2006, 15:50]
E-commerce Without Cards Will Cost Customers More
News The joint venture between UK telco Cable & Wireless Communications and the US company eCHARGE aims to circumvent the usual step of posting credit card details by giving users the option of charging services to their phone bills instead.
[November 17, 1998, 13:10]
ID Cards To Cost Over £5.6bn
News The UK's ID cards scheme will cost more than £5.6bn to set up and run over the next 10 years, according to the latest Home Office figures. A £5.43bn price tag covers the total resource costs of providing both e-passports and ID cards to British and...
[November 12, 2007, 7:24]
Like Stealing Credit Cards From Babies
News On Tuesday, the company issued a press release saying CD Universe didn't even use ICVerify, and a company spokesperson repeated that claim to MSNBC, saying: "I don't know what the hell Brad is telling people.they told us they had credit cards...
[January 13, 2000, 9:39]
Photos: Biometrics Up Close And Personal
News Accenture's biometric capture technology is designed to be used in enrollment centres for biometric e-passports and identity cards, according to Accenture biometrics specialist, Cyrill Bataller. The Home Office plans to introduce biometric identity...
[March 27, 2006, 17:40]
Is There A Smart Card In Your Future?
News Smart cards tend to conjure up futuristic visions of a credit-card-sized device carrying all sorts of personal information, e-money, an electronic key to your office and a pass card to get through the toll bridge.
[February 8, 2000, 9:53]
News Burst: BT To Trial Smart Cards
News Smart cards to enable workers to log on to offices from home are to be trialled by BT, the company announced Tuesday. Initially 500 people will trial the cards. In the future it is hoped the cards will be developed for other applications, such as...
[November 16, 1999, 12:02]
Government IT Briefs Still Up In The Air
News The e-government agenda, NHS IT programme and ID cards schemes are all to be assigned to ministers over the next few days following the completion of the reshuffle. Tony McNulty, the new Home Office minister, is likely to take day to day charge of...
[May 10, 2005, 15:30]
Full Biometric ID Scheme To Reach The UK 'by 2009'
News E-passports with facial biometrics along with ID cards are set to hit the UK early next year and the Government also plans to include fingerprints in both by 2009, it was revealed at Biometrics 2005 in London on Thursday.
[October 20, 2005, 17:40]
Mobile Phones Provide Secure E-Commerce
White Papers The era of mobile commerce will begin with the appearance of mobile phones equipped with smart cards. Primarily, smart cards will be utilized because they offer security functions not available through other methods of e-commerce such as personal...
[February 4, 2007, 23:00]
Yahoo!, Visa Expand Payment Deal Globally
News will also offer Visa when it has promotions that include credit cards or debit cards. Although Visa cards generate more than £1.25tn in annual volume and are accepted at more than 22 million locations around the world, e-commerce experts say many...
[May 30, 2001, 9:14]
Government IT Stuck In Post-election Limbo
News Ministerial responsibility for key areas such as the eGovernment Unit, the NHS IT programme, local e-government and ID cards is yet to be finalised, with Tony Blair due to complete his reshuffle with a series of junior appointments on 9 May, 2005.
[May 9, 2005, 16:50]
News Burst: M&S Decline Could Spark E-biz Manoeuvre
News Marks and Spencer Tuesday reported a sharp drop in its first-half earnings, prompting it to announce widespread changes, including the introduction of credit cards for the first time from next spring.
[November 2, 1999, 9:50]
Smart Phones For Public Services?
News Paul Bettison, leader of Bracknell Forest Borough Counil, said SIM cards could replace the chips that are used on smart cards. He predicted this would be the next big step in the development of smart cards for public services.
[April 21, 2005, 16:30]
Valentine's Day Goo Clogs Net
News Greet Street offers about 1,200 cards for 50 cents each, 130 of which are Valentines. Electronic-greetings vendors such as Hallmark and Greet Street expect to send out several million e-mail Valentine's cards this year.
[February 16, 1998, 9:31]
Mondex Demos Smartcard-enabled Mobile E-commerce
News As Mondex enables the transfer of value between cards its e-cash application can work without developing new infrastructure. A recent report from research firm Datamonitor predicted smartcard use in Europe is set to explode, with the total number...
[November 17, 1999, 13:46]
UK Lags Behind Estonia In ID Card Technology
News The UK government last week launched a trial of biometric ID cards; the fear of terrorism seems to have pushed the prime minister to fast-track the project for a national scheme as soon as possible. However, unlike Italy, Belgium, Finland, Estonia...
[May 6, 2004, 17:50]
Smart Card Kit Secures PCs
News Windows NT 5.0 will also incorporate support for smart cards as a default installation, Chavrier noted, bringing the technology closer to the mainstream than ever. Smart cards provide] strong proof of identity" when sending e-mail or access Web...
[June 19, 1998, 11:06]
Egg Enables Cheques-by-email
News Egg Pay is the latest twist on the concept of e-payments, which aim to use the Internet to replace traditional forms of commerce such as cheques, credit cards and cash. Earlier ideas have ranged from cybercash -- a currency used only for Internet...
[April 22, 2002, 14:38]
