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Money transfers, NFC to drive mobile payments
News Mobile money transfers and contactless NFC will make up half the overall mobile-payments market globally in five years' time, according to a new report. The Mobile Payments Markets: Strategies & Forecasts 2008-2013 report from analyst house Juniper...
[November 3, 2008, 11:05]
Electronic Medical Remittance Advice and Payments: A Critical Transition for Healthcare
White Papers The technologies and business processes used to move healthcare payments in America today are undergoing a fundamental change. Traditionally, healthcare payments from claims payers, such as insurance companies, to healthcare providers, such as...
[May 26, 2006, 1:00]
Contactless Payments Privacy and Security of RFID-Enabled Credit Cards
White Papers RFID technology brings a new experience to credit card payments, but it also comes with new problems. The new contactless payment devices suffer from various vulnerabilities which the paper will discuss.
[April 15, 2009, 1:22]
Using Identity Authentication and Eligibility Assessment to Mitigate the Risk of Improper Payments
White Papers The "Improper Payments Information Act of 2002" requires agencies to assess the risks of making improper payments. This includes a statistically valid determination of the amount of improper payments in their programs, identification of the root...
[September 1, 2005, 3:00]
PayPal bans payments for porn on eBay
News PayPal users will have until 12 May to process payments for intangible adult products such as online photos and streaming video. PayPal currently faces charges by the US Attorney's Office over its processing of gambling-related payments.
[May 1, 2003, 10:47]
US tests simplified credit-card payments
News One analyst predicted that MasterCard's move to expand adoption of the technology, and similar efforts at American Express, will push so-called contactless payments -- more common in Europe -- into the American mainstream within the next year or...
[December 19, 2003, 14:55]
New e-Payments Engine for Northern Ireland
News It has set up the Government Gateway and e-Payments Engine in an effort to encourage more online transactions. The Payments Engine provides a medium for financial transactions, while the Gateway can be used for a range of purposes.
[November 3, 2004, 11:48]
Launch of faster bank-payments system delayed
News The introduction of a service that will allow bank customers to make payments faster has been put back to May 2008 to allow enough time for the technology to be fully tested. The Faster Payments system will allow bank customers to make payments in...
[August 16, 2007, 10:05]
Orange Chooses Valista to Power Simpay Mobile Payments
White Papers Valista's payments solution, PaymentsPlus, enables Orange customers to browse and purchase anytime, anywhere, using their mobile device and their Orange prepaid or postpaid account. Orange needed to create a world-class digital content and services...
[January 19, 2006, 23:00]
Fast Payments project slipped
Talkback Is this anything to do with the fact that the planned new Fast Payments system run by APACS has slipped 6 months? www.fastpayments.co.uk Original launch date was November 2007, which has slipped 6 months to May 2008 with no guarantee it will make...
[March 31, 2008, 20:49]
SCO puts limit on its legal payments
News The SCO Group, committed to an expensive legal attack against Linux, said on Tuesday that it has removed some financial uncertainty from its future by working out an agreement to cap payments to its law firm.
[September 1, 2004, 9:25]
BT rolls out one-stop shop for Web payments
News BT Retail is to begin trialling a system for making small payments online that could be attractive to thousands of Web sites, at a time when Internet companies are pinching pennies. Price said that while "click & buy" doesn't replace conventional e...
[July 2, 2002, 13:28]
Benefits of Payments Business Intelligence
White Papers Imagine having the insight to make the right decisions on payment fees, consolidation and outsourcing strategies, and payment products that result in the best bottom line results for the banks' payments business.
[March 29, 2008, 0:01]
Complex IT raises rural payments costs, says NAO
News In a report on the EU Single Payment Scheme, the NAO said the Rural Payments Agency spends £1,743 on administering each claim compared with just £285 in Scotland. Amyas Morse, head of the NAO, criticised the failure to protect taxpayers' interests...
[October 16, 2009, 14:40]
The What, Who and Why of Contactless Payments
White Papers The mass market introduction of contactless technology is an important event for the payments industry. Contactless payments are already providing benefits to consumers and retailers alike, in terms of higher levels of control and convenience for...
[May 30, 2007, 8:31]
Barclaycard, Orange team up on mobile payments
News The pair said they will work together to launch new products and services to enable their combined base of more than 28 million customers to use their mobiles to make payments and better manage their finances — with the aim of "widespread adoption...
[March 10, 2009, 7:39]
Amazon sets up payments on smartphones
News Amazon Payments has introduced payment-processing tools for mobile devices, meaning smartphone owners can pay for products with a single click. Amazon Mobile Payments Service, announced on Monday, is an extension of the Amazon subsidiary's existing...
[October 7, 2009, 8:16]
Virtual worlds driving move to e-payments
News E-payments may bring convenience to shoppers and retailers alike — but do they also boost the wallet? E-payments also cost both shoppers and retailers money, Kyte said, but the amounts are typically lower than existing payment systems.
[November 26, 2007, 8:12]
Bloggers Must Now Disclose Payments & Freebies
Blog The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US has announced new guidelines which will not please many bloggers (especially the ‘mommy’ or ‘mummy’ bloggers) as all payments, advertisements, freebies and samples for reviews, must now be declared.
[October 8, 2009, 12:03]
Combating Improper Payments, Fraud, Waste and Abuse: A Best Practices Approach for Government
White Papers This paper focuses on three key areas: improper payments, purchase card fraud and Medicare/Medicaid fraud. The paper discusses how governments can develop anti-fraud strategies to improve collection rates and reduce improper payments, fraud, waste...
[December 1, 2005, 22:00]
