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2014 10a - MarketEyeWave Crest updates global business payments platform; W3C standards body looks to improve web payments; Swift bemoans pressure to cut off Russia and Israel from network; UK card transactions top one billion a month for first time; eBay and PayPal to split; Mobile payment network Zapp wins big-ticket retailer support
2014 09b - MarketEyeSwift offers one year free access to KYC Registry; Facebook enlists Stripe for 'buy' button; Barclaycard teams with Southampton FC ; Ripple signs first two US banks; Heartbeat authentication firm Bionym raises $14 million; Visa creates 2000 full-time tech jobs; Isbank implements TouchID for mobile banking on the iPhone; Barclays mobile apps processing £4 billion in transactions per month; Orange Money ties up with Bank of Africa for mobile banking
2014 09a - MarketEyeApple announces NFC mobile payments for iPhone 6 and iWatch; Paypal subsidiary to support One Touch mobile and bitcoin payments; Bank of England reviews bitcoin potential; MasterCard loses EU appeal over cross-border interchange fees; FIS agrees EUR375 million Clear2Pay acquisition; Contactless cards set to further displace cash on London Tube
2014 08b - MarketEyeCaixaBank invests EUR500m in contactless ATMs; Westpac NZ licenses Moven money management tech; Santander commissions study on bitcoin's impact on banks; Monitise transfers hundreds of UK employees to IBM; Banks and retailers sign on for new Australian Payments Council; EBay ponders PayPal spin-off; Square upgrades Cash app for text-based P2P payments; St George preps fingerprint login for iPhone app; PayPal taps Venmo for one-touch in-app payments
2014 08a - MarketEyeeBay’s payments unit discussing Bitcoin acceptance; Visa token service may be key to Apple's mobile payments plans; Government to review virtual currencies; Sepa migration deadline day arrives; US migration to EMV gathers momentum; Amazon mPOS launch undercuts Square and PayPal
2014 07b - MarketEyeNY regulator sets out BitLicense plans; Facebook tests 'buy' button; PayPal hits the high street in Holland; Monitise and IBM expand mobile commerce alliance; Snapchat files payments-related trademarks; Visa takes on PayPal with Checkout button for Web and mobile payments; Apple talking to Visa about mobile payments
2014 07a - MarketEyeMasterCard launches MasterPass in Poland and South Africa; JCB launches global payment service using NFC; Russian reprieve for Visa and MasterCard; Visa Europe considers future payment security options; European banks told to avoid bitcoin; London buses go cashless.
2014 06b - MarketEyeRussia to introduce national payment card; £21 million lost to vishing fraud in first five months of 2014; MasterCard seeks Russian processor; UK payments industry prepares for new watchdog; BBVA introduces HCE-based mobile NFC payments.
2014 06a - MarketEyeIsle of Man bullion vault issues solid gold credit card; IBM patents new fraud fighting app; Deutsche Bank to run future banking design competition; Dutch central bank warns banks off Bitcoin; Richard Branson joins $25m TransferWise funding round; Powa buys MPayMe in $75m deal; Apple circles payments with TouchID; Standard Chartered and SingTel team on mobile bank; Apple Safari gets credit card scanning feature
2014 05b - MarketEyeGroupon unveils Gnome POS platform; EPC launches consultation on evolution of Sepa credit transfer and direct debit; ANZ combines digital and physical for new wealth platform; WestPac NZ and Samsung team on digital banking innovation; MasterCard to buy India's ElectraCard Services; Bitcoin not a threat to banking system...yet; Finnish banks seek supplier for real-time payments system; Tablets to overtake mobiles for online banking by 2016; LifeLock pulls Wallet app over PCI compliance fears
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