IDG News Service - A new website, set up by Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and some other civil rights activists, aims to crowdsource donations for WikiLeaks and three other organizations. The launch of the Freedom of the ...
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Using Visa or MasterCard for donations to WikiLeaks was made possible again Wednesday when the French organization Defense Fund Net Neutrality (FDNN) started accepting payments via those credit card providers through the French Carte Bleue ...
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London's buses will be the first mode of transport to accept contactless bank card payments,starting today. The whole fleet of London buses will accept the payments,meaning that passengers can use an American Express,MasterCard,Maestro or ...
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Hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for outages to several government websites last night. Various Twitter accounts that belong to the group were awash with the claims yesterday,including Anonymous Operations,an account ...
The checkout process is one of the most important parts of any e-commerce website, because it is where you convert visits into sales. It is also one of the most difficult aspects to get right, especially in the toy industry where ...
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Interbrand Releases 13th Annual Best Global Brands Report Despite the current economic landscape, all of the luxury brands in the 13th annual Best Global Brands report released by Interbrand increased their brand value. As the meaning ...
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Over three-quarters of Transport for London customers want alternative ways to pay for their journeys,with contactless payments the preferred alternative to Oyster and cash for 45%of respondents,according to research. The survey of 2,050 ...
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US retailer Kroger has increased its full-year profit forecast after reporting a rise in third-quarter earnings. In the three-month period ended 3 November, earnings climbed to US$316.5m from $195.9m a year earlier, which included a ...
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Mobile phones are expected to play a significant role in the future of cashless payments in remote and on-premise purchases. Payment companies are ramping up their mobile offerings in the scramble for this lucrative market. ...
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South Africa's independent insurer Hollard Insurance has introduced a new ClaimsCard,designed to enable claimants and the insurance company to make claims payment process easily. Launched in collaboration with MasterCard ...
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A student is standing trial accused of aiding hacking collective Anonymous with an attack against online payment company PayPal which,it is claimed,cost the online payment service£3.5m. The jury at Southwark Crown Court was told how ...
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As the government pushes private companies to release customer data under its Midata initiative,Computer Weekly looks at what this means for the digital economy and who stands to benefit most from this new form of"consumer empowerment". ...
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IDG News Service - Visa said Tuesday that it has expanded its digital wallet service V.me to an additional 53 banks and 23 merchant partners. About 55 million cardholders now can use V.me for their online shopping. V.me is a wallet ...
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IDG News Service-Bank of America Merchant Services will extend its mobile payments service to small retailers in December,allowing them to use smartphones and tablets as point-of-sale terminals. The entry of the country's largest ...
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IDG News Service-Mobile card payments startup iZettle has settled its payments dispute with Visa Europe and can now accept Visa payments in Norway,Finland and Denmark,the company announced on Tuesday. To accept Visa,iZettle had to add a ...
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