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MasterCard promises PayPal type online wallet based on PayPass

US payments giant, MasterCard, has promised a new, one-click online payment solution apparently intended to compete more effectively with PayPal. It is also promising that the new service will be integrated with its PayPass contactless payment solution, and will turn smartphones into payment devices. The new strategy was unveiled at a US trade show last

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EMV trials begin for Australian EFTPOS debit cards

Trials of Australian bank issued EFTPOS debit cards with an integrated micro-chip have begun in the Victorian regional city of Bendigo. If successful, the trials will enable EFTPOS cards to offer the same advanced features as the competing debit card products from MasterCard and Visa. Managing Director of the EFTPOS industry body, EFTPOS Payments Australia

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Top ten Australian online retailer named in online card security breach

Melbourne based online retailer- Crazysales.com.au has been publicly identified as the merchant behind last month’s card security breach. The incident saw major banks cancelling an estimated ten thousands of Australians’ credit cards, and widespread national media coverage, including on ABC television news. CrazySales, which formerly advertised credit-acceptance via Westpac subsidiary – the St George Bank,

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Visa, Mastercard abandon authentication on low-value transactions inside a store

It hasn’t been officially announced yet but both Visa and MasterCard are now allowing some Australian retailers to automatically approve any transaction worth less than $35. Not to be confused with the card giants’ recent contactless chip-card initiatives, where transactions less than $100 are automatically approved, the new programme includes all Visa and MasterCard

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New EFTPOS deal to cost Australian small businesses $200million a year in higher bank fees

Australia’s giant retailers Woolworths and the Wesfarmers-owned Coles are the big winners from a new deal on EFTPOS fees announced this week by EFTPOS Australia Limited (EPAL). So too are the big fast-food chains like McDonalds, and the big petrol retailers – Caltex, BP and Shell. But more than half a million Australian businesses can

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