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Published: 08 February 2010 - 15:11
Bank slammed after hackers steal $378,000 from Poughkeepsie
 
Officials from Poughkeepsie have criticised TD Bank after hackers broke into the US town's account, stole $378,000 and transferred it to the Ukraine.
 

 

 

 

 

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Making payments in cash costs every person in Europe EUR130 a year, according to a study from Retail Banking Research (RBR).
 
Kwedit, a service that lets people without credit or debit cards acquire digital content and virtual goods by making a 'promise' - that can not be enforced - to pay later, has launched in the US.
 
Singaporean e-payments outfit Nets has launched a platform that enables customers to pay bills and buy goods and services from multiple providers through their mobile phones and at kiosks.
 
Nearly a quarter of a century after the name disappeared, Burroughs has been resurrected by a private equity firm that has acquired Unisys' cheque and cash automation equipment business.
 
French handset manufacturer Sagem Wireless has revealed plans to launch a Google Android phone that incorporates fingerprint authentication technology that would help secure mobile financial services.
 
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Analysis: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Heartland chief Robert Carr leads a Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia workshop examining data security in electronic payments processing and the lessons learned from last year's data breach.
 
Finextra update: Finextra
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Finextra update: Finextra
Finextra's community of 135,000 monthly users provides sponsors with an excellent outreach platform. Over 2,500 market professionals have registered to attend Finextra video webcasts since March 2009. Below is a sample of these participants.
 
Finextra update: Finextra
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Event information: finextra.com
George Ravich, CMO of Fundtech talks with Finextra about the excellent networking and market intelligence they experience at EBADay's panel sessions and exhibition hall.
 
Finextra update: Finextra
Fundtech, EVP and CMO, George Ravich talks with Finextra about the very first FinextraLive webcast. "The results of the programme surpassed all our expectations. We finished off with several hundred qualified leads to follow up on," he says.
 
Finextra update: Finextra
Finextra works with its partners to raise market profile, generate leads, and provide thought leadership. The Finextra Community of 135,000 monthly users provides sponsors with an excellent outreach platform to reach key influencers and budget-holders in the world's leading financial institutions.
 
Market commentary: finextra.com
The Global Trust Council is a non-profit organisation working with governments and businesses in a bid to create an international legal framework that will help protect digital identities.
 
Market commentary: finextra.com
Nick Ogden, CEO of Voice Commerce, talks with Finextra about becoming a new PI, post-PSD. Meanwhile, the firm faces 12 to 18 months of "disentangling a large business from a large bank" before they can complete on their bid to buy RBS Worldpay.
 
Market commentary: Deutsche Bank Research
Deutsche Bank Research finds a maturing market for P2P lending, as innovations such as automatic bidding shift power from people to computers.
 
 Payments company announcements

 
The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced it has formed liaisons with three industry-leading organizations key to the NFC global ecosystem: EMVCo, the GSM Asso
 
Mobile First, a global leader in mobile billing solutions, today announced availability of Mobile First Mobile Payment processing for developers and providers of online games, social networking applications, and virtual currency platforms.
 
ClairMail, the leader in mobile banking and payment solutions, announced today that is has completed membership to the Jack Henry Vendor Integration Program, extending ClairMail's mobile banking reach.
 
YellowPepper, a primary provider of mobile financial services in Latin America, today announced a strategic partnership with Credibanco, payment network of Colombia, to offer mobile financial services to all Colombian consumers.
 
Swift and SimCorp have together successfully completed a proof of concept, which demonstrates that SimCorp Dimension, SimCorp's market-leading solution for investment management businesses, can accept, process and transmit Swift ISO 20022 MX messages
 
VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), today announced that the Afone Group (EURONEXT: AFO), the leading French payments and telecoms company, has joined the VeriFone International Partner (VIP) network.
 
3i Infotech, a global provider of IT solutions, announces that it has signed a deal with HSBC Bank Plc (HSBC), to implement Reporting to Clients for its Cash Management and Payments division.
 
Before long, all Facebook users will be able to easily execute money transfers among each other with a ClickandBuy app and purchase Facebook apps quickly and conveniently.
 
Visa (NYSE: V) today announced plans to offer its No Signature Required program to the majority of merchant categories in the United States beginning July 2010, making the switch to Visa digital currency even more convenient and compelling.
 
Early last month, it was announced that Heartland Payment Systems ("Heartland") had negotiated a $60 million settlement with Visa to obtain releases of liability from financial institutions issuing Visa payment cards compromised by the Heartland Data
 
  
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