| 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 |