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1009 Results from /payments, 2005

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Citibank introduces text alert service in UK

With £17.8 billion forecast to be spent by UK consumers on debit cards this December, Citibank customers can now keep track of their money more easily by simply registering for a new free alerts service.

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MasterCard pushes European pre-paid programme, first e-gift card issued in Norway

MasterCard Europe today celebrated a new milestone in the roll-out of its prepaid card technology, with the launch of a new electronic gift card in Norway with DnB NOR bank. This follows swiftly on the heels of a number of new prepaid programmes across Europe, including, most recently, the 'Cash2Go', 'Cashplus', Western Union and 'Bullring' cards in the UK and the 'MyCash' and 'Intesa Flash' cards in Italy.

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Asia Pay establishes Shanghai subsidiary

Asia Payment Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: APYM) today announced it has received all required approvals from the Shanghai authorities for the establishment of a wholly-owned subsidiary.

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Mercantile Bankshares renews Metavante merchant processing contract

Metavante Corporation, the financial technology subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI), today announced that Mercantile Bankshares Corporation (Nasdaq: MRBK) has renewed its merchant processing contract.

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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China orders Gemplus EMV cards

Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 - GEM and NASDAQ:GEMP), a world leading provider of smart card solutions, announces that it has delivered EMV credit cards offering high security for transactions for the leading Chinese bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).

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Slovakia's Prima Zdroj rolls out First Data POS terminals

First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced the successful installation of a network of sophisticated POS terminals for PRIMA ZDROJ holding, a.s., one of the largest retail organizations in Slovakia.

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UPIC transaction volumes surpass $1bn

The Electronic Payments Network (EPN), the ACH business of The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., today announced that more than $1 billion in UPIC payments have been received by public and private entities across the United States.

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FSTC produces cheque-image exchange standards

The Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) today announced it has successfully concluded phase II of its Image Quality and Usability Assurance Project.

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Bank of China orders Wincor Nixdorf ATMs

Bank of China, the bank with the richest tradition in the country, has awarded Wincor Nixdorf an order to expand its network of automated teller machines.

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Banca Popolare di Sondrio live on UBS third party CLS system

Banca Popolare di Sondrio SCaRL (BPS) is now fully operating as a CLS third party client of UBS.

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Refco receives approval for online FX asset sell-off

Refco Inc. (OTC: RFXCQ) announced today that it has received Court approval of bidding procedures for the proposed sale of assets related to Refco's online foreign-exchange trading unit, namely:

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Bank of America receives Fed approval for MBNA merger

Bank of America Corporation today received approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of its application to merge with MBNA Corporation. The merger is expected to close on Jan. 1, 2006.