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860 Results from /retail, 2005

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Chase to market Peppercoin's small value payments suite

US-based micropayments start-up Peppercoin has secured a referral agreement with the nation's largest merchant acquirer Chase Merchant Services.

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Italy's MPS switches on high-speed data storage network

Italian banking group Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) is using high-speed optical networking technology from Cisco Systems to improve interconnectivity and underpin business continuity between regional data centres.

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Nationwide pilots text alert service

The UK's Nationwide Building Society is piloting a text alert service which will enable current account customers to receive balance information over their mobile phones.

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Half of UK retailers still not using chip and PIN

Fewer than half of UK retailers are using the chip and PIN system for processing card transactions according to a survey conducted by payments software vendor Retail Logic.

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Visa explores compulsory VbV registration

Card association Visa is exploring the possibility of forcing consumers to use Verified by Visa authentication services when performing high-risk transactions online.

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First Data and MasterCard welcome Washington Mutual deal

First Data is reporting a new debit card processing deal with Washington Mutual, as the US' largest savings and loan switches from Visa to MasterCard-branded cards.

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Financial Objects raises expectations for 2004

UK banking technology vendor Financial Objects says it expects full year 2004 earnings to be ahead of expectations after two contract wins at its Activebank division increased group revenues in the second half of of the year.

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Danish banks launch national digital signature system

Danish payments body Payment Business Services (PBS) is launching NetID, a national digital signature service that enables online banking customers to send legally binding electronic documents over the Internet.

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Online banking services key to bank selection

Online banking and bill payment services are leading factors for customers in determining where to open a new account and how they perceive bank brands, according to a study by California-based Keynote Systems.

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Citi offers free iPods for new online accounts

Citibank has begun offering free Apple iPod Minis to new EZ Checking account customers.

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Cathay Bank moves online banking to Digital Insight ASP model

Asian-American financial services firm Cathay Bank is to shift from an inhouse online banking system to an ASP-based service from Digital Insight.

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Diebold wins $25 million ICBC cash machine order

Diebold has inked a $25 million contract with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for the supply of 1,100 Opteva self-service terminals.