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News: Payments Applications
31/08/2010 First Data joint venture to offer mobile contactless loyalty service to merchants in UK and Ireland
 www.nearfieldcomworld.com
24/08/2010 Multicard Receives First Order for Delivery of e-Payment Labels to Rabobank Employees for Contactless Electronic Payment
23/08/2010 BankDhofar launches first Visa Electron Chip cards in Oman
 www.ameinfo.com
20/08/2010 Visa Compliant with Canadian Code of Conduct
20/08/2010 Visa issues contactless cards to Youth Olympics attendees
 www.contactlessnews.com
17/08/2010 AIB Merchant Services and Zapa Launches New “AIBMS loyaltyplus”
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16/08/2010 Barclaycard rolls out it's contactless technology with Visa
13/08/2010 USA Technologies' Innovative "JumpStart" Cashless Vending Program Wins Continued Customer Acceptance
 www.tradingmarkets.com
12/08/2010 Transit cards 'cheaper' than credit cards
 www.squidcard.com
11/08/2010 American Express Community Stadium will be "cashless"
 www.theargus.co.u
10/08/2010 What next generation credit cards will look like, do for you
 www.creditcards.com
09/08/2010 China a promising market for payment through mobile phones
 www.economictimes.indiatimes.com
09/08/2010 First Data To Play Big Role In Cell Phone Payments
 www.ibtimes.com
09/08/2010 Smartcard 'tap and go' payments coming soon to United Kingdom
 www.thisismoney.co.uk
06/08/2010 USA Technologies Sees Cashless Vending Adoption Rates Accelerating
 www.usatech.com
05/08/2010 MasterCard Europe Reports Volume Increased
05/08/2010 Oberthur Technologies Sees Strong Demand For Its Contactless Sticker - FlyBuy Sticker
05/08/2010 Visa announces microSD payment for mobiles
04/08/2010 Federal Reserve leads US payments industry NFC initiative
 www.nearfieldcommunicationsworld.com
04/08/2010 Visa Inc Reports Q3-2010 Revenues of 2.0 Billion
03/08/2010 EPC Appoints Marco Musto As New Secretary General
02/08/2010 Home Trust of Canada selects Gemalto for EMV Migration
02/08/2010 Major Canadian payment processors support American Express chip cards
02/08/2010 UK: Merchant Acceptance Makes Strides, But No Breakthrough Yet
 www.nfctimes.com
02/08/2010 Payment revolution now unstoppable
 www.transportxtra.com
02/08/2010 UK supermarket starts contactless payments
 www.theregister.co.uk
30/07/2010 ING Direct USA Launches Enhanced Mobile Application
28/07/2010 Home Trust of Canada Selects Gemalto for EMV Migration
28/07/2010 Visa releases a whitepaper of recommendations for hotels to protect card data
 www.ecommerce-journal.com
27/07/2010 MasterCard Strikes Exclusive Five Year Deal with Metro Bank