Monetise joins mobile scheme September 30, 2010 UK MOBILE banking and payments group Monetise has announced a major partnership to supply software for Visa’s new contactless payment system. Last week City A.M. revealed Visa will roll out a network of payment points where users can use their mobile phone to pay in stores. Now Monetise has said it will partner DeviceFidelity to [...]
Visa pushes new mobile phone payment systems September 19, 2010 VISA will roll out a network that will allow its customers to pay for goods using their mobile phones in time for the 2012 Olympics. The world’s biggest payment processing firm hopes the new technology will allow it to corner the small transactions market, which is still dominated by cash purchases. The firm believes the [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING July 14, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES FRANCIS MAUDE TACKLES CIVIL SERVICE PAY-OFFS Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, attempted to force the hand of civil service unions yesterday as he laid emergency legislation to slash their redundancy terms while offering negotiations on a new severance deal. With up to 100,000 civil service jobs likely to go during the next [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 19, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES ADONIS TRIES TO LOCK IN TRAIN OPERATORS Train operators who walk away from franchise agreements will face bigger penalties, as part of a package of measures aimed at restoring the system’s credibility following the renationalisation of the east coast main line. Lord Adonis, transport secretary, said in an interview with the Financial Times [...]