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US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is working on Next Generation Identification project – establishment of the world's biggest biometric database.
A criminal was detained in Yerevan (Armenia), who had stolen a unique sum of money in cash – 1.5 million dollars from ATMs with a counterfeit Visa credit card made in India.
According to the China Financial Certification Authority (CFCA) survey,
in 2007 about 30 % of private and 30 % of corporate bank clients in 10
big China cities took advantage of the online-services, which,
accordingly, by 4.2 % and 1.7 % exceed similar indices of 2006.
Specialists from SecureWorks, an anti-virus software company (USA), have found Prg Trojan, a new version of Trojan virus generation, specially developed for bank fraud purposes.
According to the Ukrainian Interbank Payment Systems Member Association (EMA), by December 2007 Ukrainian banks issued over 49.1 million cards of Visa Int. and MasterCard Worldwide.
PayMate, Indian provider of mobile payment services, announced its plans to enter the North American market soon.
According to the report of McAfee experts in virtual criminology,
attacks targeted at Web-based services will constitute one of the 10
biggest global security threats in 2008.
On November 30, 2007, a teenager from New Zealand was arrested on
suspicion of being the ringleader of a hacking network which
infiltrated over 1.3 million PCs and stole millions of dollars from
bank accounts around the world.
Royal Bank of Scotland launches a new urgent cash-dispensing service Emergency Cash.
Euronet Worldwide, electronic payment operator, announced that its
proposal to buy MoneyGram money transfer system for $1.65 billion
dollars had been rejected.
Rosan Co. announced a successful termination of Visa Int. certification
of a new card production organized in partnership with SecureID,
Nigerian company. A block of SecureID shares has been recently acquired
by the Russian vendor.
Ingenico and Sagem SecuritГ© signed an agreement on merger of their business activities in payment solutions development
On December 12, 2007, Sergey Ivanov, the first vice-premier of Russia,
solemnly opened a new Sitronics microcircuit production line in
Zelenograd.
On November 22, 2007, an official press conference and an evening reception were held in Moscow, dedicated to the opening of VeriFone Russian repoffice, which will be based in Moscow.
According to the Bank of Russia, in the period from the beginning of
January to the beginning of October, 2007, physical persons-residents
in the Russian Federation transferred 13.022 billion US dollars from
Russia to foreign countries, which is 91 % more than a similar period
of 2006.
Wincor Nixdorf announced introduction of new ATM technology for accepting mixed stacks of cash and checks.
According to MasterCard-ordered research, UEFA EURO 2008 football championship will gain over 1.4 billion euros for the European economy.
Diebold announced launch of a new complex service system for ATM networks in Russia.
On December 10, 2007, MasterCard Worldwide announced conclusion of an agreement with BayernLB, German bank, and Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB), its affiliated company.
Planet Payment, New York company, plans to use voice biometric-based authentication software of Israeli company PerSay in its multi-currency payments processing system. Software from PerSay will allow consumers to make purchases from Planet Payment’s merchant customers by using interactive voice recognition.
UCS Joint-Stock Company has summed up the results of its 15-year activity in the Russian market of credit cards.
Beijing C&W Technology, Chinese company, intends to organize production of ATMs in Russia.
At the end of November, 2007, a closed conference in the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation devoted to the questions in the markets of payments for telecom sevices, housing and communal, and other services, adopted a decision recognizing the scheme of work of the terminals without banks as control links for reception of payments, as corresponding to the existing legislation.
MasterCard Worldwide together with DnB Nor, Norwegian bank group, and Telenor, telecom company, intend to start public testing of contactless mobile payments based on Near Field Communications (NFC) technology and use of PayPass cards.
Punjab National Bank followed the example of Andhra Bank and ICICI-Bank and installed its first biometric ATM in India, in the city of Gautam-Budh (State of Uttar Pradesh).
On January 1, 2008, all regions of Russia will begin to issue new biometric foreign passports.
In the middle of November, 2007, instruction № 1842-U of the Bank of Russia came into force. It specifies the principles of operation of the organizations accepting payments for municipal and telecom services.
MasterCard Europe jointly with Banque Accord (bank subdivision of the French chain of Auchan hypermarkets, specializing in electronic banking, operations with bank cards and credits) started implementation of the pilot project of the first in Europe contactless MasterCard PayPass co-branded cards issue.
According to experts from UK National Terrorist Financial Investigation Unit (NTFIU), now terrorists actively use prepaid gift cards, cell phones and the Internet to transfer funds.
Ulyanovsk Motor Licensing and Inspection Department and FIA-Bank have started installation of POS-terminals in patrol cars, by means of which MLID officers will accept payments for the imposed fines directly on the spot.
Various security services in the airports – airport screeners, customs agents, police officers and members of the military, everyone who everyday has to analyze behavior of thousands of people can soon get a more reliable instrument than their own intuition.
State Duma has postponed consideration of the bills «On amendments to article 13.1 of the Federal Law «On banks and bank activity» introduced on October 29, 2007, by Vladislav Reznik, Chairman of the Duma Committee on the Credit Organizations and Financial Markets.
Three leading banks of India – Corporation Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank – and mChek, developer of banking technologies, intend to undertake in the near future a public test of a new service function from Visa Money Transfer – money transfer by means of mobile phones.
BGS Smartcard Systems and Savings Bank of Mongolia have signed a contract on supply of DUET smart-technology to the bank and started work on creation in Mongolia of a payment system for servicing of mass daily purchases.
In the beginning of November, 2007, NXP Semiconductors announced its
plans to supply SmartMX, state-of-the-art chips, to Germany. SmartMX
chips will provide the basis for ePassport, the first-ever project of
electronic passports of the second generation, containing digital image
of owner’s two fingerprints.
AT&T is the first company to present in the market a complex RFID-solution for public health services, allowing to obtain the reports necessary to increase the security of patients and improve efficiency and financial indexes of the medical institutions.
Diebold is the first producer to get a certificate on the use of technology from Better ATM Services (Arizona, USA), which allows to dispense prepaid gift cards from ATMs.
Javelin Strategy & Research (USA) came to conclusion that the dominant position of the international payment systems’ credit cards used by American consumers in electronic commerce will be shaken. The main reason is that Americans would prefer higher security and convenience of the alternative payment systems.
Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG), British research organization, states in its report that an essential increase of the volume of sales via Internet in the British market is, however, accompanied by a growing rate of card fraud.
According to Finextra Research (USA), independent analytical company, the European banks are rather pessimistic about the prospects of their obligations to start the first stage of SEPA project set for January 1, 2008.
According to the report based on the research undertaken by McAfee Company and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), most US citizens are absolutely helpless in the questions of the demanded level of Internet-security in the conditions of the constantly growing cyber-crimes.
The British credit card issuers took an extreme measure and addressed the Chamber of Lords with a request to deprive the cardholders of their traditional right to insurance protection against poor-quality purchases abroad.
Peter Costello, Federal Treasurer of Australia, has called authorities of the country to remove ATMs from casinos, because, in his opinion, they only increase temptation of the hot-tempered players.
Hi-Tech Wealth Company, major Chinese manufacturer of the mobile phones supporting GSM and CDMA telecom standards, has opted for Nexperia Cellular System Solution 5110 from NXP Semiconductors for use in the first-ever mobile phone on solar batteries S116.
Our readers remember that from August 1, 2007, Sainsbury’s chain of British supermarkets will no longer accept cheques as payment.
In 2007 the use of the PIN-Less debit cards in the American system of payment for various services will grow by 40 %.
Corporation NCR presented in the Russian market an innovative ATM - NCR Personas 71 of a very compact size and special design providing full protection against the environment and ensuring its operation in any weather conditions.
Novosibirsk URSA Bank and Gulf Stream, local taxi company, started introduction of non-cash payment services in taxis. Thus, the company installed in a number of cars GPRS payment terminals accepting cards of Visa, MasterCard and Golden Crown.
Kazkommertsbank (Kazakhstan) is the first in the country to issue and promote American Express Gold Card and American Express Platinum Card of American Express nominated in tenge and in US dollars.
CyberPlat has started implementation of its e-ticketing project of payment for SKYEXPRESS flights and for additional services.
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