News of Banks

• ARB and REMA Activate their Cooperation
• New site of Savings Bank of Russia is launched
• VTB24 Expects to Involve Investors from Problem Banks
• Alfa-Bank and SEVERNAYA KAZNA Bank integrate ATM-Networks
• OTP Bank is Granted Visa License for Retail Acquiring
• Eurasian Bank Issued Visa Card with Diamond

Card Society 

• ATMs of the Bank of Moscow Allow Charitable Payments
• Project of Biometric Passports in Armenia

News of Payment Systems 

• Russian Railways Accept Diners Club Cards

News of Banks

• Raiffeisenbank Undertakes Technological Integration of Its Regional Branches
• DIA Allocates 71 Billion Rubles for Readjustment of Banks
• HalykBank – Leader in the Market of Remote Bank Services in Kazakhstan
• Over 3 Million Plastic Cards Issued by Belarusbank
• Ukrainian Banks Forbidden to Unilaterally Change Deposit Contract Terms
• Belarus Banks Limit Provision of Credits
• Uzbekistan Protects Physical Persons’ Deposits from the Consequences of the Financial Crisis
• Credit Card Defaults Will Continue to Grow in the USA
• British Credit and Card Companies May Not Raise Sharply Their Credit Rates

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Automated Bank Office – Closer to Clients!
• Diebold will Deliver 1 000 Cash Recycling ATMs to Dexia
• «Work with Problem Assets» – CRIF Collection Services: Official Launch of a New Business Direction of CRIF Group in Russia
• G&D Develops a Memory Card with NFC Function

Fraudfighting and Security

• British Biometric ID Card System Detects an Illegal Migrant

Card Society 

• NAFI and Expert RА: 73 % of Russians Have no Savings

Not PLUS-Weekly Only!

News of Payment Systems 

• NCC|UC and Evrofinance Mosnarbank Attract Banks to MasterCard Worldwide
• A Bill «On the National Payment System» Coming

News of Banks

• Only 30 Russian Banks will Survive 2009 without Serious Problems
• The Number of Russian Banks can be Reduced by 20 %
• A. Aksakov: Accessibility Level of Payment-Settlement Services in Russia Determined by Legal and Technological Restrictions
• SBERBANK of Russia: an Inflow after an Outflow of Deposits
• Surgutneftegasbank Manages Risks with Oracle Business Applications
• NRB Introduces Moratorium on Overdue Credit Penalties
• SOGAZ Insures Gazprombank under BBB Program
• NBU: Anti-Crisis Measures Reduce the Outflow of Money from the Banks
• The National Bank of Belarus Creates a Single Payment System
• Banks of Kazakhstan: Total Volume of Issued Cards Approaches 7 millions
• Ukraine: the Point of No-Return of Mortgage Credits is Expected Next Spring
• Ministry of Finance and NBU Elaborate a Plan on Prevention of Credit Losses
• Parex Banka will be Sold to Foreigners
• Banks of Belarus: Volume of Deposits Grows
• Banks of Azerbaijan Continue Provision of Credits

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Boris Kim about Amendments to the Federal Law «On the Payment Acceptance Activity Carried out by Payment Agents»
• «Mobile Commerce 2008»: the Idea of Establishment of a SingleMobileCommerceCoordinationCenter in Russia Approved
• Exhibition CARDEX and IT SECURITY 2009 Now Offers Simplified Registration
• Tieto and EMC Expand Their Cooperation in Development of Information Infrastructures
• InformZaschita Audits Information System of Promsvjazbank for Compliance with PCI DSS Requirements
• Lanit Trasforms its Business of Outsourcing of IT Services into an Affiliated Company
• BSS – a New Terrasoft CRM Bank Competence Center in Moscow
• SITRONICS will Construct 5 Datacenters for MTS
• Market of Data Storage Systems Grows

Fraudfighting and Security

• Russian Federation Calls upon Nations to Prevent the Use of Cyberspace by Terrorists
• Barack Оbama will Establish a New Cybersecurity Agency in the USA
• Cellular Signal Suppressors in Japanese ATMs 

Card Society 

• The World Bank will Help the Poorest Countries
• Non-Return of a Credit: a Crime or a Norm?
• 186.3 M Cellular Telecom Subscribers Expected in Russia by the End of the Year
• Aid for Repayment of Credit Card Debts
• Readiness of ATMs = Loyalty of Clients

News of Payment Systems 

• MasterCard and ING Group will Test NFC Technology in Romania
• Golden Crown: Destiny of Bank Cards after the Credit Boom
• UNIStream Signs Agreement with Victoriabank

News of Banks

• Investors and Borrowers: What to Expect from the Financial Institutions?
• European Central Bank and Bank of England Lower Base Interest Rates
• Authorities Ready to Share the Banks’ Financial Risks
• Readjustment for Banks’ Rescue
• Bank of Russia Provides 65.9 Bn Rubles More to DIA
• A. Aksakov: the Crisis can Result in a New Architecture of the Banking Sector
• SBERBANK of Russia Raises Deposit Rates
• Outflow from the Russian Banks Lessens
• MDM-Bank and URSA Bank Incorporate into the Largest Bank Holding
• Alfa-Bank Acquires Controlling Shares of Severnaya Kazna Bank
• SBERBANK of Russia: New Initiatives
• Size of a Deposit Insurance can Reach 1 M Rubles
• In September the Share of SBERBANK Grew by 51 %
• Promsvyazbank Gets a License from Visa Inc. for Direct Trade Acquiring
• New Functionalities of Raiffeisen Connect System
• Credit Histories are Not Wanted
• The Fifth International Forum Bank IT ’ 08 Held in Minsk
• Mortgage in Ukraine Paralyzed
• Full Return of Deposits Guaranteed for Belarus Investors
• Credits Become More Expensive on the Background of Falling Euribor Rate
• Citigroup Sells a Part of its Assets in Japan
• British Government Persuades Banks not to Raise the Crediting Rates

Business. Technologies. Retail

• New PLUS-Daily: PLUS Journal and www.plusworld.ru Expand Their Online Cooperation with the Readers!
• PLUS-Eurasia Buyers Guide 2008–2009: Now Access to its Electronic Version is Open
• The CARTES & IDentification trade show confirms its dynamism
• Dollar’s Exchange Rate will Return to the Former Level in 2010
• TietoEnator's transformation continues - announcing the new Tieto brand
• InformZaschitaand OKB SAPR Company Announce their Merger
• ATMs from Diebold will Support Cash Acceptance and Currency Exchange Functions in Golden Crown System
• INPAS at the Seminar-Meeting of Volga-Viatka Branch of SBERBANK of Russia
• АRCОМ will Supply 5 000 POS Terminals to Alfa-Bank in 2009
• FRSGlobal and Technoserv Become Partners
• Sales of Goods in Eurozone Drop by 2.1 %
• RegionInvestBank: the Stake on the Financial Settlements Centre from Diasoft FA#
• ChronoPay and Planet3: Strategic Partnership
• Sky Link Opens Access to Mobile Banking
• Activity in the Sphere of Biometric Technologies in Azerbaijan will be Licensed
• Dialogue Introduces Mobile Payments in Scandinavia
• Nokia Leaves Japan
• Sucre – a New Electronic Currency of South America
• Russian Insurers Risk to Lose 50 % of Insurance Premiums

Fraudfighting and Security

• Symantec and Technoserv: a Seminar on Protection of Payment Systems
• The First Enterprise for Production of Biometric Passports: New Details
• Internet Kiosks Easily Hacked
• Europe Will Get a Common Cyber Attack Alarm System
• USA: Microtransactions Can Precede Cybercrimes
• Biometric System Prevents Illegal Entry to Japan
• China Vs. Internet Fraud
• Sophos Warns about a New Phishing Scheme in Great Britain
• Surveillance Cameras will Predict Crimes
• Credit Money Thieves Detained in USA

• EU Calls not to Forget about the Poor Countries in Crisis
• The Government will Consider a Bill of Bankruptcy of Physical Persons
• Users will be Able to Register Domains in the Zone «.рф» («.rf») by the end of 2009
• Kazakhstan: a New Function of Inserts in Driver's Licenses
• Israeli Ministry of Internal Affairs Orders Biometric Passport

News of Payment Systems

• Visa Cards for Children in Kazakhstan
• Integration of AVERS and Golden Crown – Money Transfer Systems
• UNIStream and WebMoney: a Joint Project
• GoldenPay – the First in Azerbaijan System of Internet Payments

News of Banks

• Russia Should Not Support Ruble
• List of Problem Banks’ Buyers Grows
• DIA Begins to Pay Insurance Compensations
• Card Credits Costs Continue to Grow
• SBERBANK of Russia: Results of 10 months of 2008
• Northern Bank of SBERBANK of Russia: 1 Million Cards
• BINBANK Acquires Control Stock of Bashinvestbank
• Bank of Moscow: Results of Work by November 1, 2008
• A New Mortgage Credit Scheme from VTB24
• Vozrozhdenie Bank Sums up the Results of 9 months of 2008
• Vozrozhdenie Bank Increases the Volume of the Provided Credits
• Rumours about «Death» of Bank Cards in Ukraine Appear «Strongly Exaggerated»
• OTP Bank Launches a New Service – OTPdirekt 
• «Electron Deposit» from IBA
• Full Return of Deposits Guaranteed for Belarus Investors
• EU Allocates €200 Bn for Rescue of the Economy
• US FRS: New Measures to Stimulate the Credit Market
• Sucre – a New Electronic Currency of South America

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Crediting Rates for Small Business will Not Exceed 11 %
• NCR Company Prepared to Withstand the Financial Crisis
• INPAS at SCR – 2008
• Autocomplex: the 15-th Moscow International Exhibition in Moscow
• Technoserv – Leader in the Solution Development Market
• INPAS: the First ATM and Terminal Pavilions in Kazan
• Equipment Inpas Pulsar System Gets Certificate «Compatible! Program System 1С:Enterprise»
• TietoEnator and Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited to launch first EMV card project in Bangladesh
• UCS Expands Its Program of Attraction and Servicing of Trade Acquiring Agent Banks
• In the Third Quarter of 2008 NCR’s Income Increased by 8 %
• SITRONICS Information Technologies Becomes a Sublicensee of Perimetrix
• PeakSystems ATM Station Product Passes Certification in EMV Co
• Cisco and IBM: New Banking Service Solutions
• I-Teco Confirms the Highest Partner Status of Cisco
• PST Company in SCR-2008
• Strengthening of the Structure of PST Company
• A New LANIT Solution for Integration of DIEBOLD ATMs into AnyWay System
• CROC: a New Utility Program for Crisis Conditions
• MultiCarta Introduces SteelEye LifeKeeper Solution
• AC&M Consulting: 182 Million Cellular Telecom Subscribers in Russia
• Nokia Leaves Japan
• In 2009 NFC Expected in All New Phones
• MDS and VympelCom Expand Mobiticket.ru Project
• Hypercom will Supply Terminals for an NFC-Project in Australia
• Britain Changes its Tax Schemes
• GuestLogix Mobile Payment Terminal

Fraudfighting and Security

• Intersectoral Forum of Information Security Directors
• Results of NVision Group’s Work in the Field of Information Security
• About the Illegal Actions Revealed in Arrangement of Insurance Payments
• Office of Public Prosecutor will Suppress Information Attacks against Banks
• Trend Micro: a New System for Encoding of E-mail
• Spam Grows up to the Former Level
• Symantec: Internet Card Swindlers will Make Over $5 Bn
• Dr. Web Warns about a New Epidemic of «Post Viruses» in Internet
• China’s Measures against Phishing
• Centralized Biometric Database will be Established in the Netherlands
• 3/4 of Britons Welcome Biometric Technologies
• Bahrain Introduces Biometric Technologies in the Immigration Control

Card Society

• Rosgosstrakh: the Society Preserves Its Economic Optimism
• Inhabitants of Krasnoyarsk will Buy Theater Tickets through Terminals
• Ukraine Introduces Single Electronic Ticket
• Telcell: Implementation of the Project «Payment for Municipal Services in Few Minutes»

News of Payment Systems

• Alfa-Bank Sums up the Results of «Visa is More, Than a Salary Card» Promotion
• 4 % of Russians Use Travellers Cheques on Foreign Trips
• Bank of Moscow and AmEx: a Joint Promotion
• FAST MAIL is 5 Years Old

News of Banks

• Big Banks Get Hold of the Federal Aid
• Vladimir Gamza: the Law «On Consumer Crediting» Balances the Interests of the Rights and Liabilities of Borrowers and Credit Organizations
• The Most Branch-Rich Banks in Russia in 2008
• Medvedev: Number of Intermediaries Distributing State Money should be Minimal
• Banks Object to Higher Requirements to the Minimal Value of Internal Funds
• Higher Requirements will Not Mean Less Banks
• Central Bank of the Russian Federation should Supervise the Level of the Russian Banks’ Credit Rates
• New Ways to Collect Overdue Credits in a Financial Crisis
• Central Bank of the Russian Federation Strengthens Control over Banks’ Currency Transactions
• Central Bank’s Support of the Ruble Exchange Rate Cost Almost $60B
• Citibank: More Clients of Remote Payment
• Autocredit Rates Grow in Russia
• Recommendations of G20 Summit
• VTB24 Begins to Sell Privilege Package to Rich Clients
• Number of SMS Banking Clients of Belarusbank Exceeds 300 000
• First in Kazakhstan: International Transfers via Mobile Phones

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Presentation of PLUS-Eurasia Buyers Guide 2008–2009 at SCR–2008
• Smart Cards of Russia-2008
• New Solutions from Diebold at SCR -2008
• Another VeriFone Award for INPAS
• INPAS will Supply Self-Service Terminals to Far Eastern Bank
• New NCR Solutions at SCR-2008
• Express-Office for Levoberezhny Bank’s Corporate Clients
• Fifth International CRM Congress Assembles Leading Experts in Moscow
• Consolidation of IТ Market on the Background of the Crisis
• Call Center Industry Expands the Range of Events
• Single Center for Coordination of Mobile Commerce to be Established in Russia
• Business-Analytics as Enterprises’ Competitive Advantage in a Crisis
• Washington Summit Agrees on the Economy
• NAPET Establishes Committee on Electronic Tickets
• Dow Jones Index Drops to a 5-year Minimum
• Finnish Outsourcers in the Russian Market
• Millionth Payment in Telcell
• Nokia Predicts Lower Global Sales of Mobile Phones
• USA: Record Drop of Consumer Prices
• Biometric Scanners Penetrate the Consumer Market
• Euroset and Amanbank Develop Financial Supermarkets in Kirghizia
• Interest of the Ministry of Finance to Insurers is Obviously Insufficient
• Experts Predict Return of Insurance Schemes on Minimization of Taxes

Fraudfighting and Security

• InformZaschita Tells about the Ways to Counteract Information Security Threats
• Belarus Protects Its Borders with Biometric Technologies
• Dr. Web Warns of Phishing
• USA Scared by Chinese Cyberspies
• Private Data of West Virginians Leak into the Network

Card Society

• Over Half of Moscow Internet Audience Uses Contextual Advertising
• Indian Poor Folk Get Biometric Smart Cards
• American Servicemen Test Electronic Voting Boothes

News of Payment Systems

• 500 Million Cards of MasterCard in Europe
• AmEx Can Count on Federal Support
• Joint Promotion Campaign of AmEx and SBERBANK of Russia
• The Seventh Continent Supermarket Chain Accepts AmEx Cards
• E-port System: Results of the Third Quarter of 2008

News of Banks

• Authorities will Stop the Banks’ Attempts to Take State Support Abroad
• FAS Prepares Draft Decision on Admissible Terms of Agreements between the Insurers and the Banks
• Banks May Not Change the Rates on the Already Provided Credits
• SBERBANK of Russia: Results of 9 months of 2009
• The Number of Mobile Bank Users of SBERBANK of Russia Exceeds 5 millions
• Seminar «Effective Strategic Bank Management: Experience, Solutions, Prospects»
• SBERBANK of Russia: a New System for Crediting of Physical Persons
• Tinkoff. Credit Systems Curtails Issue of Cards
• Promsvyazbank Expands its ATM Functional
• VTB24: Volume of Fixed Deposits Exceeds 213 Billion Rubles
• The National Bank of Azerbaijan will Continue to Decrease its Refinancing Rates
• 1.5 Thousand ATMs in Azerbaijan

Business. Technologies. Retail

• BPC Presented SmartVista at Cartes&IDentification 2008
• Russia Becomes the Leader in the European Market of Video Observation Systems
• Trend Micro: Results of the Third Quarter of 2008
• Jabber Becomes Part of Cisco Collaboration Software Group
• EMC Presents FCoE Switchboard
• NVision Group at InfoCom – 2008 Exhibition-Forum
• Trend Micro Celebrates its 20-year Anniversary
• SMS Credits Offered in R-Kiosks
• Call Processing Center from CROC for Russian Standard Insurance
• ABI Research Predicts Growth of Non-Voice Mobile Services
• PwC: Mass Media’s Incomes Continue to Grow

Fraudfighting and Security

• Equity Market Instability Provokes Targeted Cyber Attacks
• Cisco: Data Leakage Caused by Wrong Behavior of Users
• Symantec Data Loss Prevention 8.1: a New Solution for Protection of Confidential Information
• Symantec: Highest-Speed Security Solutions of Norton Family
• Home Credit Bank Vs. Telephone Swindlers
• PrivatBank’s Security Service Prevents Two Swindle Attempts
• Large-Scale Leakage from eBay User Base
• Hackers Attack the US Government Networks
• A Schoolboy Accused of Three Confidential Data Access Crimes

Card Society

• A Joint Project of CFT and Novosibirsk Mayor's Office Gets an Award
• URALSIB Bank Launches a Federal Social Advertising Campaign
• Web-Service for Blood Donors Opens in Russia
• Ukraine: a Quarter of the Population Makes Purchases in the Internet
• Air Passenger Biometric System Launched in Atlanta

News of Payment Systems 

• Visa Inc. and Bank of Moscow: «Down with Queues in Cash Departments!»
• Diamantbank Begins Distribution of AmEx
• ОSМP: Results of the Three Quarters of 2008
• HSBC Will Issue Visa Contactless Cards in Middle East
• New Geography of CONTACT: Colombia and Brazil
• Moneta.ru Connects to E-port
• AmEx Reduces Its Staff
• UkrMoney.com Suspends Its Work

News of Banks

• Law of the Russian Federation «On Additional Measures for Strengthening Stability of the Banking System» Comes Into Force
• DIA Forms Department for Re-structuring of Banks
• Central Bank of the Russian Federation Suggests Banks Should Establish a Financial Security Fund
• АСВ Refuses to Compensate for «Fictitious» Accounts
• SBERBANK of Russia Changes Credit Terms for Physical Persons
• Citibank Introduces SMS Notifications of Credit Payments
• Alfa-Bank and INOUT Integrate Their Discount Programs
• Mobile Payment from Promsvyazbank
• Card Business of VUZ-Bank: Growth in All Respects
• GEMoneyBankOpensOperationSupportCenter in Kazan
• Ukrsotsbank: Results of Development of SMS Banking
• German Bank Nord/LB Entrusts IBM with Management of its IT Infrastructure
• ATM Cards Become More Popular in Vietnam

• Noncommercial Partnership of Russian IT Outsourcers
• Sitronics  Signs Cooperation Agreement with Chinese CMC
• Russian Senators Determine the Legal Framework for Internet Mass Media
• MIPS and CARDEX & IT SECURITY on One Platform
• Symantec: Results of the Second Quarter of 2009
• First Presentation of Cisco TelePresence Solution at Cisco Expo 2008
• SAS Acquires IDeaS Company
• SAS Analytics – to Russian Railways
• EMC: Financial Results of the Third Quarter of 2008
• NVision Group at the 9th Cisco Expo 2008 Conference
• Diebold: Financial Results of the Third Quarter of 2008
• TietoEnator Solution for the Loyalty Program of Raiffeisen Bank Aval
• Orient Express Bank and CFT: a New Stage of Cooperation
• S7 Airlines Encourages Sales of Electronic Tickets
• Fourfold Increase of the Ukrainian Internet Market
• Qatar Post Uses Motorola RFID-Technology to Evaluate the Quality of Work of Post Services
• 6 000 More NCR ATMs will Appear in China
• Toshiba Begins Production of 43-Nanometer Flash Memory
• Smell Biometric ID Technology Developed in the USA

• Cisco: Results of Investigation of Real Efficiency of Corporate Information Security Policies
• UN Approves Resolution on Prevention of Use of Information Resources for Criminal Purposes
• Dr. Web Warns about Dissemination of a Pseudo-Antivirus
• Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! Unite against Internet Censorship
• Hackers Will Get Information Directly from a Keyboard
• Number of ATM Frauds Decreased Sharply
• Share of Spam in Mail Traffic Exceeds 80 %
• Brazilian Measures against Internet Swindlers
• Medical Mutual: Leakage of Important Data

Card Society

• IsraeliAuthoritiesCreateBiometricArchive
• British Borrowers Warned Against 222 % Rate Credit Card
• Americans Prefer Cash
• Americans Afraid of Internet Shops

News of Payment Systems

• Aeroflot, Citibank and Visa Int. Launch a Co-Branded Card
• Sky Link-Raiffeisenbank-MasterCard: a New Co-Brand
• Golden Crown in the Transfer Market of Kazakhstan
• CONTACT Payment Services in the CIS Market
• MOLDCELL Services Can Now be Paid for in OSMP Terminals

News of Banks

• Presidential Council on Development of the Financial Market of the Russian Federation Formed
• Banks and Mobile Operators Establish a Mobile Payments Association
• Business-Seminar «Effective Methods of Bank Card Promotion» Held in Moscow
• Financial Ukraine – 2008 Forum Held in Kiev
• Banks Toughen Their Risk Management
• Raiffeisenbank Issued Over 1. 4 Million Cards
• Citibank Cardholders Learn Everything about Discounts
• IBRD Expands the Network of Internet Banking Connection Points
• BSGV Stakes on Young Clients
• Belarus Banks Forbidden to Demand Incomes Statements

Business. Technologies. Retail

• New Duties on Import of Terminals
• Penki kontinentai, a Strategic Partner of Wincor Nixdorf, Incorporating Retail and Banking
• Master Bank, Diebold and OpenWay: Exchange in ATMs
• Giesecke & Devrient Issues a Card with a Display
• SAS FORUM RUSSIA 2008: «Predict Your Future! Optimize Your Business!»
• EMC Forum 2008 Held in Moscow
• Symantec Reduces Data Storage Costs
• The Fourth International Conference «RETAIL BANKING» Held in Yalta
• Contactless Cards Payments in Elecsnet Terminals
• BMW Key as a Means of Payment for Purchases and Transport
• Agrochimbank: the First Stage of Introduction of CFT-Bank System Completed
• Microtest will Protect Cisco TelePresence
• MoneXy Platform for Construction of Payment Systems
• NVision Group Presents Solutions for DPC and IP/MPLS Network Monitoring
• Independent Director in Diasoft Board
• МТТ Services Can be Paid for from Mobile Devices
• KMB Bank Expands Its Regional Network
• Turkey Welcomes NFC Technology

Fraudfighting and Security

• IDC: Symantec is the Leader in the Sphere of Software Protection
• Anti-Malware.ru 2008 Names the Best Antiviruses
• Cisco: 10 Typical Mistakes Causing Data Leakage
• EU Countries Unite Against Cybercriminals
• Hackers Attack Aeroflot Website
• VSK Insurance House: Big Payments in Cases of ATM Cracking
• Almost 2 Million Private Records on Servicemen Lost in Britain
• More Teenagers Among Hackers
• Skimming in a Pizzeria

Card Society

• Ukrainian Ministry of Transport and Belarus Railways Introduce Electronic Tickets
• Crisis May Affect the US Card Industry

News of Payment Systems

• MasterCard Names 65 Cities Which Determine the World Economic Growth
• MasterCard and RBS Intend to Test a Contactless Transit Card
• WebMoney Begins to Issue Visa Virtual
• Best Product Launch Campaign Award for ОSМP

News of Banks

• Business-seminar «Effective Methods of Bank Cards’ Promotion»
• SBERBANK Raffles off Tickets for Champions League Final
• Alfa-Bank Begins to Issue Visa Infinite
• АК Bars Bank Notifies STB Cardholders
• Bank Saint Petersburg Launches a Palm Computer Version for Internet Banking
• Citibank and Obopay Test a Mobile Payment System
• Commercial Banks of Georgia Issued over 3.2 Million Cards
• Credit History Bill Approved by the Council of Belarus

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Russian Electronic Industry Lacks 100 Billion Rubles
• Symantec and Softline Find out Attitude of Small and Medium Enterprises to Catastrophe Resistant Technologies
• Cisco: a New Solution for Optimization of DPC Storage
• Faktura.ru: New Payment Control Opportunities
• InformZaschita Installs ISCS in BTA Bank
• Regional Conference of UCS in Sochi
• Petersburg Social Commercial Bank Introduces CFT Solutions
• Angstrem Transfers Biometric Passport Chips to Atlas for Tests
• TietoEnator to Take Part in CARTES & IDentification 2008

Fraudfighting and Security

• Russian Companies Ignore the Law «On Personal Data»
• DDоS Attacks Assist
• In Kirghizia Internet will be under Control
• World Bank Admits Mass Cracking of its Servers
• British Ministry of Defense Admits Loss of Data
• Cyber Criminals Use Modern Business Models
• Interpol Creates a Biometric Database of Air Passengers

Card Society

• Ministry of Health will Create Patients’ Information Accounting System
• Socium Pension Fund Improves its Services with Naumen Phone
• 87 % of Azerbaijani Pensioners Get Their Pensions through Plastic Cards
• European Commission Plans to Expand the Rights of Internet Buyers
• Medical Centers’ Patients Prefer Biometrics

News of Payment Systems 

• A New Card with PayPass
• CONTACT and Blue Diamond: Cooperation Results
• UNIStream has Signed the Partner Agreement with PotentialBank
• Golden Crown has Signed the Contract with «Caspian Money Transfer»
• "Euronetwork" Terminals Work through OSMP
• The Purchase Payment In Ozon Became More Convenient

News of Banks

• VTB and the Savings Bank will Grant a Loan to the Largest Trading Networks of Russia
• Uniastrum Bank and Rosbank have Begun National ATM Network
• The Baikal Bank of the Savings Bank of Russia has Issued the 850-thousandst Card
• Surgutneftegazbank has Begun Cooperation with Airline Kolavia
• Interbank Credits In Europe Become Cheaper
• Banks of Azerbaijan have given out microcredits for 1,2 billion dollars
• The London Banks can Dismiss up to 62 Thousand Employees

Business. Technologies. Retail

• NCR will Put to China 6 Thousand New ATMs
• Electronic tickets are on sale in Post offices
• "Megafon" Accepts Payments via the Internet
• Gartner – the Realistic Forecast of the IT Market for 2009
• The Future of the Russian Electronic Trade in Crisis Environment
• III All-Russia conference «Service-focused architecture SOA-2008»
• AIA: the legislation in the field of processing of biometric data
• II Forum «Data-Processing Centers»
• The Sixth Congress of Russian IТ-directors
• CFT Solutions for Financial and Economic Management of Bank
• Diasoft Solution in Interprombank
• CFT: the Partner Program «The Best Experts»
• Motorola has Sold its Business on Biometric Devices Manufacture
• ABS Prepares to IPO
• Out-Of-Date Data Of Krediidiinfo Break Bargains Of Estonian Companies

Fraudfighting and Security

• Press conference on bank security provision has taken place in Moscow
• IT-Experts Predict a Wave of Exchange Spam and Thousands Fraudulent Sites
• Deceits quantity growth in British on-line banking
• The Laptop With Data About Clients Of National Bank Of Canada Is Stolen 

Card Society 

• «Sky Link» has Given the Mobile Internet to Voters in Kemerovo
• Rostov Migrates To Non-Cash System Of Payment For Journey
• «Driver’s Card» from Golden Crown
• Tax bearers of Azerbaijan present declarations through terminals

News of Payment Systems 

• MasterCard, Moscow Metro, Citibank and Express Card Announce a New Card Product
• MasterCard Europe Announces Winners of European Co-Brand Awards 2008
• Beeline and Visa Int. Launch Mobile Payment Service
• MIR Stores will Accept AmEx Cards
• ECASH – a New Electronic Payment Technology

News of Banks

• Prices of Mortgage Credits Go up in Russia
• Alfa-Bank: New Services of Alfa-Click
• Volume of Insurance Products’ Sales through Banking Channels Decreases
• Rosbank: Retail Business Reform
• Home Credit Bank Accepts Credit Applications by Phone
• «Mountains as a Gift!» from Raiffeisenbank
• Bank of Moscow Cancels Cash Withdrawal Fee
• Ukrainian Tax Administration Scrutinizes the Market of Terminals

Business. Technologies. Retail

• The First Forum on Outsourcing of Call-Centers’ Services to be Held in Moscow
• Promsvyazbank and SAS Russia/CIS Continue Cooperation
• Cellular Retail Market will Grow Despite of Crisis
• EMC in Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management Rating
• Cisco Expo-2008: Support of 34 Editions from Russia and CIS
• Terminals will Print Railway Tickets
• AMD Divides Its Business
• New DataCenter 3.0 Technology for Storage Area Networks from Cisco

Fraudfighting and Security

• InformZaschita at Infosecurity 2008
• October Testing of VB100 Provokes a Scandal
• Kaspersky Lab Presents a Corporate Mobile Security System
• Aladdin Detects Mass Crack of Websites
• APACS Counts Losses Caused by Internet Swindlers
• A New Technique of Breaking of Quantum Cryptography
• Hackers Crack Korean Defensive IT-systems
• A Family of Skimmers Arrested in Canada
• Spammers Attack Wall Street
• Information on 17 Million Clients Stolen from Deutsche Telekom
• Chineses Force IT Vendors to Open Programs’ Initial Codes 

Card Society 

• Biometric Technologies for Municipal Elections in Brazil

News of Payment Systems

• Visa Prepares New Applications for Android Mobile Platform
• New Service for QIWI Clients
• Sotsgorbank will Work with UNIStream Transfers
• Subscribers of life:) Can Replenish their Mobile Accounts in OSMP Network
• Migom Enters Mongolian Market

News of Banks

• SBERBANK Prolonged Period of Free Connection to Internet Banking
• Change of Management in SvyazBank
• Income Card from Promsvyazbank
• FAS will Regulate Agreements between Banks and Insurers
• Card Credits Go up in Russia
• Societe Generale Vostok Recognized as Infringer of the Antimonopoly Law
• Business-Seminar «Effective Methods of Bank Cards’ Promotion»

Business. Technologies. Retail

• EMC Presented New Products and Technologies for Information Storage and Management
• SAS: New Solutions for Insurance Market
• Program of Moscow Conference Cisco Expo-2008 Announced
• Novelty in Cisco Expo: «Meetings with CEOs» and «Meetings with Experts»
• IPF Bank Begins to Operate CFT-BANK
• CRIF Strengthens its Positions in the US Market
• New Data Restoration Solutions from Symantec
• LUKOIL Intends to Invest 22 Million Dollars in LICARD Project
• HP Opens Office in Minsk
• Verysell Promots Corporate Products of Symantec Altiris
• Oleg Labutin – a New Deputy Chairman of NCC Board
• New Change of Management in Russian Post
• A New TOP-Manager in KIT Finance
• Latvia Intends to Spend 116 Million Lats on Electronic Projects
• A Major Bankruptcy in the USA: JPMorgan Buys Assets of Washington Mutual
• CARDEX&IT SECURITY – 2008: Accent on New Technologies

Fraudfighting and Security

• Former Managers of NEFTBANK Accused of Money-Laundering
• Bulgarian Skimmers Sentenced in Yekaterinburg
• Senate of Nigeria Toughens National Legislation to Stop ATM Fraud
• Demand for Money Mules Grows in Great Britain

Card Society

• Russian Post Deals with Municipal Payments
• In Khanty-Mansiysk Payment of Taxes Possible through ATMs
• Kazakhstan E-passports Meet International Standards

News of Payment Systems

• Visa Int. Marks Achievements of Uniastrum Bank
• A New TOP-manager in Golden Crown
• РћSMP in Armenia
• Allure System Joined by 65 New Offices in Moldova
• Mobile Purse from eKarmon

News of Banks

• The Fourth Annual Conference «Banks’ Services. Strategy of Leadership in the Market of Sponsors’ Services»
• State Duma Deputy against the Payment Terminal Bill
• SBERBANK of Russia Demonstrated New Technologies at «Sochi-2008»
• Alfa-Bank: Second by the Number of Cards in Circulation
• Rossiysky Capital Bank Joins HandyBank System
• URALSIB Bank Launches a Credit Scoring System
• Vozrozhdenie Bank Issues its 100-thousandth Revolving Credit Card
• Individually Designed Cards from Alfa-Bank
• Central Bank of China Lowers its Credit Rate for the First Time in Six Years

Business. Technologies. Retail

• IVK-Systems Installs MX6000 Personalization Complex for Sitronics Smart Technology Company
• Results of the Fourth Terrasoft Partner Conference
• Infosec, Inc. Establishes Directorate for Development
• Global Payments Credit Services Renamed in Equifax Russia
• Cisco Intends to Acquire Jabber
• The First Outsourcing Contact-center Opened in Ural Federal District
• A 3D Skull of Each Client!
• World Payment Network

Fraudfighting and Security

• CFT: 20 Banks-clients Subjected to DDoS-attack
• Sites are Most Vulnerable to XSS Attacks, Data Leakages and SQL Injections
• Former IT-Manager of Alfa-Bank Accused of Stealing 1 Million Dollars
• A New Kind of Fraud in Internet

Card Society

• Inhabitants of Samara Can Make Donations through Terminals
• Electronic Document Circulation between Ural Bank of SBERBANK of Russia and Pension Fund
• No Cash Required in Nefteyugansk Buses
• Contactless Transit Cards Soon to Appear in Kiev

News of Payment Systems

• CONTACT and Renaissance Credit Lower Transfer Tariffs
• Inhabitants of Tolyatti and Ulyanovsk Can Pay Fines through Terminals

News of Banks

• Russian Banks Can Get Considerable Financial Support
• Ministry of Finance will Support SBERBANK, Gazprombank and VTB
• Russian Bankers Demand to Change the Central Bank’ Policy for 2009-2011
• Central Bank of Russia: No Need to Restrict Movement of Capital to or from Russia
• KIT Finance Avoids Bankruptcy
• «The Second Antimonopoly Package» of FAS
• SBERBANK Starts Cooperation with Collection Agencies
• Srednerussky Bank of SBERBANK of Russia Issued 3 Million Cards
• Volga-Vyatka Branch of SBERBANK of Russia Issued Over 2 million cards
• TransCreditBank Begins to Accept Payments through CyberPlat
• Investbank Acquires the Capital Savings and Credit Bank
• Visa, MasterCard and Diners Club – One Account
• Hansapank Changes Its Name
• Alfa Strakhovanie Company Sells Policies through Branches of National Bank Trust
• Bank of Khanty-Mansiysk: Sum of Credits Given to Population Reaches 1 Billion US dollars
• Alfa-Bank: Results of Promotion «Favourable Payments»
• Ural Branch of SBERBANK of Russia Sold Travellers Cheques for Over 2 million US Dollars
• AccessBank: Gala Presentation
• VTB Changes Its Head in Georgia
• International Conference «Risk Management in Russian Banks: Basel–2 and Other Horizons»

Business. Technologies. Retail

• GlobalRating Announces Placement of the Best Part of Its Reports in the Information Portal of PLUS Journal www.plusworld.ru
• Round Table «Retail Informatisation in the Epoch of Integration»
• Conference «CRM-solutions: Client Relations Strategy»
• Call Center Outsourcing Forum – 2008
• Formation of Electronic Government Threatened
• Central Election Commission Organizes Experimental Internet Voting
• Frontier Guards Need New IT-Technologies
• Soon Any Information will be Accessible to Russians through Internet
• The First Stage of Introduction of CFT-Bank Completed in Gazprombank
• Retail Banks Oppose Web 2.0 Technologies
• I.T. Co. — Gold Certified Partner of Cisco Systems
• Russia Intends to Become a Leader in the World Market of Microelectronics by 2010
• Sitronics and Chinese Corporation ZTE Form a Joint Venture
• Payments May Become More Expensive Again
• Coscom, Uzbek Operator, Tests 3G Network
• UCell Becomes Second by the Number of Subscribers in Uzbekistan
• A New Highly Efficient Chip for Biometric Passports from NXP
• EDS Certifying Center from CRYPTO-PRO for Russian OMS system
• IBM Develops Internet Voice Access System
• Re-structuring of NXP Semiconductors Expected to Save up to 550 Million US Dollars
• Pentagon Finances Development of Multibiometric ID System

Fraudfighting and Security

• CFT Neutralizes DDoS-attacks
• A New Utility Against Trojan-Extortioner from Dr. Web
• Ural Expertise and Evaluation Bureau Attacked by Hackers
• One of the Hackers, who Cracked TJX Databases, Faces Charges
• Hackers Crack UAE Banking System

Card Society

• Alfa-Bank Facilitates Donations to Line of Life Foundation
• QIWI Payment Terminals Offer Charitable Service

News of Payment Systems

• The First in Russia MasterCard PayPass Technology Transaction Made in Moscow
• Debit MasterCard Appears in the Malaysian Market
• Russians Can Pay for Cellular Telecom Services through Western Union
• CONTACT and ARY Forex Limited Sign a Partner Contract
• Number of Cards Issued by NSMEP Exceeds 2 million
• Western Union Stops Transfers to Armenia
• Uzbek Banks Become eKarmon Agents

News of Banks

• DBO-FORUM 2008 «The future of remote banking service in Russia. A new level of banking business and freedom for private clients».
• SBERBANK of the Russian Federation will Get Borrowers’ Data from Three CHBs
• Bank of Russia will Exchange Information with Financial Supervision Agency of Estonia
• Public Chamber Recommends to Pass Laws on Payment Terminals
• Number of Cards Issued by Bank of Moscow Exceeds 10 million
• Number of Subscribers of MBRD Internet Bank Exceeds 20 000
• Rearrangements in the Management of Alfa-Bank and RР°iffeisenbank
• A New TOP-manager in Promsvyazbank
• National Bank of the Republic of Belarus Changes the Procedure for Provision of Credit Histories
• РћРўP Bank Insures Collector Operations
• Sabadell Launches the First in Spain Prepaid Card Bank Program
• FAS Defines Friendship Rules for Banks and Insurers
• FAS Suspects Ten Banks of Using Latent Commissions

Business. Technologies. Retail

• BPC Organizes a Master-class at CARDEX and IT SECURITY 2008
• UCS Becomes a Part of Global Payments
• Registration of Participants of Cardex&IT-security 2008 Conference Continues
• CRM in Marketing, Sales and Service – Main Themes of the Fifth International CRM Congress
• Inpas Company Stops Deliveries of Wincor Nixdorf Equipment to the Russian Market
• Wincor Nixdorf Announces Termination of Partner Relations with Inpas Company in Russia
• Diebold Strengthens Its Positions in South-American Market
• Sitronics Announces Reduction of Losses
• InfoSec, Inc. Audits РњInB
• The Number of Russian Internet Users Equals to 25.6 million
• By 2013 Volume of Mobile Transfers May Exceed 5 billion dollars
• USB Instead of Paper Tickets in France
• A New Biometric ID Method Developed in Japan
• The Chinese ATM Market Continues to Grow
• Fraudfighting and Security
  

Practical Conference «Fraud in the Banking Sector»

• CFT Domains Subjected to DDoS-attack
• Anti-Malware.ru Names the Fastest Antiviruses
• Updated PCI DSS Standard Presented
• The Number of Electronic Fraud Cases has Almost Doubled
• Royal Bank of Scotland Attracts Phishers
• Best Western Chain of Hotels Suspected of Large-scale Information Leakage
• Ukrainian Bank Employee Gets a Prize for Disarming of Skimmers
• The Hacker, Who had Cracked the Pentagon Website, Got Caught Stealing Money
• Leakage of ID Data of Almost 12 Million South Koreans
  

Card Society

• Voice Biometrics for Philippine Pension System

• Visa Money Transfer: New Geography
• Visa Tests Its Instant Bank Card Transaction Alert System
• VLBANK Joins URPS
• New Transfer Technology from Golden Crown
  
• CONTACT Expands its Network in Romania
• OSMP in Kazakhstan: Results of the First Half of 2008
• MoneyGram Acquires Spanish Money Transfer Companies
  

• Ministry of Finance Explains...
  
• SBERBANK of Russia Doubles the Number of Self-Service Devices
  
• Vneshprombank Starts to Issue Visa Platinum
  
• East-European Trust Bank Automates its Card Business
  
• VРўBР‘24 Issues Mobile Bonus 10 % Card
  
• Card Turnover in Azerbaijan Exceeds 2.198 Billion Dollars
  
• Nadra Bank: Over 3 Million Salary Cards
  
• Over 93 % of Cash Withdrawal Transactions in Ukrsotsbank Made Outside its Branches
  
• Estonian Banks do not Recommend SMS Credits
  
• ROSSIA Insurance Company: Emphasis on the Bank Sales Channel
  

• BPC organizes workshop in CARDEX & IT SECURITY 2008
  
• Symantec Norton AntiBot Wins Chip Awards
  
• CFT-Bank will be Installed in MIRA-BANK
  
• IT-integrator and Financial Corporation Established a Joint Venture
  
• i-Free SMS Banking in Sky Link
  
• New Stage of CFT Front-Office Solution
  
• Complex Automation of Universalbank with CFT Solutions
  
• PeakSystems Solutions Certified in EMV Co
  
• Chinese Biometric Equipment in the Russian Market
  
• European Union Finances Integration of Biometrics and Cryptography
  
• Canada Post Undertakes its Modernization on the Basis of VeriFone Terminals
  
• Serbia Develops Biometric ID-card Project
  
• Biometric Authentication for Air Passengers in Great Britain
  
• Testing of Biometric Access Monitoring Systems for US Airports
  
• Cambridge Scientist Predicts Wide Distribution of Iris Based ID Technologies
  

• «Area without Computer Pirates» in Moscow
  
• The Biggest Database of Bank Records Sold at eBay Auction
  
• Counterfeit Card Manufacture Disclosed in Britain
  
• Internet Swindlers Exploit Gustav’s Threat
  
• Authors of Viruses Ready to Exploit Any Topic
  
• A Scottish ATM Doubled the Requested Sums
  
• Fraud Victim Does Not Trust ATMs in Nigeria Any More
  

• A Prepaid Card for the Unbanked South African
  

News of Payment Systems

• ProgramPark Becomes the Second Supplier of Chip Cards to UPCS
• CONTACT System: Results of the First Half of 2008
• Philippine e-Commerce Operators Begin to Accept China UnionPay Cards
• OSMP Terminals in Belarus
• UNIStream Signs Agreement with Bank Forum 
• Smart Card Payment System Launched in Iraq 

News of Banks

• Central Bank Collects Banks
• Sobinbank Develops a New System for Evaluation of Credit Risks
• FFMS Alleviates the Norms of the Bank of Russia
• Credit Bureaus Offer Their Services to Banks
• Lafferty Cards Central & Eastern European Conference & Exhibition
• Clients of Surgutneftegasbank Can Pay Taxes through ATMs
• ROSNO Ensures NOMOS-BANK ATMs
• Valuable Prizes from Surgutneftegasbank
• China OKs Citi Debit Cards
• Surgutneftegasbank Expand Opportunities of ATM-payments
• ATM-Service without a Card from South African Bank
• Emirates Bank Integrates ATM Networks
• Bankers Not Expected in Insurance Companies

Business. Technologies. Retail

• «Data Center Forum – 2008» Conference 
• I.T. System Integrator will Introduce the First in Russia ERP Open Code System
• Mobile Transfer from MegaFon
• HSBC Bank Selects Teradata Solution
• РЎРµlerra NX4 – a New Complex Storage System from ЕМС
• A New TOP-manager in Cisco
• VeriFone Installs EMV-terminals in Turkish City Buses
• The World Biometric Market will Double in the Coming 5 years
• Internet-shops on the Peak of Popularity
Transit Card System Fails Again in London
Citi Hong Kong Rolling Out Mobile Services 

Fraudfighting and Security

• Biometrics for the Boundary Control of Peru
• Singapore Ensures the Most Precise Voice Identification

Card Society

• Cellphone Banking to Reach Rural Mongolia

News of Payment Systems

• Over 10 Million Dollars Spent on Visa Cards in Beijing in the First Day of the Olympiad
• MOBI.Money Mobile Payment System Now Available in Russia
• WebMoney Comments Regulation «On E-cash in Ukraine»
• Indonesia Latest Venue for Visa Money Transfer Service
• PayPal Sellers will have to Report to the Internal Revenue Service
•  Google Increases the Number of Countries Paying through Western Union

News of Banks

• Credit Cards Attract Special Attention of Rospotrebnadzor
• Third International Practical Conference «Banking Cards – Effective Business»
• Ministry of Finance Recognizes the System of Payments through Terminals as Legitimate
• Credit Programs without Insurance of Life and Ability to Work
• Banks of St.-Petersburg Issued 7.6 % More Cards
• Bank of Moscow Launches a Joint Program with Mnogo.ru
• NOMOS-BANK Starts Issue of Credit Cards
• Georgian Banks Resume Provision of Credits and Processing of Card Transactions
• Promsvyazbank Opens Another Office in Moscow Region
• Bank Cards Gain Popularity in Ukraine
• Now Deposit Accounts Can be Opened through Internet  Kiosks of PrivatBank
• Singapore Bank Installs Crime Surveillance System
• Thai Central Bank Sees Cards Supreme

Business. Technologies. Retail

• The Fifth Anniversary Cardex & IT-Security Conference
• Symantec Acquires PC Tools Company
• Gartner: in 2008 IT Costs will Exceed 3 Billion Dollars
• Biometrics in the German House at the Olympics
• Diebold: Financial Results of the Second Quarter of 2008
• QIWI will Facilitate Payment for Tickets Ordered through Concert.ru
• Xerox Sums up the Results of the Second Quarter of 2008
• VeriFone Wins US Postal Service Order
• Oberthur Forms UAE Card Personalization Venture
• IT Glitch Wipes Out Some London Contactless Transit Cards

Fraudfighting and Security

• Beware False Spyware Alerts, Symantec Says
• UK E-Shoppers in False Sense of Security
• UK Account Fraud Increasing
• SEPA Fraud Potential Worries Some European Treasurers

Card Society

• Russians Survive. The Middle Class Grows
• The Penetration of Mobile Internet in Russia has Reached 11.2 %

News of Payment Systems

• CyberPlat: 10 Years in the Russian Market of Electronic Payments
• Zaminbank Joins NCC|UC Payment System
• e-port Sums up the Results of the First Half of 2008
• HandyBank’s Insurance Discounts

News of Banks

• Russian Post Accepts Donations for the Victims of the Georgian Military Invasion of South Ossetia
• UniCredit Bank Reorganizes its Retail Business
• Absolut Bank’s Card Credits Reach 1 Billion Rubles
• Bank of Khanty-РњР°nsiysk Provides New Services
• SMS-Credits Already Criticized in Estonia at a Political Level
• China Bank Launches Combo EMV-Contactless Card
• Turkish Bank Combined Contactless Transit and PayPass

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Alfa-Bank Finances Production of Solar Power Elements
• Infosec, Inc. is 13
• Panel discussion CNews: Retail informatization in enlargement era
• Diasoft Passed the Second Stage of SOA-Validation
• The First in Russia Microsoft SQL Server 2008
• Alliance of Anti-Malware.ru and Alatus
• $75bn NFC Transactions Predicted by 2013
• Biometric Cards for the US Officials
• Axis Enhances the Efficiency of the Unprotected Zones’ Video Observation
• Terrasoft CRM Bank – a Specialized Solution for the Bank’s Automation
• QIWI in Beijing Olympiad
• Southern Railway Starts Selling Tickets Via Internet

Fraudfighting and Security

• FATF Toughens its Position on Insurers-Infringers of Anti-Money Laundering Legislation
• Symantec Calls for Vigilance: Swindlers Exploit the Olympic Theme
• The Tickets Booked for the Olympic Games Remained a Dream
• An International Gang of Hackers Detained in the USA
• Vodafone Uses Money Transfer Screening

Card Society

• Card Reader for Visually Impaired

News of payment systems

• Evrofinance Mosnarbank Issues the First in Russia China UnionPay Cards
• Visa Inc. Sums Up the Results of the Third Quarter of 2008
• No Time Lost with UK Contactless Watches MasterCard PayPass
• eBay Pay Scheme is Abandoned

News of banks

• Russlavbank Passed an Audit of the Management Quality System
• Alfa-Bank Prolongs Action «Beneficial Payments»
• RIT and Transcapitalbank Implement a Joint Payment Project
• Swindlers Pretended to be Bank Employees
• E-cash is the Banks’ Business in Ukraine
• Charges Filed in $2m Citi ATM Fraud
• Dubai Migrant Workers Using Payroll ATM Cards

Business. Technologies. Retail

• BPC: SmartVista Solution in Vietnamese DongРђ Bank
• INPAS: a New Version of Smotritel Security System
• EMC Offers a New Series of Data Storage Systems
• Elecsnet Looks for a New Investor
• Beeline Accepts Payments in Internet
• E-Commerce Pioneer Launches вЂ?Voice-Signature’ System
• MTS: Online-payments on Site
• Trend Micro and Dr.Web Refuse to Participate in VB100 Tests
• Russian Hackers Operate the Largest Botnet in the World
• Cisco: a New Security Solution for Public Health Services
• PCI Security Standards Council has Added New Devices the PED Program
• Level Four has Introduced a 'Guide to the ATM and the Payment Services Directive (PSD)'

News of payment systems

• United Payment System NCC|UC Sums Up the Results of the First Half of 2008
• Loyalty Program of Western Union for Russian Clients
• UNIStream Expands Its Presence in Kyrgyzstan
• PayPal Estimated the Impact of the Internet on Consumer Shopping
• MasterCard Settles Amex Lawsuit

News of banks

• Contract between UniCredit Bank and Insurers Recognized Illegal
• Russian Markets «Partially Meet» FATF Requirements
• Nadra Bank Expands ATM Network
• Ukraine: Problems of Interaction between Banks and Insurance Companies Demand a Comprehensive Solution

Business. Technologies. Retail

• OE Investment: Major Merger at Instant Payments Market
• BPC Implements SmartVista in Uzbekistan
• CFT-Bank Implementing in Tajikistan
• CROC develops New IT-platform for URSA Bank
• Infosec Audits VympelCom for Compliance with the PCI DSS
• EMC Presents a New Product Line – Documentum 6.5
• CROC, LANIT and Integra – Results of Cooperation
• A New Version of Dr. Web LinkChecker for Mozilla Firefox
• VeriFone Launched Vx 810 Duet Countertop Payment System
• Mozy Doubles the Number of Its Corporate Clients
• Infosec – a Gold Partner of Kaspersky Laboratory
• Motorola Optimizes a Spanish Operator’s Mobile Network

News of payment systems

• New ATM Design for 2008 Olimpic Games
• Visa Interchange Cut Makes Petrol Cheaper
• Royal Bank of Scotland Implemented MasterCard PayPass in London-based Taxis
• AmEx Announced Reduction in Profits

News of banks

• The Number of ARB Members Exceeded 850
• West-Ural SBERBANK: 1 mln. Cards
• HSBC Topped the List of Major World Banks
• Alfa-Bank Continues Reducing Mortgage Lending Interest Rates
• SDM-BANK Sold 76% of Stocks to Israeli Bank Hapoalim
• British Banks Annually Get 2,5 bln. Euros in Fines for Overdraft Exceeding
• CitiGroup Continues Sustaining Losses

Business. Technologies. Retail

• CROC: First in Russia Implementation of HP Service Manager 7
• High qualitative and cost-effective solutions for the mailing of plastic cards
• SmartVista was rated Strong Positive in MarketScope for Multiregional Card Management Software
• SAS in Gartner and Chartis Research Rating
• Russian CIO Summit – 2008: about Standards and Practices Necessary for Modern IT-CIOs
• Raise the Security of Smart Card Applications the Inexpensive Way
• 9 mln. Mobile Subscribers in Uzbekistan
• Barclays Distributes 1m Web Security Card Readers to Its Online Banking Customers
• Bank Center-invest and CFT: Beginning of Partnership

News of payment systems

• Visa is Named «World's Leading Credit Card»
• Visa has summed up the campaign «Olympic Movement»

News of banks

• XIII North-West Banking Conference was held in Saint-Petersburg
• SKB-bank: the percentage of non-cash payments through ATM grows
• FAS has instituted a legal proceedings in relation to the Home Credit and Finance Bank
• Credit Bank of Moscow will Install 1000 Self-Service Terminals
• The head of a joint-stock bank’s branch is condemned for fraud
• UBDP started the program of crediting the MSE
• Student Credit Card of Raiffeisen Bank in Ukraine
• Foreign ATM fees are excessively high for the British tourists

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Card-Atelier – a New Solution of CARDHALL
• Cessnabank introduces SmartVista solution
• Diebold will provide cash for visitors of 2008 Olympic Games
• The Bank of Moscow has terminated the implementation of scoring solution SAS
• The Pakistan bank chooses processing from First Data
• Ingenico has acquired the Chinese manufacturer of POS-terminals
• The quality management system of bank «РўР°Р°С‚та» is certificated on ISO 9001:2000
• UK Government’s ID Handling Policies was Heavily Criticized
• Vodafone Introduces M-payments in Ghana
• GSM Operators and Euro Banks Develop NFC Payments
• VASCO Data Security International: Expansion on Indian Market

News of payment systems

• Contact with Cyprus
• Perm Bank Joins United Russian Payment System
• UkrCard is Granted the PCI DSS Full Compliance Certificate
• New Participant of URPS

News of banks

• Bankers Have Estimated Impact of SEPA on the Incomes
• FAS: agreements between banks and insurance companies break the antimonopoly law
• Alfa-Bank and Visa Hold a Lottery for Salary Cardholders
• Consumer Backlash Became the Cancellation Reason for the ATM Charges in Vietnam

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Round table «Bank’s IT Infrastructure: Features of Development»
• Vneshprombank Will Construct its Own Processing Centre on the Basis of SmartVista Products
• CROC and Troika Dialog Improve Communications
• Oracle Acquires Skywire Software
• EMC Honored as 2008 Microsoft Partner of The Year
• NXP Offers a New System Solution Compliant with NorDig Standard
• Skimmers Aim at Latvia
• AlemCard Complies with PCI DSS Standard
• Lufthansa Technik Chooses Motorola RFID System
• SAS Shares Its Client Focused Strategy Experience
• «Dr. Web for IBM Lotus Domino» Included in the Catalogue of IBM Solutions
• Experian Talks Up Voice-Based Authentication
• The Anti-virus Market of Russia: Results of 2007

News of payment systems

• Women will spend 140 mln. Euro at UEFA EURO 2008
• Visa and SBERBANK Announced the Winners of «Visa Olympics of the Imagination» Competition
• A New Participant of UNIStream in Azerbaijan
• Contact System Distributes Awards

News of banks

• Absolute Bank Tops the Rating «Best Mortgage Rates»
• UniCredit SpA Bank Cuts 9 000 Jobs
• Wealthy Londoners Became a ID Fraud Target
• PIN Codes Replace Signatures in Australia
• The Number of Cards Issued in China Exceeds 1.6 Billion

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Vietnam Asia Commercial Bank Selects DUET Technology
• SAS Supports Kazakhstan’s National Programs
• Division of Diasoft FA# Solution in Bank Renaissance Credit
• Seminar «Use of Croc Solutions Based on EMC Products in Banks and Financial Organizations»
• Diebold Gets Award for Anti-Skimming
• EMC Offers a New Multiprotocol Solution for Oracle OLTP
• AV-Desk from Dr. Web Introduced in Ufanet
• A British Internet Shop – Another Victim of ID Fraud
• Biometric ATMs Now Available in Mumbai
• Mobile P2P Transfers from Europe to Africa Now Available!
• Trend Micro: a Solution for Detection and Neutralizations of Internal Network Threats
• Dr. Web Opens its Affiliate in France
• Infosec Audits Bank «Saint Petersburg»
• Electronic Signature for eKarmon Clients
• Licensed Linux XP Software Affordable for Everyone
• NXP Produces the Highest-Speed Cellular Modem in the World
• Euroset Promotes Dr. Web for Windows All Over Russia

News of payment systems

• Discover Claims $6bn from Visa Int. and MasterCard Worldwide
• Zaminbank Joins NCC | UC
• eBay’s Exclusive Use of PayPal Forbidden
• U.S. Senate Interchange Fee Bill

News of banks

• Adam Smith’s 6th Annual Russian Retail Banking Forum
• Citibank: Cardholders’ Maximum Spending Falls on January
• Citi Russia Gets the Highest Trade Finance Awards
• Russia Among World’s Ten Most Optimistic Markets
• Peak of Popularity of Sophisticated ATMs in Europe
• US Securities and Exchange Commission: the Mortgage Crisis could be Provoked by Mistakes of the Rating Agencies
• Swindlers Develop Great Interest in Australian Banks’ Credit Cards
• Global Banking Community Eyes Latin America

Business. Technologies. Retail

• On the Eve of CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia 2008: a View from Istanbul
• The Second International Conference «Market of Processing Services in Russia»
• A New Generation of NCR SelfServ ATMs Presented in Moscow
• VeriFone Intends to Double its Sales in Europe
• Dr. Web Enterprise Suite will Ensure Information Security for UAZ
• Dr. Web Antivirus Made Available to Flex Subscribers
• Trend Micro Presents an Intellectual Infrastructure of a New Generation
• ePassport of the Czech Republic personalized on Muehlbauer IDENTIFIER 5000 systems
• In-The-Cloud Technology for the Infrastructure of Trend Micro Smart Protection Network
• RSA: a New Device to Ensure Internet Transactions Security
• EMC Acquires Iomega
• Global M-payment Standard – a Matter of Not-so-distant Future?
• Voice Identification Technologies Get Consumers’ Wide Recognition

News of payment systems

• Visa Became the Title Partner of London Fashion Days 2008
• Football Fans Advised to Have Debit Cards
• POS Interchange Fees Go Down

News of banks

• Russian Standard Bank and Transaero Airline Issue a Co-branded Card Transaero American Express
• Terminal Networks to be Accountable to the Central Bank of Russia
• The Eighth Conference & Exhibition «Payment Card – 2008» in Kiev
• Alfa-bank: Cheaper Mortgage – Marketing or a Trend?
• SOYUZ Bank Insures Its ATMs
• The People's Bank of China Raises Its Deductions to the Reserve Fund
• The Estonian Economy Considered Declining
• Accounts of Low-Income Brazilians as a Locomotive of the Banking Market

Business. Technologies. Retail

• CeBit Bilisim Eurasia Press Conference Held in Istanbul
• Otto Kuennecke Personalized Card Sorting and Control Equipment in SBERBANK of Russia: a Year of Successful Operation
• Conference PCI DSS: Information Security in Payment Card Industry
• Third International Conference «M-commerce and m-payments»
• IVK Systems’ Solution for Personalization of Social Cards in РђРљ BARS Bank
• Second International Conference «Market of Processing Services in Russia»
• ITG Sums Up the Results of 2007
• Credicorp Introduces a Biometric Authentication System
• British Bank Clients to be Polled on Voice Verification
• Belgian Companies Develop Interest in NFC-based Products
• Illegal Use of Micro Deposits as a New Kind of Fraud
  

News of payment systems

• Russia is the First in Europe to Launch MasterCard Account Payment@ATM/POS Service
• MasterCard Presents a New Vision of European Well-being
• Swindlers Steal 1 M Euros by Using Irish Banks’ Debit Cards
• Over Half of European Countries do not Meet Countering Money Laundering Standards

News of banks

• New York Bank Tape Loss Exposes 4.5M Customer Records
• SAS Credit Scoring Solution Introduced in Russian Development Bank
• Alfa-Bank Improves Loyalty of Credit Cards Holders
• Perils of SMS Credits

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Yahoo vs Phishers
• Fraud Promotes EMV-migration in Latin America
• VeriFone Implements More Contracts with North American Chains of Restaurants
• NCR Expands its ATM Network in India
• Dr. Web in AKADO Servers
• Introduction of NFC Technology in Italian Mass Transit System
• Symantec Partner Summit 2008 Held in Istanbul
• KITEL 2008: Anniversary Exhibition in Almaty
• International conference «Competing for Customer in Retail Banking. Strategies and Practice»
• Third International Conference «Mobile Commerce and Payments»

News of payment systems

• CUP cards will be issued in Russia
• United Russian Payment System – the new name of RPS SBERCARD
• Debuts of British Faster Payment Scheme

News of banks

• A Uniform ATM Network in Belarus is Unlikely in Near Future
• 23d Annual Meeting of Association «Russia»
• Bank of Israel’s Web-Site Cracked
• Profit of Latvian Banks Decreases

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Dr. Web Antivirus will Protect Internet Users in Izhevsk
• Analysts See Real Barriers for Introduction of NFC Technology
• EMC&SAP Integration Day Joint Conference
• EMC: New Opportunities for Emergency Restoration of Data
• Wincor Nixdorf Gets an Order from Another German Bank
• An International Gang is Accused of Phishing in the USA
• SAS Technologies on Railways
• Beware: PIN Pads at the Service of Criminals
• Nationwide Building Society Installs NCR Software in Its ATMs

News of payment systems

• A New Management in Moscow Office of MasterCard Europe

News of banks

• The Central Bank of Russia has Counted the Number of Credit Cards
• Crisis-Caused Banks’ Losses Can Reach 460 Billion Dollars
• Conference «Fraud in the Banking Sector» Postponed till September 24, 2008
• Mobile Banker in the Russian Market
• The Level of ATM Fraud in Europe Grew by 43 %
• Bank of China Gets Ready for Olympics-2008
• РђNE Program for Improvement of Insurers’ Qualifications
• Volume of Bad Debts in China Declines
• A Payment System Joint Venture in East Africa

Business. Technologies. Retail

• CARTES & IDentification 2008
• No CCT Required from Small Enterprises
• Lindorff Group enters Russian Market
• A French Chip Producer will be Controlled by a Russian State Bank
• Conference «PCI DSS: Information Security in Payment Card Industry»
• OpenWay Forum was held in Minsk
• SAS in the Russian Insurance Market
• Diebold Wins ATM Orders in Nigeria and Brazil
• An Interactive Bank Kiosk from IBM will Soon be Available in the Market
• Dr. Web Warns about the Virus Activity on 25th of Each Month
• A New Version of PCI DSS is Expected in October
• VeriFone will Ensure Card Transaction Security for Petrol Station Networks
• EMC: Leasing of Storage Systems
• VeriFone Expands Its Presence in Western Africa
• First Data Signed an Agreement on Processing in India

News of payment systems

• Total Economic Result of UEFA Champions League 2008 will Exceed 267 Million Euros
• UCS Sums up the Results of 2007
• AmEx cards – now available in Azerbaijan market
• Expansion of MasterCard PayPass network in Canada
• A National Payment System Now Available in Ghana
• The Times MasterCard Now in the UK Market

News of banks

• Chuvash Branch of SBERBANK of Russia: 250 thousand cards
• «Fraud in banking sector»
• Citibank: 100 Thousand Credit Cards in St.-Petersburg
• Alfa-Bank: New Opportunities of Remote Service
• «SMS Banking from Kazkommertsbank is now available for NEO subscribers
• South Korea Calls for ATM Networks with China and Japan
  

Business. Technologies. Retail

• KIOSK EUROPE EXPO 2008 and DIGITAL SIGNAGE EXPO 2008: Over 3 300 Visitors
• Dr. Web Scanner Detects Invisible Rootkit Win32. Ntldrbot
• New Teradata Platforms for Business of Any Scale
• INPAS Enters the Market of Security and Video Observation Systems
• Diasoft Retail Solution for Transcapitalbank
• A Joint Project of Dr. Web and Eltel
• EXPOELECTRONICA and ELECTROTECHEXPO: Achievements of Electronic Industry
• International Forum «Р•-Finance Russia 2008/ Electronic Finance Management»
• CRIF Forum in Russia
• All Modern One-Platform IT Solutions for Banks
• Agata Multibiometric Project in Spain
• ACCC scrutinizes actions of PayPal

News of payment systems

• Visa Meetings – a new product for corporate cost management
• China UnionPay: over 10 thousand retailers in Japan
• Fraud hinders development of the European card market

News of banks

• SBERBANK of Russia: new projects
• All-Russian forum «Banks-Region-2008»
• The Fifth Banking Summit will take place in Sochi in June
• BPS-BANK: 600 thousand cards
• The Sixth annual summit «Retail banking services in Russia»
• Australian banks are against eBay’s PayPal-plan
• Indian banks demand restrictions for foreign ATMs
• Vietnamese Banks are late with expansion of their ATM networks

Business. Technologies. Retail

• RUCARD GROUP has passed certification for conformity to PCI DSS standard
• Interop Moscow 2008 Third International Congress and Exhibition
• Dr. Web Antivirus in RUNNet
• NCR sums up the results of the first quarter of 2008
• Ingenico i-Series terminals will get Class A certificate from FDC
• SAP BCM in the CIS market
• Internet-shops will appear in Azerbaijan
• Mobile payments: a lot of noise and only few actions

News of payment systems

• One more bank joins SBERCARD Russian payment system
• More than 5 mln. cards issued in Belarus

News of banks

• XIII Northwest Bank Conference
• Combating the economic downturn: the rate on technology
• Inhabitants of Estonia Overflowed by the Wave of SMS Credits
• The economic downturn in the Great Britain spurs return to cash
• Russians have kept a high level economic optimism
• Business-forum «Financing, crediting and insurance of small business» was held in Ekaterinburg

Business. Technologies. Retail

• The seventh annual IDC conference: «DOD data storage, visualization and management systems: functionality, profitability and energy saving»
• Forum Russia & CIS Com
• Internet Service Dr. Web AV-Desk is accessible to DOM.RU subscribers
• SAS Ukraine: the First Year Results
• VeriFone develops reseller program
• National Australia Bank represents wireless ATMs
• Security Gateway Based on Sun Microsystems and Doctor Web Solutions Passed Tests
• IBM – for medium and small business
• Ingenico was granted Class A certificate from Global Payments Inc.
• TietoEnator has completed tests under MasterCard program
• Information technologies for the insurance market

News of payment systems

• MasterCard introduces PayPass mini-cards in Spain
• CyberPlat is in compliance with the international standards
• ICICI Bank will issue AmEx cards in India

News of banks

• Number of issued SBERBANK cards has exceeded 24.6 millions
• Estonian banks make Internet banking less attractive for swindlers
• The Savings Bank of Russia designates the winner of the MasterCard cards promoaction
• The Rosbank issued 3,4 million cards
• Bank "Petrocommerce": 1 million Visa cards
• More than 53 million Visa and MasterCard cards issued by banks of Ukraine

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Kiosk Europe 2008: VeriFone to focus on security and unattended payment systems
• STMicroelectronics and NXP establish a joint venture
• EMC acquires Iomega
• IBM and its partners have tested HKMG-based chip
• The 3rd international conference «Mobile Commerce and Payments»
• IV All-Russia Forum «IT in the Financial Sector»
• Dr. Web antivirus products in «Euroset» salons
• PayPal Company takes measures against phishing attacks
• Sequoia Credit Consolidation opens its branch in Omsk
• IBM acquires Diligent Technologies
• RSA: New initiatives
• The largest information leakage in the State of Indiana
• The Internet Payment System eKarmon will be launched in Uzbekistan
• RFID technology unites Motorola and Intelleflex
• The Beijing-Tianjin railway: journey with electronic tickets
• ID Thief pleads guilty

News of payment systems

• Visa Int. starts «Olympic Movement VISA» marketing campaign
• Will French and German banks create rival to Visa and MasterCard?

News of banks

• The Fifth Anniversary Caspian International Conference and Exhibition «Banks and Finance»
• SELA, bank Tinkoff Credit Systems and MasterCard Worldwide issued co-branded card
• The Fifth Bank Summit to be held in Sochi in June
• Over 10 thousand Citybank cards issued in Ural Region
• Association «Russia» and GE Money Bank have developed «The Code of Responsible Consumer Crediting»
• NBU has streamlined its terminal operations

Business. Technologies. Retail

• PIC Systems’ solutions in Central & Eastern European Cards Market
• Joint project of Dr. Web and Robotraff.com stock exchange
• IDC IT Security Roadshow 2008 was held in Moscow
• SAP: new achievements, new solutions
• The first Paytech exhibition was held in Moscow
• Infosec, Inc. opens its office in St.-Petersburg
• MUK – the first authorized ЕМС distributor in Ukraine
• Diasoft organized conference «Technologies for increasing efficiency of the insurance business»
• 6th annual summit «Retail banking services in Russia»
• A standard reader for contactless payments is coming
• SEC targets online traders using stolen IDs
• E-Banking Security Devices Supplier Goes Direct to Consumers
• Convenience ATMs first for New Zealand
• Lithuanian Supplier Wins Order from India’s ICICI

News of payment systems

• JCB: new technologies and a global network
• New service WebMoney Transfer for social networks
• China Life invests $300 million in Visa’s IPO
  
• TJX settles $24m MasterCard tab

News of banks

• Russian Central Bank has developed recommendations on Internet banking risk management
• Association «Russia» suggests to form a system for banks’ liquidity refinancing and support
• 3d annual conference «Cooperation of banks and insurance companies»: equal partnership
• Bank of Khanty-Mansiysk extends its social project’s territory
• CRIF: «Credit risk and business process management»
• North Americans prefer self-service
• By the end of 2007 the number of bank cards issued in China grew by 32.6 %

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Sixth annual CARDHALL seminar: EMV in detail and in person
• Best experts in corporate information technologies will take part in Interop Moscow 2008
• Bank Electronika will install 100 Diebold ATMs
• Dr. Web: virus situation review in March, 2008
• INFOSEC Company has released a new software product
• VeriFone ensures card data protection even in case of a network breach
• Internet payments in Russia: good prospects
• A new NFC-reader from SCM Microsystems
• Trend Micro issues an updated version of Trend Micro Control Manager product
• Barclaycard rolls out a contactless payments system in the UK

News of payment systems

• Discover has bought Diners Club from CitiGroup
• РћSMP improves the security of payments

News of banks

• Infor-media Russia will help to compete for retail clients
• At least 6.5 % of Russians are potential victims of financial swindlers
• Raiffeisen Bank Aval: money transfers for one grivna
• Debit card fraud grows in Canada
• UK Inquiry to Examine Trading of Stolen Account Numbers
• Disk with of HSBC clients’ data lost on the way to insurance company
• Most U.S. checks written by consumers to businesses
• The Fourth financial forum «Retail Banking Services in Russia»
• 19th Congress of РђRB gathers over 1 000 delegates

Business. Technologies. Retail

• ChronoPay’s servers attacked
• Sequoia Credit Consolidation: priorities in 2008
• Dr. Web’s new product for big corporations
• РЎredit scoring seminar will be held in Moscow on April 23
• Infor-media Russia will hold a counter-fraud conference in Moscow
• In Kiev one can pay for parking from a mobile phone
• Phishing attacks become more and more sophisticated
• Obopay and YES BANK: mobile payments in India
• Processors Offer Currency Conversion Service in China

News of payment systems

• Estimated market value of Visa Inc. exceeds 48 billion dollars
• JCB signs another Chinese bank
• European anti-monopoly bodies inspect Visa Europe
• Information that GLONASS payments are already accepted caused a press scandal

News of banks

• NAFI: which cards are most popular with Russians?
• Mass fraud attack against clients of Alfa-Bank
• Banks will entrust credits to terminals
• Bank of Kazan: the first mini-office
• NASA Selects JPMorgan Chase as card issue

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Russian Post offers development and modernization program
• Diasoft FA# Retail solution is introduced in EXPOBANK
• SAS: company’s software solution doubles the recoupment of marketing investments
• VendingExpo-2008 and World of Entertainment-2008 gathered 47 exponents in Kiev
• Dr. Web defeats BackDoor. MaosBoot virus
• New appointment in EMC Russia and CIS
• Diebold supplies ATMs to Bangkok Bank
• INL warns: mobile payments are used for money-laundering
• Novell and SAP develop cooperation

• Visa Int. presents Moscow Fashion Week
• American Express: results of 2007
• VTB 24 issued cards for the Olympic VISA Team
• CyberPlat network will accept GLONASS payments
• Growing level of debit card fraud compels to pass to EMV-cards
  

• Lithuanian Snoras Bank enters Estonian market
• Alfa-Bank outlined the prospects for small and medium enterprises crediting
• Sviaz-Bank has issued over 350 thousand cards
• UK banks were told to prioritize risk management
• Anti-Money-Laundering Technology Costs U.S. Banks $605 mln
  

• NXP Semiconductors: results of 2007
• Diasoft automation of autocrediting in Mercedes-Benz Bank Rus
• CIS telecom market participants will gather in Moscow
• Clearing House has constructed its own personalization center
• Personal data of Russians and Ukrainians are collected in a special site
• Brits worry for their personal data
• IBM has developed the smallest nano-photon switchboard
• Dr. Web products get FSB and FSTEK certificates
• IBM: new opportunities of IBM Information Server software platform
• PLATIX presents a new terminal
• Share of spam exceeds 85% of all electronic messages
• American online shoppers switch to non-card payments
• Phishers developed interest in Czech Republic
• UK Anti-Terror Effort Seeks Travel Card Data
• Payments Fraud Worries U.S. Financial Professionals
  

News of payment systems

• Visa Inc. began trading on the NYSE
• MasterCard appeals against abolition of interbank fees in Europe
• Agrochimbank became the 15th participant of SBERCARD RPS
• «Visa Olympics of the Imagination» children's artwork competition from Visa and Sberbank of Russia

News of banks

• Barclays Bank now offers mobile banking in India
• Present Card from Halyk Bank (Kazakhstan)
• Visa Classic «EURO<26»
• Sberbank of Russia switches to a billing technology
• Delayed debt growth rate is declining
• Citibank and Stockmann launch a co-branded project

Business. Technologies. Retail

• BPC Service Center will serve ATM network of Uniastrum Bank
• Capital Bank’s processing will be based on Compass Plus solution
• SAP: results and plans
• First NCR FastLane cash registers in Eastern Europe
• 6 thousand Wincor Nixdorf ATMs to be installed in Australia
• METRO Group will use NXP RFID labels
• BLM Technologies will promote VeriFone solutions
• Insurers discussed the problems of the insurance business automation
• Information security experts will gather at Russian CSO Summit I
• Oracle AppsForum 2008 - a synergy of the best for Russia
• RFID: Facts. Trends. Comments
• EMC: the «digital shadow» overshadows the digital Universe
• Internet worms are a menace to ATMs
• Skimming attacks in Ireland and Canada
• IOU Central is accused of violating the law

News of payment systems

• MasterCard: the number of EMV cards has exceeded 300 million

News of banks

• Will Russian banks prefer corporate credits?
• SMS credit – a new service offered by PrivatBank
• Sberbank will follow Grameen Bank’s example
• Barclays Bank buys one of the largest Russian processing centers
• Ukrgasbank joins NMEPS
• Asia-Pacific Region is the world’s debit card leader
• Britons are in card debt up to their ears
• EEFC installs ATMs in St.-Petersburg subway

Business. Technologies. Retail

• New Zealand Diners Club franchising opts for SmartVista solution
• NXP produces the smallest MOS transistor
• Sobinbank: a new service based on Compass Plus solution
• Diasoft FA#Balance solution for RosDorBank
• AMD will master production of 45 nm chips by the summer of 2008
• RSA enVision is now used by over 1000 companies
• Bolton public transport tests contactless payments

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• IPO of Visa Int. is to become the biggest in the USA
• New Director General of Visa Int. Office in Russia
• Retailers are annoyed by the delay of payments via PayPal
• Golden Crown: results of 2007
  

• Slowdown in the Russian credit card market
• Eastern Europe Cards Market is on the rise
• Promsvyazbank: 31 branches connected to PSB-Retail
• Sviaz-Bank management is replenished with the former Sberbank managers
• Uzbek Central Bank confirms the rules for organization of payment systems
• The leader of the gang, which robbed the Central Bank of Brazil, is detained
• Barclaycard reduces its card portfolio by 1 million accounts
• Citibank India is blamed for breach of obligations
• British banks plan to introduce Faster Payments
• The Fourth Financial Forum «Banking Retail in Russia»
  

• Successful termination of the Fourth International Conference of Compass Plus clients
• Updated version of Mobile Banking from UCS Co.
• NXP and NTRU improve security of microcontrollers
• Diasoft: Retail results in 2007
• IBM questions the results of FBI tender
• Diebold rejects Unitied Technologies again
• VeriFone will supply 16 000 POS-terminals to the Bank of China
• ID incidents affect almost 72% of Americans
• New York and New Jersey are ready to test PayPass
• A new threat to the chip cards security
• JCB and Cassis International test NFC technology
• USA will not insist on biometric passports for Russians
  

News of the issue

• New information services www.plusworld.ru

News of payment systems

• Raduga: results of 2007
• PayPal is still popular in Britain
• Social networks enter Canadian credit market

News of banks

• CB RF is going to counter the consequences of the world crisis
• URSA Bank begins to issue MasterCard products
• Banks of Kazakhstan: results of January, 2008
• British tax officers bought a Liechtenstein bank’s stolen database
• Japanese banks integrate with Japan Post Bank's ATM network
• British card swindlers prefer London

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Diasoft FA# Treasury solution in the NRBank
• Dr.Web AV-Desk on the servers of ER-Telecom Holding
• Diebold is again the «Leading Supplier of Outsourcing Services»
• Taxes in Russia will be collected via terminals
• British police vs card swindlers
• American users prefer PINs
• Vodafone launches a mobile money transfer system in Afghanistan
• iFin-2008 was visited by over 400 representatives of the Russian and foreign banks
• Call Center World. Russia/CIS – 2008 will open in Moscow on March 18, 2008
  

• Western Union: mobile money transfer pilots in Philippines
• The Government of Yemen introduces ID-cards

• Discussion on the terminals’ future to be continued
• Alfa-Bank launched PDA-version of its site
• An ATM cracker from Omsk turned out to be a student
• Indian ICICI Bank exploits mobile banking
• Hackers attacked Texas bank’s ATM and debit card system
• Social networks will compete with retail banks

• Wincor World 2008: «Empowering Process Innovation»
• BPC joined Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council
• Conference on IT-infrastructure of insurance business in RF to be held in Moscow
• Mifare cards in Kiev subway
• IBM recognized Diasoft as the best software vendor
• Plastic for officials
• New ISO standard for biometrics use in the financial sphere
• Dog eats dog
• India introduces compulsory tax payments through Internet
• Quality of British online banking service leav

News of payment systems

• DUET of 18 Uzbek banks: results of 2007
• Nokia and China UnionPay have launched NFC pilot project in Shanghai
• Kamcombank: the first MasterCard - Golden Crown cards
• E-port and Rapida joined ARCTEL bonus program

News of banks

• TransCreditCard gets a new owner
• Alpha-Bank: a new Chairman of the Board of Directors
• InfoSec, Inc. has audited MDM-Bank for compliance with PCI DSS requirements
• NOMOS-BANK has summed up results of 2007
• The Australian banks’ fees for transactions in «others’» ATMs are under threat
• The first EMV-cards in the Vietnamese market
• Egg deprives its unreliable clients of cards

Business. Technologies. Retail

• The first mobile street ATM pavilion from INPAS and Transcapitalbank
• The Organizing Committee of iFin-2008 Forum has announced its program
• Diasoft FA# Treasury: results of 2007
• Repartition of the express-payment market: new details
• Higher efficiency of chargebacks from BasePoint
• Phones of PayPass technology are tested in the State of Washington
• Sixth Conference «Enterprise IT security: technologies at the service of business» will be held in Moscow
• Bush asks for 249 million dollars for protection against hacker attacks
• Mari El swindlers were caught red-handed
• The largest card fraud in Hawaii

News of payment systems

• Team Visa’s third time in Russia
• PayPal will buy Israeli Fraud Sciences
• PrivatMoney is integrated with UNIStream
• PayPal: a package for donation transfer through Internet

News of banks

• EU has transferred to a single standard for bank transfers
• Banks of Kazakhstan issued over 5 million cards
• Sberbank of Russia has installed almost 11 thousand ATMs
• RosEvroBank became a member of Vantage Club
• Sberbank of Russia and Expobank have gained the status of AmEx acquirers
• Sobinbank has launched SobinDirect Internet banking system
• Ukrsotsbank will open 140 self-service halls

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Dr. Web AV-Desk and Corbina Telecom announced their joint project  
• InfoSec, Inc. is the general sponsor of Russian CSO Summit I
• RS-Bank V.6 in Pervobank: the first stage of the project completed
• A new expert council will help Oracle to better understand the bank market demands
• IBA and Azercell have launched MobilBank service
• Chineses will present each other with plastic dollars
• Scots are the leaders in the accuracy of identification
• NatWest Bank is phishers’ favorite
• Asian banks prefer biometrics
  

News of payment systems

• New appointment in the Russian Office of Visa Int.
• CONTACT opens up new lands

News of banks

• Visa card-to-card transfers in Mezhprombank ATMs
• Azerbaijan Post will provide banking services

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Phishing loses efficiency. Long live vishing!
• Forum «e-Finance Russia 2008» will be held in May, 2008, in Moscow
• Experian’s solution for debt recovery is introduced in Ukraine
• SlingCatcher subscriber attachment is based on NXP components
• R-Style Softlab solution in Pervobank
• Japan creates a 3D video observation system
• Server in the Sky will allow to exchange criminals’ biometric data
• Biometric ID-cards in the Indian medical insurance system
  

News of payment systems

• UCB "Novobank" became a new participant of SBERCARD RPS
• TransCreditBank joined SBERCARD RPS
• Electronic money transfers’ 90th anniversary

News of banks

• Alfa-Bank issues MasterCard Unembossed
• «UkrSibbank» has joined Global ATM Alliance
• PRAVEX-BANK and КІА Motors present KIA CARD
• Deputies will discuss the situation with terminals in January
• Surgutneftegasbank has started EMV-migration
• Banks banned in Second Life

Business. Technologies. Retail

• STMicroelectronics introduces chip for Chinese POS-terminals
• TietoEnator Card Suite in «Rusfinance Bank»
• DUET technology in the Savings Bank of Mongolia
• РђBS of the Credit Bank of Moscow is based on Oracle clusters
• USB-card in the South Korean market
• BSS: results of 2007
• BioMETRX will stress on solutions for mass consumer
• India: state sector is a mover of biometrics
• A Kazakh hacker robbed a post office
• A Chinese citizen got a life sentence for malfunctioning ATM
  

News of payment systems

• Debut of Pan-European payment card system
• Electronic tickets of the biggest air carriers can be paid for via CyberPlat
• Contact money transfer: results of 2007

News of banks

• Bank of Russia tests a new banking payment system 
• «Mules» are involved in the fraud against ABN AMRO arrested
• Cards are losing their positions
• First credit ATMs installed in Lithuania
• Vietnamese banks introduce ATM commissions
• Credit card overdue  payments volume grows in the USA
• «A Christmas present» for Greek Agrobank

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Diebold sets up Central American operation
• Multicard gets the status of REMA processor
• Indian Bank and NCR develop a portable ATM
• Gartner: losses from phishing continue to grow
• Biometric accounting system in American schools
• Believers donate via Internet and ATMs
• Payments to ON in e-port system
• Database administrator pleaded guilty to stealing ID data
• Portuguese schools protect children from kidnapping
• Philippine legislators will vote with their fingerprints
• Merge in the biometric systems market