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