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Mumbai Bus Operator To Test India’s National Transit Card

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India’s One Nation One Card will be test-piloted with Mumbai bus operator BEST in November, NFCWorld reported on Tuesday (Aug. The national transit card system uses a bank-issued card that will run on India’s RuPay payments network, the news outlet said. The pilot is to see how the system would work.

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Washington’s Metro System Plans For Mobile Payment Future

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“Mobile fare payment is the future of transit, giving customers the ability simply to tap their phone and go, all without stopping at a fare vending machine or using a separate card,” Metro General Manager Paul J. Not only will this be a better, easier experience, but will cost less to operate.”.

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Managing Spend In A Sector Where Unplanned Expenses Are The Norm Issues

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Metro Bank is hoping a new feature that allows employees to take and instantly upload photos of such receipts will help fix that. The solution uses automated technology to categorize and codify relevant data from these documents in real time, thereby trimming the time employees and expense managers need to sort through them.

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Santander Rolling Out US Digital Deposits To Rival Goldman

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financial statement spans credit cards, car loans and banking, and is considered an important asset among European players. The bank only operates physical branches in nine states, which limits its ability to attract deposits. told the FT. Santander’s $145 billion U.S. Challenger banks in the U.K. In September, Santander lost $1.8

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Visa: How Mass Transit Is Driving Contactless Payments’ Global Future

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Seven years ago, when Visa first started working on bringing contactless payments to London’s Mass Transit system, the landscape for tap and go cards looked very different. In Europe, contactless card-based payments have come to dominate face-to-face payments. “In Seven years down the line, the landscape has shifted.

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Challenges for the neo-challengers: Four hurdles to overcome

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In my frequent conversations with clients across the UK and Irish banking industry, one of today’s hottest topics is the rise of the challenger banks such as CYBG, Metro and AIB UK, and particularly the neo-challenger banks providing digital-only services, like Monzo, Atom and Starling. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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UK Metro Bank Hit By Messaging Scams

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To that end, Metro Bank said earlier this week that at least some of its customers had been victimized by fraud that focuses on text messages sent across telecom companies’ networks that Reuters reported are used to verify transactions. Metro said that the attacks are leveled at a number of British banks, a roster that includes Metro. “Of

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