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Entersekt, Netcetera Team Up On eCommerce Payment Security

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FinTech solution company Entersekt has upgraded its authentication technology in the DACH region of Europe, according to a release. The company recently announced that the software company Netcetera implemented the authentication system for Bank-Verlag, a company that makes and provides secure services for Germany’s banks.

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MENA Region Holds Regulatory Clues For Merchants

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In regions where open banking and other electronic payments pilots are becoming common, such as the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, pandemic-era payments are all about privacy, security and trust, particularly in B2B transactions. Privacy Protection In The Spotlight. under the GDPR. Lessons From Abroad.

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EMVCo: 59 Percent of Card Present Transactions Use EMV Chips

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Data from secure payments enabler EMVCo shows that 58.9 percent of card present transactions, measured globally, were EMV chip-enabled, the technical body said Wednesday. billion EMV cards in circulation worldwide as of the end of 2016. billion cards over the previous 12 months. EMVCo said the 58.9

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CardUp Introduces Commercial Card Solution In Asia

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Consumers around the world have become intimately familiar with the “card-not-present” method of payment. Now businesses in Asia have an option to embrace “card not needed” as the pandemic continues to accelerate business models. That option, which extends to commercial cards , is being presented by Singapore-based CardUp.

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Mastercard Bets On Biometric Cards To Advance Inclusion

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In early May, Mastercard , in partnership with SEDESSON, the Mexico state agency for social benefits, and Edenred Bank, announced a first-of-its-kind test in Mexico’s Sonora state – the first regional test of biometric card technology in national history. The Challenge of Building the Right Card for the Job.

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More Than Half Of Cards Issued Globally Were EMV-Enabled

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percent of all cards issued globally by the end of 2017 were EMV-enabled. In addition, the number of EMV payment cards in circulation around the world increased by 1 billion over the previous 12 months — to a total of 7.1 Regionally, the EMV chip card adoption rate is highest in Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean (85.7

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Global EMV Chip Cards Approach 5 Billion

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Global technical body EMVCo has released its updated report on the number of EMV chip payment cards, saying that the figure has increased 1.4 percent of all card-present transactions conducted globally between Jan. EMVCo also broke down EMV chip card adoption rate by regions: Europe Zone 1: 84.3% (up from 83.5%

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