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Physical Google Wallet is dust

Posted May 10, 2013 - 10:31 by a staff writer

Google is planning to revamp its Google Wallet digital payments platform at Google I/O. However, it seems plans for a physical credit card have been shelved, at least for the time being.

Microsoft pleads for people to upgrade from XP

Posted April 8, 2013 - 06:02 by Nermin Hajdarbegovic

Microsoft is kindly asking users of Windows XP to upgrade to something a bit less ancient, again. XP has been around for a decade and it is still used on 15 to 20 percent of PCs, depending on who you ask.

Barnes & Noble credit card data was stolen

Posted October 24, 2012 - 12:17 by Mark Raby

Barnes & Noble is playing damage control after a large amount of credit card data appears to have been stolen from dozens of storms.

Isis mobile payment platform delayed

Posted September 14, 2012 - 14:11 by Raven Lovecraft

The introduction of Isis's sweeping mobile payment platform continues to move at a crawl.

Global Payments hack exposes 1.5 million credit card numbers

Posted April 2, 2012 - 06:58 by Emma Woollacott

As many as one and a half million American credit card numbers have been stolen from payment processing company Global Payments.

Visa confirms support for Google Wallet

Posted September 20, 2011 - 10:08 by Mark Raby

The Google Wallet limitation of only accepting Mastercard accounts has quickly become a thing of the past.

Isis mobile payments venture signs major credit card deal

Posted July 20, 2011 - 05:04 by Emma Woollacott

Isis - the mobile payments joint venture from AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile - has signed up four credit card companies, potentially pushing it ahead in the race with Google Wallet.

WikiLeaks accepting credit card funds again

Posted July 8, 2011 - 09:14 by David Gomez

You can’t keep a good whistleblowing website down for long. WikiLeaks is able to accept credit card donations again.

Visa wants to battle fraudsters

Posted May 8, 2011 - 10:08 by Lydia Leavitt

A recent survey confirms identify theft and fraud is of top concern to consumers when using a credit card.

It's hip to be Square: Visa invests in Dorsey's startup

Posted April 27, 2011 - 17:06 by Lydia Leavitt

Square has announced a strategic investment from Visa, which industry sources say is in the "single-digit millions."

Salt Lake City goes NFC next year

Posted April 6, 2011 - 12:34 by Mark Raby

By early 2012, you'll be able to pay for a train or bus ride with your phone in Salt Lake City.

Anonymous brings down Mastercard in defence of Wikileaks

Posted December 8, 2010 - 09:44 by Emma Woollacott

The Mastercard website is down, following an attempt by the Anonymous group at 4Chan to punish the company for its treatment of Wikileaks.

Report: Cybercriminals create 57,000 malware sites per week

Posted September 12, 2010 - 18:19 by STARR KESHET

Frenetic cybercriminals are reportedly creating 57,000 malware-based websites per week to exploit high-profile brand names.

Paypal wants to replace credit cards in stores

Posted August 17, 2010 - 10:33 by Mark Raby

For the first time, well, pretty much ever, the credit card oligopoly faces mounting competition from budding alternative payment options at retail stores, the latest of which comes from Paypal.