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WikiLeaks circumvents financial blockade with French bank account

By Amar Toor on July 19, 2012 04:57 am + 7 comments

WikiLeaks has begun accepting donations through a French non-profit organization, as part of an Continue reading…
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Icelandic firm ordered to process WikiLeaks donations or face fines

By Andrew Webster on July 12, 2012 03:57 pm + 10 comments

A court in Iceland has ordered former WikiLeaks business partner Valitor to reopen credit card Continue reading…
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Visa exclusivity agreement forces the closure of 27 ATMs at the London Olympics

By Nathan Ingraham on June 1, 2012 12:47 pm + 23 comments

If you're heading to the London Olympics this summer, you might want to make sure you have cash Continue reading…
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ISIS Mobile Wallet adds support for three American Express cards

By Andrew Webster on May 10, 2012 05:21 pm + 19 comments

ISIS has announced that its Mobile Wallet platform will support three different American Express Continue reading…
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The mobile payments mess: no one's winning, but we're all losing

By Dieter Bohn on May 9, 2012 02:51 pm + 128 comments

It's past time to just come out and say this: the mobile payment ecosystem is a confusing mess. Continue reading…
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Floating island community off Silicon Valley draws interest from hundreds of tech startups

By Sam Byford on May 8, 2012 08:25 pm + 77 comments

Blueseed, a conceptual floating island that plans to operate in international waters 12 miles off Continue reading…
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Visa digital wallet V.me launching in UK, Spain, and France this fall

By Andrew Webster on April 30, 2012 10:01 am + 5 comments

Visa has announced that its digital wallet solution V.me will be launching in the UK, France, and Continue reading…
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Nokia Lumia 610 NFC officially launching on Orange UK in Q3 2012

By Sam Byford on April 11, 2012 05:41 am + 18 comments

That didn't take long — following an earlier leak, Nokia has gone ahead and made the Lumia 610 NFC Continue reading…
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Up to 1.5 million credit card numbers 'exported' in Global Payments hack

By Sam Byford on April 2, 2012 02:48 am + 5 comments

A security breach at payment processor Global Payments has resulted in up to 1.5 million North Continue reading…
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NFC payment network ISIS gets its first banking partners — Chase, Capital One, and Barclaycard

By Jeff Blagdon on February 28, 2012 02:50 am + 2 comments

We've been hearing about the ISIS payment network since last summer, and while we knew that the Continue reading…