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Data breach readiness government identification and smart-city environments.
A Bluepoint Solutions white paper titled Are You Prepared
for a Data Breach? explores how reliance on paper-based PARTNERSHIPS
document storage can expose financial institutions to
increased risk of data breach and identify theft and fraud Agilent, FIME partner on mobile
activity. Researchers determined that secure enterprise
content management solutions are a viable solution for Santa Clara, Calif.-based Agilent Technologies Inc. and
protecting sensitive consumer data in FI environments. Palaiseau, France-based FIME, an advanced secure-chip
testing provider, entered an agreement to jointly develop
Prepaid card volume rising pioneering testing solutions for the payments and tele-
communications markets. The companies stated that a
According to Fitch Ratings, strong growth in U.S. prepaid top priority will be advancement of tools to test and cer-
card transactions is expected to continue. Contributing tify secure-chip mobile payment technology.
factors include the ongoing popularity of gift cards and
consumers' desire to more closely manage personal First Data collaborates with Visa
finances. Data released by the Federal Reserve confirmed
that general purpose prepaid card payments were the First Data Corp., in collaboration with Visa, will uti-
fastest growing noncash payment method in the United lize Visa's common debit solution to deliver a stream-
States between 2009 and 2012. lined and cost-effective approach for debit Europay/
MasterCard/Visa chip card standard adoption among
NFC beyond payment all parties involved. "This agreement is a significant step
to accelerate EMV adoption by addressing Regulation
A Smart Insights report, titled NFC applications beyond II compliance for debit EMV transactions," said Barry
payment to boost adoption and released jointly by Intelling McCarthy, President, First Data Financial Services.
and CNRFID, sheds light on how NFC presents new
opportunities for merchants to establish customer rela- Infintech teams with The Business Backer
tionships by facilitating one-to-one marketing. The
report also discusses how NFC can be applied in ser- Payment processor Infintech LLC and business loan
vice, industrial, transportation, health care, gambling, specialist The Business Backer LLC formed a strategic
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Data breach readiness government identification and smart-city environments.
A Bluepoint Solutions white paper titled Are You Prepared
for a Data Breach? explores how reliance on paper-based PARTNERSHIPS
document storage can expose financial institutions to
increased risk of data breach and identify theft and fraud Agilent, FIME partner on mobile
activity. Researchers determined that secure enterprise
content management solutions are a viable solution for Santa Clara, Calif.-based Agilent Technologies Inc. and
protecting sensitive consumer data in FI environments. Palaiseau, France-based FIME, an advanced secure-chip
testing provider, entered an agreement to jointly develop
Prepaid card volume rising pioneering testing solutions for the payments and tele-
communications markets. The companies stated that a
According to Fitch Ratings, strong growth in U.S. prepaid top priority will be advancement of tools to test and cer-
card transactions is expected to continue. Contributing tify secure-chip mobile payment technology.
factors include the ongoing popularity of gift cards and
consumers' desire to more closely manage personal First Data collaborates with Visa
finances. Data released by the Federal Reserve confirmed
that general purpose prepaid card payments were the First Data Corp., in collaboration with Visa, will uti-
fastest growing noncash payment method in the United lize Visa's common debit solution to deliver a stream-
States between 2009 and 2012. lined and cost-effective approach for debit Europay/
MasterCard/Visa chip card standard adoption among
NFC beyond payment all parties involved. "This agreement is a significant step
to accelerate EMV adoption by addressing Regulation
A Smart Insights report, titled NFC applications beyond II compliance for debit EMV transactions," said Barry
payment to boost adoption and released jointly by Intelling McCarthy, President, First Data Financial Services.
and CNRFID, sheds light on how NFC presents new
opportunities for merchants to establish customer rela- Infintech teams with The Business Backer
tionships by facilitating one-to-one marketing. The
report also discusses how NFC can be applied in ser- Payment processor Infintech LLC and business loan
vice, industrial, transportation, health care, gambling, specialist The Business Backer LLC formed a strategic
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