Visa Australia said today it was moving to chip and PIN technology for all of its credit cards, with signature transactions to be banned by April 2013.
A judge has asked Visa and MasterCard to disclose details about their relationship with CardSystems Solutions, the payment processor that was the subject of a high-profile data security breach.
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Telstra, National Australia Bank and Visa have joined forces to test out near field communications (NFC) -- a technology which allows users to pay for goods by placing their mobile phone on a reader.
Near field communications -- or NFC -- may sound like another dull mobile acronym. However, the reality is a smooth system that will delight the lazy and impatient.
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Six months after saying the Liberty Alliance had "zero chance of mattering," Steve Ballmer might be eating his words as corporate heavyweights keep queuing up to enlist in the Alliance.
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With the Australian debut of Apple's iTunes Music Store today, we answer the questions of iPod owners around the country.
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