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Asia, the smart card lab

Cards Asia conference and exhibition is happening this week in Singapore. This is the place to meet for the smart card industry, application developers, and many smart card application issuers: banks, telecom operators, governments, transit authorities, …. According to just released Eurosmart figures, the Asia Pacific region accounts for more than 40% of world smart card shipments.

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NFC goes full speed at WIMA

During WIMA (Wireless Information Multimedia Applications) conference, this week in Monaco, all the major leaders in the NFC world met to elaborate on the future of this promising technology.

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Belgium halts SEPA

Belgian banks, through their federation Febelfin, just announced they decided to cancel the migration from the national Bancontact/Mr Cash debit card system to MasterCard Maestro that was planned as a part of SEPA implementation.

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Mega-acquisition: First Data to be bought by KKR

KKR (Kolhberg Kravis Roberts & Co) intention to acquire First Data woke up some Euronationalism concern on the old continent. KKR proposed US$ 34 (EUR 25.50) per share, a 26% premium to First Data closing share price last Friday.

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