We've posted a first look at Obopay's just announced mobile payments service. Click here to read the full text.

In a press release announcing its fourth quarter and full year 2005 financial results, American Bank Note Holographics provided more background on Visa International's decision to discontinue the use of the current version of the ABNH's HoloMag product.

Nicky Burridge reports for the Scotsman that credit card holders in the UK are collectively wasting nearly £116 million a year through credit card penalty fees resulting from overspending on their credit cards or being late with payments.

Robert McMillan of the IDG News Service reports that about 3 percent of all households in the U.S., totaling an estimated 3.6 million families, were affected by some sort of ID theft during the first six months of 2004 according to Department of Justice data from its annual National Crime Victimization Survey.

Jennifer Kingson reports for the New York Times on the bill payment kiosks being deployed at convenience stores across the US, including 7-Eleven's Vcom.

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