mFoundry has announced that its mBanking product has been enhanced to include integrated support for text banking (SMS) and alerts, as well as support for mBanking within the mobile web browser (WAP). READ MORE

Oberthur Technologies has announced that it has deployed its FlyBuy contactless stickers to three banks internationally, including one of the largest card issuers in the United States. The sticker is the latest evolution in Oberthur Technologies' work into the development of contactless payment and form factors. READ MORE

Sybase 365 has announced that it will team with Swisscontact, the Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation, to provide development of Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) and Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) services in emerging markets. READ MORE

EMVCo, the EMV standards body jointly owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, has announced that it will host an inaugural EMV User Meeting on 30 June-1 July 2009, at the Sheraton Arabellapark in Munich, Germany. Users of the EMV Specifications from across the world are invited to attend the meeting, and participate in technical discussions on the development of the EMV standard for future contact, contactless and mobile payments. READ MORE

Verifi, Inc., a provider of transaction risk management services for card-not-present merchants, has announced that Jennifer Schulz has been appointed CEO effective immediately. Schulz succeeds the company’s entrepreneurial founder Matthew Katz, who will remain an active part of the company as Verifi’s Chairman. READ MORE

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