The Glenbrook Payments Boot Camp being held in the San Francisco Bay Area on October 15-16 is nearly sold out. If you're interested in attending this session, please be sure to register soon. After this October session, the next Payments Boot Camp is scheduled for December 3-4 in Denver, Colorado.

Visa has announced that Marc Luet has been named president of its Central Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region. He replaces Anne Cobb, who is retiring after 16 years with the organization. Visa says that "Luet will be responsible for continuing to build Visa Inc.'s business in the region, reporting to Hans Morris, President of Visa Inc." READ MORE »

The Smart Card Alliance has announced that its Contactless Payments Council will expand its focus to include the topics of Near Field Communications (NFC) and mobile payments - renaming itself to the Contactless and Mobile Payments Council. It also announced new officers and steering committee, recent achievements, and upcoming projects. READ MORE »

EMVCo, the EMV standards body owned by JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc., has announced plans to "broaden industry participation in the development work of the organisation and establish a regular, formal dialogue between EMVCo and the global payments industry, through the launch of a new website subscription programme and annual user meeting." READ MORE »

Visa has announced the launch of Visa SavingsEdge, a new program designed to help small business owners save money with automatic discounts at top-tier business merchants. READ MORE »

APACS has announced that more than 25 million UK-issued debit and credit cards have now been registered with MasterCard SecureCode and Verified by Visa – online payment systems that make cards more secure when shopping on the internet. According to APACS, over 1.5 million cards are being registered every month – an increase of 650% compared with two years ago. READ MORE »

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