News & trends

An access to credit card account via the mobile

USA – Feb 2010

Citibank has launched “Citi Mobile” for its cards customers. Thus, Citi credit card customers in the US can manage their card accounts via the downloadable mobile banking application for the iPhone device. more...

Intesa Sanpaolo moves to contactless

Italy – Feb 2010

Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo (Setefi) has embarked on the country's first major commercial nationwide rollout of MasterCard PayPass contactless cards. more...

PKO Bank Polski upgrades 6 million cards to contactless

Poland – Feb 2010

Poland's PKO Bank Polski is upgrading six million customer Visa debit cards to contactless chip and PIN. more...

Increase in high-tech spending

USA – Feb 2010

According to a survey produced by Celent, the high-tech spending of North American banks will start to increase again in 2010, after a lacklustre year in 2009. more...

A banking subsidiary in Russia for PSA

France, Russian Federation – Feb 2010

The French car marker PSA Peugeot Citroën has set up a banking subsidiary in Russia to finance the inventories of its dealer partners and to finance credit facilities offered to customers. more...

Banks are gradually making inroads into the insurance market

France – Feb 2010

According to a survey published by Precepta, French banks are expected to continue to nibble bits of market share in traditional insurance networks. more...