Interview with Soner Canko, CEO of interbank Card Center (BKM) in Istanbul

The acquisition by Visa of mobile payments platform Fundamo earlier this year has now borne fruit with the announcement that it is to offer its first scheme to have connectivity with VisaNet. Cards Insights spoke to Fundamo CEO, Hannes van Rensburg

Richard Dear, Director of Customer Relations at VocaLink, on why the ATM will endure in the face of the rise of mobile money 

The NFC (Near Field Communication) Forum is a non-profit association launched in 2004 by leading mobile communications, semiconductor and consumer electronics companies. The organisation currently has 135 global member companies including the likes of Google and Intel. Its mission is to advance the use of NFC technology by developing specifications, ensuring interoperability among devices and services, and educating the market. NFC Forum director Debbie Arnold spoke to Lafferty Cards Insights about the growing importance of NFC and developments within the industry.

Banks are examining every facet of their strategy and processes in the wake of the damage wrought by the financial crisis to identify the best ways of making and saving money. Card processing is one of the areas being scrutinised, and as John Leake, a director at ACI Worldwide, points out, the main consideration is whether it should be done in-house or outsourced.

The last quarter of 2010 has turned out to be very significant for digital security company Gemalto after it announced a strategic partnership with payment processing firm VeriFone. As 2011 approaches, Howard Berg, Gemalto’s senior vice president for the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland, talks to Larry Ferguson about the company’s plans for the New Year, what he expects in the digital security industry, strategy and what the strategic partnership means.