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      <title>Nectar unveils 'Swipe for Sun' campaign</title>
      <description>Nectar, the UK's leading loyalty card, has launched its latest fully integrated marketing campaign, entitled 'Swipe for Sun'.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nectar</category>
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      <title>Information Exchange Conference for Payment Cards</title>
      <description>The seventh annual Information Exchange Conference for Payments Cards and e-Payments Solutions - The Next Generation - looks at the future of electronic and commercial card payment services.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Payment Card Solutions (UK)</category>
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      <title>Top retailers install gift card centres</title>
      <description>Secure transaction specialist The Logic Group, working with pre-pay technology partner InComm Europe, has supplied gift card centres to Asda, Woolworths and Shell petrol stations.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Logic Group</category>
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      <title>Bread is highly recommended - yet again</title>
      <description>The award winning Bread Prepaid Maestro Card has just received a 'highly recommended' rating by comparison website whichwaytopay.com.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Payment Card Solutions (UK)</category>
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      <title>Bread launches cashback site</title>
      <description>Payment Card Solutions (UK), owner of the award-winning Bread Prepaid Maestro Card, has announced the launch of Bread Cashback.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bread Card offers new way to pay</title>
      <description>Unlike conventional credit cards or debit cards, the Bread Card is a 'pay-as-you-go' card that users load with cash.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Payment Card Solutions (UK)</category>
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      <title>Bartering to stimulate business in Bournemouth</title>
      <description>The ancient art of bartering is set to continue in Bournemouth following a sponsorship agreement between Bartercard, the world's largest trade exchange, and football club AFC Bournemouth.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>National Bank of Malawi chooses Cortex</title>
      <description>As the principal VISA member for Malawi, the National Bank of Malawi has chosen Nomad's Cortex software to support its migration to VISA EMV debit card issuing and ATM/POS acquiring.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad</category>
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      <title>ID Data and MasterCard unveil Tap and Go cards</title>
      <description>Smart card specialist ID Data has delivered Tap and Go prepaid cards for the MasterCard UK launch of PayPass, the MasterCard contactless payment technology.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>ID Data</category>
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      <title>Nomad to attend Prepaid Cards Summit 2007</title>
      <description>Nomad Payments, Europe's leading prepaid and debit payments processor, is exhibiting at this year's Prepaid Cards Summit, which takes place at The Brewery London on 24-25 October 2007.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad</category>
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      <title>Nomad provides backbone for luxury shopping card</title>
      <description>Nomad's Cortex processing platform is delivering the processing power for a new prepaid card initiative launched at Value Retail luxury outlet shopping Villages.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad</category>
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      <title>Prepaid debit card specialist unveils website</title>
      <description>Sterling Card has launched a website where users can apply for Prepaid Debit Cards to coincide with the launch of the brand that aims to be a big player in the UK Prepaid MasterCard market.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Sterling Card</category>
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      <title>Why payment cards should go green</title>
      <description>The plastic bank card recently celebrated its 40th birthday and now is the time to consider making them out of something other than plastic, for environmental and commercial reasons, argues ID Data.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>ID Data</category>
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      <title>Eve picks Touchdown to manage affinity card</title>
      <description>Touchdown Marketing has been appointed to source and secure a collection of premium partners in diverse sectors to create an exclusive affinity card for eve readers.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Touchdown Brand Affinity Marketing</category>
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      <title>Manchester BS unveils Maestro debit card</title>
      <description>The Manchester Building Society has launched a Maestro debit card to extend its comprehensive portfolio of investment and mortgage products, helped by the Nomad Payments outsourced service.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad</category>
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      <title>Nomad helps Newcastle BS to pioneer prepaid cards</title>
      <description>Prepaid card processing specialist Nomad is celebrating its continued work with Newcastle Building Society offering prepaid cards to the UK and European marketplace.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad</category>
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      <title>Nomad pushes smart cards for mutual sector</title>
      <description>Nomad, Europe's leading prepaid and debit processing solutions provider, is participating in this year's Building Society Annual (BSA) Conference at the Bournemouth International Centre, UK.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad</category>
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      <title>ID Data snaps up CredEcard</title>
      <description>Smart card specialist ID Data is to acquire CredEcard, the pre-paid card service provider, for up to £725,000 in cash and shares subject to achieving specified performance objectives.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>ID Data</category>
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      <title>ExpressCard paves way for instant smart cards</title>
      <description>MagTek, specialist in electronic transaction technology, has linked with card solutions company ID Data to bring branch-based, instant issuance of custom-printed Chip and PIN cards to Europe.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>ID Data</category>
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      <title>Retail gift cards squeeze out vouchers</title>
      <description>As gift cards rapidly replace gift vouchers in retail stores, Mike Pickup of ID Data argues that store cards will soon be replaced by town-centre cards valid across many retailers.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>ID Data</category>
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      <title>ID Data pockets lucrative card contract</title>
      <description>Payment card specialist ID Data has been awarded an US$800,000 plus contract to supply Norwegian security and payment services provider Buypass.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>ID Data</category>
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      <title>Banks sign up Spree-flex for employee benefit</title>
      <description>Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks are offering employees the UK's first prepaid flexible benefits debit card, Spree-flex from P+MM, providing major savings at high-street retailers.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>P&amp;MM</category>
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      <title>Nomad provides open-loop prepaid card for IDT</title>
      <description>Nomad, Europe's leading prepaid card processor, has worked with IDT to launch the Prime Card, the UK's first fully functional instant-issue prepaid card in conjunction with MasterCard.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad Software</category>
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      <title>Ukrainian Financial Network signs up Nomad</title>
      <description>Payment card specialist Nomad is to provide card payment processing services based on its Cortex software platform to Ukrainian Financial Network.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad Software</category>
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      <title>Prepaid gift cards take off during Xmas 2006</title>
      <description>New concept displays real market traction as number of schemes increases dramatically in run-up to festive season.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad Software</category>
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      <title>Nomad invests in major processing upgrade</title>
      <description>Prepaid card processor Nomad has announced a major upgrade to its IBM managed infrastructure.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad Software</category>
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      <title>Nomad undergoes rapid expansion in prepaid market</title>
      <description>Europe's most established card processor made huge advances in the prepaid market in 2006 with 40 new programmes being introduced and nine additional customers going live on prepaid projects.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Nomad Software</category>
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