Articles tagged with: Credit Suisse and Swisscom

Visa payWave mobile pilot in Switzerland declared a success

Credit Suisse, PostFinance, SIX Multipay, Swisscard, Swisscom, together with Visa Europe have concluded a pilot study in Switzerland of contactless payments using Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile phones incorporating Visa payWave card payment technology. In the pilot over 90% of people who took part liked using the technology for its ease and convenience. The same percentage also said they would use the technology when it becomes commercially available.  more

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KPN Gets More Wiggle Room After Dutch Govt Sells Stake

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- The Dutch government said Friday it has agreed to sell its remaining 8% stake in Royal KPN for about 1.7 billion euros ($2.17 billion) in a move that will allow the country's largest phone company to determine its own future without the threat of political interference.  more

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Mobile Phone Share Trading For The Swiss

Credit Suisse and Swisscom will offer interactive share trading by mobile phone at the start of next year. Direct banking via mobile phone will also be possible in the first quarter of 2000. In 1999, Credit Suisse was the first bank in Switzerland to launch a fast and simple share trading service on the Internet and by phone with youtrade." more

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