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According to the latest MasterCard Worldwide Online Shopping Survey, online shopping has increased significantly and continues to show potential for growth, with price, convenience and security key factors to consider making a purchasing decision.The survey revealed that even in an emerging market like South Africa shopping online has steadily increased ...

There was a time when you needed a credit card to shop online. Then a few pioneers engaged in some technical wizardry and brought out products that allowed you do use your debit card. But what if you have neither?A solution that allows for people who don’t have either ...

Wikileaks has announced the temporary suspension of all “publication” as a result of the financial blockade it faces from MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, Western Union, and the Bank of America. The announcement comes in the wake of it inadvertently releasing its entire treasure trove of diplomatic cables."In order to ...

Ever imagined a future without the inconvenience of having to carry around cash, or credit cards, or any wallet at all? Google has brought that future one step closer with the official launch of its smartphone wallet service.The internet giant's latest mobile product has gone live, with owners of ...

The Wikileaks’ vs credit card giants Visa and Mastercard legal spat continues unabated...Following the whistleblowing site's ultimatum to sue, and the credit card giants’ apparent decision to reinstate donations, all within a week, Visa has announced that the lifting of the ban was not meant to be.According to AFP, Visa ...

Mere days after issuing an ultimatum to Visa and Mastercard to lift their seven-month ban on donating to Wikileaks, the whistle-blowing website has claimed victory.Datacell, the whistle-blower’s data hosting service provider in a statement announced that, "…we have observed that an alternative payment processor that we have contracted with, ...

Fed up with being unable to receive funds via Visa and Mastercard, on Monday Wikileaks issued an ultimatum. According to the self described, "not-for-profit media organisation," should the two financial giants not lift their ban on donations to Wikileaks, they will be laying a complaint with The European Commission.The ...

In a much-anticipated move, Google on Thursday finally unveiled its free mobile application that seeks to turn smartphones into a replacement for credit cards.With financial partners Citibank, MasterCard, First Data and Sprint as service providers, the internet giant announced "Google Wallet".Google says the new application is still being ...

An anonymous group of hackers said on Wednesday they had launched online attacks to shut down the websites of credit card Mastercard and a Swiss bank that cut off business ties with WikiLeaks.The self-styled 'hacktivist' group dubbed Anon_Operation said in one tweet that "www.mastercard.com/ is down" and the site of ...

A survey by Master Card claims that 80% of South African users are shopping online.CDs, DVDs and VCDs” emerged as the most sought after item category, with 58% of online shoppers saying that they frequently shopped for these items online.“Airline tickets” and “books and arts” emerged as the next most ...