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All eBusiness News - November 2006

Visa to roll out “wave and pay” cards in UK

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Author: Tash Shifrin
Date: 27 November 2006

Visa has announced that it will launch contactless “wave and pay” cards for small transactions across the UK.

Travel firm offers flight-search engine to business sites

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Author: Tash Shifrin
Date: 27 November 2006

Online travel agent SkyScanner has launched a flight search engine that can be installed on business websites.

Liverpool Victoria adds live chat to website

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 23 November 2006

Liverpool Victoria is expanding its motor and home insurance online offering by introducing ‘Live Chat’, a live online assistance service.

Banks get year to prepare for faster clearing

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 21 November 2006

Banks have been given a year to ensure their systems can cope with faster cheque clearing, after the government rubber-stamped new rules to speed up the clearing process.

Symantec buys UK datacentre consultancy

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 21 November 2006

Symantec is to acquire Company-i, a UK-based professional services firm that specialises in supporting financial services datacentres.

World of virtual lessons for e-business

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Author: Computer Weekly
Date: 21 November 2006

Businesses can learn a lot about how to create valuable web communities from virtual worlds such as Second Life, according to Clive Longbottom, service director at analyst firm Quocirca.

Asda recruits 1,800 online staff to combat Tesco

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Author: Tash Shifrin
Date: 08 November 2006

Supermarket firm Asda is to recruit 1,800 staff to boost its online retail operations in a bid to challenge market leader Tesco.

Two-factor technology opens new e-markets

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Author: Bill Goodwin
Date: 07 November 2006

UK businesses should soon be able to conduct trade electronically with their counterparts in Macedonia and with other states that have until now been deemed too great an e-commerce risk, thanks to an initiative between security techology firm VeriSign and the US Agency for International Development.

Euronext in talks to pull out of LCH.Clearnet

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Author: Tash Shifrin
Date: 06 November 2006

European exchange Euronext is believed to be in talks to sell its 41.5% stake in LCH.Clearnet back to London Clearing House for Euros 500m (£335m).

All eBusiness News - November 2006

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