PSP SecureTrading to announce new payment products; Tokenisation and Dynamic Currency Conversation at Ecommerce EXPO North 2010

Bangor, UK —- SecureTrading (http://www.securetrading.com) the online Payments Service Provider (PSP) is to announce two new payment services today.

SecureTrading is to unveil its Tokenisation and Dynamic Currency Conversation (DCC) services, allowing Ecommerce EXPO North attendees a first look ahead of its wider release to merchants.

Tokenisation eliminates the need for customers to repeatedly enter credit and debit card details and for merchants to send sensitive card details to acquirers via SecureTrading. The customer registers a credit or debit card with SecureTrading to store the sensitive card details required to process a transaction, including card number and expiry date. Upon receipt of the card details, SecureTrading sends a unique reference number (a Token number) in return that will be used for future transaction payments.

It enables the merchant to only send SecureTrading the reference number as part of the transaction process, instead of all the card details for future payments. This speeds up the entire payment process for customers and reduces the PCI burden on the merchant by taking care of the storage of the card number.

Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) is a financial service in which holders of credit cards have the cost of a transaction converted to their local currency when making a payment in a foreign currency. Developed in partnership with Travelex and Barclaycard Business the advantages for merchants using DCC are:

- Shoppers know instantly how much an item is in their currency leading to increased sales
- Merchants earn new revenue from transactions they are already accepting via commission on the currency conversion
- Offers simple and flexible integration and deployment models to suit merchants of all shapes and sizes

- Provides the experience and expertise of three leading providers;
– Travelex is the world’s leading foreign exchange specialist
– Barclaycard Business the leading UK provider of card acceptance solutions
– SecureTrading is the UK’s leading payment processor.

Jon Prideaux, deputy chief executive at SecureTrading explains, “SecureTrading is always looking how to maximise the efficiency of payment service whilst maintain the exceptional high levels of security required. Our products are PCI Level compliant to maintain the highest levels of security for customers in using these two products.

The benefits are clear with both new services; Tokenisation removing the need for customers to be concerned storing data thus meeting PCI Compliance requirements. With DCC, it makes it far easier for businesses to trade, especially abroad with more transparent conversion that makes the purchase cycle an easier journey.”

SecureTrading is also presenting a seminar entitled “Collaborative Commerce – The importance of choosing the perfect ecommerce partner”. The joint SecureTrading & BT Fresca will be held in Theatre 1 from 10.30am to 11.00am on Thursday, 27 May 2010.

Visit SecureTrading at stand 108 to learn more about the PSP.

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—-Notes to editors—-

Register for the SecureTrading and BT Fresca seminar at
http://sn.im/vvkx9. Visit SecureTrading at stand 108.

The media spokespeople for SecureTrading is Ian Cushion, marketing & sales manager.

Photographs are available of the SecureTrading team.

About SecureTrading
http://www.securetrading.com

Founded in 1997 in the UK, SecureTrading is an independent payment processor that represents SMEs, medium and large organisations across a variety of industries. SecureTrading is fully PCIDSS Level 1 accredited and incorporates 2048-bit encryption, 3-D Secure and AVS Security Code into its payment processing systems. SecureTrading’s counter-fraud products makes SecureTrading’s Payment System one of the safest ways to trade online.

SecureTrading products offer most comprehensive suite of counter-fraud services available and offer alternative Payment Methods such as PayPal and Ukash.

Follow SecureTrading on Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/SecureTrading, Facebook http://facebook.com/SecureTrading, Twitter http://twitter.com/SecureTrading and YouTube http://youtube.com/SecureTrading.

—-Contact—-

SecureTrading

Ian Cushion, Marketing & Sales Manager.
Telephone: +44 (0)1248 672 071

Sian Parry, Marketing & Sales Executive
Telephone: +44 (0)1248 672 078
Email: marketing @ securetrading.com

Website: http://www.securetrading.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SecureTrading

Elemental Communications

Tim Gibbon, Director

Mobile: +44 (0) 7930 375 663
Telephone: +44 (0) 843 208 4592
Email: mediacentre @ elementalcomms.co.uk

Website: http://www.elementalcomms.co.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/elementalcomms

– Tim Gibbon 27-05-2010

PSP SecureTrading to announce new payment products; Tokenisation and Dynamic Currency Conversation at Ecommerce EXPO North 2010

Bangor, UK —- SecureTrading (http://www.securetrading.com) the online Payments Service Provider (PSP) is to announce two new payment services today.

SecureTrading is to unveil its Tokenisation and Dynamic Currency Conversation (DCC) services, allowing Ecommerce EXPO North attendees a first look ahead of its wider release to merchants.

Tokenisation eliminates the need for customers to repeatedly enter credit and debit card details and for merchants to send sensitive card details to acquirers via SecureTrading. The customer registers a credit or debit card with SecureTrading to store the sensitive card details required to process a transaction, including card number and expiry date. Upon receipt of the card details, SecureTrading sends a unique reference number (a Token number) in return that will be used for future transaction payments.

It enables the merchant to only send SecureTrading the reference number as part of the transaction process, instead of all the card details for future payments. This speeds up the entire payment process for customers and reduces the PCI burden on the merchant by taking care of the storage of the card number.

Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) is a financial service in which holders of credit cards have the cost of a transaction converted to their local currency when making a payment in a foreign currency. Developed in partnership with Travelex and Barclaycard Business the advantages for merchants using DCC are:

- Shoppers know instantly how much an item is in their currency leading to increased sales
- Merchants earn new revenue from transactions they are already accepting via commission on the currency conversion
- Offers simple and flexible integration and deployment models to suit merchants of all shapes and sizes

- Provides the experience and expertise of three leading providers;
– Travelex is the world’s leading foreign exchange specialist
– Barclaycard Business the leading UK provider of card acceptance solutions
– SecureTrading is the UK’s leading payment processor.

Jon Prideaux, deputy chief executive at SecureTrading explains, “SecureTrading is always looking how to maximise the efficiency of payment service whilst maintain the exceptional high levels of security required. Our products are PCI Level compliant to maintain the highest levels of security for customers in using these two products.

The benefits are clear with both new services; Tokenisation removing the need for customers to be concerned storing data thus meeting PCI Compliance requirements. With DCC, it makes it far easier for businesses to trade, especially abroad with more transparent conversion that makes the purchase cycle an easier journey.”

SecureTrading is also presenting a seminar entitled “Collaborative Commerce – The importance of choosing the perfect ecommerce partner”. The joint SecureTrading & BT Fresca will be held in Theatre 1 from 10.30am to 11.00am on Thursday, 27 May 2010.

Visit SecureTrading at stand 108 to learn more about the PSP.

—-Ends—-

—-Notes to editors—-

Register for the SecureTrading and BT Fresca seminar at
http://sn.im/vvkx9. Visit SecureTrading at stand 108.

The media spokespeople for SecureTrading is Ian Cushion, marketing & sales manager.

Photographs are available of the SecureTrading team.

About SecureTrading
http://www.securetrading.com

Founded in 1997 in the UK, SecureTrading is an independent payment processor that represents SMEs, medium and large organisations across a variety of industries. SecureTrading is fully PCIDSS Level 1 accredited and incorporates 2048-bit encryption, 3-D Secure and AVS Security Code into its payment processing systems. SecureTrading’s counter-fraud products makes SecureTrading’s Payment System one of the safest ways to trade online.

SecureTrading products offer most comprehensive suite of counter-fraud services available and offer alternative Payment Methods such as PayPal and Ukash.

Follow SecureTrading on Flickr http://flickr.com/photos/SecureTrading, Facebook http://facebook.com/SecureTrading, Twitter http://twitter.com/SecureTrading and YouTube http://youtube.com/SecureTrading.

—-Contact—-

SecureTrading

Ian Cushion, Marketing & Sales Manager.
Telephone: +44 (0)1248 672 071

Sian Parry, Marketing & Sales Executive
Telephone: +44 (0)1248 672 078
Email: marketing @ securetrading.com

Website: http://www.securetrading.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SecureTrading

Elemental Communications

Tim Gibbon, Director

Mobile: +44 (0) 7930 375 663
Telephone: +44 (0) 843 208 4592
Email: mediacentre @ elementalcomms.co.uk

Website: http://www.elementalcomms.co.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/elementalcomms

– Tim Gibbon 27-05-2010

U.K. based start-up, ispective, announces the release of World Cup Universe, its first iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad application (app). With the World Cup football tournament less than three weeks away, World Cup Universe is the perfect app to get in the mood for the 2010 edition.

Every tournament, every match, every team, every player, every manager, every goal and more are included in the app allowing fans to relive the fantastic history of the World Cup (1930-2006).

World Cup Universe features:

- All 708 World Cup matches with full team line ups, goal scorers, yellow/red cards and subs.
- Statistics for every team, player and manager to have participated in the tournament: 70+ teams, 5,500+ players, 250+ managers, 125+ stadiums.
- Appearances, wins, draws, losses, goals scored, yellow/red cards, substitutions, team performance summaries and more.
- Navigation from a player, manager or stadium statistics page to their associated matches.
- Ability to browse data in the History & Statistics section from within a tournament or by searching for individual teams, players, managers or stadiums.
- The Knowledge section, allowing fans to discover more about the World Cup. Search on various World Cup categories for players, teams and matches.

“We believe this is a first-of-its-kind football app. There are many World Cup apps available on the App Store but we believe World Cup Universe stands out as a football statistics app because of the sheer amount of data, detail and easy search functionality,” said Nabeel Ahmad, founder of ispective.

Ahmad, a former executive director in Technology at Goldman Sachs, left a ten-year career at the bank to launch his own start-up. His ambition is to turn ispective into a key player in the mobile device application market, with an emphasis on sports. A number of new titles are already planned for the rest of the year.

“ World Cup Universe will please the purist, the fanatic, the laidback, the quiz cheater and pretty much everyone who loves football. ”

About ispective:

ispective Ltd is a London-based start-up company specialising in mobile device applications. Their philosophy is simple – build high quality and interesting products that push the limits of the device.

Availability:

World Cup Universe is available immediately for purchase on the Apple iTunes App Store.

UK iTunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/world-cup-universe/id37144718…

US iTunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/world-cup-universe/id37144718…

Contact:

- Tel: 07920 031463 (UK) / +44 7920 031463 (non UK)
- Web: http://www.ispective.com – includes app screenshots.
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/goispective
- Email: universe@ispective.com – NABEEL AHMAD 26-05-2010

SwitchEasy has extended their famous range of Nude case to the new Apple iPad. The SwitchEasy Nude is an ultra-slim, super-tough and durable iPad case which protects the device from nasty scratches while adding very little to the overall size of the iPad.

SwitchEasy are most famous for their range of iPhone cases, however their success in this area is likely to continue with these new iPad cases. Although the name might conjure up a rather different type of product, NUDE actually refers to the fact that it’s thinner than any of its contenders. Measuring just 1mm thick it’s perfect for people who want excellent protection without the bulk.

We are particularly impressed by this iPad Skin because it comes complete with an iPad Screen Protector that prevents damage to the display. The kit also includes a portable iPad Stand which holds the iPad in an optimal position for watching movies or viewing slideshows.

With so many iPad Cases on the market, this is definitely a contender for ‘one of the best’. The SwitchEasy Nude is now available to buy in a choice of colours from GearZap.com.

About Us

GearZap.com is a specialist online retailer of Netbook, MacBook and iPad Accessories. As part of the Mobile Fun group, we have many years of experience in online retailing and pride ourselves on offering excellent customer service.

Contact Information

Mark Riley – Marketing Manager
Email: pr (AT) mobilefun.co.uk
0844 249 5079 – Charles Dunford 25-05-2010

Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban … Slough

FIFA.com, the world’s official football website, today announced the tech spec for its server farm in SLOUGH to house its 75 super computers to support a massive 70,000,000 page views per hour during the World Cup.

FIFA.com is expected to serve over 5.5 billion page views to fans over the 2010 World Cup, compared to the 4.2 billion recorded in 2006.

Over the past four years the world has acquired an appetite for online video, which FIFA.com will satisfy with the help of two petabytes (2,000 gigabytes) of video streaming bandwidth. To put the statistic into context, the CGI extravaganza Avatar required just one petabyte of local storage to render its spectacular 3D effects.

Matt Stone, Head of New Media at FIFA, commented:
“The 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa brings people from all over the world together with one common passion: to celebrate the beautiful game, non-stop, for a whole month. This is the first social media World Cup, where ordinary fans can become instant pundits from their living rooms. As the most popular sports event site in the world, FIFA.com will provide the authoritative content to bring the online football community together.”

Matt Stone continued:
“Slough was the natural choice for FIFA.com to house its additional bandwidth requirements. The state-of-the-art venue offers security and will ensure rapid delivery of the online experience to fans.”

From Slough, FIFA.com is distributed globally to tens of thousands of servers which then send content to users from the closest location, meaning the fastest possible download speeds.

Particularly avid users are the millions of worldwide members of the free-to-join FIFA.com club, the world’s largest online community of football fans. British fans now make up 6% of all Club members, the largest contingent in Europe.

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For more information, please contact:

Matt Stone
Head of New Media
http://www.fifa.com
Email: matt.stone@fifa.org
Telephone: +44 (0) 7521 683 831

About FIFA.com

FIFA.com, the world’s official football website, is the online heart of football.

Recognised as the world’s most authoritative football website, unrivalled for depth, insight and accuracy, FIFA.com reliably and impartially delivers the global football message across multiple digital platforms to an international community of millions of professionals and enthusiasts.

Constantly updated, FIFA.com (live since 1995) offers the latest news, video highlights, historical data, contact with the stars, behind-the-scenes access, and — through the free FIFA.com Club — a global meeting point for people who care about football.

In addition, FIFA.com supplies a one-stop shop for retail, event ticketing, accommodation and hospitality. Through serving the global football community it also delivers value to FIFA.com’s commercial partners (Adidas, Coca-Cola, Emirates, Hyundai, SONY, VISA) and World Cup sponsors (Budweiser, Castrol, Continental, McDonalds, MTN, Satyam, Seara, Yingli Solar).

In an average month, FIFA.com attracts approximately 5 million unique users and generates over 80 million page views. The 2010 FIFA World Cup is predicted to generate over 5 billion page views.

About FIFA

FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), an association governed by Swiss law, was founded in 1904 and is based in Zurich. It has 208 member associations and its goal, enshrined in its statutes, is the constant improvement of football. FIFA employs some 310 people from over 35 nations and is composed of a Congress (legislative body), Executive Committee (executive body), General Secretariat (administrative body) and committees (assisting the Executive Committee).

New on FIFA.com for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

FIFA.com, available in six languages, is the official online destination for the World Cup. In 2010, for the first time, FIFA.com users will select the Man of the Match for each of the World Cup’s 64 games. They will also share a vote with the world’s media for the best player in the tournament – the winner of the Golden Ball. To interact with FIFA.com and other fans, it is simply a matter of joining the free FIFA.com Club, to enjoy features such as the online Panini Sticker album.

Match data and statistics in unparalleled breadth and depth

FIFA.com will also provide World Cup match data and statistics in unrivalled breadth and depth, ranging from top-level information to key game statistics plus granular data such as blow-by-blow detail on passes, each player’s speed, and distance in the course of each match.

News, video, features, games and one-stop-shop

With a full range of news, video highlights, player profiles, historical data, behind-the-scenes access to the stars, games, polls, travel features and a one-stop shop for retail, event ticketing, accommodation and hospitality, FIFA.com offers football enthusiasts around the world the most comprehensive online service for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
– Penny Conway 24-05-2010