www.cardsinternational.com Issue 565 / march 2019 RETAIL THERAPY ARE GIFT CARDS COMING TO THE UK HIGH STREET’S RESCUE? TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT COUNTRY SNAPSHOTS SumUp’s strategy to meet How SCA is the biggest Key market data and demand as society becomes shake-up in payment analysis for Brazil, increasingly cashless security since chip and PIN Indonesia and Mexico CI March 2019 565.indd 1 22/03/2019 14:34:39 contents this month COVER STORY NEWS 14 05 / EDITOR’S LETTER 06 / DIGEST • Contactless set to explode in Poland as limit increases • Barclaycard partners UnionPay for card acceptance • ShoCard, Alhamrani Universal develop biometric ATM • US credit card and DDA fraud losses to reach $2.7bn by 2020 • Curve customer protection covers claims up to £100,000 • Experian calls off ClearScore deal • Nets renews and extends DNB and Eika deals • Barclaycard Presicionpay to integrate with Amadeus • Fingerprint Cards biometric software platform goes live GIFT CARDS 06 Editor: Group Editorial Director: Director of Events: Douglas Blakey Ana Gyorkos Ray Giddings +44 (0)20 7406 6523 +44 (0)20 7406 6707 +44 (0)20 3096 2585
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