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Week Of June 30, 2008

Taiwan Cooperative Bank has launched the first "Visa Prepaid" card in Taiwan. The new "TCB Electronic Money" is available for NT$100 at any TCB branch and does not require consumers to open an account or hold a credit line with a bank. (TAIWAN)
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Giant and Citibank have launched the "Giant Citibank" credit card, providing consumers a 2% rebate on all purchases made at Giant stores nationwide and up to 1% rebate on all other purchases. The new card additionally provides cardholders member prices, discounts, no annual fee for the first year.... (MALAYSIA)
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The latest Bloomberg Eurozone Retail "Purchasing Managers' Index" posted the second-fastest rate of decline in the survey's four-and-a-half year history and exceeded by April's record fall. The Index fell fell from 53.1 in May to 44.0 in June. (UNITED KINGDOM)
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In response to high volumes of cross-border payments seen in the Scandinavian market, Equens payment processor will be processing cross-border payment transactions for the OP-Pohjola Group finance group through its single common platform. With its platform capable of processing.... (FINLAND)
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