UK banks and building societies partner with Licuro (www.licuro.com) ahead of its UK launch, poised to compete with each other on interest rates for time deposits   London – July 22, 2009 – UK banks and building societies are signing up to take part in an innovative market place for savers (individuals, companies and organisations) based on Europe’s first and largest online interest rate auction house, mybanker.biz, founded in Denmark in 2002.   Licuro.com is totally independent and allows registered users to auction their savings directly to banks and building societies. Savers choose how much they want to deposit and for how long. In turn banks and building societies bid against each other, offering time deposits at their best available interest rates.  

Customers Receive Payment Reminders, Transaction Alerts, Fraud Control   Redwood City, CA and Cape Town, South Africa – July 21, 2009 – Clickatell, mobile messaging solutions provider for financial service providers worldwide, today announced that FirstGlobal Microfinance bank of Nigeria is delivering Clickatell-powered text banking services to eager mobile customers. FirstGlobal customers can now opt-in to receive real-time Clickatell SMS transaction alerts, payment reminders and SMS fraud alerts directly to their mobile phone, any time of the day or night.   Experts estimate that $20-30 billion dollars are currently on loan to more than 50 million microfinance borrowers around the globe. In addition, ~70% of the Nigerian population is un- or under-banked, a fitting demographic to take advantage of microfinance services, especially those using SMS as a way to communicate to banking customers because of its ubiquity and ease of use.  

20 July 2009 – GB Group, the leading provider of identity management solutions has today announced a three year deal with e-Payments provider, ClickandBuy to offer customers using the online checkout service with greater identity protection.   ClickandBuy, which offers payment processing services to more than 14,000 online merchants across 26 different countries, will now be able to offer their retailers increased security and assurance that the customers they are dealing with are who they say they are – and that they are therefore authorised to make the required payment. What this means for the consumer is a significantly reduced risk of someone else being able to make transactions using their card details on sites supported by ClickandBuy.  

LONDON, 17th JULY 2009 –To mark the start of a new financial year, Easynet Global Services is announcing a raft of major customer wins. The managed network, hosting and telepresence company has won significant international business from organisations such as EDF, Sports Direct, Seves, SAGE, the Bridgestone Corporation and Vollers. This is in addition to re-signing contracts with companies like Yakult, Ambassador Theatre Group and Via Michelin, demonstrating the results of outstanding managed services combined with convincing service excellence.    Denis Planat, Chief Operating Officer for Easynet Global Services, said: “Passion and professionalism, trust and transparency are inherent to our people, and everyone works really hard to provide service excellence for our customers.