Semble is here: the mobile wallet for New Zealanders. Now you can make everyday payments from your Vodafone smartphone. Source: http://www.youtube.com

The adoption of EMV will make it more difficult for cybercriminals to copy account numbers, security codes and magnetic stripes associated with credit cards. But retailers have to get ready now. Source: http://www.bizjournals.com

2-day In-person ComplianceOnline seminar on fraud detection, prevention, internal & external financial audits, forensic accounting techniques. Source: http://www.complianceonline.com

Fingerprinting welfare recipients will be controversial for those privacy advocates who protested against photo ID on electronic benefit cards in the past. Source: http://www.biometricupdate.com

The new payment standards don’t address fundamental security issues, Forrester says, and adoption could be slowed by the rise of new technologies like mobile and contactless payments from companies like Apple. Source: blogs.wsj.com

Run! The iconic 1990s movie “Trainspotting” opens with Mark Renton, played by Ewan McGregor, being chased down an Edinburgh street, having stolen from CD shops Source: grocerytrader.co.uk

Villagers from flood-hit areas in Kazakhstan ask for help and to assess damages to their homes. Emergency services are still working to counter the consequences of flooding and prevent additional ruin. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – An unmanned… Source: http://www.businessinsider.com

The US Consulate General in Kazakhstan brushed aside rumors that the cargo delivered from Abu Dhabi to US Embassy in Bishkek was carrying weapons and cash to organize revolutions in Central Asia. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan Ashikbayev addressed the plenary session of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)review conference April 27 in New York. Source: http://www.astanatimes.com