News / Archive 2006
08 November 2006
PLDT Launches new remittance service
PLDT Global Corp. has introduced a new service that allows Filipinos living in Hong Kong to remit money directly to their beneficiaries in the Philippines cheaper by as much as 65 percent, through their mobile phones via text messaging.
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08 November 2006
User Forum showcases mobile payment strategy
Convergence was one of the central themes of the GFG:UniCARD User Forum held recently in Melbourne, with attending banks showing strong interest in alternative payment channels such as mobile. read more
08 November 2006
Mobile phones may be key to banking the poor
GFG's Peter Goldfinch was recently invited to the Maldives by CGAP - a donor agency operating under the auspices of the World Bank - to discuss an initiative to deploy mobile payments technology to between 30 and 40 developing countries. read more
04 October 2006
World leading software wins TUANZ Mobile
Application of the Year Award for GFG Group
Software to enable a mobile phone to make payments in the same way as a credit or EFTPOS card has won New Zealand’s GFG Group the TUANZ Telecommunications Mobile Application of the Year Award. read more
August 2006
First sale of GFG:UniCARD into Vietnam
The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam has purchased GFG:UniCARD to spearhead its entry into Vietnam’s developing electronic banking market. read more
September 2006
Strategic customer role for GFG Group
Chief Technology Officer
GFG Group Director and Chief Technology Officer Bill Crocker has been appointed to the new and expanded role of Director, Payment Solutions.
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September 2006
Asia United Bank saves with GFG:FINsim
Philippines-based Asia United Bank has purchased GFG:FINsim for testing its ATM machines and switches, saving a full time salary equivalent and freeing ATM machines previously used for testing to be deployed into production. read more
August 2006
GFG Banking on mobile technology
IMAGINE being able to buy lunch, withdraw money at McDonald's or repay a debt to a friend just by using your mobile phone. Rather than some fanciful vision of mobile commerce in the next decade, these services are already available to cell phone users in the Philippines, using technology designed by New Zealand company GFG Group. read more
19 June 2006
Market of 80 million opens to GFG:Mobile
GFG Group has signed a reseller agreement for GFG:Mobile with Infocom, a 99% owned subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., (the largest fixed-line operator) and owner of SMART Communications, Inc. (the largest mobile operator) in the Philippines. read more
19 June 2006
GFG meets aggressive product development milestones for 2006
GFG Group has reported continued strong revenues for its fiscal year ended 31 March 2006 - with major ongoing investment in product development, infrastructure and global sales and marketing resources. read more
10 April 2006
GFG:Secure Mailer to automate cryptographic key management
GFG is now shipping GFG:Secure Mailer, an off-the-shelf way to automate the remote use and management of secure cryptographic keys, removing the need for multiple personnel to contribute different parts of a key. read more
10 April 2006
GFG signs GFG:FINsim partner in Philippines
GFG has appointed leading IT systems integrator Leverage Systems Technologies (LST) Inc in the Philippines as a reseller for GFG:FINsim.
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10 April 2006
GFG:PINselect upgrade allows remote
PIN selection with Triple DES support
GFG has upgraded GFG:PINselect – which enables remote customer services such as PIN selection without a branch visit – to meet the most stringent new standards of cryptographic processing. read more
01 March 2006
GFG’s Wayne Robinson appointed to
new Group Operations Manager position
Wayne Robinson – GFG’s former General Manager in Australia – has been appointed to the new position of Group Operations Manager, based in Auckland. read more
13 February 2006
GFG Group signs million dollar deal
Technology New Zealand will match R&D spend for the next year. read more
