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SPEED THE WIRELESS PAYMENT
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Visa's RFID payments infrastructure is open for business, but analysts say it's up to merchants to make the move.
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Posted: Friday, February 25, 2005
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ATM/CHECK CARD PLEASE
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A few years ago, Visa introduced the Visa Check Card, a debit card that worked like a credit card and subtracted any transactions from the customer's bank account. As a result, many people rarely keep cash with them, instead opting to pay for everything, including purchases less than $1, with a credit card.
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Posted: Friday, February 25, 2005
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FOR ANY SIZE PURCHASE, PLASTIC IS THE NEW CASH
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Merchants with "cash and checks only" policies are beginning to rethink them, as more customers expect to pay with credit and debit cards.
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Posted: Friday, February 25, 2005
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PLASTIC YOUR WAY: QUICK SERVE RESTAURANTS SERVE UP CREDIT
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Now that you can use plastic at the post office, the movies and in the subway, fast food and quick service restaurants (QSRs) are natural targets for market-hungry credit card companies.
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Posted: Friday, February 25, 2005
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TAKE CHARGE AMERICA OFFERS TIPS ON MANAGING YOUR CREDIT CARDS
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Almost everyone over the age of 18, and many who aren't, has or is using a credit card.
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Posted: Friday, February 25, 2005
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AMEX DOES MORE
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American Express lures timid Internet shoppers with Blue, the first hackerproof credit card.
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Posted: Thursday, February 24, 2005
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ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS SIGNS MULTI-YEAR RENEWAL WITH PACIFIC SUNWEAR OF CALIFORNIA, INC
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Alliance Data to continue providing private label credit card services for fast-growing specialty retailer of teen and young adult apparel.
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Posted: Thursday, February 24, 2005
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BANK OF THE WEST EXTENDS CASH MANAGMENT SERVICES WITH ACH DIRECT
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Bank of the West has signed an agreement with ACH Direct to bring increased payments solutions to customers of the California-based bank.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK TO LAUNCH PREPAID SERVICES PROGRAM
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Prepaid and Stored Value Program launched in cooperation with TRANSFIRST and Ingenico.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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FOR SOME, NO PURCHASE IS TOO SMALL FOR PLASTIC
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Fees for Card Use Irk Some Merchants. Visa International, MasterCard Inc. and other card companies are working hard to make sure that no purchase is too small for plastic.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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AT AN IMPASSE OVER INTERCHANGE
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According to Visa USA, its decision to create two categories of ATM interchange is a response to a changing marketplace that is designed to better balance the economic relationship between issuers and acquirers.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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WAL-MART UNVEILS OWN DISCOVER CARD
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Wal-Mart launched its new credit card, Wal-Mart Discover, yesterday as part of its plan to offer more money-saving financial products for customers with and without credit cards and checking accounts.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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LAUNCH OF NEW CARD, WAL-MART DISCOVER, MEANS BROADER GROUP WILL BENEFIT FROM MONEY-SAVING PRODUCTS
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Wal-Mart launched its
new credit card Wal-Mart Discover today, demonstrating its intent to
offer a robust line of money-saving financial products for all its customers.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
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SUNTRUST MERCHANT SERVICES AND PEPPERCOIN JOIN FORCES FOR SMALL PAYMENTS PROCESSING
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Small Payments Leader Continues to Broaden Market Reach.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
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XINHUA FINANCE INTRODUCES FREESTAR TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA MARKET
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Xinhua Finance, China's premier financial services and media company, today said it is working with FreeStar Technology Corporation to market FreeStar's PrePaid Debit Card technology in the China market.
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Posted: Monday, February 21, 2005
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ONE-TIME USE CREDIT CARDS OFFER SAFER ONLINE SHOPPING
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Some credit card companies offers one-time use credit card numbers to make online transactions safer. They are called substitute credit card numbers, or 'controlled payment numbers.'
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Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2005
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WACHOVIA USING NOVA FOR RETAIL CREDIT-CARD TRANSACTIONS
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Wachovia Corp. has contracted with Nova Information Systems to process retail credit-card transactions that had been processed through SouthTrust Corp.
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Posted: Friday, February 18, 2005
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TNS INKS FIVE YEAR DEAL WITH JAPAN'S CARDNET
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Transaction Network Services (TNS) has expanded into the Japanese retail point-of-sale transactions market, in a five-year deal with Japan Card Network (CARDNET), one of Japan's leading credit card authorisation and processing services.
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Posted: Thursday, February 17, 2005
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UC HUB GROUP, INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES THE ONGOING EXPANSION OF ITS PORTFOLIO WITH ESAFE
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Digital Transactions Are Key to the Digital City Vision With the Formation of a Financial Services Hub, eSAFE Incorporated, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
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Posted: Thursday, February 17, 2005
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RESTAURANTS 'TAKECHARGE' WITH NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION AND FIRST DATA
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Association Members to Receive Exclusive Rates on Credit Card Processing, Increased Payment Choices
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Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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RBC ROYAL BANK & STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY CHANGE THE CANADIAN CREDIT CARD REWARDS WORLD
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Two-in-One Card Allows Starbucks Coffee Lovers to Pay, Reload, Charge Purchases and Earn Rewards.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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KNIGHT FULLER'S CREDITPIPE SUBSIDIARY IS FIRST COMPANY IN SOUTH AFRICA TO RECEIVE VISA CERTIFICATION
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Knight Fuller's CreditPipe Subsidiary is First Company in South Africa to Receive Visa Certification for Its MobileCredit Switch.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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CURRENT CREDIT CARD INFORMATION IS TRANSPARENTLY DELIVERED TO PYDS'S MERCHANTS
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Merchants Can Now Receive Updated Expiration Dates for Expired Credit Cards Along With Other Changing Information.
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Posted: Monday, February 14, 2005
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YOUR PLASTIC COULD SURPRISE YOU IN 2005
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While we won't debate the value of having and using plastic on a regular basis, it is fast becoming common knowledge that the credit companies may not be as benevolent as we might have originally believed in their rush to make sure that every American has at least three cards in their wallet.
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Posted: Friday, February 11, 2005
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ZEBRA DEBUTS NEW PRINTER FOR ROUTE ACCOUNTING AND DIRECT STORE DELIVERY
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Provider targets mobile printing solution at beverage, bakery and snack industries to help customers improve accuracy and cash flow.
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Posted: Friday, February 11, 2005
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ASIA PAY GAINS LICENSE APPROVAL FROM SHENZHEN GOVERNMENT
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Asia Payment Systems, Inc. announced today that the Shenzhen Municipal Government has approved a Representative Office License for Asia Payment Systems.
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Posted: Friday, February 11, 2005
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GOLDLEAF LAUNCHES REMOTE DEPOSIT EXPRESS SERVICE
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New Service Allows Financial Institutions to Offer Check Truncation Independent of Merchant Location or Backroom Check 21 Capabilities
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Posted: Thursday, February 10, 2005
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STUDY REVEALS RISKIEST REGIONS FOR E-COMMERCE
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The Big Apple was chosen as the riskiest North American metropolitan area and Nigeria was chosen as the riskiest country.
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Posted: Thursday, February 10, 2005
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STORED VALUE'S WIC CARD SERVICE GETS NOD FROM FEDS
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Stored Value Systems Inc., which provides transaction-processing services and gift-card programs for retailers, has received approval from the federal Food and Nutrition Service to proceed with its online, card-based transaction service for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC program.
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Posted: Thursday, February 10, 2005
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CASUAL MALE RENEWS PARTNERSHIP WITH HSBC RETAIL SERVICES
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Partnership Adds New Private Label Credit Card Program for Rochester Big & Tall
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Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005
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GROWING NUMBERS OF WEALTHY AMERICANS ESCHEW TRADITIONAL LABELS
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Visa Signature Study Finds "New Affluents" Recalibrating Notions of Wealth.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 08, 2005
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ATTORNEY GENERAL TAKES ON INTERNET CIGARETTE SALES
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Peg Lautenschlager will meet with credit card executives to urge tougher stance on processing online cigarette purchasers.
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Posted: Monday, February 07, 2005
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VISA USA MARKS NATIONAL CONSUMER PROTECTION WEEK WITH STOP FRAUD CAMPAIGN
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Today Visa USA marks National Consumer Protection Week, Feb. 6-12, 2005, by launching its 'STOP FRAUD' campaign as part of the company's ongoing consumer protection education efforts.
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Posted: Monday, February 07, 2005
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BB&T SIGNS WITH STAR NETWORK FOR STAR CHEK DIRECT
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Service Increases Security of Check Acceptance With Real-Time Verification and Check Debit.
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Posted: Monday, February 07, 2005
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M&I MARSHALL & ILSLEY BANK ACCEPTS FIRST ELECTRONIC DEPOSIT FROM MERCHANT CAPTURE CUSTOMER, BRADY CO
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M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank (M&I) has successfully processed its first electronic deposit from a merchant capture customer, Brady Corporation.
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Posted: Monday, February 07, 2005
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M-NET, NBK, AND MTC-VODAFONE LEAD MOBILE PAYMENT EVOLUTION
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M-Net for Automated Banking Services, the first and leading mobile-payment provider in the Middle East, today announced in a press conference the official launch of its cutting-edge mobile-payment services across Kuwait.
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Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2005
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MORE WIRELESS PAYMENT OPTIONS ADDED TO AIRCHARGE LINEUP
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Aircharge and Infinite Peripherals announce the release of a new printer with credit card reader for wireless payment processing using the pa1mOne Treo 600 Smartphone.
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Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005
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NORTHWEST ADDS LOW-COST CARD
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Northwest Airlines and Airplus today launched a centrally billed payment and reporting tool for corporate customers, mirroring a similar arrangement Airplus fostered with Continental Airlines in 2003.
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2005
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DEXIT INTRODUCING NEW INTEGRATED POINT-OF-SALE SOLUTION FOR SMALL PAYMENTS
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Dexit Inc. (TSX: DXT), the creator and operator
of the Dexit(R) electronic payment facilitation service for small
transactions, today announced the availability of a new integrated
Point-of-Sale solution for its 'Pay With Dexit Instead(TM)' service that will
make it easier for merchants to complete small payment transactions.
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2005
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A MUST FOR 2005: CISP AND SDP COMPLIANCE REVIEWS
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I predict one of the hot and compelling issues for the ISO community in 2005 will be the hefty fines charged by Visa U.S.A. and/or MasterCard International for security breaches of the ISO's or one of its merchant's systems that result in the compromise of cardholder data.
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2005
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E-CRIME TO ROCKET IN 2005
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Online shopping and online fraud are to increase in equal measure during 2005, according to payment service CyberSource.
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2005
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BANKS AT HEART OF CREDIT CARD REALIGNMENT
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A looming industry shake-up will find credit card companies forming new alliances in the orbit of three megabanking groups, analysts say.
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2005
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INDUSTRY UPDATE
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NACHA Reports ARC Is Highest-Quality Consumer ACH Debit.
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Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2005
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DIRECT RESPONSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPLETES AGREEMENT WITH ATRANA SOLUTIONS
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Hispanic Merchants and Grocers Will Have an Easy and Cost-Effective Means to Connect to the Debit Card Loading Network.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 02, 2005
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PEPPERCOIN SMALL PAYMENTS PROCESSING SUITE AVAILABLE TO FIRST DATA CHANNELS
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Small Transaction Suite Certified for Sale Through Processor's Merchant Acquiring Partners.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 02, 2005
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BIOMETRIC PAYMENTS EXPANDING TO GROCERY AND CONVENIENCE STORES
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Pay By Touch is a free service that allows you to pay for purchases or cash checks with just the touch of your finger.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 02, 2005
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FINGER-SCAN PAYMENT SERVICE EYES FOOTHOLD IN MARKET
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Supermarket chain Albertson's Inc. is testing a new service that lets consumers pay for purchases with a finger scan linked to their financial accounts.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 02, 2005
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BB&T SIGNS WITH STAR NETWORK FOR STAR CHEK DIRECT
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Service Increases Security of Check Acceptance With Real-Time Verification
and Check Debit
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Posted: Wednesday, February 02, 2005
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NEW WEAPONS AGAINST AN OLD NEMESIS: FIGHTING E-PAYMENTS FRAUD
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Payment processors upgrade their technology for combating online criminals
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Posted: Wednesday, February 02, 2005
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NEW CARDS AS TOURISTS TAKEN FOR A RIDE
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AUSTRALIANS who travelled to Southeast Asia, especially Malaysia, in recent months could have been victims of credit-card scams - and some have been issued with new cards by ANZ, National Australia Bank, Westpac and St George.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 02, 2005
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NEWTEK BUSINESS SERVICES, INC. ANNOUNCES RELATIONSHIPS WITH OVER 90 CREDIT UNIONS
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Newtek Business Services, Inc. a provider of business services and financial products to the small to medium-sized business market,
today announced that it has formed a total of over 90 unique relationships
with credit unions throughout the country.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 02, 2005
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CITIGROUP ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT ON CREDICARD'S BUSINESS PORTFOLIO
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Citibank Brazil Will Add More Than 3.8 Million Cards to Its Brazilian Credit Card Base.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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SURVEY REVEALS CANADIANS REQUIRE MORE FRAUD PREVENTION EDUCATION
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Visa delivers robust fraud education program during Fraud Awareness Month.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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ATOS ORIGIN, PLUSCARD TO OFFER CARD PROCESSING SERVICES
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Atos Worldline, a division of French IT services provider Atos Origin, and German financial outsourcing company Pluscard Service-Gesellschaft für Kreditkarten-Processing, Saarbrücken, have signed an agreement to offer card processing services to savings banks and banking institutions.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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RETAILING TECHNOLOGY >> OUT OF THE STONE AGE
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Looking to optimize and streamline campus store sales and inventory? Take a cue from these schools, and think: technology.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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