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Merchant Services Headlines - March, 2005


BANK OF CHINA TO LAUNCH FIRST JCB BRAND CARD IN CHINA

JCB, the only Asian-based international payment brand, is pleased to announce the April launch of a JCB branded credit card in China.

Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2005



LEAVE YOUR CREDIT CARDS AT HOME

KSU to save money, students pick up the fees.

Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2005



LATE CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS

More credit card companies are utilizing the universal default clause, and Call 4 Action reporter Meghan Jones says it could affect your credit score.

Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2005



TRACING CREDIT CARD HOLDS

There was considerable outrage among consumers and lawmakers after I reported last month on the little-known practice of 'holds' of up to $75 being placed on people's credit and debit cards, sometimes for as long as a week, when you fill your tank at a gas station.

Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2005



PROTECT YOURSELF WHEN SHOPPING ONLINE

Online merchants offering implausibly low prices on brand-name TVs, cameras, and other goods are trolling for bargain hunters at big-name shopping sites.

Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2005



TELECASH, A FIRST DATA COMPANY, REINFORCES CREDIT CARD DATA SECURITY WITH INGRIAN NETWORKS

DataSecure Platforms Provide Optimum Solution for Meeting Client Requirements and Ensuring Consumer Privacy

Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005



PAYING BY CELL PHONE ON THE WAY

Soon your cell phone will very likely replace your wallet for making payments on the fly.

Posted: Monday, March 28, 2005



SMALL BUSINESSES A TARGET FOR CREDIT CARD PROCESSOR

Former Fifth Third execs aim at market that others miss.

Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2005



CREDIT CARD FRAUD REPORTS RANK SECOND TO AUCTION FRAUD, SAYS IC3

Credit card fraud was topped only by auction fraud as the most frequent complaint filed with the Internet Crime Complaint Center last year, accounting for about 5% of the complaints referred by the watchdog group to regulatory and law enforcement agencies. That’s a 22% drop from last year, the group reports.

Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2005



VESDIA LAUNCHES PRIVATE LABEL CARD LOYALTY PROGRAM FOR NONPROFITS

In a move to strengthen its position as the global leader in loyalty marketing technology, Vesdia Corporation announced today the official launch of a new non-profit fundraising program called "FundraiserRewards".

Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2005



NOVA SECURES MULTI-YEAR EXTENSION OF REGIONS CARD PROCESSING ALLIANCE

NOVA to Continue to Provide Payment Processing Services to Regions Bank and Union Planters Bank Merchants.

Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2005



AUTHORIZE.NET PAYMENT GATEWAY ATTRACTS PREMIER SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS

Authorize.Net Corporation, a service of Lightbridge, Inc., today announced a growing list of third party solution providers that have integrated their products to the Authorize.Net Internet Protocol (IP) Payment Gateway.

Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2005



SVC FINANCIAL SERVICES PARTNERS WITH ELECTRACARD(SM) SERVICES FOR CARD PROCESSING SERVICES

In a first of its kind partnership, SVC Financial Services will leverage ECS' processing platform, ElectraCard(SM) based in India, to manage its global payments programs.

Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2005



NOVA ENHANCES ELECTRONIC CHECK SERVICE PRODUCT

Atlanta, Georgia-based Nova Information Systems has added an Accounts Receivable Conversion to its Electronic Check Service product line.

Posted: Friday, March 18, 2005



TSYS WINS ABN AMRO CARD PROCESSING DEAL

US electronic payment processor TSYS has won a seven-year deal to provide card payment processing services to Dutch bank ABN Amro.

Posted: Friday, March 18, 2005



BID TO STUB OUT INTERNET CIG SALES

Internet cigarette sales will go up in smoke under an agreement to snuff out credit card purchases, state officials predicted yesterday.

Posted: Friday, March 18, 2005



ASIA PAY LAUNCHES SHANGHAI DATA CENTRE AND SCRC TELECOM PROJECT KICKOFF

Asia Payment Systems, Inc. announced today the launch of the Shanghai Data Centre to serve as the hub for payment processing and credit bureau systems in China.

Posted: Thursday, March 17, 2005



COMMERCIALWARE PARTNERS WITH CARDINALCOMMERCE FOR 3-D SECURE

CardinalCommerce, the leader in payment authentication services and CommercialWare, the leading provider of cross-channel retail management software, have announced an agreement through which CommercialWare will recommend the Cardinal Centinel(tm) payer authentication software to its customers who want to participate in the 3-D Secure programs, Verified by Visa and MasterCard(r) SecureCode(tm).

Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2005



AUTHORIZE.NET ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF SECURE VIRTUAL POINT OF SALE -VPOS- BETA

Authorize.Net Corp., a service of Lightbridge Inc., today announced that it has completed an initial beta release of its new Virtual Point of Sale (VPOS) product. VPOS is designed to provide a secure, easy-to-implement, easy-to-use solution for "brick and mortar" retail merchants using the Authorize.Net Payment Gateway.

Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2005



'CONTACTLESS' CARDS SPEED TRANSACTIONS

The future of credit card transactions.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



TRANSFIRST INTRODUCES TRANSACTION CENTRAL

Proprietary product, Transaction Central - a Web-based payment processing solution - provides 'big business technology' to smaller merchants worldwide.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



VISA INT'L TO UPDATE BRAND FRAMEWORK

Visa International, operator of the world's largest consumer payment system, said Tuesday it plans to update the company's brand framework, including a new look for the blue, white and gold Visa logo.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



NOVA INTRODUCES DYNAMIC CURRENCY CONVERSION

Merchants and Financial Partners to Earn Revenue From Foreign Card Transactions.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



AUTHORIZE.NET VALIDATES ITS MULTI-CARD COMPLIANCE PROGRAM CERTIFICATION

Authorize.Net Corp., a service of Lightbridge Inc., today announced that it recently completed a successful Multi-Card Compliance Program (MCCP) certification audit conducted by Ambiron LLC, a leading provider of data security and compliance services.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



PAYMENT PROCESSING DIRECT, INC. SELECTS NETOPIA AND MEGAPATH TO DELIVER IP MERCHANT SUCCESS BUNDLE

Payment Processing Direct, Netopia and MegaPath solutions combine to give retailers feature-rich high-speed merchant IP networks.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



RETRIEVER PAYMENT SYSTEMS USES VERIFONE VX 610 AS WIRELESS WAY TO PAY AT RELIANT PARK

Vx 610 CDMA Portable Payment Solution Combined with VeriFone Connect Wireless Services Sets New Mobile Payments Benchmarks.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



NOVA INFORMATION SYSTEMS ADDS ARC FUNCTIONALITY TO E-CHEQUE SERVICE

NOVA Information Systems (NOVA) today announced the addition of Accounts Receivable Conversion (ARC) to its Electronic Check Service (ECS) product line.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



TRANSFIRST LAUNCHES NEW CHECK PROCESSING SERVICES PROGRAM FROM CROSSCHECK

TransFirst and CrossCheck, Inc. Form Strategic Partnership to Introduce Check Processing Program for Merchant Customers.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



SMART TRANSACTION SYSTEMS EMBRACES 'CONTACTLESS' SMART CARDS FOR GIFT AND LOYALTY PROGRAMS

The Latest Technology in Smart Cards Allows Consumers to Simply Pass Their Card in Front of a Reader Without Handing the Card Over to a Clerk

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



SVC FINANCIAL TO SHOWCASE WIRELESS PHONE FUND TRANSFERS AT INTELE-CARD EXPO

SVC Financial Services, Inc., a leading provider of electronic payment processing and stored value products and services, announced today that its featured presentation at Intele-Card Expo will unveil a unique capability to transfer funds from one wireless telephone to another.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



VERIFONE INTRODUCES WEB-BASED PAYMENT PROCESSING SOLUTION

IPCharge Supports Multiple Business Segments Through a Single Solution.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



RETAIL DECISIONS WINS 5 YEAR CONTRACT

Retail Decisions (ReD), an international leader in payment processing and card fraud prevention services announced today that PEMCO Technology Services, based in Seattle, Washington, has implemented PRISM(R) neural technology solutions to detect and prevent ATM, credit and debit card fraud.

Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2005



HOW DO YOU PAY: CREDIT OR DEBIT?

Americans love to pay with plastic, but which kind? Debit cards gain in popularity.

Posted: Sunday, March 13, 2005



CARDSYSTEMS SOLUTIONS RENEWS WITH TNS TO PROVIDE DATA NETWORK SERVICES

Transaction Network Services, Inc., a subsidiary of TNS, Inc. (NYSE:TNS), today announced that CardSystems Solutions Inc., a world leader in electronic transaction processing services, has again selected TNS to deliver CardSystems Solutions' primary transaction network transport in the United States.

Posted: Friday, March 11, 2005



EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF CONSUMER FRAUD

Would you be paying with cash, check, debit or credit? Everyone will experience this question in some variation. What not everyone knows are the implications of each unique transaction and the rights you have as a customer.

Posted: Friday, March 11, 2005



RUESCH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS WITH CARDSYSTEMS SOLUTIONS TO OFFER CREDIT CARD PAYMENT PROCESSING

Ruesch International, Inc., a leading provider of international payment and global currency services announced today that it has entered into an agreement with CardSystems Solutions, a world-class provider of end-to-end credit card payment processing solutions focused exclusively on meeting the needs of small to mid-sized merchants.

Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2005



IMPACT OF CHANGING PAYMENT LANDSCAPE ON BANKS

New research report by Mercator Advisory Group. This report incorporates a subset of that same information but also evaluates how this dramatic change at the POS impacts the decisions being made in bank operations and analyzes the impact these new merchant demands will have on banks in the long term.

Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2005



REDSIREN IS RECOGNIZED AS A MASTERCARD SITE DATA PROTECTION COMPLIANT VENDOR

RedSiren, the world's most trusted provider of IT security management solutions, announced today that it has successfully completed the MasterCard Site Data Protection (SDP) compliance testing process.

Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2005



COMBATING "CARDHOLDER NOT PRESENT" FRAUD

Of the security issues facing banks everywhere, prevention of card fraud has always been a high priority, and is set to grow even further in importance. The level of card fraud has risen significantly over recent years, caused in the main, by the explosion in the number and usage of payment cards and the associated high level of organised card crime activity.

Posted: Wednesday, March 09, 2005



TSYS PRIMED TO CONQUER EUROPE

Card processor after one bank, one retailer, one nation at a time.

Posted: Monday, March 07, 2005



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