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Merchant Services Headlines - May, 2007


SEAMLESS TECHNOLOGY INC. ANNOUNCES NEW WEB SITE DESIGN FOR MERCHANDIZER SOFTWARE

Seamless Technology, Inc. has Introduced a New Website Focusing on Their Ecommerce Software Solutions; This Website Provides the Latest Information on Shopping Cart, Merchandising and Website Design Software Solutions

Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2007



AIT REVAMPS TEMPLATE STORE

Offers a 'Business in a Bundle' plan with four new web design bundles and a variety of features.

Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2007



KANSAS CITY BUSINESS SUED FOR CREDIT CARD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT SCAM

Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed a lawsuit seeking restitution and penalties against a Kansas City company that repeatedly violated Missouri

Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2007



AFFILIATE MANAGERS THAT AFFILIATES LIKE

Adam Viener, President of Imwave, moderated a panel on “How to Recruit Super Affiliates” at Affiliate Summit 2007 West.

Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007



HOSTING PROVIDER, AIT, INTRODUCES “BUSINESS IN A BUNDLE” WEB DESIGN PLANS

All bundles come complete with web hosting for the first year, a domain name, and basic site design.

Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007



TOP 10 TIPS FOR YOUR E-COMMERCE WEBSITE

E-commerce and fulfillment specialist, e-lick, has released ten top tips to ensure your e-commerce website is a success.

Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007



THE PAPER AIMS TO HELP COMPANIES MEET IMPENDING PCI REQUIREMENTS

Businesses that rely on payment by credit cards are required to comply with the PCI security standards by September 2007. Non compliance could result in loss of merchant account, severe fines and lawsuits.

Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007



NEW WORKING CAPITAL, CHURCH FINANCING AND COMMERCIAL LOAN SITES

AEX Commercial Financing Group announced today that it is now offering three different websites to address the unique business loan issues associated with church financing

Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007



XGOLD.CA: INTERVIEW WITH INDEPENDENT E-GOLD EXCHANGE AGENT

Continuing interview with Sylvain Falardeau a Canadian Independent exchange provider for e-gold and Pecunix. Pt.1

Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007



POWERPAY SELECTS FISC FOR MERCHANT CHECK SERVICES

PowerPay, one of the nation’s leading credit card processing companies has recently selected FISC, Maine’s largest payment processing company, to provide remote check deposit services to its clients.

Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007



ESPRIT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (PINKSHEETS: EFGO.PK) ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WITH UNION BANK

Esprit Financial Group, Inc. (PINK SHEETS:EFGO.PK) announced today that the executive committee of one of Africa's largest banking institutions, Union Bank of Nigeria

Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2007



QUICKBOOKS ONLINE SURPASSES 100,000 CUSTOMER MILESTONE

Customer Total Quadruples in Three Years as Small Businesses Discover Anywhere, Anytime Accounting Made Easy

Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2007



FORUM FANFARE: PAYMENT PROCESSING, PAGE RANK, POOR PROFITS

Today we're putting the spotlight on our readers and some of the issues that they have been talking about in our forum.

Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2007



INFOR UNVEILS ERP LX FEATURE PACK 2

Infor last week unveiled a new release of ERP LX, the i5/OS-based ERP suite it obtained last year with its acquisition of SSA Global.

Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2007



INDUSTRY UPDATE

In response to a rise in organized retail crime, the National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association, in collaboration with the FBI, launched the Law Enforcement Retail Partnership Network (LERPnet)

Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007



STREET SMARTSSM: THE POS SYSTEM BUZZ

Something has been generating a buzz in the payments industry. Many people who are talking have not seen it, and very few have demoed it.

Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2007



CYNERGY FINDS SYNERGY IN ABANCO GATEWAY

Cynergy Data got a 30% boost to its portfolio by buying a 15,000-merchant portfolio from Abanco International. The purchase was completed in late April and included Abanco's payment gateway.

Posted: Saturday, May 26, 2007



WHY ARE CC NUMBERS STILL SO EASY TO FIND?

Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton gives the full-disclosure treatment to the widely known and surprisingly simple technique for finding treasure-troves of credit card numbers online.

Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2007



NATIONAL MERCHANT CENTER NAMED OFFICIAL PAYMENT PROCESSOR FOR BUSINESS MATCHMAKING

National Merchant Center (NMC), the California based global payment processing provider, has been named Official Payment Processor for Business Matchmaking, the nation’s leading public-private small business procurement program.

Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2007



SEAMLESS TECHNOLOGY INC.'S CEO AND CHAIRMAN LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

Seamless Technology Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SLSX) (www.seamlesstech.com), CEO and Chairman, Borys Rafalowicz, today issued the following letter to Seamless Technology shareholders and interested members of the investment community.

Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2007



VALLEY & STATE TODAY'S TALKER

Police: Stolen credit-card numbers bought in Russia

Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2007



GAS STATION MANAGER CHARGED IN CREDIT CARD SCAM

The manager of Johnny’s Sunoco gas station on River Street has been charged with credit card fraud amounting to more than $20,000 and involving one victim, according to the Police Department.

Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2007



MASTERCARD: BE WEARY OF INCREASED SUPPLY

Monday, on Mad Money, Jim Cramer was pushing MasterCard (MA), saying that at these levels it is still a good investment.

Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2007



TWO ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLING FROM MAJOR BANKS

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents today announced the arrests of two men for allegedly masterminding a significant credit card fraud

Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2007



MAN CHARGED WITH CREDIT CARD FRAUD

The manager of Johnny's Sunoco gas station has been arrested for credit card fraud that amounted to more than $20,000 and involved just one victim, according to the Police Department.

Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2007



ELITE ADDS CARD PAYMENT PROCESSING OPTION

Elite Document Solutions, the document management software developer that was recently acquired by Vanguard Systems, the developer of the IMS21 imaging system

Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2007



1ST GLOBAL FINANCIAL SIGNS THREE NEW MERCHANTS POTENTIALLY ADDING OVER $12,000,000

1st Global Financial Corporation's (PINKSHEETS: FGBF) (German WKN#A0LGTL; Symbol: ZUM) San Diego sales office today announced that they will be providing credit card processing

Posted: Monday, May 21, 2007



MERCHANTS, PAY ATTENTION TO RISING CREDIT-CARD FEES

Downtown Indianapolis restaurateur Regina Mehallick admits figuring out how much credit-card fees affect her bottom line doesn't occupy a big slice of her busy day.

Posted: Monday, May 21, 2007



CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

Look at your credit card with renewed suspicion. For, as Elliot Castro’s story reveals, fraud is rampant therein

Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2007



PAYNET SYSTEMS HAS ONE OF THE BEST AFFILIATE PROGRAMS THAT ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES

Paynet Systems has one of the best affiliate programs that encourage businesses to participate and help promote their merchant account and credit card processing services.

Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2007



BUSINESS MOMS DISCOVER THE PERFECT WEALTH FORMULA

Perfect Wealth Formula, a revolutionary new internet marketing program offers a way to earn quick cash to home business moms and others who want a part-time home business.

Posted: Saturday, May 19, 2007



PASSING ON THE CHECK

More businesses reject checks in favor of plastic as debit and credit cards become the way to pay

Posted: Saturday, May 19, 2007



ALLEGED CREDIT CARD SCHEME COULD BE COSTLY

A Merrimack man is facing a 20-year federal prison term after a grand jury indicted him for wire fraud, alleging he used a telephone dial up system

Posted: Friday, May 18, 2007



WEBMONEY MOVES INTO MAINSTREAM E-COMMERCE WITH CRONOPAY

It’s hard to keep up with the rapid pace of Webmoney’s expansion throughout the global e-commerce realm.

Posted: Friday, May 18, 2007



FORMER AMI BUILDING IN BOCA SOLD TO APPLIED CARD SYSTEMS

The former American Media Inc. building in Boca Raton -- site of an anthrax scare in 2001 and sold by AMI for $40,000 to Boca developer Gary Rustine

Posted: Friday, May 18, 2007



NEW MOBILE MERCHANT ACCOUNT DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR LANDSCAPE BUSINESSES

Accept by Phone, Inc has recognized a need in the landscaping industry for an efficient and practical way to collect payments from customers who prefer to use their credit card.

Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007



IS A CORPORATION SCAMMING SMALL BUSINESSES?

It started with The Eyewitness News Investigators Sarah Wallace looking into lawsuits by a New York corporation against hundreds of mom and pop businesses.

Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007



SESALES UPDATED TO VERSION 1.5.1

Zarra Studios has updated its seSales point-of-sale software to version 1.5.1. It’s a maintenance update with some bug fixes and performance tweaks.

Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007



BEST AFFILIATE PROGRAM WITH PAYNET SYSTEMS

Paynet Systems has one of the best affiliate programs that encourage businesses to participate and help promote their merchant account and credit card processing services.

Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007



INTERNATIONAL CARD ESTABLISHMENT REPORTS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS

International Card Establishment, Inc. (I.C.E.) (BULLETIN BOARD: ICRD) today announced its first quarter results.

Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007



DEBT: AN INESCAPABLE CONCEPT

Debt is an inescapable concept. It is never a question of debt or no debt. It is always a question of which kind of debt, owed to whom, when.

Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007



APPLIED CARD BUYS AMERICAN MEDIA BUILDING

The former American Media building in Boca Raton, site of an anthrax scare in 2001, has sold for $10 million.

Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2007



TELEXTREME CHOOSES PAYPARTNERS TO HELP WITH GLOBAL PAYMENTS

RTP Financial Services, d/b/a PayPartners today announced an agreement with TelExtreme, Inc. to provide the First Pay Globe Wallet Visa prepaid debit card to their growing number of affiliates throughout the world.

Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2007



USE YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE AS A DEBIT CARD

A startup promises to save both drivers and gas station owners a bundle at the pump by cutting credit cards out of the payment process

Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2007



THINK PARTNERSHIP CHOOSES CHASE PAYMENTECH TO OPTIMIZE PAYMENT PROCESSING PROCEDURES AND COSTS

Think Partnership Inc. (AMEX:THK), an international leader in interactive performance-based marketing and related Internet technologies has chosen Chase Paymentech, LLC for payment processing.

Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2007



1ST GLOBAL FINANCIAL SUBSIDIARY SIGNS MERCHANT ACCOUNT POTENTIALLY ADDING IN YEARLY TRANSACTIONS

1st Global Financial Corp.'s (PINKSHEETS: FGBF) (XETRA: ZUM) wholly owned subsidiary 1st Federal Financial Corp. has added yet another large merchant account in the San Diego

Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2007



SOLUPAY AND ECHO TO OFFER NEW GROCERY ELECTRONIC CHECK CONVERSION PAYMENT SOLUTION FOR MERCHANTS

Electronic Clearing House, Inc. (Nasdaq:ECHO), a leading provider of electronic payment and transaction processing services, today announced that Solupay and Electronic Clearing House, Inc. (ECHO) have teamed up to offer new grocery check conversion payment solutions for merchants.

Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007



WTO INTERNET GAMBLING ALERT: BETUS INDICTMENT ONLY TIP OF ICEBERG

The indictment involving BetUS and other companies alleges that the defendants' businesses assisted Internet gambling sites by arranging fund transfers between U.S. bettors and the sites

Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007



PAYPAL WEBSITE PAYMENTS PRO INTEGRATES WITH ACTINIC ECOMMERCE SOFTWARE

Actinic and PayPal announce a new integration between version 8 of Actinic’s desktop ecommerce software and PayPal Website Payments Pro

Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007



FOREIGN EXCHANGE 101

I continue to receive a steady stream of questions about the "best" ways to pay bills and get local cash when traveling outside the U.S.

Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007



DON’T FALL FOR SALES PITCHES; EBAY BUSINESSES TAKE WORK

Strike it rich on eBay. Make money the eBay way. The secrets to proven eBay success!

Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2007



STREET SMARTSSM:PROFICIENT PROSPECTING

First, I would like to say thank you to the GS Online MLS Forum members who replied to my posts regarding this column

Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2007



APPLE IS A SMALL POTATO HERE

The battle has raged since the first personal computers hit the market: Microsoft Corp. versus Apple Inc., the Windows operating system versus Mac OS.

Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2007



PREPAID CARDS MAKE FOR BIG STORED VALUE

The value proposition behind prepaid cards is easy to make: ISOs wanting to differentiate themselves offer the breadth of stored value products retailers are seeking, according to William Biwer, President of Smart Card Solutions LLC.

Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2007



TWO DRAPER FIRMS PART OF INTERNET GAMBLING BUST

Feds say defendants helped gamblers disguise their bets as legitimate purchases

Posted: Friday, May 11, 2007



SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION COMPANY QUESTIONING

Search engine optimization company selection is sometimes tricky. Aside from price variations, snake oil guarantees, and over emphasizing the importance of meta tags ...

Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2007



AEX COMMERCIAL FINANCING GROUP ISSUES WORKING CAPITAL, BUSINESS CASH ADVANCE AND CREDIT CARD PROCESS

An online Executive Summary has been published at http://www.working-capital-management.org by AEX Commercial Financing Group to help commercial borrowers throughout the United States obtain appropriate terms for working capital loans, credit card processing and business cash advance situations.

Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2007



FIRE LAKE SOLUTIONS HAS PARTNERED WITH AUTHORIZE.NET TO OFFER AFFORDABLE CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

A growing company of Business Technology Professionals announces its partnership with Authorize.Net to offer affordable and reliable payment processing services.

Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2007



TAXI RIDES IN NY GOING HIGH-TECH

To taxi officials, the touch-screen monitors cropping up in cabs help passengers make the most of the 13 New York minutes spent on an average ride.

Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2007



EXPERTS: EASING STANDARDS LIKE PCI DSS A BAD IDEA

There's no doubt companies are going through misery trying to comply with such mandates as the Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2007



DATISI DEBUTS FROM GIBRALTAR

The PayZ EU Internet Payment System was launched by Gibraltar based Datisi Limited this week.

Posted: Wednesday, May 09, 2007



CREDIT CARD PROCESSING AND BUSINESS CASH ADVANCE GUIDELINES ISSUED BY AEX COMMERCIAL FINANCING

The immediate availability of a Credit Card Processing and Business Cash Advance Executive Summary was announced today by AEX Commercial Financing Group, LLC.

Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2007



1ST GLOBAL FINANCIAL SIGNS NEW MERCHANT ACCOUNT TO ADD MORE THAN $8,000,000 IN PROCESSING PER YEAR

1st Global Financial Corporation's (PINKSHEETS: FGBF) (XETRA: ZUM) San Diego office announced today that they have signed Fisherman's Landing as a new merchant.

Posted: Tuesday, May 08, 2007



REPORT: TJX THIEVES EXPLOITED WIRELESS INSECURITIES

The insecure wireless network at a Marshalls discount clothing store near St. Paul, Minn. may have allowed hi-tech attackers to gain a beachhead in retail giant TJX

Posted: Friday, May 04, 2007



EBIZ NEWS: BEAUTY MARKETING, SHOPPING SITE FEED TIPS

This week in e-commerce news: marketing to "beauty buyers," tips for getting your feeds properly submitted to comparison shopping sites and a new store platform designed specifically for small businesses.

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007



MEGAPATH PARTNERS WITH IP MERCHANT SOLUTIONS TO SPEED CREDIT, DEBIT AND OTHER FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS

MegaPath Inc., the leading provider of managed IP voice, data and security services in North America

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007



HANDHELD DEVICES CARVE RESTAURANT NICHE

During the summer months, Keith Tatovich, vice president of Chicago restaurant Oak Forest Bowl, would watch his waitresses make the long walk across his 20,000 square foot beer garden

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007



PROVENBENEFIT AND TRUSTCOMMERCE PARTNER FOR FUND-RAISING AUCTION CREDIT CARD PROCESSING

"We are excited about partnering with TrustCommerce", said Mark Matt, Sales Manager.

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007



PROVEN SOFTWARE,INC. HAS INTEGRATED THE TRUSTCOMMERCE PAYMENT SOLUTION INTO PROVENBENEFIT FUND-RAISE

Proven Software, Inc. has integrated the TrustCommerce payment solution into ProvenBenefit fund-raising event and auction software for charitable and nonprofit organizations.

Posted: Wednesday, May 02, 2007



THE T.J. MAXX HACK ILLUMINATES REALITY CREDIT CARD COMPANIES WANT TO HIDE FROM ONLINE MERCHANTS

The 'T.J. Maxx hack', where the credit card information for over 45.7 million customers was compromised by hackers, may be bad for card holders, but it has been most costly for online merchants, according to business payment service provider, DalPay Internet Billing.

Posted: Wednesday, May 02, 2007



LML PAYMENT SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF BEANSTREAM INTERNET COMMERCE

A Leading Provider of Authentication and Internet Payment Processing Solutions

Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2007



FATHER AND SON SALES AGENTS PLEAD GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING CUSTOMERS

United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that KENNETH CERVELLIN, 61, and RONALD CERVELLIN, 47, father and son from the Sacramento area, pleaded guilty today in federal court

Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2007



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