Tuesday October 30, 8:30 am ET
INDIANAPOLIS & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG - News), which markets the nation’s largest bank-issued gift card program, and American Express (NYSE: AXP - News), the nation’s largest issuer of open-system […]

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MEDIA RELEASE PR28096 Blackhawk Network Expands Gift Card Stores(TM) in Australia Through Exclusive Partnerships with Leading Retailers SYDNEY, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ — Australia Post, Franklins and Selected News Agencies Choose Blackhawk Network to Conveniently Deliver Best Brand Gift Cards
Blackhawk Network, a leader in card-based financial solutions and the largest provider of third-party gift cards in […]

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Tuesday October 30, 8:30 am ET

Average Amount Loaded to Cards Increases by 32 Percent over the Past Three Years
BRENTWOOD, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gift cards are not only the gift […]

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By Teresa von Fuchs
WirelessWeek - October 30, 2007

After months of speculation, Google might finally be ready to unveil the secrets of the Gphone. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Google wants to loosen the carriers’ grip on what applications are made available on cell phones. The story, citing people familiar with the […]

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Monday October 29, 3:30 am ET

Titan Card Services Expected to Generate Approximately $45 Million in Fiscal 2008 From Estimated $289 Billion Global Money Transfer Sector
DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Titan Global Holdings, Inc. (”Titan”) (OTCBB:TTGL), a high growth diversified holding company, today announced that […]

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From Scott Cruickshank, Chief Marketing Officer Paymentech
Keeping Debit and Credit Transaction Costs Down
Whether your business is a single location selling to consumers or a large, multi-channel business-to-business operation, chances are your company accepts credit and debit cards for payment. Allowing customers to pay with plastic is no longer an option, it’s a requirement in […]

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MasterCard Worldwide member banks have issued 19 million PayPass-enabled cards and tokens accepted at more than 55,000 merchant locations, including vending machines worldwide. But some panelists during the EFT Network Showcase at the ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum earlier this month in Carlsbad, Calif., expressed doubts about PayPass’ viability, Card Technology’s sister publication CardLine Global […]

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Despite American Express Co.’s decision to stop offering its health care-related debit cards at the end of the year, other major issuers will continue offering the credit cards to pay health care bills using employees’ health savings accounts and health reimbursement arrangements.
By Louise Esola
espite American Express Co.’s decision to stop offering […]

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Cash transfer is now easy, fast and cheap. Just use your cellphone, says Srikumar Bondyopadhyay

Sending money has never been so cheap and convenient. Thanks to mobile telecommunication, money remittance is just few clicks away. And it’s cheaper than fund transfers through cheques, bank drafts or post office money orders (see chart).
ICICI Bank launched this […]

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26 Oct, 2007, 1612 hrs IST,Aniruddha Ghosh, TNN

MUMBAI: After automated teller machine (ATM) and internet, banking transactions are set to migrate to mobile phone. From providing balance information and account alerts, banks with the help of IT companies have developed applications that now allow customers to make changes in their investment […]

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