The Latest News from the Credit and Debit World
New Email Security Appliances Have Built-In Compliance Capabilities
SAN BRUNO, CA–(Marketwire - November 20, 2007) - IronPort® Systems, a Cisco business unit and a leading provider of enterprise spam, virus and spyware protection, today announced the introduction of fully integrated Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards compliance for email. The new […]
Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:58pm ESTNEW YORK (Reuters) - Capital One Financial Corp (COF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) a credit card and banking company, said it no longer plans to buy NetSpend Holdings Inc, a prepaid debit card marketer.
Capital One said it instead intends to acquire a minority interest in NetSpend, along with the right to […]
By Christine Park
11/20/2007 - When it comes to shopping, these days more people are using debit cards in stores than credit cards. And debit cards are even starting to eclipse cash.
Mandy Shapiro says she uses a debit card to pay for just about everything. Until recently, she didn’t realize a purchase could go through even […]
Chase Card Services announced today it will end its practice of potentially raising credit card interest rates based on financial data not connected to the cards themselves. Up until now, Chase (like many credit card companies) has given itself the option to raise a customer’s credit card rates based on downward changes to the customer’s […]
Monday, 19 Nov 2007 13:04
The practice of sending unsolicited cheques to customers is continuing and consumer confusion over the cost and charges of the cheques remains.
Last year some 326 million cheques were sent out to card holders by credit card companies - but only four per cent of users asked for the cheques, according […]
November 19, 2007: 07:16 PM EST
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- PayPal, the alternative online payment services provider, will on Tuesday place a bet that it can extend its reach and boost its brand faster by partnering with credit card giant and sometimes rival MasterCard Inc. (MA).
PayPal, a unit of Internet auctioneer […]
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Tuesday November 20, 8:30 am ET
Tips You Need to Know to Get You Through This Holiday Season
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The holiday season is upon us and consumers will spend much of their time shopping online or headed to the malls, using credit cards, […]
Date: 11/13/2007
ATLANTA and LAS VEGAS, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — BAI Retail
Delivery Conference Booth #2021 - CheckFree Corporation (Nasdaq: CKFR)
today announced its expanded OpenChannel strategy for mobile banking and
payments.
CheckFree’s expanded mobile strategy is designed to support multiple
technologies for delivering online financial services via mobile devices, including
microbrowser-based wireless application protocol (WAP), text messaging (known
as SMS for short […]
SAN DIEGO – November 14, 2007 – Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading
developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced
wireless technologies, today announced it has agreed to acquire Atlanta-based Firethorn
Holdings, LLC, an industry-leading mobile banking enabler. The addition of Firethorn’s
expertise in the financial industry and key relationships with wireless operators, financial
institutions […]
