Fiserv names new corporate controller

July 16, 2006

BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Fiserv Inc. has named Joseph Gibson senior vice president and corporate controller effective. According to a news release, Gibson will…

Texas credit union joins Co-Op Financial Services

July 13, 2006

ONTARIO, Calif. - Universal City, Texas-based Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union has joined Ontario, Calif.-based Co-Op Financial Services.

First Data to acquire software development company

July 13, 2006

Associated Press: First Data Corp. will acquire Peace Software, a developer of utility billing and customer service management programs. Financial terms of…

Discover, First Data partner

July 13, 2006

DENVER - First Data Corp. has signed an agreement with Discover Financial Services LLC to offer Discover Network card acceptance to small- and mid-sized…

Project First, GRG Banking sign ATM agreement

July 13, 2006

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Project First ATM Deployment Services has signed an agreement with China's GRG Banking Equipment Co. Ltd. to provide the full line of GRG's…

Bank fees in China anger customers

July 11, 2006

China View: Account fees introduced by Chinese banks over the past three years have customers angry and confused. Charges such as ATM cross-bank cash advance…

China UnionPay, Discover open Pulse Network to Chinese travelers

July 10, 2006

RIVERWOODS, China - China Unionpay and Discover Financial Services have struck a deal that allows Chinese travelers to use their China Unionpay cards at Pulse…

Smart Card Alliance council moves forward after first year

July 10, 2006

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. - The Smart Card Alliance Physical Access Council, an organization focused on technology and processes of physical-access control that…

China gets first EMV cards

July 10, 2006

ePaynews.com: China's first EMV chip cards are now being issued by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. In line with Asia's card fraud liability shift…

China's card industry sees rapid growth

July 10, 2006

ePaynews: China's bank-card business is growing, with 175 card issuers dispensing 960 million cards by end-2005, and a 610,000 POS terminals and 80,000 ATMs in…

Unwired: Wireless ATM connectivity continues to grow

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July 9, 2006

Retailers and FIs had concerns early on about data-transmission security over the Internet. Now it appears some of those fears have been assuaged.

Chase launches U.S. Open ticket campaign at ATMs

July 9, 2006

The European Financial Management & Marketing Association reports that Chase Bank has launched a U.S. Open ticket campaign at its network of 1,789 ATMs in…

SURVEY: Majority of Canadians remain confident in ATM security

July 9, 2006

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Despite a growing awareness of ATM-related fraud, nearly 70 percent of Canadians say they won't change their ATM use. That's according…

Oregon PD taps FBI for help with debit, ATM scam

July 9, 2006

KOB-TV, Channel 15: Police in Ashland, Ore., are working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help crack a spree of bank-account thefts. An estimated…

PCI-compliance rates expected to rise

July 9, 2006

Digital Transactions: About 23 percent of the United States largest U.S. merchants now comply with the Payment Card Industry data-security standard, according…

Link pushes ATM 'transparency' rules in U.K.

July 6, 2006

NORTH YORKSHIRE, England - After months of debate about the fee-charging ATMs in the United Kingdom, Link Interchange Network Ltd. Dec. 13 published results…

Office of Fair Trading reports Link's ATM innovations

July 6, 2006

NORTH YORKSHIRE, England - The Office of Fair Trading has published a report about Link Interchange Network Ltd.'s governance and access arrangements, looking…

Link warns two ATM companies for not complying with fee rules

July 6, 2006

NORTH YORKSHIRE, England - Travelex and TRM Corp., two of the United Kingdom's biggest cash-machine operators, could have their ATMs cut from the Link…

Link says U.K. users pay attention to on-screen ATM-fee warnings

July 6, 2006

NORTH YORKSHIRE, England - The United Kingdom's Link Interchange Network Ltd. found in an April survey that on-screen ATM warnings about fees seem to be the…

Congress pushed to address data security

July 6, 2006

Digital Transactions: With the loss or theft of computerized personal information making headlines almost daily, lawmakers are scrambling for solutions for…