Details surrounding Discover debit strategy are murky

March 26, 2006

Digital Transactions: More than a month after officially entering the signature-debit card market, details of Discover Financial Services Inc.'s debit card…

TNS buyout offer on the table

March 23, 2006

Washington Business Journal: Transaction processor Transaction Network Services Inc. received a buyout offer from senior management led by company chairman and…

Visa's mini contactless payment card launches

March 23, 2006

The Wisemarketer: Visa USA has launched a new Visa Contactless Mini Card - a small form-factor contactless payment card (about half the size of a traditional…

Welfare recipients pay high fees at ATM for benefits

March 23, 2006

CBS (Denver) Channel-4: Denver welfare recipients have paid more than $1.8 million in ATM fees in the last two years to access their benefits, The Denver Post…

Fujitsu does damage control

March 23, 2006

Digital Transactions: In the game of assessing blame for the massive debit-card breach that has compromised an estimated 600,000 accounts, POS software…

NCR to resell Trend Micro's VirusWall

March 22, 2006

AME Info: Through a targeted deal for its German customers and resellers, NCR Corp.  will begin reselling Trend Micro Inc.'s Trend Micro Network VirusWall 300.

Visa offers prepaid reloads at retail locations

March 22, 2006

The Wisemarketer: Visa USA has introduced the Visa Prepaid Load Network, a new service that allows consumers to purchase and add funds to Visa reloadable…

Debit-card fraud underscores legal loopholes

March 22, 2006

The Register: Recent widespread debit-card fraud likely has roots in three major data leaks that occurred in the last six months. (Read also, Debit card crime…

Bahrain bank outsources ATM service to Euronet

March 21, 2006

Gulf Daily News: Bahrain Islamic Bank is outsourcing its ATM network and credit card management to Euronet Middle East, a joint venture between Euronet World…

People's Bank signs with Fifth Third Processing Solutions

March 21, 2006

CINCINNATI - People's Bank has signed a seven-year contract with Fifth Third Processing Solutions for electronic funds transfer services, including gateway…

TNS acquires Sonic Global Solutions' U.S. unit

March 20, 2006

Finextra: Transaction Network Services Inc. acquired Sonic USA Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with the TPII and TP-CMS software products of Sonic…

Swipe USA moves to wireless with TNS

March 20, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO - Swipe USA, a Bay area ATM management firm, selected the Transaction Network Services Inc.'s ATMLink solution, which the company expects to…

Visa watches sales rise in Philippines

March 20, 2006

INQ7money: Payment processor Visa International reports that its total retail sales went up to P76.5 billion (U.S. $1.5 billion) in 2005, up 27.1 percent from…

BillMatrix counsels California commission on bill-pay legislation

March 20, 2006

Houston Chronicle: BillMatrix Corp., a provider of outsourced telephone and Internet-based payment services and a subsidiary of Fiserv Inc., briefed the…

Lloyds improves ATM security

March 19, 2006

Silicon.com: Lloyds TSB is installing anti-skimming devices on all of its U.K. ATMs, as bank research reveals fraud is scaring people away from cash machines.

Debit card fraud losses may exceed $1 billion

March 19, 2006

Kasikorn bank contracts Card Tech Limited

March 19, 2006

Andhra Bank of India deploys kisan cards

March 19, 2006

System leak compromises debit cards

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

A system is only as strong as its weakest link - an adage proven true last month when news of the most widespread debit-security breach ever hit the Internet…

Wincor World showcases banking, retail solutions for the 21st century

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

March 15, 2006

Self-service is changing the way consumers bank and buy. At Wincor World 2006, companies from across the globe demonstrated what they're doing to meet the…