Florida firm enters payroll card market

September 6, 2005

Tampa Bay Business Journal: Bradenton, Fla.-based stored-value and debit-card firm Morgan Beaumont Inc. is rolling out the Prestige Payroll Card, its first…

Discover isn't going anywhere

September 5, 2005

The Green Sheet: Investment banking firm Morgan Stanley has decided not to sell Discover Financial Services. In April 2005, amidst much corporate turmoil…

BankWest, First Data form alliance for merchant acquiring in Australia

September 5, 2005

SYDNEY- In a first for the Australian financial services industry, BankWest, a member of the HBOS Australia group, and First Data Corp. have formed an…

Smart Card Alliance establishes Contactless Payments Council

September 5, 2005

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. - The Smart Card Alliance announced in a news release the formation of a Contactless Payments Council. The Council will work to…

Turkey's financial sector grows 36%

September 1, 2005

Zaman Online: The Turkish banking sector has strengthened with economic stability. The total assets increased last year by 36 percent on a U.S. dollar basis…

EMV expected to help banks differentiate at POS

August 30, 2005

ePaynews.com: New EMV card features can help banks differentiate at the point of sale - versus at the ATM, call center or online channels - and represent a…

STUDY: Turkish market soars in payment cards

August 29, 2005

LONDON - The number of payment cards in western Europe has increased by 12.5 percent to 721 million from 2002 to 2004, according to a reported published by…

French ATM/debit cards gain more cashless payments

August 29, 2005

ePaynews.com: France, together with the United Kingdom, is a leader in Europe's EMV migration, with 40 percent of ATM/debit cards (19.2 million) and 62 percent…

As processors merge, the industry holds its breath

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

After 20 years of mergers and acquisitions, only few more than a handful of transaction processors remain. But it may still be too early to tell whether the…

First Data expands agreement with Latin American FI

August 24, 2005

MEXICO CITY - First Data Corp. has renewed its payment-processing agreement with BBVA Bancomer, according to a news release. First Data will support BBVA…

Japan banks tap power of plastic in profit search

August 23, 2005

Reuters: Japan's major banks, hunting for new profit sources after cleaning up a decade-long bad-loan mess, are taking their earnings quest to a new arena: the…

Paragon releases POS simulation in new testing tools

August 22, 2005

HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. - Paragon Application Systems, which provides ATM and EFT simulation, configuration and testing tools, announced the release of its quality…

WHITE PAPER: Identifying and Controlling Debit Card Phishing Scams

August 21, 2005

This Fair Isaac white paper, written by Mike Urban, looks at phishing scams and their influence on the growing problem of debit card fraud in the United States.

Fallout from CardSystems breach continues

August 21, 2005

After the security breach at CardSystems, many who previously paid little attention to the card acquiring business are paying attention now.

ATMIA summit to preview 2006 expectations for FIs, ISOs

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Regulations, compliance deadlines and how to tap into new markets are expected to take center stage in 2006, and they're all issues that industry leaders will…

ChoicePoint provides i.d. verification at AmStar ATMs

August 17, 2005

CARROLLTON, Texas - AmStar Systems Inc., a self-service financial kiosk manufacturer, has selected ChoicePoint as a service provider to help the company meet…

Stored-value ATM/debit card development deal signed

August 15, 2005

The Wisemarketer.com: Morgan Beaumont, a technology solution provider to the stored value and debit card market and owner of the SIRE Network, and Meta Payment…

ANALYSIS: A look at encryption, from then to now

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August 14, 2005

Steve Weingart, a cryptography expert, examines the future of Triple DES by recapping encryption's history.

Indian call centers sell off card details

August 14, 2005

ABC News Online: Personal information is being made available illegally by workers inside Indian call centers, which is placing tens of thousands of…

Fiserv acquires electronic bill-payment company

August 14, 2005

BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Fiserv Inc. has completed its acquisition of BillMatrix Corp., an expedited electronic bill-payment services provider. According to a news…