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October 24-26, 2010
The Wynn, Las Vegas, NV
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Discover Learns to Offset Contraction in Card Line
American Banker | March 19With consumer demand weak for credit cards and fewer competitors in the private student loan market, Discover Financial Services is making a bid to become a big lender on campuses.
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Chevron Attempts To Clear The Air About Debit Card Holds
PaymentsSource | March 18To better educate consumers about debit card holds for fuel purchases, Chevron Corp. is placing decals at its gas pumps nationwide explaining the retailer’s role in the process. The decals notify consumers that their financial institution may place a hold on account funds in excess of the sale if they use a debit card to buy fuel.
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Agents Advised To Monitor Where They Earn Their Revenue
PaymentsSource | March 19Both novice and seasoned sales agents for independent sales organizations can have difficulty understanding exactly where they earn their revenue because not every ISO defines and pays residuals in the same way, note observers.
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Apriva Deal Expands SparkBase Gift And Loyalty Card Acceptance
PaymentsSource | March 19Gift and loyalty services company SparkBase says its deal announced this week with Apriva will expand the potential number of merchants that can accept SparkBase products. [FREE]
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Barclays Launches Merchant-Funded Barclaycard Freedom Rewards
PaymentsSource | March 19Barclays Group PLC this week rolled out Barclaycard Freedom, a broad-based, merchant-funded rewards program for the United Kingdom-based issuer’s 8 million Barclaycard credit card customers.
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More Sales Agents Seeking Up-Front Revenue
PaymentsSource | March 19The weak economy, decreased transaction volumes and margin compression in the payments industry are increasing the importance of up-front revenue streams for independent sales organizations and their sales agents instead of revenue purely from residuals, industry insiders say.
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Industry Calls On Congress To Keep FTC As Exclusive Regulator
Collections & Credit Risk | March 19The four organizations representing the nation’s accounts receivables management industry are calling on Congress to keep the Federal Trade Commission as the exclusive regulator of debt purchasers and collectors. [FREE]
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ClairMail Touts Cross-Functionality
American Banker | March 19The mobile banking technology provider ClairMail Inc. announced a platform that it says makes it easier to adapt mobile banking systems as a bank's business and technology needs change. [FREE]
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New ‘Rights’ Good For UK Cardholders, HSBC Says
PaymentsSource | March 19The new “rights” for United Kingdom credit cardholders the UK Card Association announced earlier this week demonstrate that the payments industry can make changes and provide a smart and competitive service to consumers, HSBC Holdings PLC contends.
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PayPal Inks China UnionPay Deal
PaymentsSource | March 18EBay Inc.'s PayPal Inc. says it has partnered with China UnionPay Co., China's biggest card issuer, enabling Chinese consumers to shop online with international retailers using their China UnionPay bank cards.
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Analyst: Australian Central Bank Interchange-Regulation To Continue
PaymentsSource | March 19Australia’s central bank is likely to continue regulating payment card interchange fees indefinitely, at least one analyst predicts. [FREE]
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Ability To Pay: Next Steps For Financial Institutions
March 15Financial institutions are breathing easier and getting on with their business since the deadline to become compliant with the final rule on amendments to Regulation Z passed last month. Now what? [FREE]
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- Credit Repair Promoter Agrees To $2.5 Million FTC Settlement
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- Lessons In Portfolio Management
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- PayPal Looks For An iPhone 'Bump'
- Lessons In Portfolio Management
- RegaloCard Changes Its Mobile Funds-Transfer Process
- Co-op Intends To Buy Share System Debit-Processing Service
- Chevron Attempts To Clear The Air About Debit Card Holds
- First Data Taps MicroSD Cards As Next Contactless Step
- Barclays Launches Merchant-Funded Barclaycard Freedom Rewards
- Industry Calls On Congress To Keep FTC As Exclusive Regulator