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Discover’s Hybrid Growth Strategy Boosts Network Volumes

Discover Financial Services now has more than 100 bank card merchant acquirers booking small to medium-sized merchants for its network, the company reported today at an investor presentation in New York City. Discover predicts that those acquirers will enable Discover acceptance in 97% of their new merchant sales in 2010's …

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E-Commerce Merchants Take on More Risk in Search of More Sales

With the economy still shaky, some established online merchants are branching into new product lines in search of incremental revenue, and that can create problems if the merchants don't work closely with their acquirers, Bob Nadeau, group executive at Chase Paymentech Solutions LLC, tells Digital Transactions News. In a wide-ranging …

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First Data: Embrace of SD Cards Won’t Weaken Sticker Commitment

First Data Corp., which for the past couple of years has been pushing its Go Tag contactless-sticker technology, announced on Tuesday it will promote a new contactless technology for mobile phones based on Secure Digital memory cards. But the massive Atlanta-based processor says the move will have no impact on …

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The NRF Wants Dodd To Carry the Interchange-Regulation Torch

Interchange regulation of the kind being advocated by national merchant groups just isn't getting much traction on Capitol Hill. In the latest example, the National Retail Federation on Monday issued a statement saying it was disappointed that U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd's much-awaited proposal for regulatory reform in …

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BofA’s Move on Debit Card Overdrafts Could Herald Big Revenue Drain

Bank of America Corp.'s decision to stop offering overdraft protection on debit card transactions casts a spotlight on billions of dollars in fee revenue issuers earn from cardholders that could drain away if the bank's move becomes a trend. It could also be a harbinger of a move by consumers …

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Capellas Leaves First Data As Hints of Recovery Appear on the Horizon

Michael D. Capellas, the former Compaq Computer Corp. and MCI chief executive who became chairman and chief executive at First Data Corp. in September 2007 when private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. took the huge processor private, is taking a new position at KKR. Replacing him as chairman and …

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In Prepaid, Issuers And Networks Will See Fastest Revenue Growth

The continuing boom in general-purpose prepaid cards will lift all providers' boats, but some industry players will see revenues grow faster than others, according to new report from Aite Group LLC. The Boston-based research firm estimates that the total revenue pie of the so-called network-branded prepaid card industry will grow …

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Phishers Are Zeroing in on Executives with Treasury Responsibility

Online criminals are broadcasting fewer scam e-mails but are zeroing in on more individuals who have substantial assets to protect or who have access to companies' or financial institutions' money-movement capability, according to the latest report on phishing from the Anti-Phishing Working Group. The report also indicates that merchants, banks, …

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Big Merchants Pay $225,000 on Average for PCI Audits, Study Says

Getting an annual assessment to determine their compliance with the Payment Card Industry data-security standard costs big merchants an average of $225,000, but some pay $500,000 or more and others much less, according to a new research report by Ponemon Institute LLC. The report also says that only about 2% …

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Regulators Seek Stronger Authority over Card Payments in Canada

Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty submitted his budget plan to Parliament late last week, and his proposals have merchants celebrating. That's because the government is floating the idea of regulating the payment card networks and, by implication, credit and debit card interchange. “There was good news for retailers in yesterday's …

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