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USADATA Continues “Fun Promotions” with New Netflix Offer

USADATA, the leading provider of Sales Leads. On Demand.™ and CRM Software On Demand, today launched a promotion that rewards customers with a 6-month Netflix Gift Subscription for orders between $250-$499, and a 12-month Gift Subscription for orders of $500 or more through March 31, 2009.
At USADATA (www.usadata.com), users can generate real-time list counts [...]

EMVCo Welcomes American Express As Its Fourth Owner-Member

EMVCo, the EMV standards body jointly owned by JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc., today announced American Express as its fourth owner-member. The addition of this latest international payment organisation aligns with EMVCo’s intent to attract further industry participation in the development of the EMV Specifications.
As an established supporter and end-user of EMV [...]

TransCard Names Jerry Uffner as President

TransCard (www.transcard.com) – a leading provider of prepaid debit card solutions branded with MasterCard®, Discover® Network and STAR associations – has announced that Jerry Uffner will be the company’s new President. Uffner had been TransCard’s Chief Marketing Officer. He will report to TransCard’s CEO, Craig Fuller.
“This year promises to be one of phenomenal success and [...]

TransCard and Socialwise™ Plan to Revolutionize Prepaid

TransCard – a leading provider of prepaid debit card solutions branded with MasterCard®, Discover® Network and STAR associations – and San Diego-based Socialwise, Inc. (“Socialwise”), a wholly owned subsidiary of ideaEDGE, Inc. (IDEA.OB), are collaborating to offer a prepaid debit card for online gift giving to be released in early 2009.
TransCard has developed a [...]

CreditCards.com: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report

Credit card issuers held annual percentage rates steady on new credit card offers this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report, as the industry awaited a new year that analysts predict could bring further declines in card usage.
The nine credit card categories tracked by CreditCards.com were unchanged.
Rates for card categories [...]

Merit Entertainment Selects ePort Connect ® Credit-Debit Card Payment Solution for Megatouch Touchscreens

Merit & USA Technologies Bring Cashless Convenience to Entertainment Systems Market
USA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAT), and Merit Entertainment announced an agreement where Merit will install USA Technologies’ ePort software in thousands of its new Megatouch touchscreen entertainment systems.
Merit, provider of industry-leading Megatouch countertop entertainment systems for 30 years, selected the ePort software and [...]

“Smart Objects” are on show in Paris at CARTES & IDentification 2008

CARTES & IDentification 2008
From November 4 to 6, 2008, contactless, wireless and USB technologies release the smartcard and are on exhibit at CARTES & IDentification 2008, the leading world event in digital security and smart technologies.
Watches, bracelets, key rings… contactless technology will be displayed in all its possible forms.
During the American Democratic National [...]

Union Bank Offers Small Business Rebate Program to MasterCard Debit and Credit Card Holders

Union Bank of California is now offering the MasterCard® Easy Savings™ program to provide its small business customers with easy ways to save as they continue to use credit and debit cards to pay for business expenses.
The MasterCard Easy Savings program offers MasterCard small business card holders automatic savings on a variety of goods [...]

Inside Enters Contactless Payments Market In Brazil

American Banknote Brazil Achieves Type Approval for MicroPass-Powered Bank Cards
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, October 13th, 2008 – Strengthening its presence in the Brazilian contactless payments market, INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in advanced contactless microprocessor platforms, today announced it has teamed with American Banknote (ABnote) Brazil to produce a MasterCard type-approved contactless payment card for this growing [...]

Cartes ’08: Ingenico Secures Contactless Future

Market leader showcases contactless security ‘first’ and the widest portfolio of contactless payment solutions at Cartes ‘08
Paris, France: Ingenico will showcase the most comprehensive range of contactless payment solutions at the forthcoming Cartes and Identification 2008 exhibition in Paris this November. Utilising its own unique embedded contactless technology, the Ingenico portfolio of PINpad, wireless and [...]

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