Chase and LivingSocial Launch First Co-Branded Credit Card

kistnergroup — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:59:43 +0000

Today, Chase Card Services [NYSE: JPM] and LivingSocial announced the launch of the LivingSocial Rewards Visa® Card. This first ever partnership of its kind will provide LivingSocial users with additional value on [...]

Starbucks has processed 20M mobile payments since January

kistnergroup — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:59:54 +0000

From: MobileBeat.com

Starbucks has processed more than 20 million mobile payment transactions, the company revealed during its earnings call Thursday.

Starbucks Mobile Pay, the company’s pay-by-mobile application and in-store scanner system, was rolled out nationwide in January. The system, available at roughly 9,000 locations, lets iPhone, Android and BlackBerry users with the

Identity Fraud Attempts Double in First Half of 2011, Experian Data Shows

kistnergroup — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:51:29 +0000

Oct 17, 2011, 7:00pm

From Payments.com

The latest Fraud Index from Experian®, the global information services company, has revealed that identity fraud attempts doubled in the first half of 2011, compared to Q4 in 2010. This pushed up the overall level of application fraud attempted against UK financial services firms [...]

Amex Expands Its Prepaid Lineup With A Campus ID Card

kistnergroup — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:44:55 +0000

PaymentsSource | Wednesday, November 2, 2011

By Sean Sposito

American Express Co. will provide prepaid campus ID cards to University of North Florida students, the card company announced Nov. 2.

The product is Amex’s first prepaid campus ID Card.

Amex has been expanding into prepaid in recent months with products aimed at consumers that typically would not consider [...]

Has Prepaid Exec Russell Simmons Priced Himself Out Of Occupy Wall Street?

kistnergroup — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:11:31 +0000

PaymentsSource | Friday, October 28, 2011

By Sean Sposito

When Russell Simmons visits to show his solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protestors, he probably does not bring the new diamond prayer beads he was bragging about on Twitter.

Simmons, best known for his work in the music business and, more recently, his high-fee prepaid card, is [...]

Giftango Adds Physical Cards To Gift Card Platform

kistnergroup — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:07:00 +0000

PaymentsSource | Monday, October 31, 2011

By Andrea McKenna Brankin

Giftango has expanded its ordering interface so online retailers may sell both virtual and physical cards, the gift card provider announced Oct. 27.

Giftango is adding physical gift card delivery to its e-gift card service, which processor Vantiv LLC supports through its prepaid platform, David Nelsen, [...]

Wal-Mart Expands Prepaid Card Products Through Green Dot

kistnergroup — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:57:01 +0000

PaymentsSource | Monday, October 31, 2011

By Will Hernandez

Green Dot Corp.’s decision to expand its prepaid debit card offerings at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. might be a sign the prepaid market is starting to see the limits of targeting unbanked and underbanked consumers, notes one analyst.

Wal-Mart’s MoneyCard program now will include a Visa-branded [...]

Google Wallet in Action (UNCENSORED!) – pymnts.com

kistnergroup — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:30:51 +0000

Google Wallet in Action (UNCENSORED!) – pymnts.com.

This article is part of the MasterCard CEO, Top Execs Review Strategy & Preview Latest Innovations Briefing Room. See the rest of this briefing room Google Wallet in Action (UNCENSORED!)

A small sample of our card designs…

kistnergroup — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:43:02 +0000

Gift Cards & Prepaid