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National Credit Card Delinquencies End 2011 Nearly 5% Lower Than Last Year
TransUnion has announced that "the national credit card delinquency rate (the ratio of borrowers 90 or more days past due) reached 0.78% in the fourth quarter of 2011, a drop of almost 5% from the same period one year ago and continuing well below...See more...
Headline News – February 22, 2012
On the web: China UnionPay Is Working On a Square-like Mobile Payment Solution - TechNode Considering a Successor for the TVs in Taxicabs: Square - NYTimes.com How Mobile Payments Are Revolutionizing Public Transit - Mashable.com On the wires: AlertPay To Become Bangladesh's First Online Payment Service Provider Taulia Joins Forces With TrustWeaver To Expand E-Invoicing Compliance Aryty.com Expands Mobile Top-Up Service With More Destination Countries Memento and Orbograph Partner to Deliver Enhanced Check Fraud Prevention Solution Ingk Labs Acquisition Of ORCA Heralds the Arrival of the PayPal Killer Note: Headline News is compiled by Glenbrook Partners. Throughout the day,...See more...
International Mobile Banking Updates – Feb 21
Standard to expand African mobile services"STANDARD Bank plans to expand its cellphone banking and payment services in Africa to tap into a growing middle class that is expected to fuel one of the highest growth rates among emerging markets. The bank,...See more...
UK Payments Council To Build Mobile Payments Platform
The Payments Council has announced it is funding the development of a centralized database to facilitate mobile payments innovation in the UK. The Payments Council is building a central database that will allow customers to link their mobile phone...See more...
Elavon Introduces Global E-commerce Gateway Solution
Elavon announced that it has partnered with DataCash, a MasterCard Company, to launch Elavon’s Global E-commerce Gateway solution in Europe. “The combination of Elavon’s acquiring experience, processing reach, and financial stability, with...See more...
PaymentOne Introduces HTML5 Mobile Payments API for Direct Carrier Billing
PaymentOne announced its support for the emerging HTML5 standard and the immediate availability of the PayOne HTML5 API. "The PayOne HTML5 API provides an HTML5-compliant Web-based payment flow for developers of mobile games and applications looking...See more...
PreCash Adds Savings Account to Its Vision Visa Prepaid Cards
PreCash has announced that it has added three features to its Vision Visa Prepaid Cards. "Like Americans with banking relationships, prepaid customers want optional services associated with their cards. PreCash developed these features: a savings...See more...
Americans Owe Less on Their Credit Cards
Equifax reported today that nearly 60 of the top 100 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) hardest hit by credit card debt realized double-digit declines in the percentage of income owed to credit card companies -- up to 24% in some areas. The...See more...
Headline News – February 21, 2012
On the web: EMVCo Picks GlobalPlatform Secure Element Compliance Program - NFC World Not All Coupons You Buy Online Are Honored By Merchants - MSNBC.com Security in the Mobile Wallet: Is It Good Enough Yet? - Portals and Rails Facebook Fast-Tracks Its Payments Business - American Banker On the wires: Braintree Develops Mobile Apps Payment Solution Microsoft Extends Successful Direct Operator Billing Agreement with MACH Irish Mobile Payments Provider boxPAY Opens North America for International Sellers Alliance Data Signs Multi-year Private Label Renewal Agreement With Buckle CHARGE Anywhere Introduces Spanish Language Mobile Payment App for Android New Mercator Report...See more...
Headline News – February 21, 2012
On the web: Not All Coupons You Buy Online Are Honored By Merchants - MSNBC.com On the wires: Microsoft Extends Successful Direct Operator Billing Agreement with MACH Irish Mobile Payments Provider boxPAY Opens North America for...See more...
