American Express has announced the expansion of OptBlue, a new merchant acquiring program that extends U.S. small merchant coverage. There are now 10 participating acquirers in OptBlue, five of which are among the top 10 in the United States. New to the program are: First Data, EVO, Merchant e-Solutions and First American Payments Systems. The
MasterCard has announced it will provide integrated processing services to customers across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) through an end-to-end, multi-brand cards and payments processing center located in the UAE. The center will help customers respond rapidly to changing consumer needs, drive adoption of innovative technology and increase efficiency. Its opening highlights MasterCard’s
Fiserv, a provider of financial services technology solutions, is helping its clients transition to EMV chip-enabled cards by offering an integrated, compliant and cost effective path to EMV-enabled debit and credit card issuance. “Only Fiserv has a full suite of EMV solutions and the comprehensive strategic guidance to help financial institutions through every step of
Supporting its focus to deliver innovative solutions, FIS, the world’s largest provider of banking and payments technology, consulting and outsourcing solutions, has announced the launch of FIS Instant Card. FIS Instant Card allows financial institutions to instantly issue ready-to-use credit, debit or prepaid cards to customers or members in the branch or store location. FIS
MasterCard and PULSE, a Discover Financial Services company, have reached an agreement that will allow financial institutions that issue EMV debit cards that participate in both the MasterCard and PULSE networks to use MasterCard’s common debit solution on those cards. The agreement will help accelerate EMV deployment for the networks’ mutual debit card issuers, merchants
In support of National Small Business Week, on Thursday 15 May the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), an open global forum for the development of payment card security standards, will host a webinar on basic security tips for small businesses to protect against payment card fraud. The Council will also offer free PCI Awareness
MasterCard gas announced the New Zealand launch of its ground-breaking digital payments technology MasterPass. MasterPass is the digital platform from MasterCard that gives shoppers a seamless, secure and speedy checkout – regardless of where they may be and what device they may be using. MasterPass eliminates the need for consumers to enter detailed shipping and
NetSpend, a TSYS Company, announced it has joined forces with Western Union to develop an innovative co-branded prepaid card, available later this year. “Combining the strengths of Western Union’s global brand and expertise in moving money with NetSpend’s deep prepaid knowledge and unique product capabilities, creates an incredible opportunity for us to better serve an
MasterCard has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Pinpoint Pty. Ltd. (“Pinpoint”) , a leading provider of loyalty and rewards services to financial institutions across the Asia Pacific region. This acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014. Pinpoint, which was founded in 1984 and headquartered in Sydney,
Datacard Group has announced a second-generation Datacard MX Series Vision Verification Module that is designed to automatically ensure proper card stock is loaded prior to card issuance as well as verify printed elements after personalization is complete. This technology complements the numerous checks and balances already in place as the card passes through the personalization
