Concert- and theatre-goers, tourists and music fans in South Africa can now purchase their tickets to various festivals, events and tourist sites online or via their mobile and simply load their tickets onto their Webtickets card. ‘The Card’, as it is formally known, means you no longer need a printer to print off tickets. And
European consumers are concerned that draft EU legislation currently under discussion would make paying with cards more expensive and more complicated. According to a recent poll in 13 European countries, 2 in 3 consumers believe that proposals to cap interchange fees would make it worse for them to use their bank cards and 8 in
TSYS has announced the publication of a white paper titled “Implementing a Successful Commercial Card Program in Turkey — Avoiding Pitfalls: Lessons from the U.S. Experience.” The paper outlines the market opportunity and key drivers for commercial card growth in Turkey, drawing on experiences in the U.S. commercial card market to provide insights on accelerating
The CardLinx Association, the new association that facilitates the interoperability and growth of card-linked offers (CLOs), and Deem, a cloud commerce company delivering Commerce-as-a-Service (CaaS) to a large and diverse ecosystem of customers, has announced a new draft protocol, the CardLinx Chameleon Standard, for pro-actively combating fraud resulting from returns of CLO purchases. CLOs are
CardLinx, the new association that facilitates the interoperability and growth of card-linked offers (CLOs), will host the first annual CardLinx Forum on April 7, 2014 in Las Vegas. This is the first forum to focus specifically on the convergence of digital advertising and payments or card-linked offers. Speakers and panelists will discuss predictions and emerging
The new British Airways Credit Card launched in Johannesburg today, now offers consumers exceptional benefits with the best Avios earn rate in South Africa. The card is tailored to meet the needs of frequent flyers, who will earn Avios at a preferential rate on all purchases on their credit card. It is designed to reward
Target Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan, in testimony before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, D.C., announced that the company will be accelerating its implementation of smart card technology designed to dramatically reduce the threat of credit and debit card fraud among guests shopping in its stores. Mulligan appeared on behalf of Target
Visa Inc. has announced plans to provide companies a simplified way to pay by Visa through their Visa Commercial issuer using the SAP Financial Services Network. The new payment solution is expected to help corporations more easily automate and process their invoice payments without the need for significant investment in custom software, and is planned
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, a consumer-rights law firm, has announced it is investigating a network breach resulting in loss of customer data at Michaels Stores, following the craft-supply chain’s announcement that attackers may have breached its systems, despite warnings of network vulnerability from a noted security expert. The consumer data breach involves the store’s
Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has urged banks to issue more proprietary ‘local’ ATM cards to their customers. Historically most banks in Ghana would issue international cards, which had wider footprints than local options, but the introduction of the new national switch, gh-link, is set to change that. Gh-link is a new service
