Citi Retail Services, a credit and retail solutions provider to the fuel and retail industries, has announced a multi-year renewal of its U.S. private label credit card relationship with Sunoco, Inc., a transportation fuel provider. Citi has provided branded payment products for Sunoco since 2004. Under the renewed agreement, Citi and Sunoco will continue to
Lycamobile Group, a provider in the prepaid international calling card market, has selected WorldPay, a provider of payment processing, risk and alternative payments, to execute its end-to-end payment services including acquiring, gateway, risk, treasury and alternative payments to support its global payment requirements. Previously, Lycamobile Group used a number of payment providers for acquiring, gateway,
First Data Merchant Solutions, First Data’s direct-to-market merchant acquiring business, and Diners Club International, a business unit of Discover Financial Services, today announced the go-live of their merchant acquiring agreement in the UK. The deal will allow First Data Merchant Solutions clients to readily accept all cards on the Discover Global Network including Diners Club
MasterCard has introduced the Priceless Africa campaign to South Africa, bringing the global Priceless Cities programme to Africa for the first time. Dedicated to bringing consumers closer to their passions while celebrating the spirit of Africa, the popular campaign offers a collection of special discounts and rare experiences, curated just for MasterCard cardholders. Travel, attractions,
Kenya’s largest bank in terms of balance sheet, Kenya Commercial Bank, will in mid January distribute over 2.2 million EMV compliant cards to its customers to comply with a March 2014 deadline set by the central bank of Kenya as to when banks are expected to phase off the magnetic strip cards in circulation, a
Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions, and Barnes International, a leading provider in the development and supply of Chip Card Test Tools and Magnetic Stripe Analysers, announced that they have integrated the Barnes smart card verification technology into the Datacard® MX Series Quality Assurance (QA) module. Currently, the Datacard
Bank of China (BOC) and Union Pay International (UnionPay) have jointly launched the first BOC UnionPay Travel Card in Southeast Asia offering cardmembers privileges and discounts for tourism and hospitality attractions in China and the wider region. The card is now available in Singapore (credit card), Malaysia (pre-paid card) and Vietnam (debit card), and will
Your roommate finally paid you back for dinner through Google Wallet, and you want to use that money right away to pay for groceries this week. Now, you can use the new Google Wallet Card to spend the money instantly, either by purchasing in stores or by withdrawing cash at ATMs, without having to wait
MasterCard and Green Dot announced an expanded relationship that allows all U.S. cardholders with MasterCard ® rePower™-enabled prepaid cards to reload their cards via the Walmart Rapid Reload™ service. Walmart Rapid Reload utilizes the Green Dot® Network to provide cardholders with a fast and easy way to load funds directly to their cards by swiping
U.S. Bank and American Express announced that U.S. Bank will offer credit cards accepted on the American Express network in 2014. “We actively listen to our customers and are focused on delivering the right financial solutions that best meet their needs,” said Pam Joseph, Vice Chairman of U.S. Bank. “We believe that the American Express
