Updates from Other Banking and Payments Blogs

In Brief: E*Trade Superbowl Baby | Banks vs. CUs | Social Struggles - E*Trade runs a print ad promoting YouTube videos of Superbowl spot... Banks and credit unions have different marketing strategies... Plus 33 more headlines.

MasterCard Announces 4Q2011 Financial Results - MasterCard has announced financial results for the fourth quarter 2011. Net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $1.7 billion, a 20.2% increase versu...

Non-profits can have InvoiceSimply Free for Life - As part of PaySimple’s Philanthropy February, we are giving our InvoiceSimply® software to non-profits free for life. But how does InvoiceSimply work, and ...

The 3 Business Models to Avoid in 2012 - It’s a new year and for those entrepreneurial folk, an opportunity to start a new business. However, make sure to steer clear of these three business model...

Amex Makes Cut Among Top 10 Banking Brands in the World - American Express Co.’s brand value has jumped six spots, new research shows. Valued at $18.23 billion, the credit card company is now ranked as the seven...

The Permanent Foreclosure Crisis and Obama's Refinancing Obsession - For the umpteenth time, President Obama has announced that his solution to the foreclosure crisis is to encourage "responsible" homeowners to refinance at lo...

Is SEPA Happening and Does It Matter? - We had our annual pantomime debate at the Financial Services Club this week, with a classical Oxford style debate about whether SEPA, the Single Euro Payment...

Brian Zisk, Future of Money & Technology Summit - [Dave Birch] Announcing a new podcast in the Consult Hyperion Tomorrow's Transactions series: Brian Zisk from the Future of Money and Technology Summit.

Neiman Marcus Goes Down, But Only For A Special Few - Why are small problems sometimes the biggest pains? Sometimes because they're the hardest to spot. On January 25, Neiman Marcus' Web site was inaccessible ...

International Mobile Banking Updates - Feb 1 - Mobile Banking Takes Off In Nigeria "When he graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business with an MBA in 2005, Nigerian-born Tayo Oviosu said adv...

Valentine’s Day deals you’ll love, for the one you love, from Google Offers - As Valentine’s Day approaches, the thoughts of some turn to romance and celebrating that special someone in your life. The thoughts of others turn to the s...

Last Chance to Register for FinovateEurope 2012 -- Get Your Ticket Now Before It Is Too Late! - FinovateEurope 2012 is less than a week away and we are very excited to return to London to showcase the best new innovations in financial technology from ac...

Is the United States payments industry following in the footsteps of the Netherlands? - The Forum recently took a dive into card fraud data from the many countries (not the United States, of course) that have tossed out their old magnetic-stri...

PayPal Leads Industry Effort to Fight Phishing - You might remember that PayPal’s “Practical Approach to Managing Phishing” whitepaper calls for industry collaboration to help fight phishing and keep cust...

One-shot Watchdog - I’ve spoken in many previous posts about Mux and Channel Management in the jPOS framework (search my blog for ‘channel manager’ to get a flavor of some of th...

Margento en Slovenie - Les 4 spots publicitaires de Margento et son offre Slovène Moneta. ___ ___ ___

First Fidelity Bank launches mobile deposit app - Pour compléter la collection et grace à la veille de Brandon Mc Gee, on apprend que la First Fidelity Bank lance à son tour une app dédiée à la remise de ...

Independent Audit Confirms Prosper’s Industry-Best Returns - In this blog, Prosper announces the results of the independent audit of investor returns by Ashland LLP--the first of its kind in the peer-to-peer industry.

Durbin Amendment Updates – How has the Industry Responded? - The Federal Reserve made final rulings on the controversial Durbin Amendment back in June of 2011 that capped processing fees on debit and credit card transa...

Global Risks 2012 | WEF - This from the World Economic Forum as it opens tomorrow. Major systemic financial failure remains at the top in terms of impact, but less likely than wate...

Zappos Breach – All is well, no credit card data was stolen… - The online retailer Zappos just had a data security breach where they lost 24 Million customer’s personal information records. This loss included names, ad...

Community Banks And Credit Unions Missing Out On Technology - What’s that you say? You’re not missing out on technology. You use social media. You use email newsletters and blog frequently. You offer online banking, m...

True cloud banking - The cloud banking bubble is about to burst, argues Gartner, if banks don’t take cloud computing initiatives seriously enough BY CHARIS PALMER Banks need to...

Christmas at Taggo -

Verizon May Say No: Where Does This Leave Google Wallet? - Couldn’t resist the opportunity to weigh in, briefly, on the story that had the Web in an uproar yesterday. Seems as though Verizon may be giving Google th...

Visa spent $1.69M on federal lobbying in 3Q – BusinessWeek #swipefees - Visa Inc. spent $1.69 million in the third quarter to lobby the federal government on the regulation of debit card fees charged to merchants and other issu...

SSL / VPN / Direct Connection connecivity options - I came across this exchange discussing connectivity when reviewing some specifications for an interface that we are writing: “Since both companies will uti...

Are you an M-Commerce Social Media Influencer? - Mobile payments or Mobile commerce has been a very keenly discussed topic online over the last year with new players launching their services, existing pla...

NFC vs. Mag Stripe - Who cares? Did you ever go to a Mag Stripe conference? Why are there so many conferences now focused on NFC? Stupid question! Because it is the latest band...

Settlement Poem - /by apr/ This is hilarious, we are currently implementing a complex settlement integration with jCard, and our super cool customers from Marqeta just sent ...

MORI Research On Bank Spreads - So how much is your bank charging you? A simple enough question, but even the lady running Lloyd’s retail banking in the UK couldn’t tell the Treasury Sele...

Buying Tools and Equipment with a Merchant Cash Advance - Why is it that only some people are able to take advantage of great deals while others are left wishing for the wherewithal to advance their lives and busi...

InnovatorInside - an update - Over at InnovatorInside, my new blog, I've put up quite a bit of new content: Innovators, don’t create! I argue that Innovators aren't researchers, so stop...

Checkout by Amazon Now Available in Germany - Following the recent release in the UK, we are happy to announce that Checkout by Amazon is now available to retailers in Germany. Online retailers in German...

Card Skimming at the Pump – Worldwide concern - Some retailers mistakenly view forecourt security as a compliance issue only, and only consider the minimum security requirements outlined by the Payment C...

Fundación Afi evalúa capacidades de microfinancieras peruanas - Evaluación de las capacidades de las microfinancieras peruanas para ofrecer servicios financieros a través del celular La Fundación Afi con el apoyo de AEC...

On Durbin and Debit Interchange Fees - Glenbrook has been watching the Durbin amendment and the subsequent draft rules from the Federal Reserve with great interest. Many traditional debit and alte...

Things are a changing at RetailInfoSec - Good morning (or whatever it is where you are)! I’m putting up this post to let everyone know that the blog is going to be changing very shortly - I’m cont...

Five Sneaky Credit Card Scams - *#1 Phone Fraud* The phone rings, a scammer poses as your bank's fraud department. They may have your entire card number stolen from another source. Th...

Self Dealing: Not Your Average Policy Violation - Bank Fraud Forum - Paul McCormack Most banks and credit unions have policies in place that prohibit employees from accessing or performing transactions on ...

Is the Bureau of Financial Consumer Protection a Workable Compromise? - Senator Dodd's proposal for a Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection has pleased no one, apparently. The banks and their allies continue to complain that...

No Future Posts - After nearly 4 years we have decided to end of life the PCIAnswers Blog and Forum. While there will be no further posts we will leave the existing posts av...

Hybrid Card Security Solution Recommended for Best Breach Defense: True “End-to-End” Encryption is Lacking - Javelin Study Evaluates Vendor Technologies That Help Prevent Theft of Sensitive Customer Information San Francisco, CA, January 21, 2009 – If data breache...

OLS adds another arrow in the quiver - OLS Announces the Release of OLS.Card for Financial Institutions, Processors and Program Managers Press Release on PR Leap

Banking Technology Readers Name Fiserv "Best Financial Crime Prevention Supplier" - Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), the leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that it has been named “Best Financi...

August 2-7: Senate's last week in town - This will be the Senate’s last week in session before the August recess; the House has already wrapped up its proceedings. Lawmakers will be ending an am...

The Next Internet Retailer Conference - The next Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition will be in Chicago, June 8-11, 2010. The next Internet Retailer Web Design conference will be in Orl...

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Virtual Currency Monetization Platforms: Five Must-Follow Rules for Offer Completions - Offer completions are an important component of nearly every casual game developer’s virtual currency monetization platform. By displaying targeted, qualit...

Games beyond Entertainment : Observations, Ideas, and Frameworks for Future Serious Games - Please join us for next week’s lecture with Ben Sawyer of Digitalmill. This lecture is open to the public; please feel free to forward this email to frien...

Hey! WAKE UP! - Sorry, it's been awhile between posts. I was re-grouping, as I think a lot of us are. But that's over. As reported in Payments News, Wal-Mart just announce...

Sneak Preview: New Blog! - Now that I've joined Glenbrook Partners I'm discontinuing ForteBlog. From now on I will be posting here. Four years worth of ForteBlog posts have been move...

Open Source in the SMB - I decided to tackle a topic that should be a lot of fun to discuss. Most IT professionals realize that utilizing open source software in the larger enterpr...

OTS Approves Cards Rules - Sweeping Changes Coming - Earlier in the year, regular readers will remember an entry regarding the Fed’s solicitation of public comments regarding proposed new rules for the credit c...

The Burst - Tips for Going Green (Ep. 38) - Download this video Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The Burst.” Here are some important notes about this episode: Tips for Going Gr...