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June 25, 2008
     Processors, Merchants Fret As Card-Reporting Measure Advances

June 24, 2008
     After Abruptly Shuttering Its Service, Assurz Files for Bankruptcy
     Why Online Resources Is Linking to DolEx, Other Walk-in Operators
     Free-Terminal Kingpin Launches Integrated POS System for Merchants

June 20, 2008
     Revolution Money Aims for 1 Million Merchants, Cardholders by Year End
     PayPal To Roll out New Fraud Filters with Channel Partners by January

June 19, 2008
     MasterCard Plans to Have U.S. P-to-P Service Launched by Early ‘09

June 18, 2008
     A New Card Swipe Device Could Move PayPal Closer to POS Payments

June 17, 2008
     Five Steps Online Merchants Can Take to Batten Down Their Sites

June 16, 2008
     Merchants Should Consider Open-Loop Variants to Prepaid Cards

June 12, 2008
     Global Security Fears Remain a Drag on Mobile Banking and Payments
     How Customer Research Can Sort Out Alternative Payment Choices

June 10, 2008
     Study: POS Debit Rises, While Consumers Confirm PIN Preference
     Online Merchant Counsels Retailers on Controlling Payment Costs

June 9, 2008
     Survey Finds Low Prepaid Market Penetration Among Underbanked
     Security Fears Remain a High Hurdle for New Payments Technologies

June 5, 2008
     Durbin Adds Senate Bill to House Effort to Rein in Interchange

June 4, 2008
     How U.S. Bank Hopes To Catch a Wave in Contactless Payments
     How Tyfone Looks to Free Banks from Carriers in Mobile Payments

June 3, 2008
     New Electronic Benefit Options Score High in Michigan on First Day
     Indiana Bank’s Debit Card Breach Underscores Issuer Vulnerability

June 2, 2008
     Researcher Sees Issuers’ Service Providers as PCI ‘Hot Spots’

May 30, 2008
     A Senate Letter Ratchets up the Heat on Networks over Interchange

May 29, 2008
     New ‘Mobile Lockbox’ Service Could Help Drive Expedited Payments

May 28, 2008
     Visa Extends Fraud-Recovery Process to PIN-Debit Transactions
     Payment Issues Figure Among Reasons for Checkout Abandonment

May 27, 2008
     How Far Will BofA And Wells Go with Their New ACH Platform?
     How Chase And First Data Are Splitting Chase Paymentech

May 22, 2008
     Once Languishing, POP Now Gets a Warm Welcome from Merchants
     GAO Report Sheds Light on Federal Card-Acceptance Costs

May 21, 2008
     A Fast Start for Online Resources’ Expedited Bill-Pay Offering
     Igourmet Says Security Led It to Adopt Secure Vault Payments

May 20, 2008
     Pariter Will Focus Its Efforts on BofA And Wells, CEO Says

May 19, 2008
     Answering Analysts, First Data Keeps Mum About Chase Paymentech

May 15, 2008
     Interchange Hearing Pits Small Merchant Against Small Credit Union

May 14, 2008
     Due out in October, PCI Update Will Consist of Tweaks, Council Says
     Bullish Projections Mask Usage Problem for Contactless Payments

May 13, 2008
     NACHA’s New Boss Has Card, Merchant Acquiring Background
     As Hearing Nears, Another Interchange Bill Is in the Works
     Alternative Payments Make Gains Among Mid-Size Web Merchants

May 8, 2008
     Cap One Says Its Decoupled Debit Card Pilots Ended on Schedule
     Coming Soon to Cardtronics Vcom Kiosks: Imaged Deposits

May 7, 2008
     Eye on Earnings: Hypercom, ORC, USA Technologies, Jack Henry
     Stats Show a Surge in Paying Banks Now Receiving Check Images

May 6, 2008
     Now Live, NACHA’s Secure Vault Payments Looks to ‘Ramp up’ in '08

May 5, 2008
     A Diversifying Heartland Snaps up Alliance Data’s Merchant Unit

May 1, 2008
     Google Checkout Hints No Ill Effects Since Merchant Pricing Resumed
     Robust for Years, Debit Growth Expected to Weaken, Study Says
     Moosejaw Not Part of a Strategy to Do POS Payments, PayPal Says

April 29, 2008
     ‘Challenging’ Times for Visa, MasterCard, But Debit Surges Ahead
     A Renewed Effort at ACH-Based Driver’s Licenses Maps Its Plans
     First Data Gets Major Retail Prepaid Distribution with InComm Deal

April 24, 2008
     PayPal Launches Its First Mobile Service on a Downloadable Application

April 23, 2008
     TRM Looks to Revival with $15 Million Deal for Access To Money

April 22, 2008
     ELayaway Gets Set for Expansion After a Low-Key Start
     Non-Auction Sales for PayPal Near Half of Processor’s Total Volume

April 21, 2008
     New Bill Would Block Regs Aimed at Stopping Online Gaming Payments
     Alliance Data Peddles Its Acquiring Unit As Blackstone Deal Crashes

April 17, 2008
     Tax Bill Could Be Greater Threat Than Interchange Proposal for Acquirers
     After Two Months, Signs Are Positive for Multi-Account NFC Pilot
     PCI Council Will Tighten Data-Security Rules, Details to Come

April 16, 2008
     Authorize.Net Rolls out Simple Checkout for Small Online Sellers

April 14, 2008
     Shell Lowers MasterCard, AmEx Pricing for Its Jobbers And Retailers

April 11, 2008
     Bankrupt Frontier Airlines Claims First Data Tried To Clip Its Wings

April 10, 2008
     How Mobile Candy Dish Combines Handset-Based P-to-P with NFC

April 9, 2008
     Terminal Maker VeriFone Steps into the Busy Data-Security Arena
     Bigger Volume Jumps Are in Store for BOC E-Checks, NACHA Says

April 8, 2008
     MasterCard Looks to Pick up Debit Volume And Share with IPS

April 7, 2008
     Discover Triples Its Acceptance Network with Diners Club Deal
     Pay By Touch Fades into History As Lenders Buy Core Assets

April 4, 2008
     WaMu’s Contactless Plunge Could Win over Skeptical Merchants

April 3, 2008
     ATM Direct’s New Bosses Say They Will ‘Own’ PIN Debit Online

April 2, 2008
     Obopay Moves to Allow Direct Payments from User Checking Accounts

April 1, 2008
     New P-to-P Service for Underbanked Looks to Launch M-Wallets
     Plunging Check Volumes Spur Fed to Speed up Downsizing Efforts

March 31, 2008
     Malware at Hannaford Raises More Questions About Data Security

March 28, 2008
     Pay By Touch Selling Merchant Business to Merrick for $2 Million

March 27, 2008
     How Phishing Threatens Banks' Efforts to Rely More on E-Mail

March 26, 2008
     Green Appeals Effective in Recruiting e-Bill Users, Research Shows

March 25, 2008
     New Check Data Show Steady Rise of Electronic Options

March 24, 2008
     After BOC’s First Year, Ex-Banker Laments Slow Start for E-Check
     Banks, Processors Struggle with Proposed Regs for Web Gambling

March 19, 2008
     Pay By Touch Abruptly Shuts Down All Biometric Operations
     For One Day, Cash Is King at Visa As Its IPO Soars

March 18, 2008
     New Metavante Software Aims to Ease Banks’ Way into NACHA Pilot
     Hannaford Bros. Was in Compliance with PCI When Hacked
     Mobile P2P ‘Could Take off in a Hurry,’ Researcher Notes

March 17, 2008
     Hannaford’s Big Breach Casts More Doubt on Data Security

March 14, 2008
     First Data Filing Points to Break-up of Chase Paymentech

March 13, 2008
     Overstock.com Says PayPal Yields Triple Expected Volume
     Fraud Prevalence Levels off, But Incident Rate Increases

March 12, 2008
     Big Gap Yawns Between Banks, Small Businesses on Scanner Prices

March 11, 2008
     Following Citi Mobile, Bank Giant Forms Global M-Banking Venture

March 10, 2008
     Interchange Bill Raises Questions About Role of Government

March 7, 2008
     Pay By Touch Auctions off ATM Direct, BioPay Paycheck Secure

March 6, 2008
     ‘Friendly Fraud’ Grows Worse, But Chargebacks Winnable, Expert Says

March 5, 2008
     Banks Must Recruit Consumers to Fight ID Fraud, Researcher Warns
     Wal-Mart Exec Happy with MoneyCard, But Stays Mum on Details

March 4, 2008
     Could Free Scanners Unlock Small Businesses for Remote Capture?

March 3, 2008
     M-Commerce Spawns New Forms of Money Laundering, U.S. Warns

February 29, 2008
     Cardtronics Looks for 2008 Payoff from Former 7-Eleven Vcom Fleet

February 28, 2008
     Visa Filing Confirms Heavy Investment in Merchant And Issuer Incentives

February 27, 2008
     Smart Card Marketing, HomeATM Enable PIN Debit Online, at Stores

February 26, 2008
     Euronet Far from Certain It Will Renew Its Pursuit of MoneyGram
     An Acquiring Paradox: Discounts Are Squeezed, But Spreads Are up

February 25, 2008
     Visa Looks for a Record IPO in Defiance of Wall Street Headwinds

February 22, 2008
     Beleaguered Pay By Touch Looks To Sell Itself in Two Auctions

February 21, 2008
     New York-New Jersey Mass Transit Plans Contactless Pilot
     MasterCard Cuts Interchange for Rent, Utilities, and Insurance

February 20, 2008
     How an Incentive Boom Could Push Visa, MasterCard into Acquiring

February 19, 2008
     An APWG Panel Lobbies Web Registries to Shut Down Phishing Sites
     With $20.5 Million in Fresh Capital, IPP Prepares To Execute

February 14, 2008
     TSYS Joins Rivals First Data, Metavante in Mobile Banking And Payments
     Citi Makes a Down Payment on M-Payments with ViVOtech Stake

February 13, 2008
     With Internet Hurdles Higher, Fraudsters Pick up the Phone

February 12, 2008
     Clear Originator ID for Consumers Is NACHA’s Latest Risk Measure

February 11, 2008
     LendingTools Sparks Growth with Image Exchange for Small Banks
     Intrigue Envelops Hypercom As It Mulls Ingenico Buyout Offer

February 7, 2008
     Eye on Earnings: Quarterly Results at Visa, Fiserv, Jack Henry, Tier

February 6, 2008
     10% of Mobile Banking Enrollees Are New to Wachovia, Bank Reports
     Hy-Vee Gives Thumbs up to BOC, Works on Chainwide Rollout
     PCI Council Streamlines Self-Assessment Forms, Targets Software

February 5, 2008
     Fiserv-CheckFree Brings Remote Capture to Online Consumer Banking

February 4, 2008
     Report: Merchants Need Interchange Breaks to Adopt Contactless

January 31, 2008
     Debit Traffic Now Bigger Than Credit Transactions for MasterCard
     A Rapidly Growing PayPal Makes a Big Bid to Beef up Security

January 30, 2008
     San Francisco NFC Pilot Tests Rewards As Well As Payments
     New Chargeback-Prevention Service Aims To Thwart Friendly Fraud

January 29, 2008
     Javien Finds Growth Where Others Failed—in Micropayments

January 28, 2008
     MasterCard Streamlines OTA for Its Spokane M-Payments Pilot
     Blackstone’s Alliance Data Deal Could Be Latest Victim of Credit Crunch

January 24, 2008
     Growth at Spin-offs TSYS, Metavante, But Not All Is Rosy

January 23, 2008
     Merchant Signings Help Fuel Fourth-Quarter Gains for PayPal
     Banks Face an ISO Challenge in Remote Capture for Health Care

January 22, 2008
     Visa Reports Mid-Sized Merchants Are Making PCI Progress
     Nova’s Deal for Southern DataComm Gives It a Hospitality Gateway

January 21, 2008
     Phishing Sites Proliferate, But Experts Say Help Is on the Way

January 17, 2008
     With Alogent, Goldleaf Steps onto the Remote-Deposit Escalator

January 16, 2008
     Survey Hints at Role of Free Processing in Rise of Alternative Payments
     Global Payments Looks to New Platform for Faster Merchant Integration

January 15, 2008
     Ready Credit And CheckFree Get Set to Offer Kiosk-Based Bill Pay

January 14, 2008
     Banks Comfortable with Prepaid Cards--Possibly Too Comfortable
     Final Numbers Show Robust Increases in Holiday Spending Online

January 10, 2008
     Mocapay Readies for a National Rollout of Its M-Commerce Service
     A Pared-Down Pay By Touch Takes Bids for 'Non-Core' Units

January 9, 2008
     Consumers Want Just One Account for NFC Payments, Survey Says
     With Its Fiserv Deal, Viewpointe Sees a Big Year for Image Sharing

January 8, 2008
     Citibank’s ATM Restriction Spotlights Rising Withdrawal Limits

January 7, 2008
     USA Technologies’ Rental Program Boosts Contactless Vending

January 4, 2008
     A Rising Imaging Tide Lifts ECCHO’s Roster Past the 1,000 Mark

January 3, 2008
     A Big BOC Processor Looks for Big Growth for the E-Check in 2008

January 1, 2008
     EC Ruling on MasterCard Interchange Could Foster Regulation in the U.S.

December 28, 2007
     Eye on Gift Cards: A First Data Glitch Strikes the Day After Christmas

December 27, 2007
     Some Pay By Touch Owners Are Also Among Its Largest Creditors

December 26, 2007
     Online Sales Surge During a Lukewarm '07 Holiday Shopping Season

December 20, 2007
     Free of E-Wallets, ECHO Goes to the Altar with Intuit Once Again

December 19, 2007
     TJX Settles with Financial Plaintiffs in Breach Case—with One Holdout

December 18, 2007
     Survey: Consumers Lost $3.2 Billion to Phishing Attacks in 2007
     HomeATM Aims to Bring PIN Debit, Card Present Rates to the Web

December 17, 2007
     AmEx Takes a Leaf from Discover’s Acquiring Strategy—with a Twist
     A New Web Site Seeks to Broaden the Market for Merchant Portfolios

December 13, 2007
     The FTC and Seven States Sue Processor for Aiding Suspect Merchants
     Euronet Bids for MoneyGram, And Girds for a Fight If Necessary

December 12, 2007
     Google Checkout Extends Offer of Free Processing Another Month

December 11, 2007
     Bill Me Later-Amazon Deal Could Be a Huge Boost for Both Parties
     Cardtronics Slims Down Its IPO But Gets the Deal Done in Stormy Market

December 10, 2007
     PIN Debit And the ACH Among the Big Gainers in Fed Payments Study

December 6, 2007
     Back Office Conversion Growth Strong, But Big Gains May Come in ‘08
     Survey Shows Heavy Carrier Reliance on Transaction Fees for NFC

December 5, 2007
     Study Assails Corrosive Effects of Free Terminals on Acquiring Profits
     NACHA Rule Targeted at Cap One’s Decoupled Debit Card, Sources Say

December 4, 2007
     New Platform, APIs Let TIO Launch Strategy for Walk-in Payments

December 3, 2007
     TJX’s Settlement with Visa Casts Light on Murky World of PCI Penalties

November 29, 2007
     18 Months on, Discover Says Its Acquirer Program Is on Target
     Under Its New CEO, IPP Maps Big Plans for Walk-in, Online Bill Pay

November 28, 2007
     NACHA Tightens Risk Management, Restricts Payment Aggregation

November 27, 2007
     Heartland Sues Micros, Chase Paymentech over Restaurant Transactions
     Cyber Monday Traffic Soars, But Sites Labor Under the Strain

November 26, 2007
     Profit Squeeze, Interchange, and PCI Top Acquirers’ Gripe List

November 21, 2007
     Contactless Vending Gains 4,000 More Machines with Latest Pact
     An EFT Summit Helps Costco Weigh Options for Web-Based PIN Debit

November 20, 2007
     Did Buyer’s Remorse at Cap One Sink the $700 Million NetSpend Deal?

November 19, 2007
     With Plug-In, PayPal Looks for Expanded E-Commerce Reach
     Embroiled in Boardroom Fight, Pay By Touch Gets a Temporary Boss
     E-Commerce Sales Continue to Rack up Double-Digit Gains

November 16, 2007
     Saddled with Post-IPO Debt, First Data Shaves Costs with Layoffs

November 14, 2007
     E-Commerce Fraud Rate Holds Steady, But Fraud-Control Costs Go Up
     Firethorn Chief Says Qualcomm Deal Will Speed up M-Payments

November 13, 2007
     AT&T: 10 Million Phones Will Be Preloaded for Banking by End of ‘08
     Consumers And Wall Street Yawn at the Biggest Breach Yet

November 12, 2007
     Though Still Shaky, a Smaller TRM Gets Closer to Profitability

November 10, 2007
     Its Overhaul Complete, Visa Shoots for the Moon with Its Pending IPO

November 8, 2007
     A Bill Offers Relief to Merchants Besieged by Suits over Receipts
     Retailers Must Do More To Tout Tap-And-Go, Expert Argues
     PCI Council: Software Security Guidelines To Be a Standard

November 7, 2007
     Before IPO, Visa Reaches a $2.25 Billion AmEx Antitrust Settlement

November 6, 2007
     New Fed Pricing Expected to Spur Further Moves to Electronic Processing
     Pay By Touch Melodrama Includes Board Fight and Possible Bankruptcy

November 1, 2007
     Eye on Earnings: MasterCard, Heartland, Online Resources
     Amid Data Thefts, Visa's Software Rules Align More Closely with PCI
     Merchants’ PCI Travails Prompt Security Program from Big Blue

October 31, 2007
     BSG Extends Its Bill-to-Phone Service to Mobile Commerce

October 30, 2007
     Other Shoe Drops As USPTO Affirms Second DataTreasury Patent
     The Bell Is About To Ring for an Independent Metavante

October 25, 2007
     It's Official: Synovus Will Spin off Processor TSYS in $600 Million Deal
     Upon Further Review, Accounts Exposed in TJX Breach Double

October 24, 2007
     Phishing Takes a Break As Attacks, Hosting Sites Slip in July

October 23, 2007
     With a Grip on Costs, TSYS Continues Its Post-BofA Recovery
     By Arming Consumers, a Startup Hopes to Cut Down on ID Fraud

October 22, 2007
     Eye on Earnings: Google Checkout Adds More Merchants

October 19, 2007
     Third Time Could Be a Charm for BB&T in Mobile Banking

October 18, 2007
     Banks Begin to Use SVPCO to Handle Check Images for Client Banks

October 17, 2007
     PayPal’s Strategy Bears Fruit As off-eBay Ratio Steadily Rises

October 16, 2007
     With Verizon on Board, the Two Biggest Carriers Will Preload Firethorn
     MasterCard Opens a PCI Schoolhouse Featuring ‘Tailor-Made’ Sessions

October 15, 2007
     Startup Certifies Diebold As First ATM Maker for Prepaid Card System

October 11, 2007
     NACHA Close to Recruitment for Test of New Check-ACH Plan
     Report: Debit Card Outlook Bright, But Banks Failing on Activation

October 10, 2007
     Yodlee Pairs Up with Western Union in Expedited Bill-Pay Play
     Startup TrialPay Lets Online Merchants Make Sales out of No Sales

October 9, 2007
     Discover Boosts Issuing Prospects Among Banks with TSYS Deal

October 8, 2007
     Eyeing the Point of Sale, Bill Me Later Readies Test for Core Service

October 4, 2007
     Retailers Challenge the Networks’ Card-Data Storage Requirements
     M-Commerce: Why Rollout, Patch Later Is a Dangerous Prescription

October 3, 2007
     Merchant Group’s Report to Lawmaker Triggers Interchange Tussle

October 2, 2007
     Key PCI Deadline Passes With Half of Big Merchants Compliant
     With Volumes Rising, Pulse Joins Trend to Upgrade Fraud Detection

October 1, 2007
     Online, Other Factors Beat Costs in Driving Alternative Payments

September 27, 2007
     With TigerDirect, Assurz Scores Big And Sets the Stage for Growth
     Why Once-Soaring Contactless Payment Has Lost Some Altitude

September 26, 2007
     Revolution Money Expects to Gain Traction Early with Merchants

September 25, 2007
     It’s Labry up And Bailis out As KKR Completes Its First Data LBO

September 24, 2007
     TJX Settlement Leaves the Bigger Card-Security Issues Unsettled
     Cellular South Looks to Roll out First Commercial U.S. NFC Service

September 21, 2007
     When It Comes to Online Security, It’s All About the Money

September 20, 2007
     Discover Adds Chase Paymentech, Says More Acquirer Deals Coming

September 19, 2007
     Advice for M-Payments Entrepreneurs: Aim at the Underbanked
     A Startup’s Technology Turns ATMs into Prepaid Card Dispensers

September 18, 2007
     First Data Cuts Data Centers As Its Road Show Starts
     Survey: 42% of Consumers Ditch Online Transactions After a Glitch

September 13, 2007
     New Biller Categories, More Vendors Spur PINless Debit Growth
     The New Irony of Signature Cards: Good at Fraud, Bad at Risk

September 12, 2007
     BancorpSouth out to Show Smaller Banks Can Succeed in M-Banking
     After a Delay, NACHA Unveils Interchange, Other Pricing for SVP

September 11, 2007
     Sued by FTC, MPI Begins Turnaround, Looks to Expand to Midwest

September 10, 2007
     How Cardtronics Could Make Use of $300 Million from Its IPO

September 7, 2007
     Why POS Merchants Don’t Buy in to Payment Security

September 5, 2007
     M-Banking Will Beget M-Payments, But Not Without Labor Pains
     Striking New York City Cab Drivers Want To Drop off Cards

September 4, 2007
     Discover Expands Its Gift Card Franchise Through a Big Mall Operator
     Google: Don’t Read Too Much into Our M-Payment Patent Application
     Phishing Attacks Nearly Hit an All-Time High in June, Report Says

August 30, 2007
     How a Software House Sells Remote Capture Directly to Merchants
     Diebold Sees Early Interest in Technology Linking Handsets to ATMs
     Good Consumers Will Show Up for Good Security Measures

August 29, 2007
     NYCE, Fair Isaac Focus on Terminal-Based PIN Debit Fraud Control

August 28, 2007
     Pulse Takes Aim at the ACH with New Recurring PIN-less Service
     Visa Gets a Boost for Prepaid Partial Authorization from Shell

August 23, 2007
     How a Data-Security Debate Is Holding Back NFC Payments
     Check 21, BOC Come to E-Commerce Via USA ePay-Digital EFT Deal
     How We Have Managed to Turn the SSN into an SOS

August 22, 2007
     Why a Small Bank Sees Big Things in College Prepaid Programs

August 21, 2007
     Star Fills in Some ATM Gaps With Its New Allpoint Connection

August 20, 2007
     Wachovia Milestone Points up Wider Adoption of Remote Capture

August 16, 2007
     How Non-Bank ATM Owners Are Culling Subpar Machines
     More Contactless Taxis with MasterCard-VeriFone Projects

August 15, 2007
     Visa Sets Interchange Penalty Under PCI: A One-Tier Downgrade

August 14, 2007
     Turbulent Financial Seas Won’t Sink First Data Buyout, Observers Say
     Time to Change the Weird Logic Behind Data Breaches
     More Consumers Use Card Sites to Pay Bills, Manage Accounts

August 10, 2007
     Deal with First Data, Star Gives Big Boost to M-Banking Startup

August 9, 2007
     New IP Commerce Deal Could Open Doors for ISOs, Developers

August 8, 2007
     New PayPal Service Shows Retail Credit Has a New Life on the Web
     Cap One Extends Debit Reach with $700 Million NetSpend Deal

August 7, 2007
     With NCR, FDC Stakes, ViVOtech Sees More Impetus for Contactless

August 6, 2007
     Amazon Officially Joins Online Payments Fray with 'Flexible Payments'

August 2, 2007
     CheckFree Deal Vaults Fiserv into Front Ranks of Bill Payment, ACH

August 1, 2007
     An Online Payments Product Soon? Amazon Refuses to Comment

July 31, 2007
     A Startup Prepares a Dual POS/Online Contactless Card
     As Shareholders Okay KKR Deal, FDC Insists Buyout Is on Track
     Visa Reports Progress on PCI Among Large and Small Merchants

July 30, 2007
     How Vending Payments Could Benefit from the Change in Reg E

July 26, 2007
     Online Resources’ $45 Million ITS Deal Beefs up Its Biller Business

July 25, 2007
     BofA’s Envelope-less ATMs Show Imaging Is Catching on with Users
     Early Signs Are Positive for Amtrak’s Wireless POS Devices

July 24, 2007
     If It Happens, a TSYS Spin-off Will Add to Industry Overhaul

July 23, 2007
     Branded Prepaid Growth Is Lapping That of Private Label, Report Says
     Volume Climbs for PayPal, While Some Sellers Will See Fees Rise

July 19, 2007
     A House Antitrust Panel Becomes the Latest Interchange Battlefield

July 18, 2007
     Visa Starts to Put Small Merchants Under Its PCI Microscope
     As Fishy Orders Rise, Startup Plans Product to Manage Online Fraud

July 17, 2007
     Eyeing Decoupled Debit Cards, Tempo Begins Wooing Bank Issuers
     Card-Based Bill Payments Take Another Step with Billeo Product

July 16, 2007
     Image Exchange Hits Its Stride, But Clouds Form on the Horizon

July 13, 2007
     Green Dot Begins to Look Like the Go-To Prepaid Reload Network

July 12, 2007
     Hypercom’s CEO Steps Down Amid Restructuring Moves

July 11, 2007
     PayPal Launches What It Calls a Game-Changer for M-Commerce

July 10, 2007
     Patent Office Validates a DataTreasury Image Exchange Patent
     Despite a Strong Bench, First Data Picks an Outsider As Its New CEO

July 9, 2007
     Contactless Trend Will Wither Without Move to Handsets, Report Argues

July 5, 2007
     New Tool Lets Phishers Set up Bogus Sites in a Few Seconds
     ‘Day of Reckoning’ Beckons As Image Volume Peaks in ‘08
     LBO Firms Take Note: Acquiring Is Now a ‘Quite Cyclical’ Business

July 4, 2007
     An ISO Sees Tasty Potential in Online Ordering for Fast Food

July 3, 2007
     Theft of 2.3 Million Certegy Records Triggers Debate over Inside Jobs

July 2, 2007
     Now Independent, Discover Looks to Grow Issuing, Acquiring, Debit

June 28, 2007
     Northwest Deal Lets PayPal Gain Altitude in Online Travel Sales
     With Coghlan Out, Will Merchant Focus Survive at Visa?

June 27, 2007
     With an Eye on EFT, Fidelity Picks up eFunds with a $1.8 Billion Bid

June 26, 2007
     The Fed Says Just Four Check Sites Will Handle Paper by 2011

June 25, 2007
     Litigation, Divergent Europe Among Risks Visa IPO Faces
     Bill Payment Likely to Be a Key Function of Wal-Mart MoneyCard

June 22, 2007
     Another Rival for NACHA—with an International Flair

June 21, 2007
     Verizon Deal Lends Impetus to Obopay’s M-Commerce Drive
     How TransFirst’s New Boss Sizes up the Processor’s Opportunities

June 20, 2007
     Seeking More Revenue, Big Banks Get Set to Roll out 11th-Hour Bill Pay

June 19, 2007
     Prepaid Eyes the Potential in Consumer Rebates And Incentives

June 18, 2007
     ISO Ties Helped Seal CyberSource’s Bid for Authorize.Net

June 14, 2007
     Google Checkout Scrubs Its Boston Party After Talks with eBay
     PropertyBridge Brings PIN-less Debit to Residential Rent

June 13, 2007
     How a Startup Processor Plans to Take on NACHA in Web Payments

June 12, 2007
     TJX Confronts Another Big Bill Linked to Card-Data Breach
     Targeting eBay Ban, Google Checkout Plans Party to Reach Sellers

June 11, 2007
     RBS Set to Compete in the U.S. Market with a Payments Gateway
     Will MasterCard Win, Cap One Card Unleash Debit Brand Switching?

June 7, 2007
     'Biggest Thing Since PayPal,' Cap One Card Bids for Debit Share
     Already a Rocket, Remote Capture Is Set to Shift to Warp Speed

June 6, 2007
     Cardtronics’ Latest ATM Deal Hands 7-Eleven a Hefty Payoff

June 5, 2007
     Mobile Web Surfers Soar As Payments Players Rev up M-Commerce
     As Account-Level Processing Takes Shape, Acquirer Impact Unclear
     PayPal Mobile Services Get Major Boost in Internet Retailing

May 31, 2007
     USA Technologies And Coke Bottler Strike Biggest Vending Deal Yet
     Could the Ceridian Deal Lead to a Comdata-Certegy Combo?
     Contactless Usage May Be on the Rise, Reports Suggest

May 30, 2007
     Emida-Q Comm Merger Could Expand Prepaid Market for ISOs
     Retailers Still Have Long Way to Go on PCI, VeriFone Chief Says

May 29, 2007
     MPI Case May Not Be the Last ISO Action, FTC Says

May 25, 2007
     PayPal Courts Businesses with Incentives And New Technology

May 24, 2007
     The Winding Road That Led to the Pending Metavante Spin-off
     Report: M-Banking Set to Soar, Will Lead to NFC Payments

May 22, 2007
     End of 50-Day “Go-Shop” Period Leaves KKR As Sole First Data Suitor
     MODASolutions Rechristens Its Service, Unveils Buyer Protection