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August, 2008

  • 13 August

    ATM Network MoneyPass Quietly Books a Slew of New Members

    The Allpoint and Co-op surcharge-free ATM networks are bigger, but Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp's MoneyPass network has been on a quiet growth spurt in 2008. MoneyPass over the spring and summer has announced a number of new members and in October is set to boost its ATM count by another 3,000 …

  • 12 August

    Cardtronics Looks to Market Its In-House Processing Platform

    With its U.S. operations holding up despite the economic slowdown, non-bank ATM network operator Cardtronics Inc. is eyeing opportunities as a third-party ATM processor. Cardtronics executives said at a conference call with analysts on Tuesday morning that the conversion of the network's nearly 33,000 ATMs to a new in-house processing …

  • 12 August

    The Coming End of Big-Issuer Hegemony in Bank Card Payments

    This is the third installment of a six-part series exploring the growing economic tensions and structural conflicts between acquirers and issuers in the bankcard business. A handful of big issuers dominate the bank card business and command the lion's share of merchant-acceptance fees. Just about everyone else in the payments …

  • 7 August

    Eye on Earnings: Heartland Payment Systems, TNS, FIS

    The softening economy so far hasn't taken a big bite out of payment processors' earnings, but it is having some effects. Meanwhile, processors continue to streamline their operations, integrate acquisitions, and roll out new services. ? Reflecting the recent weakness in consumer spending, big merchant acquirer Heartland Payment Systems Inc. …

  • 7 August

    A Race to Stay Ahead of Hackers in Fixing a Massive Internet Flaw

    Banks, merchants, and others that have developed e-commerce channels can't rest easy even though Internet Service Providers and corporations are making progress in plugging a yawning hole in the underpinnings of the Internet that can allow hackers to hijack the customers of virtually any Web site. That's the assessment of …

  • 6 August

    Merchants, Acquirers, and ISOs: Diverging Paths to the Future

    This is the second installment of a six-part series exploring the growing economic tensions and structural conflicts between acquirers and issuers in the bank card business. All merchants are not created equal in payments. One of the industry's biggest but worst-kept secrets is that in 2003, following the settlement of …

  • 6 August

    A Fed Dragnet Catches Some Big Fish, But Are the Hacks Solved?

    Federal authorities on Tuesday announced 11 people from the U.S. and at least four other countries have been charged with numerous crimes stemming from computer intrusions at major retailers that resulted in the theft and sale of 40 million credit and debit card numbers. The vast scheme, with charges originating …

  • 6 August

    Blockbuster-NCR Deal Heats Up Competition in Unattended Payments

    The growing market in DVD rentals from vending machines became more competitive this week when video-rental icon Blockbuster Inc. announced a deal with NCR Corp. in which the maker of ATMs, other banking hardware, and kiosks this quarter will begin deploying the first of what it expects could be 10,000 …

  • 5 August

    NACHA Moves Back IAT Deadline to Allow More Time for Testing

    NACHA, which late last week extended by six months the deadline for banks to start processing a new automated clearing house transaction type representing payments flowing into and out of the U.S., says it decided to grant the extension so that financial institutions and their vendors will have more time …

July, 2008

  • 31 July

    Critics Decry a Costly Merchant-Reporting Rule, But It’s Now the Law

    A revenue-generating proposal that would force merchant acquirers to report their clients' card-based sales to the Internal Revenue Service was signed into law Wednesday by President Bush. The provision, which critics say will impose a costly burden on the entire acquiring business at a time when the industry is under …

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