HomeATM (Free subscription) | yesterday
Image via Wikipedia Specifically Designed for Card Issuers Seeking an Easy and Cost-Effective Way to Issue EMV Card Products ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Dynamic Card Solutions (DCS), the leading provider of instant issuance and PIN selection solutions for banks, credit unions and retailers that issue magnetic stripe, EMV and contactless cards, today...
GetDebit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Recently, Consumer Reports published an article pointing out some potential disadvantages of charity gift cards (gift cards which allow a recipient to designate one or more charitable recipients of the value of the gift card). Today, several gift card issuers fight back. Charity Gift Card Issuers Fight Back is a post from: Prepaid Debit...
Informaiton-Security-Resources.com (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
By Professor Jenni Hesterman, Counterterrorism Expert Let's say you are a bad guy and have some "dirty" money to launder. Cards might be a good idea. First of all, there is no limit to how many cards you can buy. You can buy them with cash. You can sell them on an online auction site, transfer the value to a nonbank, and liquidate it by asking for a debit card...
GetDebit (Free subscription) | yesterday
A "Charity Gift Card" is a gift card (or gift certificate, or virtual gift card) that is purchased by a "sender" or "purchaser" and given to a "recipient". The sender or purchaser of the charity gift card buys the gift card from a gift card issuer Charity Gift Card is a post from: Prepaid Debit Cards...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
SEATTLE, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- By using incomplete research for its editorial "Charities jump on the gift-card bandwagon," Consumer Reports is driving money away from charities at a time they need it most, say three of the top Charity Gift Card issuers. A Charity Gift Card allows the gift giver to make a charitable donation and the gift recipient to choose the...
USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new law that takes effect next year will crimp credit card issuers' bottom lines, recent interest rate hikes should help them ...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
SEATTLE, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- By using incomplete research for its editorial "Charities jump on the gift-card bandwagon," Consumer Reports is driving money away from charities at a time they need it most, say three of the top Charity Gift Card issuers. A Charity Gift Card allows the gift giver to make a charitable donation and the gift recipient to choose the...
The Street (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Monday lifted its rating to neutral on a trio of credit card issuers: American Express, Capital One and Discover Financial.
Mouse Print (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
American Express had good news for shoppers a few months ago when it announced that it was no longer going to charge monthly maintenance fees or dormancy fees on gift cards that previously were imposed after one year. That truly was a bold and welcome move, considering other gift card issuers continue to charge as [...]
The Digerati Life (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
What’s better than getting a great deal with a discount gift card? What about getting a free gift card? This month, we’re seeing quite a few promotions from a few companies that we follow and which advertise on this site. One such company is the credit card issuer, CitiBank, which offers credit cards [...] CitiBank Promotion: Earn Extra Points From Citi...
WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Retirement funds for credit card bills: No wayCNNMoney.comSince it's obvious you have suffered a hardship by losing your job, your best bet is to contact your credit card issuer and see if you can work out a …and more »
HomeATM (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
We couldn't agree more...especially with the recent rash of online banking fraud and wire transfers using money mules that has plagued the business sector. It makes imminently more sense for a business to swipe their corporate card and enter their PIN in order to access their online banking account. It makes even more sense to do the same when conducting wire transfers and requiring the recipient...
TRUTH ON THE MARKET (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The GAO report raises concerns about card association the level of interchange fees (that acquirers pay issuers for credit card transactions processed) but also about other card association rules such as the ‘no surcharge rule.’ That rule prevents a merchant who accepts card transactions from charging a ‘point of sale’ premium to consumers...
TRUTH ON THE MARKET (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Will reduction in interchange fees help or hurt consumers? Two posts yesterday made the conjecture that a reduction in one category of fees would only increase other fees, and that the overall sum of fees will not change. This is the fee-neutrality claim. Todd Zywicki writes: The mathematics of the situation is inescapable: card issuers would [...]
Personal Money Store (Free subscription) | yesterday
Credit Cards Fail to Help Consumers Consumerism must be jump started again by consumers, but credit card companies have to play ball. (Photo: Wikimedia.org) The best thing about payday loans is that they are reliable. Post-recession, many people are finding the world of credit just isn’t what it used to be. In the past year, consumers rethought their former decision of using credit...
