News Updates

Southwest Airlines Selects Accertify's Interceptas Fraud Prevention
20 Feb 2008 at 3:56pm
Accertify has announced that Southwest Airlines has selected its Interceptas solution to fight credit card fraud.

U.S. Bank, Visa Inc. Renew Partnership Agreement
20 Feb 2008 at 12:23pm
U.S. Bank and Visa Inc. have announced that they have signed a multiyear partnership agreement through which U.S. Bank will continue to offer the full range of Visa payment platforms to its consumer and business customers.

TrialPay Announces Series B Financing
20 Feb 2008 at 12:06pm
TrialPay has announced that is has closed a $12.7 millionSeries B round of financing - bringing the total amount raised to $15.8 million. The company also announced that it now has 5.2 million registered users - with over 15,000 new users joining TrialPay daily.

MasterCard Advisors Studies Small Businesses, Card Usage
20 Feb 2008 at 5:53am
MasterCard Advisors, the professional services arm of MasterCard Worldwide, has introduced The Small Business Study, an in-depth report of cardholders? spending, attitudes, and preferences across the leading small business card issuers.

Headline News - February 20, 2008
20 Feb 2008 at 5:48am
New Online Bill Management Service Bill.com Helps Business Reduce AP Process by an Estimated 30-50% Better ATM Services Engages Gift Cards, Premiums, and Incentives Firm to Lead Channel Growth Fundtech Acquires ACH Software Product Line from TROY Group, Inc. Trustwave Offers PCI DSS Self-Assessment Questionnaire Version 1.1 Obopay Integrates IDology's Identity Verification Technology Note: Throughout the day, as Payments News happens, this post is updated. For job opportunities available for payments professionals, visit PaymentsJobs.com. Employers looking to hire payments professionals can post their job openings there as well.

Payments Professionals Management Changes
20 Feb 2008 at 4:08am
We have received news of the following recent management changes: Larry C. Wine has been named CEO of Paymetric. Previously, Wine had been president and CEO of RBS Lynk. Announce yourself! Have you recently taken on a new position in the payments industry? If you'd like to share the news with your colleagues, be sure to tell us about it. Are you looking for a new payments-related job? Or are you needing to find someone great? Checkout the Payments Jobs job board.

White Paper on Gift Cards for Credit Unions
19 Feb 2008 at 3:53pm
The Members Group has released a white paper for credit unions considering adding gift card as a product. The paper steps through the advantages of an effective program.

Source: Payments News - from Glenbrook Partners