Facebook is getting into the gift card business

Facebook is getting into the gift card business

September 2, 2010 - The social-network giant is getting into the gift card business, starting Sunday, with Facebook Credits cards. Facebook is to offer gift cards loaded with Credits at retail stores across the US, beginning with the Target supermarket chain. This will be the first time Facebook has

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MoneyGram teams with Univision MasterCard Prepaid Card as reload partner for new card

MoneyGram teams with Univision MasterCard Prepaid Card as reload partner for new card

Aug 30, 2010 -- MoneyGram International announced a relationship that will enable Univision MasterCard(R) Prepaid cardholders the ability to load their cards at approximately 35,000 MoneyGram agent locations nationwide. The Univision MasterCard Prepaid Card is a prepaid card offered by Univision

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Visa announced global industry best practices for software vendors who develop payment applications

Visa announced global industry best practices for software vendors who develop payment applications

August 24, 2010 - Visa Inc. today announced global industry best practices for payment application vendors, integrators and resellers that implement, install or manage payment-related systems on behalf of merchants. The best practices developed by Visa in collaboration with the SANS Institute are

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American Express launches PASS, a prepaid reloadable card that parents give to their teens

American Express launches PASS, a prepaid reloadable card that parents give to their teens

August 17th, 2010 - According to a new survey by PASS from American Express SM, approximately one in three parents (36%) say that talking to their teens about an allowance is comparable or more difficult than the stressful experience of negotiating the purchase of a car. Over half of parents (5

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Visa Business Network gets upgrade

Visa Business Network gets upgrade

August 13th, 2010 - Recognizing the important role that social media plays in small business today, Visa has upgraded the Visa Business Network, which currently has more than 100,000 active members, to include new features that help them connect, learn and grow. Visa announced significant enhance

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Visa and Akbank to launch the first European microSD-based contactless mobile payment system

Visa and Akbank to launch the first European microSD-based contactless mobile payment system

July 5th, 2010 - Visa is teaming with Turkey's Akbank and vendor DeviceFidelity to launch Europe's first microSD-based contactless mobile payment system. Akbank customers will be able to insert DeviceFidelity's In2Pay microSD into their handsets' memory card slots, turning them into contactless paym

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Portofoliul de carduri MasterCard Europe a crescut cu 4% in T2 2010 fata de aceeasi perioada din 2009

Portofoliul de carduri MasterCard Europe a crescut cu 4% in T2 2010 fata de aceeasi perioada din 2009

4 august, 2010 - Pe plan mondial, la 30 iunie 2010, institutiile financiare membre MasterCard aveau in circulatie un portofoliu de 1.6 miliarde de carduri valide care, numai in trimestrul II din acest an, au generat 5,6 miliarde de tranzactii, in crestere cu 0,1% fata de aceeasi perioada din

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Visa announced 2 digit growth of the main indicators for the last quarter

Visa announced 2 digit growth of the main indicators for the last quarter

July 30, 2010 - For the fiscal third quarter 2010, ended June 30, service revenues were $873 million, an increase of 13% versus the prior year. Total processed transactions, which represent transactions processed by VisaNet, for the three months ended June 30, 2010 totaled 11.7 billion, were a posit

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China leads in mobile banking uptake

China leads in mobile banking uptake

July 26th, 2010 - China is leading the world in the uptake of mobile finance, with 77% of consumers using their phones to conduct financial transactions, according to a global survey carried out by KPMG. Compared with only 18 months ago, the global percentage of respondents who have used their mobil

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La mondialul african de fotbal s-au cheltuit 312 milioane USD pe carduri Visa - 55.000 tranzactii/zi

La mondialul african de fotbal s-au cheltuit 312 milioane USD pe carduri Visa – 55.000 tranzactii/zi

15 iulie 2010 –  In perioada Campionatului Mondial FIFA World Cup™, din 1 iunie pana pe 11 iulie, cheltuielile cu cardul Visa realizate de turistii din intreaga lume in Africa de Sud au depasit 312 milioane USD, reprezentand o crestere de 70%, cu 128 milioane USD mai mult faţa de la acelasi

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