July 2010 • CardFlash® - Payment Card Industry News

FICO Reports 2Q/10 Revenue of $155MM

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

FICO analytics and decision management technology posted 2Q/10 net income of $17.9 million, compared with the year ago net income of $18.1 million, and revenues of $155.3 million, compared to the 3Q/09 figure of $156.0 million. Revenues came from applications revenues of $91.4 million, compared to the 3Q/09 figure of $94.6 million for a 3% decrease; scores revenues of $46.5 million, compared to the 3Q/09 figure of $45.3 million for an increase of 3%; and tool revenues of $17.4 million, compared to the 3Q/09 figure of $16.1 million for an increase of 8%.

FICO REVENUE HISTORICAL
2Q/09: $156.0 million
3Q/09: $151.9 million
4Q/09: $151.5 million
1Q/10: $143.7 million
2Q/10: $155.3 million
SOURCE: Carddata.com

Wright Express to Acquire ReD Cards

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

Wright Express payment processing has entered into a definitive share purchase agreements to acquire the Australian assets of Retail Decisions consisting of its fleet and prepaid card businesses from Palamon Capital Partners, Morgan Stanley and AlpInvest Partners for approximately AU$353 million in cash. The all cash transaction is anticipated to be immediately accretive to the Companyâs adjusted net income and is expected to close in the third quarter. ReD Fuel multi-branded fuel card issuer has 270,000 cards in circulation, accepted at approximately 90% of Australian fuel retailers; as a processor of prepaid cards holds a 60% market share; and generated 2009 revenues totaling AU$61.4 million combined.

BBVA Offers Users Fiserv Online Bill Payment

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

BBVA Compass has renewed its contract for the Fiserv “CheckFree” user-friendly online billing and payment services. BBVA Compass will also continue to utilize “FraudNet” automated fraud detection system to mitigate fraudulent online transaction risk. Fiserv supports online bill payment services for 76% of the consumers who pay bills online through their financial institution, delivering 93% of the electronic bills received through the online banking channel. The “CheckFree RXP” is updated through “Feature Packs,” regularly scheduled additions that automatically ensure the Fiserv network of financial institutions and their customers have immediate access to the most up-to-date online payment tools with a bill pay “widget” that enables customers to schedule a payment directly from the online banking homepage rather than visiting a dedicated bill payment page.

COF & Unemployment Slow, Linger at 10%

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

The job loss rate in June slowed to a 9.6% unemployment rate.
Coincidentally, the credit card charge off rate slowed for the first
time in two years to now stand at 10.28%. This, after months of soaring
past the 6% mark in December of 2008, the 8% mark that following spring,
and finally the 10% mark in September of ’09, comes as sweet relief to
rampant fear last year credit card-backed securities would realistically
near 12% by this time. According to CardData (www.carddata.com), average
charge-offs for the first quarter were an unprecedented 10.93% with an
unemployment rate of 10.2%. With a 9.6% unemployment rate for June,
second quarter managed charge-offs are expected to hover around 10.2%.
With the unemployment rate showing signs of improvement, skyrocketing
card charge-offs have done the same and will hopefully not hit the
dreaded 11% mark. For complete details on credit card charge-offs visit
Carddata.com (www.carddata.com).

Unemployment Charge-Offs
Jun/08: 5.7% 5.3%
Sep/08: 6.0% 5.5%
Dec/08: 7.1% 6.0%
Mar/09: 9.0% 8.7%
Jun/09: 9.7% 9.5%
Sep/09: 10.4% 10.1%
Dec/09: 9.7% 10.6%
Mar/10: 10.2% 10.93%
Jun/10: 9.6% 10.28%
Source: CardData (www.carddata.com)

U.S. Credit Card Default Rates Show Promise

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

Fitch’s prime credit card chargeoff index improved year-over-year for the first time in more than three years, with June chargeoffs having dropped to 10.57%, 56 basis points (bps) lower than the prior month. Late stage delinquencies improved for the sixth consecutive month and dipped below the 4% threshold for the first time in 18 months. With this, the Fitch 60+ day delinquency index decreased by 15 basis points to 3.86% during the June collection period while 30+ day delinquencies decreased for the fourth consecutive month by 14 bps to 5.13%. Gross yield reported at 22.67% for a 47 bp improvement, 17 bps shy of its highest level ever. Yield performance was up 26% compared to the same period last year, but is expected to decline by up to 10% in the coming months while the MPR broke a 29 month high and reported a 59-bp increase to 19.61%. MPR performance rebounded after a one month dip, reporting an increase of 26 bps to 14.22% and represents a 10% improvement year over year.

CRE Secure Integrated With EMS Gateway

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

CRE Secure secure payment solution for online merchants has integrated its PCI-compliant payment acceptance service into Electronic Merchant Systemsâ (EMS). With this, CRE Secure-enabled merchant customers are redirected to CRE Secureâs hosted payment platform (based on patented HTML clone design) through a window that seamlessly mirrors the merchantâs web site. Merchants utilizing CRE Secureâs service achieve full PCI DSS compliance relative to their processing of card payments online. Electronic Merchant Systems merchant processing services and electronic transactions processes and safeguards electronic payment transactions.

BookIt.com Launches American Express Reward Incentive

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

BookIt.com online travel provider is introducing its Panama City Beach travel promotion. When customers book a trip to the FL destination by midnight July 31st with all travel completed by September 6, 2010, they can earn up to $200 worth of American Express(R)-branded Reward Cards. In doing so, BookIt.com has partnered with the Panama City Beach Tourist Development Council to provide guests who travel now through Labor Day. Guests who book a qualifying stay at participating Panama City Beach hotels or resorts will receive an American Express(R)-branded Reward Card: Stay 3 nights for a $50 Reward card; 4 nights for a $100 Reward card; or 5 nights or more for a $200 Reward card.

MoneyGram Posts 2Q/10 Revenue up 2% Y/Y

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

MoneyGram International global payment services has reported 2Q/10 money transfer transaction volume up 7% while money transfer fee and other revenue were up 2% year over year. This is thanks in part to global agent locations having increased 13% over the prior year to 203,000. Total revenue declined 3% to $283.6 million, compared with $291.2 million in the same period last year. Total fee and other revenue declined slightly to $277.6 million, from $278.5 million in the same period last year. Total revenue in 2010 reflects investment revenue and net securities gains that were $6.7 million less than second quarter 2009. Net income for the quarter was $6.8 million, impacted by $6.0 million of stock-based compensation, $1.9 million of restructuring and reorganization costs, $1.5 million of asset impairment charges, and a $3.5 million write off of deferred financing and debt discount related to the early debt paydown.

Citi Extends Commercial Card Reach to 50th Country

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

Citigroup Global Transaction Services has extended its local commercial card issuance capabilities to South Africa, the 50th market where Citi has launched its global card offering in recognition of ongoing client demand. The offering will soon include Citiâs turnkey prepaid card solution leveraging its experience as the largest global provider of corporate and government prepaid programs. Nearly 500 multinational corporations use its commercial cards programs at the core of their expense management strategy, making Citi a premier cards issuer in terms of technology, innovation and transaction volume. Clients are able to centralize program administration with one provider by leveraging Citiâs innovative proprietary ECS+ platform.

SVM Deploys CashStar eGifting

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

CashStar digital gifting and incentives has partnered with SVM distributor of gasoline and retail gift cards to deliver CashStar-powered eGift cards to SVMâs corporate customers. SVM offers gift cards from more than 150 of the nationâs most popular retail stores, restaurants, service companies and hotels to corporations for incentives, rewards and promotions. Under the terms of this agreement, SVM will use the CashStar digital gifting and incentives platform to deliver eGift cards to its corporate customers. The CashStar platform delivers retailers incremental, high-margin sales, promotes online and in-store traffic and encourages customer loyalty by providing consumers with gifting experiences.

RIA & Cash Store Financial Ink Seven-Year Agreement

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

RIA Financial Services of Euronet Worldwide has inked a seven-year agreement with Cash Store Financial Services to supply money transfer services across the Cash Store Financial Canadian network of 523 Cash Store and Instaloans branches. The agreement provides access to a further 90 branches with high levels of remittance traffic and ensures future branches will be able to offer money transfer services to customers. By adding 90 previously restricted outlets to their money transfer offering, RIA is focused on increasing both customer and revenue growth. Euronetâs global payment network includes 10,408 ATMs, approximately 57,000 EFT POS terminals and a growing portfolio of outsourced debit and credit card services which are under management in 30 countries; card software solutions; a prepaid processing network of approximately 515,000 point-of-sale terminals across approximately 241,000 retailer locations in 23 countries; and a consumer-to-consumer money transfer network of approximately 104,400 locations serving 120 countries.

2B Soft Launches the PreCash Bill Payment Solution

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 07/30/2010

B2B Soft and PreCash have launched the PreCash Bill Pay service in B2B Softâs Wireless Standard, a total-store-management software solution for wireless dealers. The PreCash Bill Pay service is now a turnkey option available to Wireless Standard users. With PreCash, Wireless Standard clients can now process payments and deposits from cash-paying customers directly though their POS. Having the PreCash Bill Pay service tied to their POS reduces the opportunity for fraud and minimizes keying errors that can occur when a wireless dealer has to go between two systems. Wireless Standard user now have access to the more than 150 bill payment options available through PreCash, including popular wireless services like AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and more.

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