June 2014 • CardFlash® - Payment Card Industry News

SafeCharge Introduces Descoping Solutions

10, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/30/2014

SafeCharge International Group Limited announced that they will be introducing their unique PCI descoping solutions by sponsoring and speaking at the 9th PCI London event, the UK’s premier payment and risk summit, to be held at the Park Plaza, Victoria, London on July 1, 2014. During the conference SafeCharge will highlight PCI Descoping solutions. Praful Morar, Corporate Development and Strategy Director of SafeCharge will be presenting the topic, “The Benefits of Outsourcing PCI” at 12:10 on July 1 in the Main Plenary Hall.

InComm Signs Agreement With Seamless

6, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/30/2014

InComm has signed an agreement with Swedish Seamless that enables the digitization of the company’s vast portfolio of closed-loop stored-value cards using the mobile payment solution SEQR. The card, which can be topped up via mobile, will also function as a payment account in the SEQR-app and the US will be the first market to launch.

Diebold and Bellco CU

9, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/30/2014

Delivering a personalized, distinctive banking experience to Bellco Credit Union, Diebold, Incorporated worked in tandem with Bellco to design the credit union’s new Stapleton Branch located in Denver. The technology-based branch enables members to conduct efficient, self-service transactions on one of three deposit automation-enabled Diebold Opteva® Branch Performance Series™ in-lobby teller terminals, all the while encouraging a more personal interaction between members and branch staff.

ADS Good Sam VISA

7, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/30/2014

Alliance Data Retail Systems is buying the Good Sam Visa portfolio from Barclays Bank Delaware.The transaction is scheduled to close before the end of the third quarter. ADS further signed a long-term agreement with Good Sam Enterprises, that includes the Good Sam and Camping World branded products and services. Purchases made with the Good Sam Camping World Visa Credit Card earn Rec Rewards. Good Sam is the world’s largest RV owners organization, with over 1.5 million members.

Data Risk Management

6, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/30/2014

Enterprises are dedicating increasing resources to security and risk. Nevertheless, attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication. Security and risk leaders need to fully engage with the latest technology trends if they are to define, achieve and maintain effective security and risk management programs that simultaneously enable business opportunities and manage risk.

Prepaid Financial Services Multi Currency Prepaid Card

5, Country, Priority, UNITED KINGDOMBy Robert McKinley 06/30/2014

Prepaid Financial Services announced the launch of its industry leading Multi Currency prepaid card platform. The Multi Currency prepaid card enables corporate clients and cardholders to hold in excess of 15 currencies all on one card. The prepaid card offers more currencies than any other prepaid card globally.

MC AVG LAC P-TICKET

1, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/30/2014

MasterCard’s (MC) Latin America Caribbean (LAC) region Purchase Dollar Volume (PDV) rose year-on-year (Y/Y) by 21.7% on a local currency basis in the first quarter (Q1/14) to US$49 billion. Based on PDV, the MC LAC region is the fastest growing region. The average purchase ticket in the MC LAC region declined 12.0% Y/Y. One-year ago it stood at US$47.06, compared to US$47.48 in Q4/13 and US$47.06 in Q1/14, according to CardData. MC has 145 million cards-in-force (CIF) currently in the LAC region, compared to 131 million in Q1/13.

Seamless and InComm Sign

2, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/30/2014

InComm has signed an agreement with Swedish Seamless that enables the digitization of the company’s vast portfolio of closed-loop stored-value cards using the mobile payment solution SEQR. InComm offers stored-value cards from more than 500 brand partners in the US. The collaboration opens up InComm’s large client base and enables stores to digitizetheir gift cards. InComm is a leading provider of cutting-edge prepaid products, services and transaction technologies to retailers, brands and consumers. SEQR is Sweden’s and Europe’s most used mobile wallet in stores and online.

New POS MPayment redy

4, AUSTRALIA, Country, PriorityBy Robert McKinley 06/30/2014

Samsung Electronics Australia and Community Telco Australia, the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank telecommunication subsidiary, just launched their own retail POS mobile payment solution called ‘redy’. Customers can make payments using their mobile device by simply scanning a QR code in the ‘redy’ application. The app is available in Australia to anyone who uses a compatible smartphone. It can be linked to a Bendigo Bank savings account, or to any Visa or Mastercard account. No customer information or shopping data is passed onto the merchant for security purposes.

RewardsNOW To Provide Loyalty and Merchant Funded Rewards Program

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/27/2014

RewardsNOW loyalty programs for financial institutions announced Data Center (DCI) has partnered to provide loyalty and merchant funded rewards program services to its financial institution clients. DCI provides core processing software and related technologies for hundreds of community banks nationwide. RewardsNOW will provide DCI’s community bank clients with a fully comprehensive, enterprise-wide loyalty program consisting of a customized program website and access to RewardsNOW’s merchant funded rewards platform, including its local merchant funded shopping program, Shop Main Street; a merchant discount coupon program; and an integrated mobile application.

Higher One Adds Currency to Payments Service

7, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/27/2014

Higher One financial services and data analytics to more than 1,900 colleges and universities nationally, announces the addition of the Chinese yuan to its international payments service, which is powered by Higher One’s partnership with Western Union Business Solutions. The yuan follows the recent additions of Korean won, added earlier this year and the Indian rupee, added last year. According to Open Doors® 2013 “Fast Facts,” students using the yuan, the won and the rupee represent more than 50% of international students in the U.S. “a constituency Higher One now serves through its international payments services. Higher One and Western Union Business Solutions are providing a streamlined solution to more international students than ever and at an exchange rate that is more competitive than what traditional banks offer.

Fintech Innovation Lab Showcases Six Startups

5, Country, Priority, UNITED STATESBy Robert McKinley 06/27/2014

Fintech Innovation LabLeading-edge mobility, data analytics and credit risk solutions were among the six technology innovations demonstrated for top financial services, venture capital and technology executives at the fourth annual FinTech Innovation Lab Demo Day in New York. The Lab is a 12-week mentoring program created by Accenture (ACN) and the Partnership Fund for New York City and supported by more than a dozen of the world’s leading financial institutions to promote financial services technology (“fintech”) innovation and high tech job growth in New York City. This year’s entrepreneurs were chosen by chief technology officers from 15 participating financial institutions. The companies included Enigma, Kasisto, LMRKTS, pymetrics, RevolutionCredit and Standard Treasury. The group has spent the last 12 weeks receiving high level mentoring, product and business development advice and exposure to senior financial industry, technology and venture capital executives. The 18 previous alumni companies have raised a total of more than $76 million in financing after participating in the program since 2010.

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