Bluefin SVP
Bluefin Payment Systems has ankled Greg Cornwell to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief of Security Solutions, overseeing Bluefin’s Security Solutions team.
Other Breaking News
In today’s CardFlash News Que: SHOPKEEP: PAYMENT SAVVY: NET ELEMENT: and NXT-ID.
ADS & FULLBEAUTY
Alliance Data Systems (ADS) has inked a long-term renewal agreement to continue providing private label credit card services for FULLBEAUTY brands, a fashionable resource for plus-size women and men.
Visa Brazil Hair Dye
CardWeb.com’s CardWatch database of more than 57,000 marketing items today features the Visa do Brasil “Visa Brazil Hair Dye” TV ad.
CPI MC EMV Debit
CPI Card Group announced a new product line that supports MasterCard best practices for EMV debit card issuers in the U.S. CPI is targeting U.S. MasterCard debit cards.
Chip Card Collection
Fiserv has taken The Card Collection to the EMV level. This new solution allows financial institutions using the Fiserv standard chip card configurations to more quickly and less expensively transition to chip cards.
Anna Rossetti
CardWeb.com’s CardExecs database of payments industry movers and shakers today features Anna Rossetti, General Manager of CPI Card Group – Canada.
Visa Europe & HCE
Ever since Google first announced the inclusion of HCE within the KitKat version of its Android OS, Visa has worked closely with member banks and other financial and technology institutions to ensure NFC payments using this functionality, would meet Visa’s stringent requirements.
PayPal + CyActive
In its second acquisition of the past week PayPal is gobbling up an Israeli cyber security company specializing in forecasting future cyber attacks.
JMV Wave
Contactless payments are headed into Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. Morpho and Visa have introduced the new JMV Wave dual interface chip card for the expansion.
CSCU & EMV
Tampa-based Card Services for Credit Unions (CSCU) plans to pony up the cost of the EMV/Chip enablement phase for its 2,300 member credit unions. CSCU member credit unions utilize the FIS card processing platforms.
V+M US Debit PDV Q1
Purchase Dollar Volume (PDV) on U.S.- issued debit cards by Visa (V) and MasterCard (M) is projected to rise slightly in the first quarter to $468 billion, compared to $461 billion Q4/14, according to forecaster RAM Research.