USAA took the top spot in the Temkin Web Experience Ratings for the second straight year. USAA was also in the top 14 with its insurance and credit card businesses, along with credit unions, Capital One 360, SunTrust Bank, eBay, Chase, Fidelity Investments, QVC, Sheraton, and Apple Retail.
CardWeb.com’s CardConferences today features the R2 | Retail Reinvention 2015, August 4 and 5 in Chicago.
Discover’s credit card outstandings will likely top $55 billion for the second quarter according to forecaster RAM Research. CardData says Discover’s credit card outstandings continued strong in the first quarter rising 5.1% as Purchase Dollar Volume (PDV) rose 2.7%, year-on-year (YOY).
Banco de Chile, the second largest financial institution in the Chilean banking market, with a strong focus on retail banking. The bank is currently replacing its automated teller machines with secure systems from Wincor Nixdorf, and as part of this process, it has now ordered another 500 CINEO ATMs.
CardWeb.com’s CardWatch database of more than 57,000 marketing items today features the Load&Go VISA Prepaid Card – Australia Post TV Ad.
Mahindra Comviva has inked a strategic agreement with the Pole SCS for HCE (Host Card Emulation) solutions and development. Among the companies participating in the SCS cluster are Gemalto, ST Microelectronics, Inside Secure, Orange, Telecom Italia and a large number of innovative startups in these fields.
Toronto-based BitGold has ankled Darrell MacMullin as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Darrell was previously the Managing Director and Head of PayPal Canada.
Austin-based RideScout has acquired GlobeSherpa, a market leader in mobile solutions for public transportation with mobile book-and-pay ticketing in several major US markets, such as Portland, San Francisco and Chicago.
CardWeb.com’s CardData database of Company Profiles today features Saylent.
CA-based Batched.com is providing minority owned businesses EMV ready and Apple Pay enabled credit card processing equipment at no cost to make sure minority owned businesses are compliant with the new Visa MasterCard regulations taking effect on October 1, 2015.
American Express global Gross Dollar Volume (GDV) is growing 3.3% annually, compared to an average of 1.6% for its peer group: the four top U.S.-based networks, according to CardData. RAM Research forecasts Q2 global AmEx GDV will slightly exceed $276 billion.
MI-based North American Bancard (NAB) has ankled Rhett Rowe as president of its subsidiary, Capital for Merchants (CFM), a merchant cash advance program that helps businesses get the working capital they need. In his new position, Rowe will be responsible for providing strategic