The Financial Obligations Ratio (FOR) for 3Q/15 has declined to 15.31%, the lowest measurement since 1981 and the Debt Service Ratio (DSR) plunged to 10.03%, the second lowest ever recorded in 35 years. According to the Federal Reserve the FOR declined to 15.31% in 3Q/15, compared to 15.33% in 2Q/15 and 15.34% in 3Q/15. The…
Bank credit card rates are now at their highest levels in four years and poised to head higher in 2016 in the wake of last month’s rise in the Prime Rate. Given more than 90% of U.S issued bank credit cards are based on the Prime Rate, the expectation of further increases this year could…
U.K. consumer credit in November grew at an 8.3% annual rate to £178.2 billion. Within consumer credit, credit card lending increased by 6.0% year-on-year (YOY) to £63.1 billion and other loans/ advances increased by 9.6% YOY to £115.1 billion. All figures are seasonally adjusted. The Bank of England says both subsets of consumer credit are…
Singaporean payment cards market grew at a CAGR of 3.3% during the period 2012 -2014 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.7% over the period 2015 – 2020. According to a new report from P&S Market Research, the total number of cards in circulation reached 21.3 million by the end of 2014,…
TX-based First American Payment Systems has purchased the entire portfolio of Independent Sales Organization (ISO) accounts and associated contracts from Chase Commerce Solutions (CCS). CCS is the global payment processing and merchant acquiring business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. With 25 years of experience in providing sales and operational support for Independent Sales Organizations, the…
The Romanian National Police along with Europol and Eurojust nailed an international criminal group responsible for ATM malware attacks. The criminals used Tyupkin ATM malware which allowed the attackers to manipulate ATMs across Europe and illegally empty ATM cash cassettes. This operation, one of the first in Europe against this kind of threat, resulted in…
Restaurant POS specialist, Toast, has nailed $30 million in second round funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners with help from GV (formerly Google Ventures), and private investors. Toast experienced exponential growth this past year. The company recently announced the signing of 1,000 customers in five quarters, and its deployment to fast casual restaurant chain Costa…
NY-based Crowdster has unveiled a unique mobile donation capability based on ApplePay that enables donors to complete transactions as easy as making purchases on iTunes. Crowdster, is a provider of easy-to-use and low cost online fundraising platforms for non-profits. The Apple Pay application allows donors to use their smartphone to make donations using ApplePay, wherein…
KORE, the world’s largest managed wireless network services provider specializing in the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, inked an agreement to provide connectivity for DipJar’s electronic tip and donation jars. Through the KORE network, DipJar will securely and reliably process wireless gratuity and donation payment information without the need to interface with…
In today’s special mentions: CHECKALT (processing); FISERV (exec); ALLIED (gateway) and (FTC (CardReady).