Fundtech & D+H
GTCR is unloading NYC-based Fundtech to Canada’s D+H for US$1.25 billion. Among its many diverse global banking services and products, Fundtech offers merchant services such as credit card gateways and mobile banking.
GTCR is unloading NYC-based Fundtech to Canada’s D+H for US$1.25 billion. Among its many diverse global banking services and products, Fundtech offers merchant services such as credit card gateways and mobile banking.
CardWeb.com’s CardExecs database of payments industry movers and shakers today features Chris Nelson, CEO and founder of Zoot Enterprises.
CardWeb.com’s CardData database of Company Profiles today features processor Digital River. The Company is a major provider of Commerce-as-a-Service solutions.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Banque Commerciale Du Congo (BCDC) has inked a deal to issue thousands of MasterCard Debit cards to its customers. The new cards will be targeted primarily at private banking clients and at expatriates living and working in the country.
China UnionPay is delivering more cardholder tourists to Central and eastern European countries than ever before. In 2014, the number of tourists traveling to China from Hungary and Czech Republic saw a year-on-year growth of about 12%.
Countries that have already adopted EMV have experienced a significant increase in online fraud following the migration, and the U.S. is not expected to be an exception. In fact, online fraud increased 21% in Europe in 2012, in part due to the introduction of EMV cards.
In today’s CardFlash News Que: INGENICO (Intel); BANKRATE (Quizzle); POWA (Worldpay); and DICARO (ATMs).
CardWeb.com’s CardWatch database of more than 57,000 marketing items today features the Discover Card TV Spot, ‘Job Loss Support’ Song by Of Monsters & Men
Only 58% of students from four-year institutions said they were prepared to manage their money, while 12% of respondents said they never check their bank balances because they are too nervous. Additionally, 16% of student respondents lived paycheck to paycheck and yet only three-quarters stopped spending when their bank account balances were low.
CardWeb.com’s CardData Reports today features “Country Payments Market Profile: Turkey” report from the Mercator Advisory Group.
Visa’s average ticket (TIX) per point-of-sale (POS) purchase has been rock solid for the past five years. According to CardData, the Visa average TIX for full-year 2014 for credit cards is $84.18 and $37.57 for debit cards, down 60 cents and up 48 cents respectively, compared to 2010.
The nation’s fourth largest Visa and MasterCard issuer ended 2014 with declining outstandings, below industry average purchase dollar volume (PDV) and a slight uptick in delinquencies, but profits remained flat sequentially. Forecaster RAM Research projects Citibank (Citi) will post $64.1 billion in outstandings and $41.1 billion in PDV for the first quarter.