EMERGE 2015
CardWeb.com’s CardConferences today features EMERGE 2015, June 10-12, 2015 at the Hilton Austin, Texas.
CheckAlt
CardWeb.com’s CardData database of Company Profiles today features CheckAlt.
Stratos Card
San Jose-based Stratos unveiled the Stratos Digital Card Issuance Platform. The platform will allow card issuers to instantly fulfill digital cards, analyze real-time cardholder behavior and increase loyalty and engagement.
Revel iPad POS
Revel Systems’ iPad Point of Sale (POS) platform is going gangbusters. The integrated solution enables restaurants to automatically sync sales, payments, inventory, CRM and payroll data to QuickBooks Online. No other POS solution has this level of integration with QuickBooks Payments and QuickBooks Online.
ID Scorecard Report
CardWeb.com’s CardData Reports today features the 2015 Identity Protection Services Scorecard – Direct-to-Consumer Market report from Javelin Strategy & Research.
Apriva SDK
Apriva announced the release of a new software development kit (SDK) that enables Point of Sale (POS) developers to easily integrate payment acceptance capabilities into new and existing mobile applications.
Other Breaking News
In today’s CardFlash News Que: CHASE (chip cards); COMMERCE (FICO); NFCC (CFPB); and OINK (SIIA).
US CC Outstandings
U.S. credit card outstandings end-of-period (EOP) among the Big 6 issuers rose by a mere 2.3% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter to $451.3 billion. Capital One (+8.5%) and American Express (+7.3%) YOY led the pack, while Citibank (-4.9%) and BofA (-0.5%) cleaned up the rear, according to CardData.
USAT Q1/15
PA-based USA Technologies posted total revenue of $15.4 million, a year-over-year (YOY) increase of 47%. For 2015, management expects total revenue to be above $53.0 million, due to the positive impact of QuickStart on equipment revenue.
SayPay
SayPay Technologies has teamed with VoiceVault to deliver transformational online and mobile payment solutions. SayPay offers a single, seamless solution for bill payments, online checkout, and website sign-in.
CompoSecure Cards
NJ-based CompoSecure, combining science and art for laser engravable ID cards and luxury metal cards, is getting financial backing. LLR Partners is ponying up for sales and marketing expansion as well as continued product development.
Kabbage MasterCard
Atlanta-based small business loans purveyor Kabbage has teamed with MasterCard to offer businesses the ability to pay for items at the point of sale (POS) with a purchasing card. Kabbage offers up to $100,000 in funding for a 1% to 12% payback over the first two months, 1% thereafter.