Synchrony Financial reported Q3/15 revenue increased 9% year-on-year (YOY) to $2.7 billion while net earnings came in at $574 million, compared to $548 million for 3Q/14. Loan receivables grew $7 billion, or 12% YOY to $64 billion. Purchase Dollar Volume (PDV) increased 12% for the third quarter.
CardWeb.com’s CardData database of Company Profiles today features Virgin Money.
The largest bank in Poland will utilize ACI’s UP Consumer Payments offerings over the next seven years. PKO BP will migrate from its current BASE24 system to ACI’s next-generation UP BASE24-eps payments platform, which will support the bank’s extensive network of more than 3,000 ATMs.
Dallas-based private label credit card specialist Alliance Data Systems (ADS) reports delinquency and charge-offs declined again in November. The trend mirrors the bank credit card market.
Newton Aycliffe-based Stiller Warehousing and Distribution has switched its fuel cards to Scotland-based The Fuel Card Group’s Dieselink. One reason is both companies are achieving ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification.
CashStar will join a panel of experts at All Payments Expo (APEX) Europe to help attendees understand and leverage the convergence of the payments, mobile, retail and marketing worlds during the session titled, APEX Europe brings together executives from diverse industries to build the next generation of prepaid, retail payments, emerging technologies and alternative financial services. APEX Europe is co-located with Retail Payment Innovations, a one-day event focusing on retail innovation and payment technology. During this panel discussion, attendees will gain real world insights from merchants’ approach to payments and commerce in an omni-channel environment. Panelists will discuss how they are approaching potential partnerships and investments across their channels.
MasterCard announced the launch of Doing Good in One Touch Is Priceless campaign. As a result, at least 30 million rubles (about $1MM USD) will be donated by MasterCard to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). The funds will support Russian and international oncological research aimed at developing new methods of cancer treatment. Everyone will be able to contribute to the campaign simply by making everyday purchases with innovative contactless MasterCard PayPass® technology at points of sale throughout the country.
Vodafone, Visa and BNZ make buying stuff with your phone a reality with the preview of Vodafone SmartPass, a new mobile payments application that will shrink the contents of Kiwi pockets and handbags. Vodafone SmartPass takes the stress out of shopping, and lets customers make convenient, every day purchases with a simple wave of a smartphone. Using contactless Near Field Communication (NFC) and Visa payWave technology, the app functions as a digital wallet. Once activated, customers can load funds from any bank to the SmartPass account, which can then be used to pay for items at any location with a Visa payWave contactless terminal.
PayLane systematically expands the list of banks in its portfolio. Customers can choose to make a transfer from such banks as Bank Millennium, mBank, Credit Agricole, Alior Bank, MultiBank, PKO BP, Deutsche Bank, Alior Sync, Inteligo, Bank BPH (GE Capital Group), ING, KB Kredyt Bank, BZ WBK, Getin Bank. This now includes Nordea Bank (Pay with Nordea), Idea Bank and postal money order. The large number of banks coupled with other payment methods such as credit and debit cards or PayPal, makes it possible for the e-shop customers to find their favourite way of issuing payments. As PayLane received the status of a Payment Institution in May 2013, it is subjected to the regulations of Polish Financial Supervision Authority. Both the merchants and their customers can be sure the wire transfers are secure.
ampm, BP’s popular West Coast convenience store franchise, agreed to offer MoneyGram’s full suite of consumer products at participating ampm locations in the Western United States, the companies announced. With this, BP is promoting MoneyGram’s money transfer services, bill payments, money orders and prepaid cards to its network of more than 950 ampm franchises throughout Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
MasterCard Worldwide announced record growth of its contactless payments technology, MasterCard® PayPass™, across the Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) region in 2012, citing a 28% (YoY) increase in merchant locations. MasterCard’s PayPass contactless payment network now boasts nearly 700,000 merchant locations in 51 countries as of Q4 2012. Growth data reflects a strong demand from consumers for fast and convenient alternative to cash for everyday purchases in region, including those in emerging markets like Vietnam, which last month launched contactless payments for the first time. In Australia, more than one-in-ten card transactions under $100 is now being made with PayPass. In Singapore, transactions made using PayPass at last year’s Great Singapore Sale (GSS) grew 100-fold, with total spend up by more than 54%. In New Zealand, all new consumer credit and debit cards issued are enabled with PayPass. Consumer-led demand for contactless technology drove uptake among the country’s most popular retailers, including Bunnings, Kmart, The Warehouse, Resene, Repco, and BP.
Fitch prime credit card chargeoffs dropped below 4% for the first time since 2006 to 3.98% in December. The 18 basis point (bp) decline in chargeoffs is thanks to declining bankruptcy filings delinquencies throughout 2012 while chargeoffs dropped an astounding 29.43% since the end of 2011. Meanwhile, late stage delinquencies increased three basis points (bps)…