Cybercrime Report
CardWeb.com’s CardData Reports today features the “ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Report: Q1 2015.”
Wallaby Financial Announces Credit Card Database
Wallaby Financial credit card optimization solutions made available its CardBase and The Card Guide. CardBase leverages Wallaby’s industry-leading independent database of more than 2,000 U.S. credit cards to help consumers make informed choices. Covering more than 450 banks and hundreds of distinct rewards programs, CardBase is the most comprehensive credit card database in the US. Separate web pages containing information on each of these cards will be available to consumers at walla.by. The Card Guide offers consumers a similarly unique set of resources to make better use of credit cards. The guide provides practical and fast-paced advice on topic areas like credit scores, making sensible choices when finding and using credit cards, types of card programs, loyalty and reward programs.
ShopKeep Enhances POS Software with Custom Email Receipts
ShopKeep announced Custom Email Receipts , a significant enhancement to its point-of-sale solution that hits the market just one week after a range of other upgrades targeted at bars and restaurants. Customized Email Receipts’ key capabilities include better branding, social media, allows users to collect feedback and use big data to boost profitability, special offers and an entirely ‘owned’ database: Enjoy complete ownership and access to your mailing list at all times.Unlike other point-of-sale providers, all customer information, including email addresses, collected through the ShopKeep POS belongs to the business owner. Other vendors claim that data as their own and sell it.
Credit Card Processing Guide Available From CardPaymentOptions.com
CardPaymentOptions.com is offering a free step-by-step guide to credit card processing for simply “liking” the company’s Facebook page. The guide, titled “Fee Sweep,” is an in-depth explanation about the merchant services industry, how the rates and fees work, and includes instructions on how to negotiate the best deals when signing up for new services or re-examining current contracts. This contains over 25 pages of easy to understand descriptions about everything from tiered pricing to cancellation fees. It walks merchants and business owners through the typical marketing pitches used by merchant service companies and their sales agents, and explains the different terms they will frequently hear when speaking with representatives.
AdvanceMe Provides $2B to Small Businesses
AdvanceMe Merchant Cash Advances for small and mid-sized businesses, announced that it has provided more than $2 billion in working capital to small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). Founded in 1998, AdvanceMe reached the $1 billion funding mark in 2007. Reaching the $2 billion milestone took less than four years and the company is expected to reach the $3 billion mark within the next two years. This accelerated growth is a result of several strategic initiatives, including the continued investment made in the underlying Daily Remittance Platform™ (DRP) of its parent company, Capital Access Network. AdvanceMe has made over 80,000 fundings, providing almost 40,000 businesses in all 50 states with $2 billion in working capital.
PXT Payments launches Commerce App for Smart Phones
PXT Payments electronic payment solutions provider launched “PXT Money” stored value app for consumer smart phones and a transaction settlement system for merchants. The “PXT Money” solution brings merchants to consumers on their smart phones using a single complete mobile payment system. This eliminates the need for merchants to have expensive payment system hardware while the smart phone app has limitless options for merchant loyalty programs, discounts, and exclusive offers. Wherever there is Internet access, consumers can pay for any item, restaurant bill, or professional services of any kind by clicking on the “PXT Money” icon using their cell phone number.
AdvanceMe Launches eBook Series for Business Owners
AdvanceMe Merchant Cash Advances for small and mid-sized businesses has introduced its free eBook series as an added benefit to its web visitors and customers. Available under the Resources section of AdvanceMe’s website (http://www.advanceme.com/eBooks.html), all eBooks will focus on subjects important to small business owners and include original works as well as compilations and contributions from recognized industry experts. AdvanceMe’s first eBook, released in December 2010, titled “Web Strategies for Small Businesses”, is a collection of small business tips, all focusing on Internet strategies and web optimization. AdvanceMe provides Merchant Cash Advances to small and mid-sized businesses while Capital Access Network (CAN) leverages leading edge data, systems and technology, combined with a unique and highly effective Daily Remittance Platform.
Barnes& Noble.com Offering Free $50 Gift Card
Barnes& Noble is offering a limited time promotion for all NOOK purchases for
$259 to come with a free $50 Barnes& Noble gift card.
NOOK is the most full-featured eBook Reader on the market and the
perfect gift for the dad who loves to read anytime, anywhere. With NOOK,
dads can instantly stock up on their favorite digital reads, choosing
from more than one million eBooks, magazines and newspapers in the
expansive Barnes& Noble eBookstore, sample eBooks for free and lend
eBooks to friends.
FELICA IPHONE APP
Gemalto has launched the “UpTeq Device Service Link” which gives users the freedom to use their PC for on-the-go Internet access. Once the card is inserted in the mobile Internet device, it loads the operator’s visual identity and proposed services, and ensures security of its mobile applications in the PC world. With ‘Device Service Link’, users enjoy an instant mobile broadband experience from their computer; which, when renewing it, they can immediately retrieve their operator customized environment, their preferences, personal content and settings. The multimedia SIM card retains its original functions of authentication, portability and security for mobile applications in the PC world, while offering service continuity when users switch networks (from 3G to WiFi, for example) to provide an “always on”, seamless connection.
DIEBOLD & IAOP
For the third consecutive year, Diebold has
been recognized as one of the world’s top outsourcing providers by the
International Association of Outsourcing Professionals(IAOP). The
designation is awarded to companies that define the
standard of excellence for outsourcing within an industry. As a known
leader in comprehensive, turnkey outsourcing solutions in the financial
self-service industry, Diebold excelled in hardware, software, security
products and services. Companies earning the distinction of Top
Outsourcing Service Provider
from the IAOP are judged in four fundamental categories, including
company size and growth, customer satisfaction, depth of competence and
management capabilities. New to this year’s IAOP criteria was
addressing the company’s approach
to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Diebold’s CSR is focused on
managing business processes that positively influence society while
leading through innovation via its employees, technology and services.
In addition, the IAOP judges considered revenue, customer outcomes,
relationship management approaches and management talent and experience.
MC TV Guide
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc., the nation’s premier provider of Interactive Program Guide services, announced the addition of three major national advertisers to its IPG roster. These include MasterCard International, The Clorox Co. and HotJobs.
Gemstar-TV Guide’s IPG services include the TV Guide Interactive system — the on-screen digital cable guide provided to multichannel video programming distributors, and the GUIDE Plus+ system — the on-screen guide built directly into television sets and VCRs. Gemstar-TV Guide’s IPGs currently reach more than 13 million U.S. television households.
“Our overall media sales strategy is to make it easy for clients to do advertising deals across all of Gemstar-TV Guide’s media — TV Guide magazine, TV Guide Channel, tvguide.com and the IPGs. We’ve stated that the road to success in respect to IPG advertising is to solidify a multitude of deals. With the addition of these three major brands, we’re gaining considerable momentum and adding the support of some very savvy marketers,” said Jeffrey Mahl, president of media sales at Gemstar-TV Guide.
Gemstar-TV Guide’s IPGs offer an enhanced television viewing experience that combines comprehensive program listings information with easy-to-use functionality for navigating the 100-plus-channel digital TV universe.
Gemstar-TV Guide’s IPGs provide comprehensive program listings information and descriptions for the broadcast and cable channels received in the home, featuring plot summaries, airtime, ratings, length and other important details to assist in making viewing choices. The listings can be sorted by category, time or channel, and programs can be selected for viewing at the touch of a button or scheduled for future enjoyment.
For advertisers, Gemstar-TV Guide’s IPG products provide a cost- effective means of reaching more than 13 million television households with strong demographics, comprising digital cable subscribers and high-end television purchasers. In an increasingly fragmented television programming space, the Gemstar-TV Guide IPGs occupy the focal point for viewers seeking suggestions and guidance, thereby permitting advertisers to send messages to interested viewers in a receptive mood.
MasterCard International, a leader in innovation in the payments industry, has signed on as the first long-term credit card category advertiser on Gemstar-TV Guide’s IPGs.
“We’re very excited to partner with Gemstar-TV Guide, the industry leader and the only interactive television guide to have reached a critical mass of subscribers,” said Caryl Hahn, vice president, media, MasterCard International. “We believe that our positioning as the payment brand of choice for millions of subscribers creates a strong presence for MasterCard in the emerging T-commerce environment.”
Clorox, a longtime advertiser on the TV Guide Channel, will add the IPG to its TV Guide multimedia ad buy.
Also joining the IPG advertiser collective is HotJobs. Playing on its theory that the anxiety levels of disaffected workers heighten on Sunday night, the online job search company will use the Gemstar-TV Guide IPGs to reach audiences with its messages — before Monday.
According to Mahl: “HotJobs has an innovative outlook on how the television medium can be translated beyond broadcast ads to reach consumers. It also helped HotJobs that our research shows that Interactive Program Guide users in either the digital cable or consumer electronics space are 54 percent more likely than regular TV viewers to have Internet access.” (a)
About Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. is a leading global technology and media company focused on consumer entertainment. The company has three major business sectors: the Technology and Licensing Sector, which is responsible for developing, licensing and protecting the company’s intellectual property and technology — the company’s technology includes the VCR Plus+(R) system, interactive program guide (“IPG”) products and services marketed under the GUIDE Plus+(R) and TV Guide Interactive(SM) brands and the electronic book (“Gemstar eBook(TM)”); the Interactive Platform Sector, which derives recurring income from advertising, interactive services, content sales and e-commerce on the company’s proprietary platforms, including IPG, eBook and tvguide.com; and the Media and Services Sector, which operates the TV Guide(R) magazines, TV Guide Channel(SM), TVG Network(SM) and other television media properties, provides programming and data services, and operates a media sales group that services all of the company’s media properties.
The IPG products are integrated into various devices, including televisions, VCRs and set-top boxes (cable, satellite, telco, Internet) and can display a multiday television program guide on the television screen from which the consumer can view, select, tune to or record programs. The Gemstar eBook is a reading device that can store tens of thousands of pages, and permits a user to purchase and receive instant delivery of any book, magazine or newspaper over a standard telephone line.
The company’s media properties are used by 100 million U.S. homes, and its products and services are available in more than 60 countries worldwide.
The company’s services, technology and intellectual property are licensed to major technology, media and communication companies in the consumer electronics, Internet, personal computer, satellite, cable television and telco industries. Licensees and customers include Adelphia, AOL Time Warner, AT&T, Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Matsushita, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Philips, Shaw, Sony, Thomson Multimedia, Zenith and others. The company has more than 170 issued U.S. patents in the general area of audio-visual technologies with more than 4,200 claims and more than 190 issued foreign patents, continues to actively pursue a worldwide intellectual property program, and currently has roughly 300 U.S. and 800 foreign patent applications pending.
For more information, access the corporate Web site at [www.gemstar-tvguideinternational.com][1].
About MasterCard
MasterCard International has a comprehensive portfolio of well- known, widely accepted payment brands, including MasterCard, Cirrus and Maestro. More than 1.7 billion MasterCard, Cirrus and Maestro logos are present on credit, charge and debit cards in circulation today. An association composed of more than 20,000 member financial institutions, MasterCard serves consumers and businesses, both large and small, in 210 countries and territories. MasterCard is a leader in quality and innovation, offering a wide range of payment solutions in the virtual and traditional worlds. MasterCard’s award-winning Priceless advertising campaign is now seen in 80 countries and in more than 36 languages, giving the MasterCard brand a truly global reach and scope. With more than 21 million acceptance locations, no card is accepted in more places and by more merchants than the MasterCard Card. In 2000, gross dollar volume exceeded US$856 billion. MasterCard can be reached through its World Wide Web site at .
About The Clorox Co.
The Clorox Co., with 11,000 employees worldwide, is a $3.9 billion multinational manufacturer and marketer of household products and products for institutional markets.
About HotJobs.com
HotJobs.com is a leading Internet recruiting solutions company that develops and provides companies with innovative recruiting solutions and services. HotJobs.com (), the company’s popular consumer job board, provides a direct exchange of information between opportunity seekers and employers, and includes features such as HOTBLOCK, which enables job seekers to block specific companies from searching their resumes. In addition, HotJobs also offers an Agency Desktop, which provides a direct, business-to- business exchange between corporate hiring managers and staffing agencies. More than 10,600 companies subscribe to HotJobs’ online employment exchanges. HotJobs also provides employers with progressive recruiting solutions such as its Resumix(R) and Softshoe(R) hiring management software, Career Expos, its HotReach affiliate program, and Diversity Marketing Solutions.
[1]: http://www.gemstar-tvguideinternational.com