Master Your Card, a community empowerment program sponsored by MasterCard has formed a new coalition that will work to help financially underserved African Americans build financial strength and gain financial inclusion through the effective use of electronic payment technology.
The artwork of high school students Traeveon Reese and Martha Estrada will soon appear in the wallets of thousands of debit cardholders in north Texas. The aspiring artists’ designs are being featured on the new Spirit Debit Reward cards, offered by Texas Trust Credit Union.
UW Credit Union has chosen six high school seniors to receive $2,000 college scholarships as part of its Community Values Scholarship program.
Online pre-orders for the new Apple Watch begin today but there is already a back log of four to six weeks. Meanwhile, Coupons.com has developed the first-of-its-kind savings and digital promotions app for the Apple Watch.
CardWeb.com’s CardExecs database of payments industry mover and shakers today features Shazia Manus, Chief Executive Officer of The Members Group (TMG).
The Walmart-funded Merchants Payments Coalition is hosting a briefing for members of Congress, their staffs and the press from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17 in room 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Atlanta-based Entersekt,has been awarded a U.S. Patent for its mobile-enabled secure transaction authentication software. The patent covers Entersekt’s fully out-of-band transaction verification for its Transakt product.
3PEA International is introducing a new brand of prepaid debit cards. The new PaySign cards will reach into other industries, beyond the Company’s current focus on healthcare-related businesses.
LendProtect and Engaged partnered on short-term and installment lending for the underbanked consumer. LendProtect is the leading provider of real-time underbanked consumer data and risk scoring solutions and Engaged CRM is a secure loan sourcing platform built specifically for the financial sector. LendProtect has offered specialised credit risk data in the UK longer than any other company in the industry. The company provides real-time data regarding loan performance, payments, consumer stability and employment, which is not available from the mainstream credit reporting agencies. The data is analysed in order to provide instant lending decisions using a proprietary comprehensive scoring platform. LendProtect also provides instant, secure access to a prospect’s electronic banking statement which is instrumental in providing a more accurate affordability assessment. Consumers also benefit by receiving access to additional borrowing options.
Diebold is adding more than 1000 new Opteva automated teller machines (ATMs) to Banco de Credito del Peru’s (BCP’s) fleet to expand Peruvians’ access to BCP’s services. Diebold is also providing maintenance services to ensure greater availability of BCP’s entire multivendor fleet of about 1,800 ATMs. BCP has earned a number of awards for delivering innovative banking solutions to the people of Peru. Diebold’s deposit automation technology adds to the bank’s mission to serve the country’s underbanked, many of whom have very limited access to branches. The technology enables BCP ATM users to make envelope-free cash and check deposits at the ATM, replacing traditional in-branch teller transactions with convenient self-service transactions.
Sequent Software digital issuance and open wallet platform received approval from Visa for its Trusted Services Manager (TSM) systems. The Sequent platform is commercially available today for banks and mobile phone operators launching new digital issuance and mobile wallet services worldwide. Sequent’s Digital Issuance (SP-TSM) service securely manages and distributes payment credentials to mobile-device users worldwide on behalf of banks, mobile operators, merchants, transit and service providers. The service handles all pre- and post-issuance configuration of handsets, including personalization of NFC secure elements and provisioning of applications “over the air.”
Sequent Software has received approval from Visa, Inc. for its Trusted Services Manager (TSM) systems. The Sequent platform is commercially available today for banks and mobile phone operators launching new digital issuance and mobile wallet services worldwide. Sequent’s Digital Issuance (SP-TSM) service securely manages and distributes payment credentials to mobile-device users worldwide on behalf of banks, mobile operators, merchants, transit and service providers. The service handles all pre- and post-issuance configuration of handsets, including personalization of NFC secure elements and provisioning of applications “over the air.”