Masters of Code
MasterCard’s global hackathon will hold its grand finale in San Francisco on December 4 and 5. The Masters of Code competition will include the winning teams from each of the 12 regional events.
CashStar & Maritz
Prepaid specialist CashStar and Maritz Motivation Solutions have inked a strategic partnership to power Maritz Motivation Solutions’ digital gift card offerings. The CashStar Commerce platform now enables Maritz Motivation Solutions to offer personalized digital gift cards from leading retailers and restaurants to its program participants as a reward option.
Commerce Cobrands
Commerce Bank has come together to offer Rewards credit card programs with more than ten organizations across the country. A regional bank with dual headquarters in St. Louis and Kansas City, Commerce continues to expand its co-brand credit card portfolio at a national level and establishing relationships in new markets.
JCB Jordan
JCB and Middle East and Africa electronic payments processor, Emerging Markets Payments (EMP) inked a deal for JCB card acceptance at more than 15,000 locations in Jordan, including all of the company’s point of sale (POS) terminals in the country.
FasterHouse
Rent payments via mobile devices continues to pick up steam for convenience as well as reporting each on-time rent payment to major credit bureaus. Missouri’s FasterHouse is the latest to jump on the RentTrack bandwagon.
NuTEQ Solutions
CardWeb.com’s CardData database of Company Profiles features software solutions provider to the broadband, telecom, and utility service provider NuTEQ Solutions.
NuTEQ enables carriers to bring their customer service initiatives into the mobile era. We help you by implementing state-of-the-art mobile phone solutions that use SMS, mobile apps to deflect calls around common account questions.
NuTEQ provides not only mobile technology implementation, but also the marketing know-how and optimization expertise to ensure long-term benefits to your business.
Interactive Tellers
Interactive tellers continue to spread across the U.S.
Reliance is the latest and the first bank to implement NCR Interactive Teller in the St. Louis area.
Holiday Debt
Consumer holiday spending drove total credit card debt to its highest level in nearly five years, hitting $642 billion in December, a 6% gain over the prior year.
Rob Reeg
CardWeb’s CardExecs database today spotlights Rob Reeg, president, MasterCard Technologies & Operations (MTO). He oversees the strategic processing platform, global network and quality of technology operations at MasterCard Worldwide. Based at the MTO headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, Reeg serves as a member of the company’s Executive Committee.
Vegas Bitcoin ATM
The first Bitcoin ATM “Bitcoin Bodega” opens on the Las Vegas strip by Coin Cloud. The Bitcoin Bodega highlights a recent trend in bitcoin tourism, providing digital currency enthusiasts with a quick, easy and safe means to buy or sell bitcoin. Coin Cloud provides consumers convenient access to bitcoin, allowing customers to store money on the blockchain and access it with ease.
Walt Disney Studios and Visa Signature Announce Latest Partnership
SEEKING REAL “GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY!” Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Marvel Studios, Dolby® Laboratories and Visa Signature are joining forces for a nationwide MARVEL’S “GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY””GUARDIANS OF GOOD contest in conjunction with the August 1, 2014 release of Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy,” starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper. MARVEL’S “GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY””GUARDIANS OF GOOD invites real “Guardians of the Galaxy,” young men and women (ages 14-18) from across the United States, to share their stories of how they are bettering their communities through service, science or innovation, and gives them the opportunity to connect with a galaxy of Peer Guides”who are already doing great things”to learn from their successes. Entries will be accepted between June 11, 2014 and June 29, 2014.GUARDIANS OF GOOD INNOVATION & SERVICE SUMMIT is scheduled to include presenters from NASA/JPL, speaking on the monitoring and protection of Earth through asteroid detection and Earth-observing satellites and ensuring the safety of Mars spacecraft during a comet encounter, Disney Imagineers, generationOn, Broadcom MASTERS®, Discovery Science Center, & Disney Global Community Outreach.
Lottery Tix At the ATM
Welch ATM has partnered with the Missouri Lottery and select convenience stores to provide even faster and more convenient access to lottery games…and potential winnings. ATMs at fifty local chains such as Mobil On the Run, U-Gas and Dirt Cheap will offer Powerball and MegaMillions quick pick purchases by March 7, 2014. Another fifty machines will launch in Kansas City by the end of the month.