MOB & TruBeacon
Mutual of Omaha Bank’s Merchant Services division is collaborating with Omaha based payments technology company, TruBeacon to provide solutions for middle market sized merchants throughout the USA.
ACI Worldwide
CardWeb.com’s CardData database of Company Profiles today features ACI Worldwide.
Other Breaking News
In today’s CardFlash News Que: UBER (Adyen); METABANK (PayQuicker); PASSPORT (campuses); and REPORTLINKER (Malaysia).
Sam Esfahani
CardWeb.com’s CardExecs database of payments industry movers and shakers today features Sam Esfahani SVP, Chief Information Officer of PSCU.
Retail Success + Boutique Window
KS-based Retail Success has acquired NE-based Boutique Window, an online marketing and social media management platform. Retail Success will add Boutique Window to its existing set of retail tools that include POSIM a point of sale, inventory management and eCommerce solution and sister company, National Merchant Alliance, a provider of electronic payment technology and services.
Dream MasterCard
Chemical Bank® announced the launch of the Dream® MasterCard®. The Dream® MasterCard® is exclusive to Chemical Bank customers in Michigan and offers generous rewards with no overlimit fees, penalty rates or late fees.
Monitise Appoints Non-Executive Director
Monitise announced Tom Houghton has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director. Visa Europe’s new nominated director to the Board of Monitise, Tom heads the Core Payments division of the business. He joined Visa in 2011 as its Head of Processing, which accounts for 35% percent of the business’ overall revenue. Tom has spent a lifetime working in the payments industry, starting out in the retail sector. He worked for a major US merchant retailer running development and deployment for in-store point-of-sale systems, merchandising, inventory, and distribution applications. He then moved to electronic payments group ACI Worldwide, where he spent 21 years in a variety of roles in both North America and Europe, leading product management, product development, customer support, sales and services divisions.
CheckAlt, iParse and CU Wireless Add To Mobile Deposit Network
FAA Federal Credit Union, University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union and Valley Credit Union have selected industry partners CheckAlt, iParse and CU Wireless as their mobile deposit solution provider. The mobile deposit solution created by the three innovative financial services companies integrates seamlessly into FAA’s, University of Nebraska’s and Valley’s existing mobile applications to allow the credit unions’ members to make mobile check deposits quickly and easily.
CheckAlt, iParse and CU Wireless Ink mDeposit Clients
FAA Federal Credit Union, University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union and Valley Credit Union have selected industry partners CheckAlt, iParse and CU Wireless as their mobile deposit solution provider. CheckAlt, iParse, and CU Wireless are very excited to add three more credit unions to their network of clients as they continue to expand their partnership into 2014. The mobile deposit solution created by the three innovative financial services companies integrates seamlessly into FAA’s, University of Nebraska’s and Valley’s existing mobile applications to allow the credit unions’ members to make mobile check deposits quickly and easily.
CashStar Announces Latest Gift Card Program Client
CashStar launched a new gift card program with American grill and sushi bar, Kona Grill, replacing its existing gifting platform with CashStar’s solution. CashStar now powers Kona’s plastic and digital gifting programs, and also gives Kona gift card purchasers and recipients enhanced mobile experiences. Kona Grill’s mobile-optimized purchase pages make buying eGift cards on-the-go via a smartphone simple and easy. Recipients with iPhones or iPod Touch devices running iOS 6 or newer can easily store and redeem eGift cards in Apple’s Passbook app.
Lodo Deploys Consumer eCommerce Services
Lodo Software omnichannel digital banking services is now available for D3 Consumer Banking, letting financial institutions reduce the overhead and complexity associated with running multiple systems across their online and mobile banking channels. This allows the bank or credit union using D3 Consumer Banking™ to provide customers with a consistent, personalized experience anytime, anywhere on any device. D3 Consumer Banking™ delivers an innovative set of features designed to make the digital banking experience simple for the customer and data rich for the financial institution.
FreedomPay Appoints New Chief Business Development Officer
FreedomPay has appointed Rodney Bowen-Wright as Chief Business Development Officer. Bowen-Wright is a highly-experienced leader with proven success in global sourcing, business incubation, evaluation of next generation strategic investments in the areas of Mobility, Digital Media, Internet, Business Applications and other market domains. Throughout his career, he has been responsible for driving customer focused Market Research Definition (MRD), translating business into technical specifications and driving the resulting product development. He brings more than 15 years of experience in technology leadership to his new role where he will leverage his deep expertise and understanding of customer needs to create effective go-to-market and partnership strategies that drive business growth both for FreedomPay and its partners. Rodney holds an MSEE degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering from the University of Nebraska.