Fraud Alert: Scammers Target Prepaid Cards
August 01, 2012

The Consumer Federation of America and the North American Consumer Protection Investigators collected information from 38 state, county and city agencies in 22 states to create its latest research work: the 2011 Consumer Complaint Survey Report. The report analyzes consumer complaints over a one-year period...

Discover Demystifies Credit Unions: Three Things You Need To Know
August 01, 2012

Discover was in attendance at the National Association of Federal Credit Union’s (NACFU) 45th annual conference in Nashville this month, represented in part by Kevin O’Donnell, a group executive in the network’s credit issuance division. For PYMNTS.com, the occasion represented an ideal opportunity to get...

PYMNTS Daily Roundup: August 1
August 01, 2012

e-Nabler, Ingenico team up for mobile transactions in the US  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...

A Commerce First for Facebook: New App Lets Users Download Coupons
July 31, 2012

A third party application called Valassis is letting Facebook users access electronic coupons that can either be printed or downloaded within a Facebook account, TechCrunch reports. The report says this is the first time Facebook users can access coupons without leaving the site. Get the...

Smart Card Alliance Creates EMV Migration Forum for U.S. Transition
July 31, 2012

The Smart Card Alliance has launched a new cross-industry organization, the EMV Migration Forum, to spur adoption of the EMV standard in the United States. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Ingenico Makes Its Way to Mobile With e-Nabler Partnership
July 31, 2012

E-Nabler, a U.S.-based payments solutions software developer, has been certified to use Ingenico’s iSMP mobile payments sled within its iOS application, The Paypers says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Bank of America Further Reduces Its ATM Network
July 31, 2012

A pair of small changes to the deployment of Bank of America’s ATM network are representative of a larger shift in strategy at one of the nation’s largest financial institutions. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

A Penny For Your Fraud Prevention? Fed Tweaks Interchange
July 31, 2012

The Federal Reserve Board approved a final rule for the regulation of debit card interchange fees that lets issuers charge more when they actively seek to reduce fraud. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

LocalResponse Succeeds With “SoLoMo” Commerce
July 31, 2012

There’s a fine line to toe when it comes to using a consumer’s social data to spur commerce, even if that data is publicly available. But LocalResponse seems to think it has the answer for combining social, local, and mobile elements (“SoLoMo”) into an effective...