Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) (“Ventas” or the “Company”) said today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.535 per share, payable in cash on September 30, 2010 to stockholders of record on September 17, 2010. The dividend is the third quarterly installment of the Company’s 2010... Read This »

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCA), the gaming industry’s leading provider of cash access services, has named Mary E. Higgins, executive vice president and chief financial officer. Ms. Higgins will assume her responsibilities on September 14, 2010. Additionally, GCA’s board of directors has appointed Mike Rumbolz as a member... Read This »

LiveVox Inc., the leading provider of enterprise cloud-based consumer contact solutions, today announced that Stellar Recovery Inc., a leading receivables management firm, has leveraged the integrated IVR and on-demand payment lines of LiveVox that meet the security and privacy requirements of the Payments Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. Compared... Read This »

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) said today that Chief Financial Officer Howard Atkins will present at the Barclays Capital 2010 Global Financial Services Conference to be held in New York on Monday, September 13, at 9 a.m. Eastern Time (6 a.m. Pacific Time). The live audio webcast and presentation slides... Read This »

Freedom Bank of Virginia (Bulletin Board:FDVA.OB): The Board of Directors of the Freedom Bank of Virginia announced today Craig S. Underhill has been named President of the Bank. John T. Rohrback, who has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since October 2003, will continue in his role as Chief... Read This »

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that the iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world’s largest provider of ETFs, has made further refinements to the iShares Gold Trust (NYSEArca: IAU). These changes will make the Trust the first US-listed gold ETF to be fully allocated daily. In addition, the... Read This »

Fitch Ratings today published its U.S. Credit Card ABS Issuance Trust Updates for the following issuers:--American Express Issuance Trust;--BA Credit Card Trust;--Capital One Multi-asset Execution Trust;--Chase Issuance Trust;--Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust;--Citibank Omni Master Trust;--Discover Card Execution Note Trust;--Washington Mutual Master Note Trust.The 'Credit Card ABS Issuance Trust Updates' offer... Read This »

RewardsNow Inc., a turnkey loyalty marketing solutions company, has been named one of the nation’s fastest growing companies on the Inc. 5000 annual list. This is the fourth consecutive year that RewardsNow has been recognized as one of the top growing companies in the nation ranking this year at 841... Read This »

CRE Secure, the industry’s first cloud-based, elegantly designed, secure payment solution for online merchants, announced today that its PCI-validated payment acceptance service is now certified to Skipjack’s payment gateway.Through its innovative, HTML clone™ design, online consumers are redirected to CRE Secure’s hosted payment platform through a window seamlessly mirrored from... Read This »

Citibank Japan Ltd. (hereafter Citibank Japan) was ranked number one in the Nikkei's prestigious Retail Banking Survey. Jointly conducted by Nikkei Inc. and Nikkei Research Inc., the sixth annual survey compared the quality of over-the-counter service and financial products of 118 banks in Japan.The survey included ‘undercover customers’ visiting the... Read This »

Anyone operating a small business these days knows credit and financing for growth or even daily operations is tighter than ever. While traditional lenders have tightened credit and reporting requirements, and the time to funding for those who can get it has lengthened to almost intolerable periods, more small businesses... Read This »

Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that Cielo S.A. (formerly Visanet Brasil), has selected, purchased and is deploying 30,000 Hypercom Optimum T4205 countertop terminals to merchants throughout Brazil.The multi-million dollar rollout is believed to represent one of the largest in the country, and represents a significant expansion of Hypercom’s high... Read This »

As advocates of the payments industry and retailers battle over proposed changes to interchange, neither side will find it easy to rally consumer support, according to Cardbeat®, a syndicated market research report published by Auriemma Consulting Group (ACG). “Even among heavy credit card users, reaction to the concept of discounts... Read This »

EverBank® Financial Corp - one of the nation's largest privately-held bank holding companies - and the National Football League’s Jacksonville Jaguars today unveiled a new signage system for EverBank Field anchored by the new EverBank Field logo. The announcement included details of EverBank-hosted fan events leading to the Jaguars’ opening... Read This »

Legacy Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company” or “Legacy”) (NASDAQ: LEGC), the holding company for Legacy Banks (the “Bank”), announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per common share. The dividend will be paid on or about October 1, 2010, to stockholders of record as... Read This »