Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY), one of the nation’s largest payments processors, today announced a settlement agreement with Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) related to the 2008 criminal intrusion of Heartland’s payment system environment. Under the agreement, Heartland will pay Discover $5 million, resolving all issues related to the 2008... Read This »

Wright Express Corporation (NYSE: WXS), a leading provider of payment processing and information management services to the U.S. commercial and government fleet industry, announced today that it has signed a 5 year agreement to provide private label fleet card services for ConocoPhillips [NYSE:COP].Under the terms of the agreement, Wright Express... Read This »

Wall Street Media presents an exclusive video of Rich Gordon, the highly regarded Fixed Income Market Strategist of Wells Fargo Securities (NYSE: WFC), on what Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke’s speech last Friday means for our economy’s future. Gordon details the 3 key points of Bernanke’s speech and the conclusions drawn from... Read This »

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. ("Euronet" or the "Company') (NASDAQ: EEFT), a leading electronic payments provider, today announced the closing of the acquisition of substantially all capital shares of Sao Paulo-based Telecom Net S.A., operating under the trade name Ativi ("Ativi"). Euronet acquired Ativi from a group of private equity investors, including... Read This »

Defaults on U.S. credit cards touched a 15-month low while late payments improved further last month, according to the latest Credit Card Index results from Fitch Ratings. The results were broadly driven with all of the major card issuers exhibiting month-over-month improvements."The trends are encouraging, but card defaults are still... Read This »

Apple® today introduced iTunes® 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network for following your favorite artists and friends to discover what music they’re talking about, listening to and downloading. iTunes Ping lets you post your thoughts and opinions, your favorite albums and songs, the music you’ve downloaded from iTunes,... Read This »

SapientNitro, part of Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE), has partnered with online financial management solutions provider Geezeo and respected blogger and BANK 2.0 bestselling author Brett King to publish “Banking on the Future: New Era of Engagement Banking,” an interactive white paper that examines the impact of technology on the retail banking... Read This »

Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS), the leader in secure document management services, today announced it is the winner of the 2010 ECM Connection ACE Award for the Records Management and Compliance category. The ACE award honors enterprise content management (ECM) technology solution providers that are true ambassadors of ECM technology. These... Read This »

Monmouth College has announced a partnership with XIPWIRE, a mobile payment service, to provide students, parents and alumni with the ability to donate to the college via text message from a mobile phone. The convenient text-to-pledge service will be unveiled during the Fighting Scots’ first home game of the football... Read This »

Members Project® from American Express and TakePart have partnered with FOX’s critically acclaimed, award-winning hit series GLEE on a new, first-of-its-kind campaign that provides fans with a passion for giving back an opportunity to take small steps to make a big difference – all with the lighthearted and inspirational voice... Read This »

According to a recent Moebs Services survey of 2,300 banks and credit unions, 91 percent of Wall Street Banks (greater than $50B in Assets) now offer free checking for businesses, up from 64 percent in 2009 -- a 42% increase.2010Free BusinessChecking 2009Free BusinessChecking Community Banks31.8%34.8%Credit Unions38.1%42.5%Wall St. Banks90.9%64.0%“’Free Checking’ is a service... Read This »

First Data Corporation, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment processing, today announced the public availability of the First Data® TransArmorSM solution. Starting today, the revolutionary payment security service is available to merchants of all sizes through First Data’s extensive network of resale partners. First Data anticipates that more... Read This »

MasterCard Advisors:SpendingPulse™Data Source: A macro-economic indicator, SpendingPulse reports on national retail and service sales and is based on aggregate sales activity in the MasterCard payments network, coupled with survey-based estimates for certain other payment forms, such as cash and check. MasterCard SpendingPulse does not represent MasterCard financial performance. SpendingPulse is... Read This »

Paymetric Inc., the leading provider of integrated and secure enterprise payment acceptance solutions, today announced nominations are open for the 2011 Paymetric Customer Innovation Awards. The sought-after annual awards seek to honor the most exceptional and innovative achievements made by companies utilizing Paymetric solutions.“Our success is tied closely with the... Read This »

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fb861e/egypt_mobile_mar) has announced the addition of the "Egypt - Mobile Market - Overview and Statistics" report to their offering. Egypt became one of the first countries in Africa to launch third generation (3G) mobile services in 2007, following the award of the country's third mobile licence the... Read This »