Archive for November, 2008
Mobile Banking
Mobile banking is increasingly popular and now companies are further enticing consumers to utilize mobile banking. For example, Firethorn Holdings LLC is introducing a mobile banking application which gives merchants a method of sending offers directly to customers’ handsets. While Firethorn doesn’t want to release too many details they indicate that they want to help [...]
Gift Card Warnings
Do you still have gift cards from last year’s holiday season sitting unused or with some type of credit balance? Be warned that there are several things you should know, whether you still have cards from last year, or maybe you are planning to give cards as gifts to family and friends this year.
For instance, [...]
Sony PlayStation Credit Card
Sony® released it’s very own PlayStation® credit card. Gamers beware as opening a credit card and applying for credit isn’t always the best thing to do for your credit score. That being said if you are willing to do it, it’s actually a pretty good deal. If you are approved, Sony will give you a [...]
Visa PTA Credit Card Earns 1% for PTAs through OneCause.com
A recent announcement by the National PTA, offers an interesting opportunity for local parent teacher associations to earn contributions by shopping at OneCause.com. A platinum Visa branded PTA credit card will earn local assocations 1% on everyday purchases. PTA supporters may earn additional contributions of up to 20% when they do their shopping at a [...]
IRA Debit Card and Checking Account
The Entrust group is promoting their new offerings; the IRA Debit Card and the IRA Card Checking Account. Entrust CEO, Hugh Bromma says of the new products “Entrust’s ground-breaking IRA Card Checking(SM) service — both the IRA Debit Card(SM) product and The IRA Card Checking Account(SM) service — provides our account holders with a simple, [...]
GO-Tag Shopping Chip
First Data, already a leader in the payment-processing industry, has a new and innovative product planned for consumers, the GO-Tag. What is a GO-Tag? It’s basically a sticker that can be attached to your cell phone, watch or just about anything, and which functions much like a prepaid gift card. It’s an inch and a [...]
HSBC MasterCard Mortgage Account
Who doesn’t want to get mortgage free faster? HSBC wants to help Canadians achieve this goal so they are heralding a new rewards program that will allow cardholders to have up to 2% of their credit card spending applied towards an existing HSBC mortgage. They will also continue to be able to apply rewards [...]
Business Owners Should Use Caution When Signing a Merchant Account Contract
Customers certainly find credit and debit cards to be a wonderful and convenient option, whether they are purchasing a coffee and a muffin, or they are putting a deposit on a car. Credit cards are simply the preferred payment method for almost everything. Unfortunately retailers find it to be a lot more of a hassle [...]
Merchant Warehouse Sees Record Growth
In the worst economic times since the great depression Merchant Warehouse hits a record high duting the month of October. While the economy is trending down, merchants are understanding how important it is to their buisness that they accept credit cards. In October 2,283 of those merchants signed up with an account to Boston based [...]
Credit Card Fraud Solution 3D Secure
Not only has online shopping exploded over the last ten years, with over half of the related transactions being completed via credit card; credit card-related crime, including online credit card fraud, has also skyrocketed in the last few years. A study was recently conducted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) which [...]