Andrea McKenna Brankin

Barclays PLC has retooled a television ad for contactless payments to feature use of a mobile phone to make payments in a move that could help to raise awareness of the technology.

Visa Inc. will sponsor the Visa Federation Internationale de Volleyball Beach Volleyball International tournament, which will take place Aug. 9 to 14 at the Horse Guards Parade in London.

Dazbog Coffee of Denver plans to use Mocapay's mobile marketing consumer engagement platform to launch promotions and gift cards at 21 locations in Colorado and Wyoming.

For the fourth time this year, Discover Financial Services is using Facebook Inc.'s social media website for a contest. This time, the Riverwoods, Ill., card company is promoting a contest that asks fans of Discover's Facebook page to design a patriotic-themed Discover card.

The amount of online payment fraud in the airline booking industry is dropping, a study showed.

Hoping to capture a greater share of the burgeoning and highly competitive market of young Hispanic consumers, Western Union Co. is partnering with leading Hispanic-content broadcaster Telemundo Communications Group LLC.

Consumers use debit cards more often than other payment options at the point of sale, but their use of cash is not far behind.

ChargeSmart, an online consumer bill-pay firm, and Plastic Jungle, an online card exchange, are working together to turn unspent gift cards into a new currency for online bill payment.

Major credit card issuers have boosted — in some cases, nearly doubling — their advertising spending, bringing it to pre-recession levels.

American Express Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their advertising expenditures earlier this year, a sign overall ad spending has begun to rise.

Community banks should examine their customers' card use and use their findings to customize rewards programs, a new white paper says.

American Express Co. is continuing its expansion into social media by starting an online community that rewards cardholders for sharing their best travel tips.

After backing off of the affinity and cobranded credit card market over the past few years, Bank of America Corp. is making comeback with its AAA Member Rewards Visa credit card.

Many consumers are not happy with retail loyalty card programs, including those tied to cobranded credit cards, research suggested.

American Express Co. is sponsoring its second "Unstaged" concert series, which kicks off March 23 with Duran Duran performing at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles.

A year after testing mobile capabilities with its customers, Wow Bao, an Asian restaurant with three Chicago locations, is planning to launch a mobile gift card program with Mocapay Inc. by the end of April.

American Express Co. cardholders that attend the South by Southwest Interactive music festival in Austin, Texas, will be able to obtain merchant discounts with their cards through Foursquare Labs Inc., the location-based mobile system.

Discover Financial Services ranks first in credit card satisfaction, home page satisfaction, ease of applying for cards online, and design and organization in a study on card marketing websites.

To earn the business of underserved groups, card companies are using high-profile personalities and organizations whose bonds with their ethnic groups are strong.

Euronet Worldwide Inc.'s EFT Processing and electronic payment segments reported strong fourth-quarter transaction growth, but the gains did not translate into increased revenue for the units.