Jeffrey Green

Acculynk, which supports PIN-debit card use online, announced American Airlines as the first major airline to go live with its PaySecure product.

Cardtronics expects the 6,200 machines its ATM Network Inc. acquisition brings to provide potential marketing and advertising opportunities.

Cardtronics USA has acquired the assets of independent sales organization ATM Network, including its merchant contracts, customer relationships, online store and Web properties.

Cardtronics USA has acquired the assets of independent sales organization ATM Network Inc., including its merchant contracts, customer relationships, online store and Web properties.

As competition heats up for mobile-wallet providers, the various underlying technologies are starting to show whether they have long-term viability.

First Data, which processes about half of all U.S. card spending, recently identified that debit spending again overtook that of credit cards. Now another trend is emerging: PIN-debit use is growing much faster than signature debit and credit.

Sometimes even being upfront about market conditions can land a company in potential hot water.

Wright Express Corp. continues to extend the reach of its virtual cards tied to travel, announcing today a partnership with the Australian operations of Webjet.com, an electronic manager and marketer of travel and related services.

Recent acquisitions combined with rising transaction volume helped Cardtronics post double-digit second-quarter gains in revenue and net income.

Deposit automation, or envelope-free deposit technology, has helped the leading ATM makers drive sales the past five years, primarily among the largest U.S. banks. Now smaller banks are buying the technology to help them catch up to their larger rivals.

Record transaction processing and growth in the company's noncard businesses helped merchant processor Heartland Payment Systems generate a 44% second-quarter lift to its profits.

Merchants and ATMs in Nepal last month gradually began accepting cards issued by JCB International Co. Ltd. through partnerships with Himalayan Bank Ltd. and Alpine Card Service P. Ltd., Japan’s only global payment brand announced.

Cash Paymaster Services has issued 2.5 million chip-based debit MasterCards backed by biometric security to social grant recipients across South Africa since March.

The partnership with the Harris Teeter grocery chain would further boost the Pittsburgh bank’s visibility in the region following its March acquisition of RBC Bank USA.

PNC, which in March acquired RBC Bank USA and its nearly 1 million customers in the Southeast, is bolstering its ATM presence in the region through a deal to brand 191 machines deployed in Harris Teeter stores.

Chicago has become the second U.S. city to participate in MasterCard Worldwide’s Priceless Cities campaign.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency has extended the system-support services contract it has with Cubic Transportation Systems for the components of the agency’s universal fare system, Cubic announced July 27.

The Federal Reserve Board on July 27 approved a final rule that amends the provisions in its debit-pricing rule that permit debit card issuers subject to the interchange fee standards under the Durbin amendment to Dodd-Fank to receive a fraud-prevention adjustment.

Global Payments Inc. has completed its investigation into the breach earlier this year of card data belonging to up to 1.5 million consumers, the merchant processor said today while reporting fiscal fourth-quarter earnings.

More travel, culinary and entertainment offers for cardholders will become available through MasterCard Priceless Cities under a deal between MasterCard and Gilt City.