Sean Sposito

Though check volume continues to decline, Deluxe says that regulatory uncertainty about cards is creating an opportunity to win consumers back from the clutches of plastic.

A San Diego investor advocacy group is searching for Hypercom Corp. investors who feel jilted after the Scottsdale, Ariz., vendor turned down an unsolicited bid for more than $280 million.

A subsidiary of the American Bankers Association is offering a prepaid MasterCard Inc. program for community banks that want to issue cards.

VeriFone Systems Inc. said Wednesday that it has begun installing passenger-activated payment and multimedia information systems in taxis in Atlanta.

Discover Financial Services said Tuesday that First National Bank of Omaha has agreed to issue its credit cards, starting next year.

Bling Nation Ltd. is ramping up its sales efforts through a partnership with Fifth Third Processing Solutions LLC.

By proposing to combine two of the world's three largest makers of payment terminals, VeriFone Systems Inc.'s hostile bid for Hypercom Inc. appears to raise antitrust issues.

VeriFone Systems Inc. announced Wednesday an unsolicited bid to buy rival Hypercom Corp. at $5.25 per share.

MasterCard Inc. has developed a prepaid card that can be loaded with multiple currencies, each stored in a separate account.

The Columbus, Ga., processor said Tuesday that its TSYS Acquiring Solutions unit is now the New York service provider's preferred provider of authorization, settlement and dispute resolution services.

MasterCard offered the first detailed look inside its efforts to get third-party developers to create payments applications.

Elavon Inc. announced an agreement with Telecom Canada International to provide TCI's clients with its payment processing services.

Discover Financial Services highlighted just about everything, but credit cards in its fiscal third-quarter earnings report.

Some people who buy tickets through subscriptions are being charged a cash-advance fee on the purchases — plus interest — when they use their MasterCard Inc. cards, Jennifer Givner, a New York State Lottery spokeswoman, said Friday.

Some people who buy tickets through subscriptions are being charged a cash-advance fee on the purchases — plus interest — when they use their MasterCard Inc. cards, Jennifer Givner, a New York State Lottery spokeswoman, said Friday.

MasterCard, which has long been a debit laggard, has forged an exclusive deal with Delta Air Lines to develop ready-made rewards products that banks can offer to customers.

Global Payments Inc. has agreed to distribute and support VeriFone Systems Inc.'s PayWare Mobile card-acceptance system in Canada.

Vakifbank in Ankara, the fifth-largest bank in Turkey, has signed an automated teller machine and software deal with Diebold Inc.

USA Technologies Inc. said it has completed more than $8.3 million in wireless transactions using its hardware.

Discover Financial Services has announced an agreement to give cardholders warranties through SquareTrade Inc.