SparkBase Adding Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare Integration
SparkBase, a Cleveland, Ohio-based the private-label prepaid card processor, says it has integrated its gift, loyalty and reward network into such social networking sites as Facebook, Twitter and FourSquare.
In their accounts, cardholders may select which social networking sites they use. They then can post their rewards to these sites and earn additional rewards specific to each site, SparkBase says.
For example, a cardholder spending $20 at a merchant would receive 25 loyalty points if that card is connected to the user’s Twitter account, the company says.
SparkBase expects the sites to certify the social networking component in coming weeks. The service will be available for all of the company’s approximately 80 ISO resellers in September, SparkBase CEO Douglas Hardman tells ISO&Agent Weekly.
SparkBase processes about 12 million transactions annually for about 40,000 merchants.
Newtek In TGF Card Deal
Newtek Business Services Inc., a New York-based merchant-services company, says TGF Card Solutions, a Portland, Ore.-based payroll debit card company, will offer Newtek’s suite of business products, including insurance, data storage and payment processing, to its clients, Newtek announced this week.
ProPay To Launch Secure Web Terminal For Smaller Merchants
ProPay is introducing a secure virtual terminal to help small merchants improve their data security. The terminal enables merchants to store card data, such as for repeat billing, in a digital “vault” managed by ProPay. Lehi, Utah-based ProPay then provides the merchant with an identifier to recall the card data when necessary.
UBC Starts Merchant Data-Security Compliance Program
United Bank Card Inc., a Hampton, N.J.-based ISO, has started a payments-security compliance program for small merchants, says Trustwave, the company behind the program. Merchants can use Chicago-based Trustwave’s online website to remotely scan their payment systems to assess vulnerabilities, Trustwave says.
