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First Data Corp. has authorized Hypercom Corp. to manage the processor’s remote key-injection processes as an encrypting service organization, according to the companies. Tasq Technology Inc., a Rocklin, Calif.-based point-of-sale-equipment distributor and a subsidiary of Atlanta-based First Data, also will make available Hypercom’s remote key-injection system, known a HyperSafe.

AmBank Bhd. has become the first bank in Malaysia to deploy wireless ATMs, an official from the bank confirms to PaymentsSource.

Qatar Islamic Bank has launched the first Shariah-compliant prepaid card in Qatar, an official from the bank tells PaymentsSource.

New MasterCard Worldwide tiered-interchange rates that affect domestic ATM cash withdrawals will seriously cripple and possibly destroy the nation’s ATM independent sales organizations, charge executives and board members who represent many of the companies.

MasterCard Inc. has what it needs to thrive, but its next chief executive says he still has to put the pieces together.

Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based Co-op Financial Services has signed with TEKchand LLC for technology that allows its credit union clients to remotely control and manipulate marketing messages, and access and research transaction reports.

The Bank of Uganda has issued a public warning concerning fraud involving ATMs and dormant bank accounts and is putting a ceiling on online funds transfers, the bank’s spokesperson tells PaymentsSource.

Newtek Business Services Inc., a small-business services company, once again is a preferred vendor to the more than 200 car dealers belonging to the General Motors Minority Dealers Association, New York-based Newtek announced this week.

Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd. has reached an agreement to provide Southeast Bank Ltd.’s debit cardholders access to its ATM and point-of-sale debit networks in Bangladesh, the two Dhaka-based banks announced in a statement.

Travelex, the United Kingdom-based foreign-exchange company, has selected Cardtronics Inc. to manage Travelex’s United States-based ATM network.

Consumers Credit Union has switched to using PSCU Financial Services to handle its debit card and ATM processing, Jodi Gray, the Waukegan, Ill.-based credit union’s Visa card manager, tells PaymentsSource.

Mobile phones may soon be able to initiate automated clearing house transactions from checks, an advance that could hasten adoption of wireless devices for business-to-business payments.

In a sign that the efforts of the Secure Remote Payment Council are gaining notice in the industry, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has joined the organization as a general member and as a member of its board of directors.

Acculynk Inc., which enables merchants to accept PIN-debit purchases online, is broadening its offerings to include online card processing and is making its products available for resale through independent sales organizations, the company announced Wednesday.

Hoping to extend its reach to mobile merchants, USA ePay, a payment gateway, this week launched a portable card-acceptance machine that connects to Apple Inc.’s iPhone and iPod Touch products.

Filipino citizens can now make government payments online using payment cards and mobile-phone wallets under an administrative order the country’s Department of Finance passed with the Department of Trade and Industry, an official from the financial agency tells PaymentsSource.

In anticipation of the soccer World Cup in South Africa, United Kingdom-based Prepaid Financial Services has launched a MasterCard-branded prepaid travel card available in South African rand. The company anticipates at least 60,000 UK consumers will travel to South Africa to watch the event, which begins June 11.

Adyen Inc., a Netherlands-based online payment gateway company, is expanding into the United States, the company announced April 5.

PaySecure later this year will become a standard payment option on the airline’s Web site, Deb Bauman, Sun Country chief information officer, wrote in an e-mail message.

The automated clearing house network is maturing, bringing slower growth rates and probably slowing fee revenue.