Payment processing

Three foreign nationals were charged Nov. 10 in Seattle with using ATM skimmers to steal credit card information from dozens of credit union and bank customers and using counterfeit cards to steal as much as $400,000 from area ATMs.

NetSpend Holdings Inc. says it would not shy away from offering new credit products to its prepaid card customers despite regulators clamping down on its largest issuer.

A recent partnership involving PaymentVision and PayNearMe Inc. is enabling consumers to use cash to pay for online purchases and bills at 7-Eleven Inc. convenience stores, PaymentVision, a Gaithersburg, Md.-based electronic payment services provider, announced Nov. 8.

Convenience-store chain Sheetz Inc. is offering customers a Discover-branded affinity decoupled debit card powered by Tempo Payments Inc., the companies announced Nov. 10.

Bling Nation Ltd. said Tuesday that its mobile contactless payment system will be accepted by the regional grocery chain Brookshire Grocery Co.

Declines in same-store sales at small and midsize businesses appear to be easing up, suggests the Small Business Credit Sales Report.

Fundtech Ltd. has begun offering clients of its PayPlus USA service access to American Express Co.’s FX International Payments services, the global banking-transaction services provider announced Nov. 9.

U.S. households sent at least $11.7 billion abroad through remittances during a 12-month period between 2007 and 2008, and typical amounts sent ranged between $500 and $1,000, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a report released Nov. 8.

With mobile access now widely accepted as a consumer channel, more banks are turning their attention to businesses.

In today’s marketplace, where members of the merchant-acquiring community are using every resource available to improve their professional standing and to find new business, many are turning to such social-networking websites as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter to get in front of their respective audiences.

Many payments-industry executives are considering taking new jobs for the opportunity to gain professional growth, according to new survey results from TopGrading Solutions Inc.

American Express Co. says it hopes to improve its appeal among online merchants by adding fraud management to cover any payment type — not just its own.

After years of efforts by banks to get their commercial clients to ditch paper checks, electronic payments have finally begun to wrest a significant share of the business-to-business market.

Online Resources Corp. is continuing the development of its new strategic plan, which it intends to detail next month.

Google Inc. said its holiday promotion tool can increase merchants' online sales by 209%.

Women’s specialty apparel retailer Dots LLC has added First Data Corp.’s Facebook application that enables consumers to provide recipients with a code to use to redeem funds provided as a gift at the store’s 400 locations.

Cooperative Rural Development Bank Ltd. has expanded the payment card acceptance it set up for the Tanzania National Parks in late 2008, the bank announced Nov. 3.

An expanding international business, continued success with its MasterCard cobranded credit card program and improvements in its Fleet business helped boost Wright Express Corp.’s third-quarter results, the fleet card issuer announced Nov. 4.

The struggling casino industry continues to put a strain on Global Cash Access Holdings Inc.’s financial performance.

Oxigen Services Pvt. Ltd. has signed a service agreement with Luup International Ltd. to launch mobile-payment services in India, Luup International announced Oct. 29.