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Visa announced that it has sold a 10% stake in CBSS, a prepaid issuer in Brazil, to local banks Banco...

The market for General Purpose Reloadable (GPR) prepaid cards has fragmented even further with the announcement that Western Union will...

Instant debit card issuance can be a strong competitive differentiator, especially as consumers have come rely on plastic more than...

While conceding that the domestic person-to-person market is an attractive one, The FRB of Atlanta believes that many banks are...

Near field communication (NFC) technology has played a pivotal role in the evolution of mobile payments, enabling smartphones to function...

In this article, there’s speculation about Apple’s plans to seed the acceptance side of the NFC world it envisions. Its...

PCI requires that every source of credit card numbers be secured. The call center, where live agents talk to real...

In a victory for the old status quo, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Chase in a class action...

Merchants seeking to issue co-branded prepaid cards now have a low-cost, multi-currency card processing option with “Intercash Zero.” Isle of...

Despite a slow start, the use of prepaid cards for disbursing insurance claims has begun to pick up. First Aetna...