Wells Fargo announced this morning that it processed nearly $12 billion in Internet merchant payments in 2003, a 100 percent growth over 2002. READ MORE

Visa USA has introduced a new program to resolve cardholder disputes more quickly. READ MORE

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage has announced that it has moved to handling 88 percent of its customers' payments electronically -- as compared to 81 percent by paper only four years ago.

Jonathan Collins reports in RFID Journal on a recent study by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young on consumer attitudes toward RFID. READ MORE

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports on how US card issuers are raising interest rates when the cardholder is late or misses a payment to another creditor. READ MORE

Richard Wood reports on efforts by New Zealand network operator ETSL to require almost all new merchant terminals deployed on its network be smart card capable.

Jenni Bergal reports in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel on phishing. READ MORE

Fortunately, as Lester Haines reports in the Register, some phishing attacks are obvious for what they are.