New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer has announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against shopping mall operator Simon Property Group alleging that fees on its Simon Giftcard violate a recently enacted state law.

Chase and AARP have announced a new combined credit/membership card that they claim is the first of its kind to provide automatic discounts at the point of sale for AARP members.

Fiserv has announced that it has signed a 12-year $460 million agreement with Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, and Westpac to provide check processing and image archive services through a utility called Vipro Pty Ltd.

Fiserv will supply Vipro with proof-of-deposit, image capture, locked box processing, image archive services and capture-related exception processing to help the banks reduce costs, gain economies of scale and secure new technological capabilities.