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Bloomberg reports on a US Supreme Court decision today that affirmed that "joint ventures have broad power to set prices without violating U.S. antitrust laws." The case, TEXACO INC. v. DAGHER ET AL (PDF), involved oil company joint venture pricing decisions.

S1 Corporation has announced a strategic relationship with PassMark Security to integrate PassMark's risk-based authentication security system with its retail and small business online banking solutions to S1's nearly 1,000 financial institution customers.

Cardtronics and Info Touch have announced a hybrid ATM unit which is the result of combining a traditional, cash- dispensing ATM with a cash-accepting financial services kiosk.

J.D. Power and Associates has announced the release of their 2006 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study which concludes that, with transaction times of nearly three times faster than interacting with a branch teller, online banking is the preferred transaction method among banking customers.

Earlier this month, Global Payments posted an updated investor presentation (PDF) to their web site.

Capital One CEO Rich Fairbank gave a presentation on his company's strategy earlier this month. A copy of his presentation (PDF) is available online on the Capital One web site.

Earlier this month, Chase Card Services CEO RIch Srednicki spoke at the 2006 Credit Suisse Financial Services Conference. A copy of his presentation (PDF) is available online on the JPMorganChase web site.

Note: Throughout the day, as Payments News happens, this post is updated.

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• Western Union Partners with Mexican Government to Create Remittance Calculator
• Diebold to Acquire ATM Maintenance Unit of Genpass
• Habeas and VeriSign Help Verify Legitimate Email Senders Through Strategic Partnership
• San Francisco Chronicle: Google Payment Service A Threat To eBay?
• FT.com: Visa EU appoints new chief as scrutiny looms
• Fiserv Business Unit Personix Introduces Claims Payment Processing Solution for Healthcare Companies
• INSIDE Contactless Receives Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Recognition for Breakthrough Advances in Contactless Smart Card Chip Technology
• SiliconBeat: Google's GBuy still coming...and what about Microsoft's?
• American Express launches wedding-related credit card option
• San Jose Mercury News: New Google service could compete with PayPal
• Jerusalem Post: Israel-focused credit card launched
• Thailand: Credit card business to grow at slower pace