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June 26, 2006

Online Banking Gets More Sophisticated

Tags » Online Banking, Yodlee

Jane Kim writes for the Wall St. Journal about how some banks are ramping up online banking by adding new services and features - including a new service to be introduced by Yodlee that will allow consumers to both track activity across multiple accounts and institutions as well as making same day bill payments.

Google Gets Ready to Test GBuy

Tags » Google Checkout

Mylene Mangalindan reports for the Wall St. Journal in Tuesday's edition saying that Google is planning to introduce a test version of its GBuy online payment service later this week. Mangalindan describes in the article how the GBuy service is expected to work - with icons placed in text ads displayed in search results highlighting those advertisers that are prepared to accept GBuy payments - although details could still change prior to the actual announcement of the service.

A Look At Peppercoin

Tags » Peppercoin

Glenbrook's Russ Jones has been following Peppercoin since 2002, monitoring the company’s progress and the evolution of its strategy. Russ has just published a new research brief titled "Peppercoin in the Payments Industry - The Emerging Small Payments Market". In this new research brief Russ looks at Peppercoin’s current capabilities, activities with merchants, and value proposition along with what he likes about Peppercoin, some concerns, and other observations. You can request a copy of the research brief from Russ over on the Glenbrook web site.

Bank of America Starts National Rollout Of New ATMs

Tags » ATM, Bank of America

Bank of America has announced that its customers will be able to put checks and cash into ATMs without an envelope or deposit slip when they use new ATMs being deployed in a national rollout starting this week in the Washington, D.C., and Atlanta areas.   » Continue Reading

Datacard Group, Dynamic Card Solutions Partner

Tags » Card Issuers, Processors

Dynamic Card Solutions has announced a preferred vendor agreement with Datacard Group that will expand joint marketing efforts in the instant issuance market segment by designating DCS' CardWizard technology as a Datacard Group preferred software solution and Datacard Group as a preferred card personalization system and services provider for DCS.   » Continue Reading

Wal-Mart's China Credit Card Plans

Tags » China, Credit Cards, GE Consumer Finance

Jonathan Birchall and Franceso Guerrera report for FT.com that Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is developing plans to launch its own credit card in China in partnership with GE Money and Shenzhen Development Bank. According to the article, "Wal-Mart declined to comment on its partnership with SDB, saying it had not announced any plans in China to launch a credit card."

First Data's Money Network, ADP Paycard Solution

Tags » First Data Corp., Payroll Cards

Money Network, a First Data Corp. company, and ADP Employer Services have announced a strategic agreement to provide a co-branded paycard, TotalPayCard, that "combines the resources and expertise of two industry leaders and will provide businesses of all sizes with a robust paycard solution."   » Continue Reading

Privacy vs. Convenience

Tags » Biometrics, Pay By Touch

San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Jonathan Curiel reports on Pay By Touch's biometric-based payment system In an article titled 'The Last Days of Privacy - As technology makes life richer and easier, we leave a trail of information that is susceptible to prying eyes".

Headline News - June 26, 2006

Tags » Chockstone, Payments News - Headline News

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