We launched our new PaymentsJobs.com jobs listing board for payments professionals last month. Here are some of the current listings:

• Ruesch International is looking for National Account Managers based in San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle and New York.
• Google is looking for a Credit Analyst based in New York.
• PayPal is looking for a Director, Portfolio Risk Management, based in San Jose.
• Pay By Touch is looking for a Product Analyst for Payments based in San Francisco.
• Washington Mutual is looking for Senior Product Managers - Payments based in Seattle.
• Google is looking for a Strategic Partner Manager for Google Checkout based in Chicago.

Bored with your current gig and need to find your next gig? Or, need to highlight your current job openings to the best payments professionals in the industry? Visit PaymentsJobs.com.

Jaikumar Vijayan writes for ComputerWorld about GratisCard - saying that "when the company launches on April 1, it plans to introduce the nation's first completely anonymous credit card with no name or number and no physical data stored on the card itself."

Information Week's Eric Zeman blogs about a new SMS-based mobile payment system in Belgium. Zeman reports that "unlike near-field communication (NFC), which requires a handset equipped with an NFC short-range radio, this program will let every cell phone user complete retail transactions from their phones."

Eight federal regulators have released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) requesting comment on a model privacy form that financial institutions can use for their privacy notices to consumers required by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act).   » Continue Reading

This morning's NPR Morning Edition radio show included a segment titled "Cell Phone Loans Might Be Too Easy" - describing the market in Finland for taking out consumer loans via SMS messages from your mobile phone. "Nearly 20 companies have begun offering these loans since the business started in Finland two years ago."

First Data Corp and PrivaSys have announced a "long-term licensing agreement that sets the stage for First Data to become a clear leader in the processing of contactless and other emerging payments for its clients - both financial institutions and merchants - around the world."   » Continue Reading

In a press release this morning, PayPal announced that it has nearly 35 million accounts in Europe, a milestone that PayPal says "demonstrates the growing popularity of PayPal among internet consumers and merchants across Europe." Note that the number announced appears to be total, not active, PayPal accounts. In January, PayPal reported over 133 million total accounts of which 37.6 million were active in the quarter ending December 31, 2006.   » Continue Reading

• Study Shows Banks Could Increase Profitability By $8.3 Billion Per Year If Stronger Security Measures Implemented
• Pay By Touch Awards $100,000 Worth of Groceries to 10 Lucky Chicagoans
• U.S. Retailers to Open Over 94,000 New Locations by 2011
• Comptroller of the Currency Praises Effort to Improve Privacy Notices, Calls for Financial Industry Feedback
• Liberty Alliance Releases New Specifications for Linking Digital Identity Management to Consumer Devices
• Back-Office Payments Functions: Wachovia looks at outsourcing tasks
• LECG to Acquire Leading Financial Service Consulting Firm, The Secura Group LLC

Note: Throughout the day, as Payments News happens, this post is updated. For job opportunities available for payments professionals, visit PaymentsJobs.com. Employers looking to hire payments professionals can post their job openings there as well.