The July issue of the First Annapolis Navigator is now available. This issue includes a special feature article with Roger Alexander, CEO of euroConex, as well as "Wal-Mart Financial Services: Revolution or Evolution?", "The Fundamentals of Expanding Your Prospect Universe", "Online Bill Payment Dynamics of Smaller Financial Institutions", and "Expansion of Credit Cards to New Socio-Economic Segments in Latin America."

Matt Hines writes for Infoworld about reactions from some enterprise IT leaders regarding Version 1.1 of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS). "Bob Russo, general manager of the PCI Security Standards Council, said that the feedback the organization has received regarding the standard, including the newest additions, has been largely positive."

Ross Kerber writes for the Boston Globe about recent activity related to the TJX data breach case - including some guilty pleas in Florida by card counterfeiters using some of the stolen card information. But the actual perpetrators of the data breach itself have yet to be identified.

Fiserv and CheckFree have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Fiserv will acquire CheckFree in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.4 billion.   » Continue Reading

Brandon McGee of Huntington National Bank guest blogs at the Mobile Money & Banking blog about the deployments of mobile banking services at the top 10 US banks - of which 5 are already live with mobile banking services.

PayPal has announced that it is now "offering consumers more ways to pay online with PayPal Pay Later, a new convenient and secure service that allows merchants to offer promotional financing. Buyers that choose the promotional offer can defer payments for purchases on participating merchant web sites, allowing them to shop now and pay later."   » Continue Reading

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