Mercator Advisory Group has announced its 4th Annual Prepaid Closed Loop Market Assessment, "documenting the spending, growth, and market dynamics for all Closed Loop Prepaid Solutions in 12 Categories and 33 Market Segments from 2003 through 2006."

American Express has introduced "a new line of Customizable Gift Cards to enable large companies and small businesses alike to send special messages to valued employees, clients, and customers." The cards can be ordered online in quantities of 1 to 1,400 cards, up to $35,000, at http://www.americanexpress.com/gift.

CyberSource has announced that Jet Airways is the first airline in India to implement an automated online risk management solution. CyberSource is providing its Decision Manager solution to Jet Airways to help streamline online risk management processes and reduce fraud.

SVPCO has announced that its monthly image items and dollar volume grew strongly in September compared to a year ago - processing 255.3 million in total monthly items, a 218.3% increase compared to a year ago representing $427.8 billion in total monthly dollar value, a 119.9% increase compared to a year ago.

Aneace Haddad blogs about Welcome's SPICED card applet that enables contactless cards (and mobile devices with embedded contactless payment functionality) to interact with merchant acceptance devices to generate unique 1:1 consumer marketing messages at POS. All Visa payWave contactless cards in Asia will soon be equipped with this new applet.

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