U.S. Bank and Anheuser-Busch have announced they are partnering to offer the Budweiser Rewards Visa Platinum Card that will enable cardmembers to earn points toward gift cards good for Anheuser-Busch merchandise.

MasterCard Worldwide has updated its online document containing its 'U.S. and Interregional Interchange Rates' effective April 1, 2008.

Visa has announced the global expansion of its merchant offers program for small businesses. 'Visa Business cardholders now can access more than 130 discount offers, including country specific, regional and global offers. Discounts are currently available on products and services in 17 merchant categories- including car service/rental, computer/electronics, entertainment and telecommunications.'

Washington Mutual has announced that it 'expects to issue 12-15 million Debit MasterCard with PayPass cards in 2008, making it the nation’s largest issuer (as of Q42007). WaMu launched Debit MasterCard with PayPass nationwide in January, offering the card to new customers opening its signature WaMu Free Checking account, as well as to all WaMu Small Business customers. In March, the bank began issuing Debit MasterCard with PayPass to customers whose debit cards are renewing.'

Trumpet Mobile and RadioShack Corporation have announced the nationwide availability of Trumpet Mobile's prepaid wireless services at more than 4,300 RadioShack neighborhood locations. "As one of the fastest growing prepaid wireless service providers, Trumpet Mobile is a pioneer in the prepaid mobile money transfer market, which allows subscribers the unique ability to make Western Union money transfers within the U.S. and to Latin America and the Caribbean from their mobile phones."

mFoundry and Affinity Mobile have announced an alliance to pursue the expansion of mobile wallet services to prepaid and underbanked markets worldwide. 'Affinity Mobile’s MADE solution will be paired with mFoundry’s Spotlight Financial Platform software to create a comprehensive mobile wallet solution for the U.S. and international markets. The combination of the two companies’ world-class capabilities to span both prepaid and postpaid subscribers’ needs will further adoption by mobile operators, financial institutions and consumers globally.'

Mobile Candy Dish's Blaze Mobile Wallet is now available for cellular phones on the AT&T and Sprint Nextel networks. Using Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology, consumers using their mobile wallet software can simply wave their mobile phones to purchase merchandise. Unlike traditional credit card transactions, NFC transmits a user’s credit card information using radio waves to the credit card terminal and eliminates the need to take out the actual card and swipe.

TransUnion has published its analysis of trends in the credit card lending industry during the 4th quarter of 2007 - making it available on TransUnion.com. The company says this report is the first in a planned series of quarterly consumer lending sector analyses that TransUnion will publish on the site.

• Cincinnati Customers Can Now Easily Download Cellfire, Saving Money through Mobile Coupons
• American Airlines Adds New Electronic Check Option for Tickets Purchased at AA.com
• GSI Commerce Delivers Customer Reviews with Measurable, Positive Impact (PowerReviews.com)
• MoreMagic Solutions Launches MWallet(TM) Mobile Cash, Opening New Markets and Services for Operators
• First Purely Mobile Bank Licenses CellTrust’s SecureSMS for Safe Mobile Transactions
• New York Times: Award Plans Earn Cash for Airlines
• INSIDE Ramps up Commitment to Transit Payment System Market
• Bank of America Survey Finds Americans View Retirement Planning as Difficult as Diet and Exercise
• Official Payments Corp.(R) Offers Consumers and Business Owners Tax Payment Management Through My Account Enrollment
• Simba Technology Uses ACI Software to Create First Hosted Electronic Payments Hub for East African Banks
• City-County Federal Credit Union Selects mFoundry to Provide Mobile Banking Solution
• First Data cutting 40% of jobs in Daytona Beach call center
• OpenMarket Releases New Features to Improve Reliability of Financial Processing for the Mobile Industry
• More debit-card holders use store checkouts as ATMs