New jobs have recently been listed on PaymentsJobs.com:

• Director, Chargebacks & Dispute Policy at American Express in Phoenix
• Payments Attorney at a Stealth Mobile Startup on the mid-Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The April 2008 edition of the First Annapolis Navigator is now available. This month's feature article is "Cross-Selling Commercial Cards." Other articles include: "Soft Economy Delivers Hard Hit to Retail Sector", "Mid-Size Internet Retailers Payment Acceptance Methods", "Marketplace Feature: Stock Market Performance", "Q1 2008 Credit Card Issuer Scorecard", and "Market Scan of European Bank - Issued Prepaid Cards."

The U.S. Department of the Commerce (DOC) has selected JPMorgan as its provider for charge card services. The order is part of the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) SmartPay 2 program, the largest government charge card program in the world. READ MORE »

Discover Financial Services has announced that its Discover Card was ranked No. 1 in customer loyalty among leading credit card brands, according to the 2008 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index report. Brand Keys identifies the four most important drivers of brand loyalty in the credit card category as Rewards and Services; Fees and Flexibility; Ease and Speed of Interactions; and Protection and Precision. Discover Card has won the credit card category in the index 11 years in a row. READ MORE »

Ina Steiner of AuctionBytes.com writes about her interview with Scott Thompson, PayPal CEO. A podcast of the interview is available. She writes: 'Thompson talked about the competitive landscape in online payments and PayPal's focus in the next 12 - 24 months. He also shares his thoughts on eBay's Safe Payments policy, including what the PayPal-only policy on eBay Australia means for the rest of the world.'

James Charles reports for Times Online (UK) that several of the largest UK banks are increasing monthly fees on current accounts by up to 20 percent in advance of a ruling by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) capping overdraft fees.

• Times of India: Now, it's time for mobile banking
• Washington Post: Mobile Ads: Useful or Annoying?
• SVPCO: Check Image Volume Grew Strongly In April
• Seeking Alpha: CompuCredit Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
• GE To Stop Providing Consumer Loans For RVs, Most Boats
• Boston Globe: Feedback, even if it hurts (Bank of America's online community)
• Hypercom officials blame first-quarter loss on business model transition
• Capital One Named One of the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in America