The Merchant Risk Council is holding its 7th Annual e-Commerce Payments and Risk Conference at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort on March 10-12, 2009. Former US Congressman, Governor of Pennsylvania and the nation’s first Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, will be a special keynote speaker at the event. READ MORE

Citi has announced it is offering members of its ThankYou Rewards Network the chance to put their creativity into wallets around the world with the launch of the ThankYou Gift Card Design Contest. READ MORE

The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) has announced the availability of the complete CFSI Underbanked Consumer Study for purchase. Included will be the full study results and tailored business recommendations for serving the underbanked population from CFSI, the leading expert on the underbanked market. READ MORE

NetSpend and Winn-Dixie have announced the introduction of a prepaid, reloadable debit card in all 520 stores in the southeast. Jacksonville, Florida-based Winn-Dixie will be a distributor of general purpose prepaid reloadable debit cards developed, marketed and processed by NetSpend as an agent of Inter National Bank, the issuer of the cards. READ MORE

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