Discover Financial Services has announced that it has partnered with Exante Financial Services and its affiliate Exante Bank, business units of UnitedHealth Group to issue the Exante financial health account cards on the Discover Network.

DiamondCluster has announced the publication of a new article "Decoding the Value in Payments Data" Carl Hugener and Vladimir Resnick published in the Nov/Dec issue of BAI Banking Strategies magazine.

JP Morgan Chase and Overstock.com have announced the Overstock.com Rewards Visa card.

TowerGroup has announced a new report titled "No More Straw Houses: The Feds Issue Guidance on Online Authentication".

Bank of America and EarthLink have announced a new toolbar intended to help protect consumers from fraud and identity theft.

YeePay has announced the launch of a new telephone payment service with three major banks in China - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Merchant Bank and China Minsheng Bank

Lee Davidson reports for Salt Lake City's Deseret Morning News on the ins and outs (fee wise) of gift cards.

Note: Throughout the day, as Payments News happens, this post is updated.

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