Bank of America has launched online sales of more than 200 affinity credit cards for certain sports, universities and charities in what is the first major integration of MBNA offerings, the company announced today.   » Continue Reading

Visa says it is working with Innovative Card Technologies and nCryptone to offer a new technology that enables Visa payment cards to generate and display a dynamic passcode for one-time use when banking or shopping online.The generated passcode is only accepted once and is useless in subsequent transactions. Visa expects the new display card to be available in select markets later this year.   » Continue Reading

Visa International has released the results of new global survey of consumer attitudes concluding that the theft or loss of personal and financial information is the No. 1 concern of consumers worldwide (64 percent). A media backgrounder on the survey results (PDF) is available online.   » Continue Reading

The US Department of the Treasury has released results of a new survey that revealed several key misconceptions among US consumers about payment security.   » Continue Reading

Experian has announced the launch of Collection Triggers, a collections solution that monitors a company's portfolio of collections accounts and identifies new information indicating the possibility of recovering the debt.   » Continue Reading

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