Gartner analyst Avivah Litan writes about recent debit card/ATM fraud involving Citibank and other banks.   » Continue Reading

Matt Stichnoth writes for Tom Brown's Bankstocks.com about innovation - "the search for the new, new thing in banking" - the latest book from Ideo's Tom Kelley and how some of Kelley's notions apply to innovation in financial services.   » Continue Reading

Larry Greenemeier blogs for InformationWeek about the problems some US debit cardholders are having getting cash at ATMs when traveling internationally - as a result of some banks blocking PIN-based transactions in certain countries that have experience unusual patterns of debit card fraud.

In a press release late last month, MobileLime announced a new platform that will allow consumers to get rewards and pay for purchases by waving their cell phone over a contactless reader at merchants.   » Continue Reading

Bob Sullivan reports for MSNBC on the recent incidents of debit card fraud that appear to be the result of card data being captured and used to create new counterfeit cards that are then used to access cash from ATMs.   » Continue Reading

The Independent Community Bankers of America and Microsoft have announced they are teaming up to help community banks manage the security of their technology infrastructures and battle emerging security risks.   » Continue Reading

Tom Murphy reports for The Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram that the Employment Security Commission of N.C. will soon stop mailing checks to unemployed people who qualify for benefits and replace them with debit cards.   » Continue Reading

The European Commission has announced the completion of a two-day seminar on prevention of payment fraud with countries aiming to join the EU, which took place on 8-9 March 2006 in Brussels.   » Continue Reading

Experian Consumer Direct has announced that Triple Alert, the only three-bureau credit monitoring product at the low price of $4.95 per month, is now available at http://www.TripleAlert.com.   » Continue Reading

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

• PayPal's Jeff Jordan To Keynote CTIA Conference - April 6, 2006
• Fiserv PCS Offers New Tool to Assist Banks with Privacy and Technology Compliance
• TSYS Prepaid and Other Top Industry Experts Discuss Prepaid Cards and Money Laundering
• PYID: Protect Your I.D. - MasterCard survey shows Canadians need to guard their personal information
• Cutting Through Bureaucratic Babble On Credit Freezing
• ConnectYourCare Teams with PFPC to Offer Complete HSA Solution to Banks and Investment Companies
• bCODE(TM) Announces Melbourne Mobile Ticketing Solutions
• Winter Olympics Capture Mindshare; Valentine's Day Retailers Experience Softness
• RSA Security Alert: New Phishing Technique Identified
• China's 2005 C2C Market Users Reached 37.87 Million With Transaction Value RMB 13.9 Billion
• Alliance Data Signs Long-Term Renewal With Top 30 Client United Retail Group
• Global Payments Announces Agreements With Nine U.S. and Canadian Casinos
• ebank to Offer Customers QuickPost; an Overnight Deposit and Payment Forwarding Service Available Through The UPS Store Network
• German LBBW (Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg) Offers Secure Retail E-Banking to Its Customers with VASCO's Digipass 250
• J.C. Penney made one billion dollars in online sales last year, outperforming competitors like Wal-Mart.
• AuctionBytes: CyberSource Won't Commit to BidPay Business Model
• UK: Online fraud rises as Chip and PIN bites
• Information Week: International Citibank Customers Shaken By Data Breach
• Debit card security breach ensnares more local banks
• Reuters: Citigroup Clients Hit by Hundreds of Illegal Debits
• Charlotte Observer: Here's your balance update -- BofA
• Charlotte Observer: Charlotte firm builds kiosk devices for inside banks to expand self-service
• Voca confirms Eiger Systems as UK leader in payment processing