On Thursday, May 31, MasterCard's Investment Community Day presentations begin at 9 AM Eastern time. The event is scheduled to run for 3 hours and 45 minutes. A replay is to be available after the event.

Transcepta has announced an Internet-based electronic invoicing community that brings trading partners together – a place where buyers and vendors find common ground to process invoices free from the everyday constraints of paper and rigid computing systems.

Bonna De La Cruz writes for the Gannett News Service about the cashless, contactless society ahead - asking "what's the fate of the Salvation Army's familiar red kettles and the tip jars that performers depend on?"

Unisys has announced it will design and help implement a new electronic check and image processing system in a consulting, software and hardware agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, acting on behalf of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks.

• MBNA Canada Bank to Acquire CUETS
• ACH Direct Provides “One-Click” Transaction Automation Through New QuickBooks Interface
• VeriFone Systems Approved for Rollout of NYC Taxi Customer Controlled Payment
• SunTrust Study Finds Growing Business Owners' Most Critical Issue is Leveraging Themselves
• CheckFree Joins Silver Bullet's "Easy License" Ranger Reseller Program
• Verizon Wireless Customers Now Have the Freedom to Make Walk-In Payments and Add Minutes at CheckFreePay(TM) Locations Nationwide
• Capital One's Gregor Bailar Announces Plans to Step Down as CIO
• WaMu Free Checking® is #1 Online, According to comScore Inc.

We have received news of the following recent management changes:

• Steve Hawco has joined the Board of Directors of MODASolutions. Hawco is former Vice President of the LEGO Group and current Senior Vice President of eCommerce for Group RCI, a Wyndham Worldwide Company which provides non-hotel leisure accommodations.