Over on our sister blog, Payments Views, Glenbrook's Carol Coye Benson takes a look at the Intuit PaymentNetwork, interviewing Intuit SVP and long time payments guru Eric Dunn. This post is the start of a new series for Glenbrook - a journey to discover if the long-awaited “tipping point” in electronic B2B payments has finally arrived.

MasterCard is introducing the Expert Monitoring Compromised Account Service to issuing banks in every market throughout the world. "This service represents the latest addition to MasterCard’s suite of Expert Monitoring Solutions which provide turnkey, next-generation fraud detection and prevention capabilities that help issuers reduce their fraud-related costs."

The Merchant Risk Council (MRC) has announced the final agenda for its upcoming annual conference being held March 22-24 at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort. The organization will also announced the results of three new studies at the conference - a new MRC Payment Security Survey, the Annual MRC Fraud Survey, and a new Payments Benchmarking Survey.

Conference keynote speakers Include Harry Markopolos (financial fraud investigator), Andreas Weigend (former Amazon.com chief scientist), and Joseph Menn (author of "Fatal System Error").

Socialware has announced a relationship with LinkedIn that will enable financial services organizations and professionals to access the extensive networking, marketing and research capabilities available on LinkedIn while remaining compliant with SEC, FINRA, IROC, FSA and state regulations on electronic communication.

With Socialware's industry-leading technology, firms participating on LinkedIn can now efficiently navigate the record-keeping, suitability and supervision challenges associated with social media in the industry.

On the wires:

• Moneris Solutions Adds ThreatMetrix Device Identification Capabilities to Its Online Merchant Fraud Protection
• HID Global Delivers First Gift Card Issuance Project to Major Retailers in Korea
• Multiband, InterceptEFT Announce Partnership for Customer Payment Processing
• Radiant Systems Launches Additional Security Services to Help Restaurant and Retail Operators Protect Consumer Data

On the web:

• MSNBC: The Death of the Magnetic Stripe Credit Card (EMV story)
• New York Times: Debit Card Fees Bring Lobbyists to Capitol Hill
• Gov Info Security: EMV Roots Go Deep in Europe (Interview)
• Inside Facebook: Facebook Helps Sell Digital Media with Credits: Challenges and Opportunities
• ReadWriteWeb: NFC in 2011: Who's Building Your Mobile Wallet?