On the web:

• Bank of America's "Irregular Credit Card Activity" Alert - NetBanker
• Square Now Processing $4 Million In Mobile Payments Per Day - TechCrunch
• Reg E Expected to Add New Consumer Protections for Remittance Transfers - Portals and Rails
• Taulia Raises $8.5 Million To Help Companies Pay Their Invoices Early - TechCrunch
• Survey: Bank Customers Quick to Sign Up for Debit Rewards - But Slow to Redeem - COLLOQUY
• txtNation Release Direct Operator Billing for Easier Mobile Payments - Mobile Europe
• Properly Handling PayPal in Bangladesh - The Financial Express (Op Ed)

On the wires:

• MRC Board Election Results
• IFX Forum Ready to Lead Collaboration on Remittance Standards
• New York MTA Selects VeriFone TransitPAY for Bus Tracking Solution
• Alibaba Group, Yahoo!, and SoftBank Reach Agreement on Alipay

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").

Headline News is compiled by Glenbrook Partners:

• Verifi Partners with Demandware to Provide Risk Management for Online Retailers
• New Aberdeen Report: Retailers Embrace Mobile Point of Sale Systems for Consumer Engagement, Interactivity, and Revenue
• Industry Speakers Highlight MRC's 2011 Annual Conference Agenda
• New Aite Group Report: The Less-Cash Society - Forecasting Cash Usage in the United States

• Reuters: South Korea Promotes Credit Cards with 'Green Credits'

The Merchant Risk Council (MRC), a merchant-led trade association focused on electronic commerce risk and payments globally, has announced the results of their 2010/2011 board elections. READ MORE »

Glenbrook's Allen Weinberg and Carol Coye Benson will be attending next week's annual conference of the Merchant Risk Council. Together, they'll be teaching the MRC Payments Workshop on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 18th. On Tuesday mornng, Allen will be joining a panel discussion about Universal Identity - Trust in e-Commerce Transactions as part of the MRC Platinum Meeting. If you're going to this year's MRC annual conference, be sure to say hello to Allen and Carol!

The Merchant Risk Council (MRC), a merchant-led trade association focused on electronic commerce risk and payment strategies, has announced the results of its Annual Merchant Fraud Survey, sponsored by CyberSource Corporation. According to the MRC, "this year’s survey again confirms that MRC Platinum Members are best in class at reducing revenue losses due to cyber theft, while also leading the way in reviewer productivity for both domestic and international orders." READ MORE »

The Merchant Risk Council's annual e-Commerce Payments and Risk Conference is being held this year on March 16th-18th in Las Vegas. Glenbrook's Allen Weinberg and Carol Coye Benson are teaching a special workshop on eCommerce Payments Management on the afternoon of March 16th. The workshop fee is $189 for MRC Members and $400 for non-members . Registration and other information is available at the conference website.

The Merchant Risk Council (MRC) has announced its keynote speakers for the MRC’s 2010 Annual e-Commerce Payments and Risk Conference at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort on March 16-18, 2010. Wayne Best, economist from Visa, Inc. will deliver the opening keynote address, while Bob Carr, founder and CEO of Heartland Payment Systems and Bill Kurtis, investigative reporter and television personality, provide the conference’s closing keynote speeches. READ MORE »

Litle & Co's John Stevens is continuing his superb Twitter coverage today of the Merchant Risk Council's annual conference being held in Las Vegas. To, tune in, click here. Or try this Twitter search for MRC. Wow, John, rock on! Great job!

We've got more blogging over on PaymentsViews.com from Glenbrook's Allen Weinberg who, along with Jay DeWitt, is in Las Vegas attending the Merchant Risk Council's annual conference. This morning, Allen covers the keynotes given by Tom Ridge and Terry Jones.

And, if you're on Twitter, you might want to follow JohnBStevens from Litle & Co. who is tweeting highlights in real-time from the MRC. Here's a list of some other tweets from the MRC.

Glenbrook's Allen Weinberg and Jay DeWitt are participating in this year's Merchant Risk Council e-Commerce Payments and Risk Conference this week in Las Vegas. This is the seventh year for the conference and it's completely sold out.

On our new PaymentsViews.com web site, Allen has posted his highlights from today's morning and afternoon Platinum Day sessions. Today's topics included the CyberSource 2008 Fraud Survey findings and PIN-debit for eCommerce.

Jay will be leading a panel discussion on Thursday on "Payments as Business Strategy" - highlighting how payments management is an important part of any eCommerce Merchant's overall strategy, both in keeping expenses in line but also, and, even more importantly, contributing to top line merchant revenues.

Stay tuned for more updates here by Allen and Jay from this important annual conference for eCommerce merchants.

The Merchant Risk Council is holding its 7th Annual e-Commerce Payments and Risk Conference on March 10-12, 2009 in Las Vegas Nevada.

Glenbrook's Jay DeWitt will be leading a panel discussion at the conference on "Payments as Business Strategy". In this discussion, Jay and the panel will highlight how payments management is an important part of any eCommerce Merchant's overall strategy, both in keeping expenses in line but also, and, even more importantly, contributing to top line revenues.

The Merchant Risk Council is holding its 7th Annual e-Commerce Payments and Risk Conference at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort on March 10-12, 2009. Former US Congressman, Governor of Pennsylvania and the nation’s first Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, will be a special keynote speaker at the event. READ MORE »

The Merchant Risk Council, a trade association for supporting merchants in preventing online fraud and promoting secure e-commerce in global online payments, hase announced seven new additions to its Board of Directors and Advisors.

The Merchant Risk Council (MRC) has announced the following additions to its Board of Directors: Mike Duffy – President and CEO, Chase Paymentech, Jon Karl – Vice President of Business Development and Founder, iovation, Mike Petitti – Senior Vice President of Marketing, AmbironTrustWave, Keith Roberts – Vice President, Global Software Product Management, EFD | eFunds Corporation, and Gerry Sweeney – Senior Vice President Cross Platform Products and Services, Visa USA.