On the web:

• Your Next Credit Card Is Your Last - Fast Company
• Wal-Mart, McDonald's Execs Sour on New Debit Rules - chicagotribune.com
• Starbucks Finds Success in Mobile Payments - TMCnet.com
• International Fraud Awareness Week is Here - Portals and Rails
• PayMate To Launch NFC Based Mobile Payments Product in India - MediaNama

On the wires:

• USA Technologies Maintains Branded Credit and Debit Rate Structure for Small-Ticket Markets
• Digital River Offers Enterprise Software Publishers New Revenue Channel
• Euronet Expands its Polish Network with ATM Acquisition from Diebold’s cash4you Network
• Wright Express Announces International Capabilities for Single-Use Virtual Payments
• Cubic Integrates Video Interface in Next-Gen Ticketing Machines
• 3 Point Alliance chooses Transactis as EBPP Partner
• New Celent Report on State of Remote Deposit Capture

Mitek Systems, a key technology provider for mobile check deposit, has announced the availability of the first Mobile Imaging Cloud, a new service for mobile application developers, systems integrators and businesses that want to a "fast, cost-effective way to create smartphone and tablet apps that use the camera as an input method for a wide variety of tasks."

Mitek’s extractive-imaging technology works with both paper and non-paper documents, including drivers’ licenses, gift cards, receipts, invoices, tax documents and many others.

On the web:

• Blaze Mobile Wins NFC Sticker Patent - NFC World
• Philippine Bank to Issue China UnionPay Cards - Cards & Payments Asia
• Core Changes Help Chase Accept Amazon Points As Dollars - American Banker

On the wires:

• USAA’s Deposit@Mobile App Available on iPad 2
• Citi Cards and American Airlines Introduce New Elite Traveler Credit Card
• NYCE Payments Network Adds Record New Participants in the First Half of 2011

On the web:

• Rich? Have We Got the Credit Card for You - Wall Street Journal
• Isracard in Pilot to use Cell Phone as Credit Card - Globes Online
• Mobile Payment Players Swallow Their Egos - eWEEK Europe UK
• How Starbucks Is Paving the Way for Mainstream Mobile Payments - Mashable
• Square Closes That $100 Million Round, Mary Meeker Joins Board - TechCrunch

On the wires:

• London Cabs Gear Up to Accept Cards for 2012 Olympics
• Regions Bank Signs Agreement with Western Union to Offer Global Money Transfer Services
• INSIDE Secure and ZTE Working to Bring NFC Phones to GSM and 3G Networks
• Singapore’s Largest Taxi Operator Selects VeriFone NFC Payment Solution
• Global Blue Selects Hypercom Payment Solutions for Merchant Customers Worldwide
• MoneyGram International Celebrates Milestone: 1,000 locations in France
• ProfitStars Introduces Remote Deposit Anywhere: Mobile and Flatbed RDC Solution
• Online Payment Processor PayLane Introduces Partner Affiliate Program

On the wires:

• Five of Top 10 Retail Banks Now Signed to Deploy Mitek Systems for Mobile RDC
• Western Union and Online Resources Team for Last Minute Payments
• 3Delta Systems Unveils the Power of Payment WorkSuite
• Bridge2 Solutions® Adds Virtual Gift Card Delivery Powered by Giftango
• Travelex Global Business Payments and Fundtech Launch International Payment Solution for Financial Institutions

On the web:

• BusinessWeek: Federal Reserve Must Face Bank Suit Over Credit Card Fee Rules

Headline News is compiled by Glenbrook Partners:

• SOFTBANK MOBILE in Japan Selects Gemalto for Mobile Contactless Payment Trial
• ThreatMetrix Achieves Record Revenue, Billings, Transactions, and Customer Growth in 2010
• Main Street Softworks Inc. Adds Credit Card Enhanced Data (Level III) Reporting Features
• ValidSoft Technology Targets Belgian Bank Card Fraud Crisis
• ProPay Partners with 3DCart to Provide Merchants a Complete Set of eCommerce Tools
• Mitek Seeing Strong Deployment of its Mobile Remote Deposit Capture Application
• BPC Banking Technologies and Banca Transilvania Introduce Western Union Transfers through ATM´S

• New York Times: Now at Starbucks: Buy a Latte By Waving Your Phone
• Portals and Rails: Retail Payments Risk Forum Hosts 4th Annual "Emerging Risks in Emerging Payments" Conference
• eMarketer: In-App Purchases Become Major Mobile Revenue Stream
• Cult of Mac: iPad Cash Register Arrives at Grand Central Coffee Shop

Headline News is compiled by Glenbrook Partners:

• Wells Fargo Desktop Deposit Service Processes $1 Trillion
• MoneyGram Significantly Expands Presence in India with 4,200 New Agent Locations
• New Mercator Report on Smartphone Use of NFC Technology Beyond Payments
• Onebip Partners with Online Games Publisher OGPlanet

• Mashable: Why Your Smartphone Will Replace Your Wallet

Headline News is compiled by Glenbrook Partners:

• Visa Europe Settlement on Debit Interchange Fees
• FIS Announces Innovative Mobile Financial Services iPhone App
• BankServ Announces BlackBerry Support for Mobile Check Capture App
• Coinstar Money Transfer Signs with Land Bank to Develop the Remittance Business from Italy

• MIT Technology Review: Smart Phones Help Fight Bank Fraud
• New York Times: Apple Ban on iPhone Donation Apps Anger Nonprofits

Headline News is compiled by Glenbrook Partners:

• New Mercator Report on Closed-Loop Gift Cards
• US-Based Shift4 Becomes First Hosted Gateway Certified for Canadian EMV
• New Celent Report on The Future of Consumer Remote Deposit Capture (RDC)
• PCI QSA Determines Heartland Payment Systems' E2E Encryption Solution for Terminals Can Reduce PCI Scope by Up to 79%

• American Banker: Stay with Me - Mobile Pay System Ties Buyers to One Card
• MSNBC Red Tape Chronicles: Friendly Fraud
• SFgate: Facebook Testing Out A "Pay Later" Option For Credits
• MIT Technology Review: How Mobile Phones Jump-Start Developing Economies
• The Moscow Times: Russia Government Drafts E-Payment Rules
• Portals and Rails: The Continuing Challenge of Workplace Fraud in Financial Services

Headline News is compiled by Glenbrook Partners:

• CashStar Powers New Staples eGift Card Offering
• New Celent Report on the State of Remote Deposit Capture 2010
• Customers Go Online to Pay Bills Offline via PayNearMe
• New First Annapolis Report on Mobile Banking & Payments
• Magento and Merchant e-Solutions eCommerce Platform Partnership
• FirstPartner Releases 2010 UK Mobile Marketing Market Map Released

PayPal is blogging that $100,000 worth of checks have been processed in the first 36 hours by the "Add Money from Checks" capability inside the new PayPal mobile app. In related news, BankServe has announced that its mobile capture technology behind the service.

BankServ has announced a Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) product that combines the ability to deposit checks from the home computer with the ability to deposit checks from an iPhone and other mobile devices. With this solution, banks can now provide their customers the flexibility of depositing checks using a desktop scanner, flatbed scanner, iPhone or other leading mobile device.

BankServ and NetDeposit recently announced the signing of a definitive agreement wherein BankServ will acquire substantially all of the assets of NetDeposit, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zions Bancorporation. With this acquisition, the combined operation will be the largest privately held, bank-independent processor of remote deposit capture transactions in the U.S.

Fiserv today announced the launch of Mobile Source Capture, a new remote deposit capture solution that extends the convenience of remote check capture to camera-equipped mobile phones. Mobile Source Capture leverages best of breed Mobile Deposit® technologies from Mitek Systems, Inc.

Chase quietly introduced a new version of its mobile banking app last week that supports remote deposit capture from the iPhone. Jim Bruene over at NetBanker has a write up on how it works, including some nice screen shots. The app upgrade also included mobile access to Chase's P2P payment service.

USAA has announced that its bank customers using mobile devices on the Android platform now can deposit checks using their phones. USAA’s Mobile App for Android, introduced over the weekend to the Android Market, offers access to banking, insurance and stock-trading services as well as USAA’s popular Deposit@Mobile feature. That feature allows eligible members to instantly deposit checks simply by submitting an image of the front and back of an endorsed check via the phone. READ MORE »

Torrance Community Credit Union (TCCU) of Torrance, California has announced that it will enable its members to "deposit checks directly to their accounts through their iPhone camera devices, effective immediately. Checks will be processed electronically, end-to-end, through the credit union’s partnerships with Eastern Corporate Federal Credit Union (EasCorp) of Burlington, Massachusetts and Innovative Technology, Inc. (INTECH) of Omaha, Nebraska. Torrance Community CU becomes one of the first financial institutions in the United States to offer this service." READ MORE »

Jack Henry has announced that its Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) solution continues to set new transaction volume records. The company's RDC solution now supports more than 22,000 merchants and 85,000 merchant locations. "After a record-setting July, during which more than 11,350,000 RDC transactions were processed, volumes continued to increase and another monthly record was set in August with more than 11,685,000 RDC transactions processed. The collective transactions processed during this two-month period represent in excess of $18 billion." READ MORE »

In an article titled "Bank Will Allow Customers to Deposit Checks by iPhone", Susan Stellin writes for the New York Times about USAA's plans this week to add an iPhone application that will support remote deposit of checks using the camera built into the iPhone. USAA said it plans to offer the service on other phones later this year.

In an article titled "USAA to launch deposit app", L.A. Lorek writes for MySanAntonio.com about USAA's plans to release a new iPhone application that will allow users to take photos of the front and back of a check and deposit it electronically directly from their iPhone.

Union Bank has announced a next generation remote deposit solution, Remote Deposit Accounts Receivable. According to the bank,"the new software improves customers’ operating efficiency by integrating directly with their accounting software and enabling them to update their account receivables in one process." READ MORE »

Fiserv has announced the results of recent market research that quantified the interest among banks and credit unions for mobile deposit capture and gauged their views on potential customer acceptance. Mobile deposit capture is an extension of remote deposit capture (RDC) that enables checks to be deposited anywhere via a mobile phone equipped with a camera to create and send an image of the check. READ MORE »

First Data Corp. has a growing collection of white papers in its Thought Leadership Library covering a wide range of payments-related topics. The latest papers include:

• Mobile Account Management: The Mobile Commerce Enabler - by Barry McCarthy, President, Mobile Commerce Solutions
• Innovations in Payments and Decoupled Debit Reshape the Power of Merchant Loyalty Programs - by Timothy Horton, Vice President of Product Management
• Financial Institutions Must Rethink Their Remote Deposit Capture Support Models - by Kathleen Houseman, Vice President, Remote Deposit Capture Solutions, and Mark Nevle, Director, Product Development

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has issued guidance titled "Risk Management of Remote Deposit Capture" .

This guidance addresses the necessary elements of an RDC risk management process in an electronic environment, focusing on RDC deployed at a customer location. The general principles of RDC risk management discussed here are also applicable to financial institutions’ internal deployment and other forms of electronic deposit delivery systems (e.g., mobile banking and automated clearing house [ACH] check conversions).

EFT Network has announced the FAXTellerPLUS remote deposit capture solution - calling it "a brand new way for businesses, financial institutions even consumers to participate in remote deposit capture by using a standard fax machine with absolutely no hardware equipment or software to purchase or download." READ MORE »

Goldleaf Financial Solutions has announced the Sierra Xpedite Retail Remote Deposit solution enabling financial institutions to extend the reach of remote deposit across retail customer segments including consumers, micro businesses and small businesses. According to Goldleaf, "Sierra Xpedite Retail Remote Deposit is a new browser-based client application built using rich user interface technology with optimized workflows to meet the specific needs of small volume depositors. The solution facilitates the cost effective deployment of remote deposit functionality to financial institution retail customer segments through support for commercially available flatbed and multi-function (print, scan, copy, fax) scanning devices many users already have." READ MORE »

BankServ has announced that its DepositNow remote deposit service has added the capability for small businesses to be paid directly from emailed invoices. READ MORE »

Celent has published a new report titled "State of Remote Deposit Capture 2008: Sprint Becomes a Marathon" noting that "The past year has seen remarkable remote deposit capture solution adoption among midsize banks, community banks, and credit unions. By the end of 2008, two-thirds of all US banks and 40% of all US financial institutions will have adopted RDC."

Mitek Systems has announced it has developed a version of its ImageNet Mobile Deposit application for the Apple iPhone. According to the company, its ImageNet Mobile Deposit is "the first mobile banking software that allows banks to accept paper check deposits from merchants and mobile professionals via camera-equipped mobile phones." READ MORE »

Heartland Payment Systems has announced it has integrated alphanumeric remittance ID tagging into its remote deposit capture solution – making it even easier for businesses to efficiently handle check payments. READ MORE »