Are you planning to attend the Airline Travel and Payments Summit (ATPS) in Toronto this week? Glenbrook's Jacqueline Chilton will be on hand to speak on Wednesday, October 12 on "Social Media's Impact on Payments". If you're attending, be sure to drop Jacqueline a line. She'd love to chat about payments.

On the web:

• The Rise Of The Online To Offline Commerce Network - Business Insider
• PayPal Now Processing $315 Million In Payments Per Day - TechCrunch
• NACHA Survey: Convenience Drives Direct Deposit - Credit Union Times
• Google Wallet and PayPal in 'electro-purse' War - The Register
• Starbucks Perks Up Mobile Payments Program (Interview) - eMarketer
• Orange has EU-wide Ambitions for NFC - Rethink Wireless
• I Can’t Use My Prepaid Card For That Now? - Portals and Rails
• Google Wallet Rollout Going 'Kind of Slow' - Computerworld
• Extended Remittance Information: Will The Tail Wag the Dog? (Registration Required) - GTNews

On the wires:

• VALITOR and PAY.ON Cooperate to Market Cross-Border Acquiring Solutions
• Starwood Joins the MasterCard Worldwide Enhanced Folio Data Program
• Blackhawk Network Announces Partnership With Smart & Final
• USDT Introduces Next Generation Credit/Debit Card Chargeback Management System
• Apex Payroll Selects the ReadyFUND$ MasterCard Payroll Card

MasterCard Worldwide and Yapta.com have announced a new airfare price assurance program for MasterCard U.S. consumer and small business cardholders who book flights directly with eligible airlines.

MasterCard PriceAssure helps take the guesswork out of getting the best price on airfare by tracking flight itineraries and offering cardholders specialized customer service to help secure airline credit for savings on future travel, if the same itinerary they’ve purchased with their enrolled MasterCard card later becomes available from that airline at a lower price, minus any airline change fees.