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December 18, 2012
Capital One survey: Holiday shoppers buying with cash, debit

Survey results released by ING Direct – to be rebranded Capital One 360 in 2013 – found that most Americans are purchasing holiday gifts with cash or debit cards this year.

November 28, 2012
Too Much Information on Credit/Debit Card Receipts can Cause Big Problems for Businesses

By Brendan W. Walsh, Pashman Stein, P.C.

October 24, 2012
Barnes & Noble reports breach of customer credit data at stores

Barnes & Noble said it has detected tampering with PIN pad devices that are used in 63 of its stores.

August 29, 2012
Walmart to offer cardholders gasoline discount through Dec. 24

Walmart will offer holders of its gift cards, credit cards and prepaid debit cards a discount on gasoline of up to 15 cents a gallon until Dec. 24, 2012.

August 7, 2012
Five Reasons Why Retailers Should Offer International Payment Services

By Merrick Theobald, iSend

July 11, 2012
First Data: Card spending growth inched lower in June as consumers remained cautious

A report by FirstData Corp. found that year-over-year dollar volume growth was 6.4% in June, down from May’s 7.0% growth as continuing high unemployment and economic anxiety caused consumers to pull back on spending.

June 11, 2012
First Data: May card spending healthy

A report released by First Data Corp. found that same-store consumer spending by credit, signature debit, PIN debit, EPT cards and checks at U.S. retail locations rose 7% year-over-year. April’s growth was 5.7%.

May 10, 2012
Family Dollar teams with NetSpend on new prepaid card agreement

NetSpend Holdings said it has entered into a distribution agreement with Family Dollar to sell the NetSpend Visa prepaid debit card at the discounter’s store locations nationwide.

April 26, 2012
Wal-Mart first-ever retailer to launch online ‘pay with cash’ option

Walmart said it has launched a “Pay with Cash” service that offers cash payment options for online orders at Walmart.com in the United States.

April 16, 2012
Retailers Turn to Alternate Financing Options

Access to operating capital remains an ongoing challenge for some retailers, which are still facing a difficult time when it comes to securing a loan. The problem is particularly acute for small and medium-sized businesses: Among U.S. small business owners, 90% believe the availability of credit for small businesses is a problem, and 61% agree it’s harder to get a loan now than it was four years ago, according to a recent study by the American Sustainable Business Council, Small Business Majority and Main Street Alliance. 

March 26, 2012
Retailers Seek Alternate Financing Options

By Seth Broman, Merchant Cash and Capital

February 10, 2012
First Data reports steady dollar volume and transaction growth in January

Mild weather over much of the country spurred increased retail card spending growth in January, according to First Data Corp.’s SpendTrend, which tracks same-store consumer spending by credit, signature debit, PIN debit, EBT cards and checks at U.S. merchant locations.

February 9, 2012
New POS Technology Available to Retailers in 2012

By Shannon Martin, shannon.martin@onlinemediapartner.com

There are a variety of new technologies that will become available throughout 2012 to small business owners looking for ways to process credit and debit cards. In the past, business have had to rely on costly terminals purchased from merchant account providers who charged not only for the equipment, but also for the processing of the cards used by a business’ customers.

January 17, 2012
New standard for retail payments

A new global standard for retail payments designed to help exchange data between payment terminals and POS terminals and support new payment technologies has been released by the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) and EPASOrg, which sets card payment standards in Europe.

January 11, 2012
Columbia Sportswear implementing tokenization and encryption solution from Merchant Link, Equinox and Voltage Security

In response to Columbia Sportswear Co.’s desire to reduce its PCI scope for its retail locations by minimizing or eliminating the need to store any payment data on its network environment, payment processing and security vendors, Equinox Payments Voltage Security, and Merchant Link have collaborated to create a reliable, cloud-based payment solution to protect sensitive point-of-sale payment data.

January 11, 2012
First Data: Overall transaction growth up 7.0% in December

Atlanta -- Dollar volume growth on cards overall was a healthy 6.9%  in December, according to First Data Corporation’s First Data SpendTrend analysis for the full month of December 2011 compared to December 2010. SpendTrend tracks same-store consumer spending by credit, signature debit, PIN debit, EBT cards and checks at U.S. merchant locations.

However, strong auto sales, driven by low interest rates, likely diverted consumer spending to car sales from other retail areas, the report said. Auto sales are not captured in SpendTrend figures.

December 21, 2011
First Data mid-month overview: Card spending growth solid

The SpendTrend report released by First Data Corp., which tracks same-store consumer spending by credit, signature debit, PIN debit, EBT cards and checks at U.S. merchant locations, showed that card spending growth has remained solid through mid December.

November 23, 2011
Retailers sue Federal Reserve

A coalition of retail organizations, including the National Retail Federation, the Food Marketing Institute and the National Association of Convenience Stores, have filed a lawsuit charging that the Federal Reserve failed to comply with a new law requiring it to reduce fees bank charge retailers when shoppers use credit cards.

November 21, 2011
Dollar General accepting MasterCard credit cards

Dollar General is now accepting MasterCard credit cards at all of the nearly 10,000 Dollar General locations across the country, expanding on previous acceptance of MasterCard debit and prepaid cards.

November 16, 2011
Target Q3 profit up 3.7%, beats expectations

Target Corp.’s profit increased a better-than-expected 3.7% in the third quarter to $555 million, up from $535 a year earlier.

November 10, 2011
SpendTrend report: Card spending growth strong in October

A report released by First Data Corp., which tracks same-store consumer spending by credit, signature debit, PIN debit, EBT cards and checks at U.S. merchant locations, found that, in October, dollar volume growth held steady at 9.4% versus September’s growth of 9.5%.

November 1, 2011
RILA responds to Bank of America decision to abandon debit fee charge

The Retail Industry Leaders Association on Tuesday issued a statement in response to Bank of America’s decision to abandon its plan to charge new fees on debit card users.

October 3, 2011
OfficeMax launches Google Wallet

OfficeMax Inc. has launched new checkout terminals in more than 100 stores that harness Google Wallet to enable customers to pay, redeem coupons and reap the benefits of OfficeMax's MaxPerks Rewards loyalty program, all with a tap of their mobile phones.

September 30, 2011
NRF: Swipe fee cut will save merchants and consumers billions

Retailers and their customers will save billions of dollars when new Federal Reserve regulations cutting debit-card swipe fees roughly in half take effect this weekend, the National Retail Federation said.

August 9, 2011
Report: July card spending slowed overall, but general merchandise jumped sharply

A report released Tuesday by First Data Corp., which tracks same-store consumer spending by credit, signature debit, PIN debit, EBT cards and checks at U.S. merchant locations, found that card spend growth slowed significantly in July.

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