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February 12, 2013
First Data: Consumer card spending growth robust in January

A report released by First Data Corp. found that dollar volume growth rebounded in January, improving to 6.2% versus 4% in December despite the payroll tax increase.

October 25, 2012
’Tis the Season

By Mark Putman

Perhaps no time of year epitomizes the evolving trend of the integrated consumer buying experience more than the holiday season. Buyers are quickly realizing that rather than spending hundreds on gifts destined to be quietly returned come January 2013, the most efficient use of their money centers on gift cards and other prepaid methods that offer the recipients flexibility and choice. 

October 2, 2012
Walmart launches prepaid card reload program

Wal-Mart Stores said that it is launching a new service called Rapid Reload, which allows customers to load money onto prepaid cards.

September 12, 2012
First Data report: BTS boosts card spending in August

irst Data Corp. reported that consumers responded well to back-to-school and summer clearance sales in August, prompting an increase in August same-store consumer spending by credit, signature debit, PIN debit, EBT, closed-loop prepaid cards and checks at U.S. merchant locations.

July 19, 2012
Dollar General teams with Western Union to offer prepaid cards at 10,000 locations

The Western Union Co. and Dollar General Corp. said that they have executed an agreement to begin offering two Western Union general-purpose reloadable prepaid cards at Dollar General’s more than 10,000 stores in 40 states.

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.

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.

March 16, 2012
First Data issues report on gift card usage

The average gift card dollar volume growth on a year-over-year basis increased 10% during the last six months of 2011, with consumers shopping earlier in the holiday season for prepaid cards and adding more value to their purchases than in 2010, according to a study by First Data Corp.

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.

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 15, 2011
American Express launches Target prepaid card

American Express announced that it has launched Target prepaid cards featuring email and text alerts.

October 27, 2011
Neiman Marcus to accept Visa and MasterCard

Neiman Marcus announced Thursday that it had entered into agreements with Visa and MasterCard to begin, effective Nov. 1, accepting MasterCard and Visa credit, debit and prepaid cards at all 41 Neiman Marcus stores.

June 20, 2011
Gift Cards: Opportunity and Issues for Retailers

The growth of gift cards has been nothing less than phenomenal. But while gift cards have come to provide a critical source of earnings, they also face an intensifying regulatory environment, including tax and financial reporting for gift cards, that has become increasingly complex.


April 18, 2011
First Data report: Year-over-year surges

A report released Monday by First Data Corp., which tracks year-over-year same-merchant activations, redemptions and reloads of merchant-branded prepaid cards in the United States, including spending, gift, incentive and promotional cards, revealed that delayed post-holiday redemptions and incentives drove activations in first quarter 2011.

March 24, 2011
Gift Cards: Opportunities and issues for retailers

By Giles Sutton, J.D., LL.M, Grant Thornton LLP

December 15, 2010
First Data report: Closed-Loop prepaid cards show strong November volume

First Data Corp. reported Wednesday that dollar volume growth of prepaid card activations was 8.6% in November, a significant increase over November 2009, when activations declined -2.7%.

November 15, 2010
First Data report: October prepaid card spend slowed

A report released Monday by payment solutions provider First Data Corp. found that year-over-year October dollar volume growth of activations of closed-loop prepaid cards was 2.7%, down from 8.9% year-over-year growth in September.

August 31, 2010
Reinventing the Gift Card

Gift cards are a perennial favorite during the holidays, with the months of November...

August 26, 2010
Congress extends implementation date of final rule governing gift cards

As a previous Chain Store Age guest commentary from May 7, 2010 outlined, the Federal...

May 6, 2010
New federal regulation of retail gift cards

Prompted by Congress’s recent passage of the Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility Disclosure Act of...

November 19, 2008
Winn-Dixie to Offer Pre-Paid Cards

Winn-Dixie shoppers can now purchase reloadable prepaid cards that can be used for various retail...

August 31, 2008
Encouraging Mutual Rewards

Combining loyalty programs with private-label credit cards yields rewards for retailers as well as...

August 31, 2008
New Perspectives on Gift Cards

Recently I received an e-mail that was touting the success U-Pak-It, a regional convenience-store...

July 31, 2008
Multi-Tasking Payment Cards

Payment cards have become the preferred multi-purpose vehicle for delivering a variety of customer...

June 30, 2008
Credit Addictions

Spending money we don’t have. It’s a national habit. ...

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