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Blog thread about gas prices, mobile payments, and the future of interchange

Javelin certainly agrees that mobile payments and finance is set to take off, but I see this driving network-branded (“card”) payments higher on a global basis rather than lower. This discussion reminds me of the 1990’s argument that the “new economy” would spell the death of brands, which if anything has led to exactly the opposite effect. The more far-flung and ubiquitous your transaction patterns are, the more you value the trust and convenience of branded payments. Certainly the pattern changes, just as EBay has enabled the success of micro-merchants by enabling buyer ratings systems (a defacto network branding scheme for the masses). Will interchange and other fee models have to adapt? Certainly. But as mobile payments expand payments capabilities around the globe (and eventually leave non-electronic payments in the age of

Website Launches Daily Rakeback Payments To Online Players

One of the fastest growing online poker rakeback providers, RakebackSTAT.com has recently improved services for customers by launching Daily Rakeback Payments for players. With daily updated rake stats available, players can now request payments at any time during the day, and even multiple payments to a variety of processors including Moneybookers, ePassporte, Neteller, Australian bank accounts, and online poker accounts at Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, Absolute Poker

Amazon launches online payments services for merchants

Internet retailer Amazon is taking on PayPal and Google in the e-payments market by launching two new services that enable online merchants to use its payments functionality on their e-commerce sites in the US.

CardinalCommerce announces Amazon Payments as the latest addition to its industry-leading eCommerce platform, Cardinal Centinel

Mentor, OH August 7, 2008 - CardinalCommerce Corporation, the worldwide leading provider of payment brands, today announced the addition of Amazon Payments to its eCommerce platform, Cardinal Centinel. By leveraging the installation of Cardinal Centinel, The Universal Merchant Platform, merchants can enable checkout and payments solutions from Amazon, such as Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay, quickly and easily.

CardinalCommerce adds Amazon Payments to e-commerce platform

Mentor, Ohio, Aug. 7, 2008 -- CardinalCommerce Corporation, the worldwide leading provider of payment brands, today announced the addition of Amazon Payments to its eCommerce platform, Cardinal Centinel. By leveraging the installation of Cardinal Centinel, The Universal Merchant Platform, merchants can enable checkout and payments solutions from Amazon, such as Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay, quickly and easily.

Consumers Use ChargeSmart Online Solution for Auto Payments

SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- ChargeSmart LLC, a provider of online payment solutions to the financial and mortgage industries, has reported that payments for automotive loans and leases are the most prominent transaction since the company launched its online service this past July. With a network of more than 4,000 billers, ChargeSmart's comprehensive Web-based payment application allows consumers with a major credit card to make payments to companies in four different industries, including auto loans and/or leases, home mortgages, education loans and utility companies.

Customer Data and Wireless Payments: Does Convenience Trump Security?

Wireless payments sure are snappy. You can buy gas with the wave of a wand and buzz through a toll booth without opening a window. But this fast-and-easy way to transfer customer data can pose a threat to security. Any organization using the technology should harden its defenses before it's deployed.

Customer Data and Wireless Payments: Does Convenience Trump Security?

Wireless payments sure are snappy. You can buy gas with the wave of a wand and buzz through a toll booth without opening a window. But this fast-and-easy way to transfer customer data can pose a threat to security. Any organization using the technology should harden its defenses before it's deployed.

Customer Data and Wireless Payments: Does Convenience Trump Security?

Wireless payments sure are snappy. You can buy gas with the wave of a wand and buzz through a toll booth without opening a window. But this fast-and-easy way to transfer customer data can pose a threat to security. Any organization using the technology should harden its defenses before it's deployed.

Customer Data and Wireless Payments: Does Convenience Trump Security?

Wireless payments sure are snappy. You can buy gas with the wave of a wand and buzz through a toll booth without opening a window. But this fast-and-easy way to transfer customer data can pose a threat to security. Any organization using the technology should harden its defenses before it's deployed.

Online payments by cellphone

Internet Solutions (IS), together with FNB, have launched a service where hotspot access-time payments can be made using a cell phone.

Amazon Payments takes on eBay's PayPal, Google Checkout

Amazon has rolled out its equivalent of PayPal and Google Checkout in two flavors: Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay. Both services fall under the Amazon Payments banner and allow third party retailers to access Amazon user accounts for payment.

PayPal payments help boost eBay's profit 22 percent

EBay Inc said on Wednesday that its second-quarter profit jumped 22 percent, as the online auction company enjoyed strong growth in its e-commerce sites and its PayPal payments service.

NEWS BLOG - Parents risk losing welfare payments

More than 1000 Perth families risk losing welfare payments if their children repeatedly skip school under a ‘tough love’ style scheme about to be trialed in the Cannington district (read the story here).

Amazon Goes Mano-a-Mano With eBay in Online Payments Arena

Amazon has entered the alternative online payments fray with two new services -- Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay -- that are designed to take some of the steam out of eBay's PayPal and Google's Checkout, not to mention deferred payment plans like BillMeLater. eBay, no doubt, will do its best to thwart the new competition. It's unlikely the auction giant will accept payment via Amazon.

Amazon Goes Mano-a-Mano With eBay in Online Payments Arena

Amazon has entered the alternative online payments fray with two new services -- Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay -- that are designed to take some of the steam out of eBay's PayPal and Google's Checkout, not to mention deferred payment plans like BillMeLater. eBay, no doubt, will do its best to thwart the new competition. It's unlikely the auction giant will accept payment via Amazon.

Amazon adds Bill Me Later payments option

Beginning today, millions of Amazon.com customers will be able to use Bill Me Later's next-generation payments service to pay for their purchases instantly online without using a credit card.

eBay Agrees To Hold Off Requiring PayPal For Payments In Australia

You may recall that eBay execs were trying to require the use of subsidiary PayPal for payments in Australia -- which resulted in a bunch of protests.

Encore Energy Systems Releases Details for Patent License Agreement Payments for Shareholder Cash Dividends

OXFORD, Miss., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Encore Energy Systems released today the details for payments under the patent license agreement.

Case Study: How iDEAL Came To Conquer Dutch Online Payments

In late 2005, the big three Dutch banks launched iDEAL — an alternative payment system that lets Dutch online shoppers authorize online payments from their current account through their bank's online banking site. Because of its clear advantages over existing systems, the banks' success in driving both consumer and merchant adoption, and a clear business case, iDEAL has become extremely successful in the Netherlands, evidenced by the fact that 45% of Dutch Net users have used it in the past year. We think that online banking transfer systems like iDEAL have the potential to succeed beyond the Netherlands.

Amazon goes mano-a-mano with eBay in online payments arena

First Amazon transformed itself from simple online bookseller to general e-tailer. Then it spread into the world of Web services and distributed computing. Now the online giant is entering the alternative payments game.

Aviva launches new online technology for fast access to pension payments

Aviva Australia, a provider of financial services, has launched a new online technology that will enable advisers to set up pension accounts within 10 minutes and payments for their clients in as little as three days.

PayMate Files Complaint Calling eBay's PayPal Policy Anti-Competitive

Paymate objected to eBay's online-payments policy in a complaint filed with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), claiming eBay Australia is acting in an anti-competitive manner with regard to its online payments policy. In addition, sellers have said they plan to fight eBay's new policy through letter-writing campaigns and possible court proceedings.

Amazon.com Launches Checkout Payment Service

One year after launching its Amazon Payments offering as a web service for developers, Amazon.com has launched Checkout by Amazon and Amazon Simple Pay for merchants. The new services allow online retailers to easily offer Amazon Payments on their websites without the need for software development.


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