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for consumers to redeem mobile rewards and coupons,
and pay for their purchases using mobile phones.
According to Michelle Fisher, CEO of Blaze, Tetherball's
loyalty solution will get consumers in the store, and
Blaze will allow them to also pay using their mobile
phones, rounding out their mobile experience.
Cardinal playing it Safe
CardinalCommerce Corp. entered into an agreement
with NYCE Payments Network LLC to offer NYCE's
SafeDebit solution for online purchases to its merchant
clients through the Cardinal Centinel platform. With
Centinel, merchants can, with a single installation, offer
multiple payment brands.
Element partners with Trustwave
To provide a Level 4 PCI DSS compliance program to its
merchants, Element Payment Services Inc. partnered
with Trustwave. Element's merchants will now have
access to Trustwave's TrustKeeper 3.0 Web portal.
ePN strengthens GETI bond
Software development company eProcessing Network
LLC certified Global eTelecom Inc.'s Checks-By-Web
and Check 21+ solutions. "Expanding our existing relationship
with ePN through the addition of these new
product lines enhances the offerings for both our companies'
sales channels," said Chris Brundage, President
of GETI.
Fifth Third Bank extends TSYS agreement
Extending a relationship of more than a decade, Fifth
Third Bancorp renewed its processing agreement with
Total System Services Inc. (TSYS). Fifth Third Bank
Director of Bankcard Services Jon Groch said, "The
company's TS2 platform has enabled us to consistently
deliver the broad range of products with increased flexibility
and superior service that our customers have
grown to expect from Fifth Third Bank."
First National taps Jack Henr y
Hope, Ark.-based First National Bank selected Jack
Henry Banking's CIF 20/20 core processing system.
"We are confident that Jack Henry Banking provides
the technology we need to better serve our customers,
expand our product offering, compete more aggressively
and increase our operating efficiency," said Carol
Smith, Senior Vice President of Operations for First
National Bank. Jack Henry Banking is a division of Jack
Henry & Associates Inc.
HSBC preferred by BHF-BSAA
HSBC Merchant Services, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Global Payments Inc., entered into a preferred processor
agreement with the newly merged BHF-BSSA Group
(formerly the British Hardware Federation Group and
the British Shops & Stores Association) which comprises
7,000 small and mid-sized enterprises in the United
Kingdom.
Macatawa Bank selects Fiserv
Holland, Mich.-based Macatawa Bank elected to outsource
its account processing with Fiserv Inc.'s Premier
bank platform and chose other value-added solutions
from Fiserv, including AML (anti-money-laundering)
Manager, Activity Manager, Business Analytics,
Customer View and HSA for Premier. The bank's relationship
with Fiserv goes back 11 years.
WER taps Tempo for affinity debit
The World Emergency Relief organization chose Tempo
Payments Inc. to power its affinity debit solution.
"Thanks to Tempo's Web-based platform, our members
can now effortlessly generate more funds to support our
cause," said Gary Becks, WER Chief Executive Officer.
ACQUISITIONS
Xiring belongs to Gemalto
Gemalto NV completed its acquisition of the bank-