Card Firms Under Pressure to Slash Fees on Merchants
28-Jun-2007 – The Korea Times
Credit card firms are coming under pressure to slash fees they charge merchants after President Roh Moo-hyun Wednesday ordered his government to take necessary measures to lower them.
Fed Up With Fees
27-Jun-2007 – CSPNet
Two Maine retailers shut off gas pumps over prices, credit card transaction processing...
PCI SVA Asks, What's Wrong with Retail Security?
27-Jun-2007 – IT Business Net
Majority of Merchants Unable to Meet PCI DSS Deadline on June...
Review for card reform
27-Jun-2007 – Brisbane Courier-Mail
AUSTRALIA'S central bank says it is not keen to regulate the credit card and EFTPOS industry, but will continue to do so unless offered a satisfactory alternative.
MasterCard threat over cards reform
27-Jun-2007 – The Australian
Mastercard Australasia executive vice-president Leigh Clapham said that if the 'upside in growth' disappeared as a result of further reductions to those fees, its 'investment in the market could change'.
Fewer paper checks forces Fed to shrink
27-Jun-2007 – Atlanta Journal And Constitution
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Credit card issuers brace for fees cut (AAP)
27-Jun-2007 – Yahoo News Australia
Credit card issuers brace for fees cut The Australian credit card industry is bracing for regulatory reforms that may slash transaction fees and threaten the survival of reward point systems.
RBA to review credit card costs
27-Jun-2007 – West Australia Sunday Times
THE Reserve Bank of Australia says changes made to the country's credit card system were made to promote a more competitive payments system and the RBA will look at more changes to reduce credit-card transaction costs.
Jobless Benefits Arrive By Debit Card
27-Jun-2007 – JP Morgan Chase
Texas unemployment checks are no longer in the mail. The Texas Workforce Commission last week began issuing debit cards through *Chase Bank *to pay unemployment benefits, which so far this year have averaged $97 million a month.
Chargebacks
27-Jun-2007 – Article Bliss
By: Kathy Car If there is one word most Internet marketers quiver at the sound of, it is chargebacks. A chargeback is a dispute over a charge -usually an unauthorized or fraudulent charge- between the customer and the company.