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American Express announced that it will offer to AOL’s Patch a digital payment and commerce platform dubbed Serve. Customers will be able to register for Serve accounts via hundreds of Patch sites.

Patch will also offer users the ability to redeem local deals and transact with local merchants via the American Express network. Through the partnership, local merchants will be able to post offers online in a more streamlined, effective way, and consumers will benefit by redeeming offers at the point of sale.

Chase Paymentech has launched a new suite of solutions to protect online merchtans against fraud and POS merchants against data breaches. The new services are dubbed as Safetech™ Fraud and Security Solutions.

2Checkout.com has partnered with Znode Inc to make “buying and selling products online faster, easier, and more secure.” The two companies believe that the combination of their resources will benefit each party’s existing customer bases, while creating unique customer acquisition possibilities.

Google published the results of its recent survey where it polled consumers about becoming friends/fans of brands on Facebook. The survey found that about half of Facebook users actually do "friend" brands, with 55% friending zero brands.

According to Google the top reason for consumers to friend brands is the possibility of discounts (25%). Brands might like the second reason even better though - to show others they support the brand (18%).

The Merchant Risk Council (MRC), a merchant-led trade association focused on electronic commerce risk and payment strategies, reported the results of its Annual Merchant Fraud Survey, which was sponsored by CyberSource Corporation.

The report reveals that MRC Platinum Members (200+ of the largest online retailers in the world) set best in class sample at how to reduce revenue losses due to cyber theft.

The survey shows:

A European ecommerce solutions provider Oxatis is teaming up with Moneybookers, an online payment system with over 80 payment options in more than 200 countries.

Oxatis made its choice of Moneybookers as it provides merchants with a secure and hassle-free way of accepting payments.

The new feature adds recurring and future-dated payment scheduling. FirstFund gives additional capabilities and allows merchants to process multiple types of payments using one product. It works anywhere there is an Internet connection and eliminates the need to download or install additional software.

The first knowledge-site dedicated to supporting the pay-per-call advertising industry PayPerCall.org was launched on December 28, 2009.

The website has a ‘free downloads’ section with free tools that Pay Per Call publishers can install on their sites to help educate advertisers on the benefits of performance-based advertising that drives phone calls instead of clicks. PayPerCall.org also features an industry directory. Listings are free.

Independent global online payments business Neovia Financial has concluded eight more agreements for its Neovia Payment Suite with merchants selling luxury goods online.

These companies are using the NEOVIA Payment Suite to take online payments at their website. The NEOVIA Payment Suite features the NETBANX international payments gateway, the NETELLER e-wallet and Net+(TM) cards.

The contracts were signed with Artworkbank, Buy My Watch, Churchill Fine Wines, Cool Diamonds, Grape Vine, I Love Cashmere, RED5 and Pret-A-Beaute.

 Online global cash payment system Ukash entered into an agreement with Wallet One to enable its global customers to buy Ukash vouchers from their W1 online accounts and spend them securely online by entering a patented Ukash PIN code.

W1 payment system allows online users to purchase Ukash vouchers from a secure online wallet to spend cash privately and conveniently online at any time and from anywhere in the world.