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New promotion for QNB MasterCard Credit Card

ayny — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:50:01 +0200

Qatar National Bank has announced the launch of promotion campaign which should start on October 5 and continue up to December 2, 2008.

According to press release every specific amount of money spent via the QNB MasterCard Credit Card, will automatically add the customer to the daily draw in which 43 winners in total would win a month's worth of groceries.

Discover vs. Visa and MasterCard

ayny — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:06:44 +0200

Discover Financial Services, the fourth-biggest U.S. credit-card company, may settle for up to $4 billion with Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. in a lawsuit over their efforts to keep banks from working with rivals, according to three industry analysts.

American Express is the most satisfactory credit card in the US

ayny — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:55:04 +0200

For the second year in a row, American Express topped the list of credit card issuers that delivered the greatest satisfaction to customer, according to the latest J.D. Power and Associates credit card satisfaction study.

E Commerce Merchant Benefits of Using Master Card Secure Code

kianady — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:09:34 +0200

MasterCard SecureCode is a security feature, provided
to merchants operating in the virtual world of the eCommerce and to
consumers that enables cardholders to authenticate themselves to their
MasterCard credit card issuer through the use of a personal code that
they have pre-selected when they registered their cards. MasterCard
SecureCode addresses current consumer concerns about the security of

Credit Cards: unknown facts

ayny — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:32:21 +0200

There’s no disputing the fact that credit cards have become a basic necessity today; with all the awareness that’s being raised about the debt problems caused because of credit cards, people are beginning to realize the value of using them judiciously.

Travel with Citi PremierMiles Platinum VISA Card

ayny — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:08:30 +0200

Citibank today officially launched its Citi PremierMiles Platinum VISA Card (Citi PremierMiles) – a total travel card in Hong Kong that creates a premier travel experience for travel lovers. It targets frequent travelers who look for a card that is a tool not only for mileage conversion, but also to enjoy more choices and enhance their total travel experience on all fronts.

The worth of a business credit card

nishantbaxi — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:32:52 +0200

Among a variety of credit cards, one of the most underestimated one is a business credit card. Many people do not choose to apply for a business credit card because aside from having a definite target market- the business owners or business executives-it seems to be complicated to use.

Barclaycard, InterContinental Hotel Group Launch Rewards Visa Card

addy220 — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:04:24 +0200

In the UK, Barclaycard and InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) have announced the launch of the Priority Club Rewards Visa credit card.

The card offers customers a great way to earn rewards that can be redeemed at IHG hotels and to celebrate the launch; cardholders will earn 10,000 bonus points when they first use their card - enough for a free night at selected Express by Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn properties worldwide.

Who is Who: Debit and Credit cards

ayny — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:33:08 +0200

At the present time debit and credit cards system is widely spread in the most countries of the world. Various types of payment cards give us a possibility to make payment in convenient for us way. But it appears that not every owner of such cards is aware of right distinctions between them, what advantages he or she has using one or another and what rules are worth to be observed in order not to become one of the victims of fraud.

Barclaycard plans to issue over 1 million contactless cards in UK

addy220 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:32:08 +0200

Barclaycard has announced plans to issue over one million contactless cards this year across the UK. Barclaycard began issuing contactless enabled cards in London in September 2007 with the launch of Barclaycard OnePulse, the 3-in-1 card featuring Oyster, credit and contactless payment functions.

Plastic cards under surveillance

Marianna — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:36:11 +0100

It is highly unlikely that every time you use a credit or debit card to take out cash, make a purchase or transfer funds you realize that a multifaceted fraud detection system comes into play that same instant. With every bank's system being different all of the security features target just one goal - to determine if a particular transaction is legitimate or not.

The History of ATM's - most common money devices in the world

sergiu23 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:09:11 +0100

Almost 40% of the people all over the world ever used or will use an ATM and plastic cards. But what is an ATM and how was it invented?

What is an ATM?

An automated teller machine (ATM) is a computerized telecommunications device that provides the customers of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public space without the need for a human clerk or bank teller.

Decoupled Debit Card – still a mystery or a desirable product?

lexus — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:14:50 +0100

Aite Group, a financial advice service company, has introduced a new report investigating a demand for a decoupled debit card. “Decoupled debit” is a new payment mechanism where a traditional deposit account is alienated from the issuer of the debit card. An intermediate service provider, other than the customer’s bank, issues a client a new debit card and settles the transactions done on the card.

Visa is to raise $19 billion

lexus — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:17:30 +0100

The world’s biggest credit card company is planning to raise $19 billion from a long planned for public offering of its shares. This event can become the largest initial public offering in US history. On Monday during filing the necessary paperwork at the Securities and Exchange Commission Visa officials claimed that the shares are planned to be sold at between $37 and $42 each.

Carding- get the kernel!

lexus — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:01:32 +0100

A legal business frequently brings solid profit, and at the same time it is a considerable headache in the form of different reports and taxes. Unfortunately, not everybody tries to follow the law, and the Internet is one of the most convenient methods to evade it and at the same time to strike oil. Earlier it was called by one elementary word “swindle”, and those, who were personally involved ito it – “swindlers”.

Signed with black mark- when the century of plastic cards will end?

lexus — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100

It has so historically happened that the representatives of the American nation proudly walk ahead the whole planet in sphere of technological development of civilizations. Everything began in far 1946 when John Biggins, the specialist on consumer credit from Flatbush national bank, has offered "Charge it" payment system according to which the shops accepted the buyers' receipts which

Cards to withdraw cash- systematization of knowledge

lexus — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:04:12 +0100

There is no other subject that would evoke the same ardent discussion and same avidity of possession than a piece of plastic, also known as the card in its extended variety. In following review we would systemize major types of existing banking cards that allow their cardholders to withdraw cash.

First of all, let's plunge into the history of card development.

Another one plastic wallet- Cirrus Maestro card

lexus — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:42:06 +0100

MasterCard International officials have stated the global debit activity and a change in consumers' preferences from carrying cash and checks to debit cards as a preferred method of payment. Many issuers try to capitalize their efforts on the intense promoting their automated teller machine network as the first choice for banking.

Adult Processing

lexus — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:17:55 +0100

Adult entertainment or adult service business (pornography industry) is considered as the most marginal business. Forbes in the article "How big is Porn" tried to determine the dimensions of the business, in general, and to disclose the fact numbers that would speak for themselves. Some skeptics say that "pornography is an industry where they exaggerate the size of everything".