Blackhawk Network launches its retail General Purpose Reloadable (GPR) debit card targeted to not only to the underbanked but to consumers looking for alternatives to traditional banking, debit and credit.
Teri Llach, Blackhawk Network Chief Marketing Officer
Interview with Teri Llach, Blackhawk Network Chief Marketing Officer
In an interview last week with Teri Llach, Blackhawk Network Chief Marketing Officer, Teri informed me that Blackhawk has added a GPR card to their product line in addition to branded bank issued prepaid gift cards. “We have done allot of research on customer preferences for new financial services,” Teri said “and they are telling us that grocery stores are a trusted environment for them to obtain financial services. They feel safe loading and reloading there debit cards at the grocery store where they shop. Our consumer facing market research indicates that there is a demand for these services by not just the underbanked but also that consumers are looking for alternatives to traditional banking, debit and credit.” (Read more)
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FinCEN Proposed Rule Seeks Greater Transparency for Prepaid Access to Help Curb Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing (Read more)
David A. Schwartz
On March 23, 2010, the Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") announced its much-anticipated final version of amendments to Regulation E implementing the gift card provisions at Title IV of the federal Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (the "Credit CARD Act").[1] The announcement comes one month after the February 22, 2010 statutorily-mandated deadline by which the FRB was to have published its final Regulation E gift card amendments. The Credit CARD Act's gift card provisions and the FRB's related Regulation E amendments will take effect August 22, 2010. (Read more)
ATMIA UPDATE
ATMIA and Tremont Capital Group Conduct Business Impact Study of Interchange Changes on ISO Community in
the United States
Mike Lee
The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) and Tremont Capital Group, one of the nation’s leading consulting firms specializing in the ATM industry, have announced the completion of a proprietary business impact study assessing anticipated revenue losses for ISOs following MasterCard/Cirrus’s reduction in interchange effective in April 2010; the new system includes a three tier interchange structure. (Read more
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ATMIA and Tremont Capital Group Publish New ATM Industry White Paper
The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), a global non-profit trade association, and Tremont Capital Group, one of the nation’s leading consulting firms specializing in the ATM industry, have announced the publication of a new industry white paper analyzing the business model of the off-branch ATM, which now dominates the U.S. ATM market. (Read more)
NACHA’s PayItGreen® Survey 2010 Indicates Small Businesses Lag Larger Organizations in Direct Deposit Adoption, Environmental Messages Resonate with Employees (Read More)
Calling all Payment Call Centers: Registration and PCI Guidance 101
Susan Matt
There are core elements important to the vitality of a company. One of the most important elements impacting a company’s reputation and shareholder value is the Customer. Due to the importance of servicing customers many companies outsource these operations to experts specializing in call center operations.(Read More)
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When the sponsoring FI fails, what’s next? (Part 3 of 3)
In 2005 the FDIC published a well-received paper called “Troubled Banks: Why Don’t They All Fail?” It attempted to analyze problem banks and determine which ones would fail, be sold or merge, versus those that would successfully recover. Thepaper is 55 pages of proof that no one can predict when a bank will move from being a “problem” to being a failure. (Read more)
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