Responding to complaints about unauthorized credit card charges, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is asking credit card companies what they know about the practice. In a letter to Visa, American Express and Mastercard, Rockefeller said aggressive online sales tactics often end up with consumer's credit cards charged for unwanted club memberships.
Rockefeller says millions of online consumers have been enrolled in these membership clubs and their credit card or... Read Full Story
EA Sports Madden NFL ‘10 has just been nominated for best team game of 2009 by Spike TV’s Video Game Awards, and with both real and virtual football season well underway , software giant Electronic Arts has decided that it will join up for Visa to give its loyal fans some cash-back rewards for their purchases of EA Sports game titles with their first ever EA Sports branded prepaid debit card.
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The EA Sports DebitSmart Visa Prepaid Card
This new offer will allow sports gamers... Read Full Story
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Points for Everyday Spending Used Toward EA SPORTS Game Titles
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) has made it easier for loyal gamers to buy their favorite EA SPORTS™ titles with the launch of the first-ever EA SPORTS branded prepaid debit card. The reloadable prepaid debit card enables users to receive a percent back from every purchase at thousands of brick-and-mortar and online retailers to redeem points (“EA SPORTS... Read Full Story
Electronic Arts is going into the debit card business. Today, the company’s EA Sports division is launching a prepaid Visa debit card that makes it easier for gamers to buy EA Sports titles. It also allows gamers to collect rewards that they can use toward the purchase of more games.
Prepaid cards are a hot item in games because kids who don’t have credit cards can use them to pay for online game subscription fees or virtual goods inside free-to-play games. The cards thus remove barriers... Read Full Story
Wireless credit card machines have become a necessity for businesses on the wheels. They are being used for businesses that deliver products and services to homes, for in home demonstrations, at outdoor events, seminars, trade shows, fairs and flea markets, and even by taxi services.
These devices are no doubt very dependable. The equipment is quite durable and easy to carry as its size is very small. The users can get service for real time transactions pretty much anywhere that you can... Read Full Story
Co-branded debit card programs and branded card program have been identified as a very potent tool in building a strong ties with the companies existing customer and also to attract new customers. They are a very secured and easy to use alternative to traditional methods of payment such as cash and store gift vouchers.
Co-branded card programs allow you to print the logo and name of your company on the co-branded debit cards. The branded prepaid cards programs involves association of... Read Full Story
Yesterday's official launch of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's new mobile payment system was greeted with a lot of enthusiasm . Not everybody agrees that Square's business model is viable, however. Today, we got a chance to talk to Andy Kleitsch, the CEO of Billing Revolution , who didn't hold back in his criticism of Dorsey's plans. According to Kleitsch, Square is going after the wrong kind of customer if it wants to be a viable business: merchants who don't qualify for accounts with... Read Full Story
The Mercator Group has released another market analysis of the prepaid debit market. The bottom line? The prepaid debit market is growing at an even greater pace than previously projected by Mercator.
The Mercator Group is an independent research and advisory services firm exclusively focused on the payments and banking industries. The Group produces market research reports, and has conducted substantial research in the prepaid market.
On November 30, 2009, Mercator published their most... Read Full Story
Haven't heard of easy approval credit cards? Well, as the phrase suggests, they are credit cards which are easily obtainable. Even if your application for a "standard" credit card has recently been denied, you may still be able to qualify for one of these cards.
Related posts: 0% APR Credit Cards – Tips and Tricks This article directs the attention of customers to 0% APR... Credit Cards: Why They Aren’t So Bad And How To Use Them Credit card companies have long had their schemes for getting... Read Full Story
Tempo today introduced another one of their “affinity debit” programs. The program announced today is a partnership with the Arthritis Foundation in which debit cards (branded as Arthritis Foundation debit cards) can be used by Arthritis Foundation supporters. Each use earns the Foundation a portion of the transaction fees.
According to the press release :
“This is a great opportunity for supporters of the Arthritis Foundation to generate additional contributions by leveraging their... Read Full Story
