NetSpend(R) and Liberty Tax Service Announce Customer Option of Prepaid Debit Cards Through New Partnership.
AUSTIN, Texas and VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSpend Corporation announced today that Liberty Tax Service is now offering customers the option of loading their tax refunds onto a NetSpend All-Access Liberty Prepaid Card that can be used for financial transactions at establishments where Visa(R) cards are...

ACE Cash Express and NetSpend(R) Corporation Present Local Families With Prepaid Reloadable Debit Cards.
DALLAS, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- In a joint partnership, ACE Cash Express, Inc., the largest owner and operator of check cashing stores in the United States and the second largest owner and operator of short-term consumer loan stores in the United States, and NetSpend Corporation, one of the leading...

NetSpend's Prepaid Reloadable Debit Cards Provide Financial Management System for Holiday Shopping.
Card Features Empower Consumers, Keep Spending Under Control AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Tis the season ... for Americans to be concerned about their holiday spending. With the economy in a recession and unemployment rates continuing to rise, consumers are still making their lists and checking...

I'll pay by debit: these days, debit cards--not checks--are increasingly driving the relationships between customers and banks. One strategy to encourage debit-card usage is to offer "instant" rewards to encourage targeted customers to utilize their card more often.
The checking account has long stood at the center of banks' relationships with their deposit customers. Customers have typically regarded the bank where they had their checking account as "their" bank--the one they considered first when they needed a new financial service or product. At nearly every...

Assurant Specialty Property Uses Chase Visa-Branded Debit Card to Provide Catastrophe Victims Faster Access to Settlement Payments.
New Program Is Now Available to Consumers with Renters Insurance Coverage ATLANTA, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Assurant Specialty Property has begun issuing Chase Visa(R)-branded debit cards as an alternative to paper- based manual checks for claims settlements. Renters insurance customers now have the option of receiving advanced...

American Airlines to Introduce Cashless Cabins Onboard U.S. Domestic and Canada Flights.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines will begin this summer to transition to cashless cabins onboard flights within the United States and to and from Canada. On these flights, American, a founding member of the global oneworld(R) Alliance, will only accept major credit cards or debit...

More Than 67 Million Americans Have Used Credit or Debit Cards for Purchases of Less Than $5 in the Past 30 Days.
Survey Reveals Consumer Behavior Change from Interest in Cards for Small Payments to Use of Cards NEW YORK (MICRO AND SMALL PAYMENTS CONFERENCE), Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 67 million Americans have used a credit or debit card for a purchase of less than $5 in...

Debit cards canceled after security breach; Fitchburg Savings Bank replaces cards after warning from Visa USA.
Byline: Andi Esposito FITCHBURG - About 1,300 debit-ATM cards issued by Fitchburg Savings Bank were deactivated yesterday after the bank was told by Visa USA that a "large-scale data compromise" may have included its check cards. None of the cards was used fraudulently and all...

Splurging Indians now prefer credit over debit cards.
KOLKATA: The Indian credit card market is growing at a brisk pace. According to RBI's latest monthly report, nearly 20% of the total retail electronic payments is being carried out through credit cards. By contrast, payment through debit cards, another plastic product, is just 4% of the total retail...

Lightspeed Research: U.S. Consumers Use Debit Cards Most Frequently for Grocery Shopping.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-18 October 2006-Lightspeed Research: U.S. Consumers Use Debit Cards Most Frequently for Grocery Shopping(C)2006 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com More people are reaching for their debit cards at the checkout counter when shopping for groceries, according to a recent survey by Lightspeed Research. ...