Megalink expands its ATM network.
Byline: Fil C. Sionil Megalink, one of the country's automated teller machine (ATM) service providers, is expanding its reach to include in its network thrift, savings and rural banks as well as nonbanks financial institutions to service the needs of the general public, particularly, in the countryside....

Regional digest.
COLUMN: Regional digest Police warn of bank scam SPENCER - Police are warning residents in Spencer, Warren and Leicester of a scam after two people in Spencer said money was taken from their bank accounts and many others reported receiving calls similar to those received...

Business of doing business: prioritizing the myriad challenges problems, and diversions.
Sometimes when you see others trying to take business from you, the diversion can be more detrimental than the actual consequence. Some time ago, I noticed that FedEx was poaching my customers. In fact, they had initiated a new business model to snatch new customers from my...

NEW SECURITY PRODUCTS: Cyveillance Launches Web Service to Prevent Identify Theft.
InDEFENSE-13 December 2006-NEW SECURITY PRODUCTS: Cyveillance Launches Web Service to Prevent Identify Theft(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Cyveillance, a provider of online risk monitoring and management solutions, today announced the launch of its Cyveillance Identity Theft Protection as a Web service. Available immediately to enterprises and...

Offering loyalty rewards at no cost to the bank.
Want to reward your loyal customers on an ongoing basis--but without the expense of a full-blown loyalty program? One possible solution is RewardsCash Plus from Trilegiant Loyalty Solutions (TLS), Richmond, Va., in collaboration with Destination Rewards Inc. Financial service companies can offer rewards to customers...

Retail payment systems: what can we learn from two-sided markets?
Abstract: Some retail payment systems can be modelled as two-sided markets, where a payment system facilitates money exchanges between consumers on one side and merchants on the other. The system sets rules and standards, to ensure usage and acceptance of its payment instruments by consumers and merchants respectively. Some...

Cash payment option helps direct response merchants combat lost revenue.
In the ultra-competitive direct response market, retailers are looking for an edge to increase sales and reach new consumers. With many leaders in direct response retailing moving customers toward electronic payments, it's easy to forget that many U.S. consumers still prefer to pay via check or cash. In fact,...

Long-time industry leader Rollie Froehlig, 65.
LEBANON, Tenn. -- Rollie Froehlig, president, CEO and chairman of National Fulfillment--a long-time presence in direct response marketing--was found dead by in his office company employees on the afternoon of Sept. 19. Local police said that Froehlig, 65, died from a single gunshot wound but do not suspect foul...

Froehlig and National Fulfillment charged with identity theft by Tennessee Attorney General: civil suit also names Howes, Entertainment America as part of alleged scheme to bilk at least 30,000 consumers.
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Tennessee Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr., filed a civil suit on Feb. 16 against long-time direct response industry fulfillment leader Rollie Froehlig, president, CEO and chairman of National Fulfillment, alleging that Froehlig, Ted Howes (the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer), National Fulfillment...

New thread of questioning unspooled.
Byline: Bob Welch The Register-Guard Because of my monthly Q&A column, I've become someone I'm not: The Answer Man. People run into me, ask how my family is and then say something like: "Hey, why were there lights on in the press box of Autzen...