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CITGO Launches Check Card With ZipLine

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. “The CITGO Check Card accomplishes both of those objectives,” Alan Flagg, assistant vice president of supply and marketing at CITGO, said in a release. Florida-based ZipLine is known for being a mobile and card-based consumer ACH payments company leading in the convenience store space.

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US Card Skimming Grew Nearly 5x in 2022, New FICO Data Shows

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For 2022, we saw a significant increase in compromised cards resulting from skimming activity. Total compromise cards were up 368% from 2021, with more than 161,000 impacted cards identified — nearly a 5x increase over 2021. Now that we have data from the entire year to review, we are seeing the alarming trend continue.

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CardX CEO: Ban On Card Surcharge Ban May Lead to Lower Interchange Fees

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Will the ban on the credit card surcharge automatically lead to significantly higher prices when consumers opt for the plastic (via card or digital wallets) at the pump, at the counter … or pretty much anywhere? In New York this month, credit card surcharges got the okay. Maybe, maybe not. As Webster recounted Monday (Jan.

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Publix Debuts Personalized Membership Program With Mobile Payment

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“We’re always looking for ways to create a more convenient and rewarding shopping experience for our customers that delivers more of what matters to them,” Mark Irby, Publix vice president of Marketing, said in the announcement. Go Grocery is selling about 5,000 stocked items in its roughly 10,400-square-foot store.

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Why 7-Eleven Is Betting On Voice Commerce To Keep Customers Loyal

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It announced this week that it is piloting Fuel Loyalty at participating 7-Eleven stores in North and South Orlando, Florida; North Texas; and Woodbridge, Virginia. It is starting in the aforementioned test markets and Apple devices and will quickly roll out nationwide and to Android devices. “We

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PSCU Unveils Enhanced Fraud Services To Help Protect Credit

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PSCU , which is billed as the nation's premier credit union service organization (CUSO), has announced its new Enhanced Fraud Services system, which the company said “has helped 10 early adopter credit unions combat fraud of all types, ranging from first-party chargeback fraud to identifying card information being sold on the dark web.”.

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Learning Lessons In International Education Payments

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It’s a situation with which Terri Carter, director of Student Financial Services at Florida Institute of Technology , is familiar. Florida Tech’s student body is a diverse one. For example, students from Saudi Arabia make up the largest share of Florida Tech’s international student population, she added. According to U.S.

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