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		<title>CyberSource to Buy Authorize.Net</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Conde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the press release: Electronic payment company CyberSource Corp. said Monday it will acquire Authorize.Net, a provider of electronic merchant services, for $565 million in cash and stock. Under the terms of the deal, Authorize.Net shareholders will receive 1.1611 shares of CyberSource (nasdaq: CYBS &#8211; news &#8211; people ) common stock for every share of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota First State to Make PCI Compliance Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Conde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not being PCI compliant in the state of Minnesota will now cost you more then your merchant account. Last week the state passed a law that virtually made PCI compliance mandatory for online merchants. The law itself does not directly reference the PCI standards outlined by the major credit card issuers (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Data Sold for $29 Billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Conde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Data, the largest player in the merchant services industry by far, has been sold to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &#038; Co for $29 Billion.This kind of sale would be the equivalent of Microsoft being sold GE. You can read more about it in their official press release. Technorati Tags: First Data]]></description>
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		<title>MasterCard Launches Personalized Gift Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Conde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MasterCard has announced a new program where small businesses can order personalized MasterCard branded gift cards. These are similar to the gift cards currently available for purchase through local banks and some stores. The cards can be redeemed anywhere MasterCard check cards are accepted. The gift card can be customized with a company logo, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visa, MasterCard &#8230; Discover Card?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Conde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently, if your business wanted to accept all four major credit cards you would go to a company that set up Visa and MasterCard together for you and then also help you set up a Discover Card account and an American Express account. Essentially you would have established three relationships. Although Visa and MasterCard are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Card Companies Form Security Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Conde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CNet: American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International announced Thursday the creation of an organization to develop and maintain security standards for credit and debit card payments. It&#8217;s the first time the five brands have agreed on a single, common framework. The newly formed Payment Card International (PCI) Security Standards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to Order Visa Supplies and Logos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Conde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common question from merchants is where they can find logos and credit card related supplies for their business. Visa provides an online store for merchants which contains every day supplies, educational material, and promotional material some of which is free. You can find this at http://www.visafulfillment.com. General categories available include: Fraud and Security Gift [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Checkout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Conde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has officially launched its online payment system Google Checkout. You can register for it at https://checkout.google.com/. Google Checkout offers some interesting &#8220;extras&#8221; that make it stand out a bit from its competitors. Basically, they&#8217;ve tied promoting their new checkout service with their Adwords program. With Google Checkout and Adwords you get: A cart icon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Gbuy Ready To Go</title>
		<link>http://www.merchant-account-services.org/blog/google-gbuy-ready-to-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Conde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google&#8217;s Gbuy is set to launch in a limited capacity on June 28th. It will take six to eight weeks for new implementations to be completed but existing Beta testers will be ready to go immediately. Initially the merchants will not pay any fees for transactions processed through Gbuy. Rates are then expected to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discover to Drop &#8216;No Surcharge&#8217; Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.merchant-account-services.org/blog/discover-to-drop-no-surcharge-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merchant-account-services.org/blog/discover-to-drop-no-surcharge-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 13:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Conde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discover Financial Services announced in early February plans to eliminate the contested &#8220;no surcharge&#8221; rule on Discover card transactions. A spokeswoman for the company said that Discover will notify merchants of this development in June, and the policy will take effect this October. The no-surcharge rule (which Visa and MasterCard also enforce) prevents merchants from [...]]]></description>
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