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- Ami Kassar: Innovation in Small Business Finance
- Ami Kassar is Chief Innovation Officer at Advanta, one of the country's largest credit card issuers to small businesses. Kassar talks about why it's important to stay innovative in the world of finance and the benefits of investing in small businesses.
- Videos 2008-05-02
- Handling Online Payments
- If your business sells its products or services online, it goes without saying that your online payment system must work flawlessly. If not, your credibility will vanish in a heartbeat. Your system must be easy to use and unfailingly secure. Consumers won't tolerate a long, cumbersome purchasing process, and they...
- Articles 2007-10-16
- Coke Machines Go Cashless with MasterCard
- Today MasterCard Worldwide and USA Technologies Inc. announced plans to install cashless payment terminals in 7,500 Coca-Cola vending machines within 8 markets (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Miami, New York and Seattle). Customers will be able to use traditional credit cards as well as MasterCard's PayPass. Thacher Worthen, Coca-Cola's...
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- VeriFone Awarded Multi-year, Multimillion Dollar Contract by GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance Unit; Private Label Credit Card Issuer to Make Annual Purchases of about 20,000 Electronic Payment Systems
- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), announced today that is has been awarded a multi-year, multimillion dollar contract to supply as many as 20,000 units annually of its Vx Solutions payment systems to GE Consumer Finance's Retail Sales Finance unit, one of the leading providers of private...
- Research articles 2006-02-23
- FDIC proposes capital treatment revision of credit card assets. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.) (Focus: Banking/Finance) (Industry Overview)
- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's board of directors is seeking public comment on a plan to permit FDIC-supervised banks to count limited amounts of "purchased credit card relationships" toward their capital requirements. PurchasedThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's board of directors is seeking public comment on...
- Research articles 1992-05-04
- Pearle Vision and GE Consumer Finance Launch National Credit Card Program
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- Research articles 2002-12-11
- KeyCorp pushes program to protect against ID theft.(Finance)(Brief Article)
- Byline: SHAWN A. TURNER KeyCorp has become the latest financial institution to expand its identity theft protection program in the wake of scandals at CitiFinancial and Time Warner Inc. The Cleveland-based banking company said it will begin offe Byline: SHAWN A....
- Research articles 2005-09-26
- GE Consumer Finance to Acquire 49.99 Percent Interest in BAC International Bank Inc.; BAC is a Leading Credit Card Issuer in Central America
- STAMFORD, Conn. -- GE Consumer Finance, one of the largest consumer lending businesses in North America, today announced that it would acquire a 49.99 percent stake in BAC International Bank Inc. BAC, a privately held retail bank and credit card issuer based in Panama City, Panama. The transaction, which requires...
- Research articles 2005-05-12
- GE Consumer Finance and IKEA Enter Partnership to Offer Store-Branded Credit Card; Private Label Card to Offer Customers Multiple Ways to Save On Purchases
- STAMFORD, Conn. -- GE Consumer Finance, the consumer lending unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that it will offer a new private label credit card to U.S. customers of IKEA, the world's leading home furnishings retailer. The IKEA Card will be issued by GE Consumer Finance and...
- Research articles 2005-08-30
- GE Consumer Finance to Acquire Credit Card Business of Belk, Inc.; Leading Regional Department Store Establishes 10-Year Alliance with GE Consumer Finance; Deal Includes $500 Million in Credit Card Receivables
- STAMFORD, Conn. -- Furthering its growth strategy, GE Consumer Finance, the consumer lending unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase and manage the private label credit card assets of Belk, Inc., the nation's largest privately owned department store company. Belk...
- Research articles 2005-11-21
- Wal-Mart and GE Consumer Finance Plan to Issue a New Credit Card on the Discover Network
- BENTONVILLE, Ark. & STAMFORD, Conn. & RIVERWOODS, Ill. -- Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), GE Consumer Finance (NYSE:GE) and Discover Financial Services, a business unit of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MWD), today announced plans to launch a new credit card on the DiscoverR Network in a milestone agreement that will offer Wal-Mart customers more ways...
- Research articles 2005-01-21
- BIG STORE'S BIG GAMBLE: Cutting the card; Once unthinkable, sale of credit unit ends an era at Sears.(Finance)(consumer credit programs)
- Byline: SANDRA JONES When Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold its first product on credit in 1911-a cream separator for skimming the cream from milk-all it required from customers was a letter from their banker stating that they were "reliable.'' ...
- Research articles 2003-07-21
- Sears' finances show soft side.(News)(Sears Roebuck and Co.)(Company Profile)
- Byline: SANDRA JONES Operational problems are turning into financial woes for Sears, Roebuck and Co. Sears' inability to stem the long-term decline of its stores and to cap rising delinquencies in its credit card portfolio has begun to erode th ...
- Research articles 2003-03-10
- Delta Says No to Cash, Yes to Credit Cards
- Delta Air Lines announced today on its blog that it would no longer accept cash on Delta and Northwest flights in North America (that's including Central America and the Caribbean, its blog states, as if we didn't take sixth-grade social studies) starting Dec. 1Â and instead will only take credit cards...
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- SAM'S CLUB and GE Consumer Finance Launch New Credit Cards Where Members Earn up to 2 Percent Cash Back; SAM'S CLUB DISCOVER Provides Business Owners and Consumers Convenience and Cash Back at Over 4 million Discover Network Locations
- STAMFORD, Conn. -- Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and GE Consumer Finance (NYSE:GE) are launching two new credit cards on the DiscoverR Network -- one for business members of SAM'S CLUB and one for consumers. The new SAM'S CLUBR DISCOVERR will be available in all 552 SAM'S CLUB locations in April. Both cards...
- Research articles 2005-03-15
- E-TON, GE offer private label credit card program.(GE Consumer Finance and E-TON America LLC)(Brief Article)
- The Retail Sales Finance unit of GE Consumer Finance has signed a multi-year agreement to offer a new consumer credit card program through E-TON America, LLC. The Retail Sales Finance unit of GE Consumer Finance has signed a multi-year agreement to offer a...
- Research articles 2005-06-27
- eLayaway Offers New Solution to Sluggish Retail Sales
- Remember layaway? If your mom couldn't afford something, she put 10 percent down and paid a few bucks a week through the layaway window until the item was paid off and she could bring it home. Now it's coming back as retailers and shoppers alike question the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Why AmEx Becoming a Bank Holding Company is a Positive Move
- Vitaliy N. Katsenelson, CFA submits: American Express AXP becoming a bank holding company [BHC] is not just net positive for the company it is simply positive. When a highly leveraged investment bank like Goldman Sachs GS turns into a BHC, its future profitability suffers as its leverage drops to...
- External links 2008-11-13
- Which is a Better Short Candidate - Capital One or American Express?
- Lockstep Investing submits: Assume credit cards are the next crisis. Also, assume the crisis comes because the charge off rates go so high that no wants to buy credit card bonds. Where is the best place to be short? Looking at options, both Capital One Financial...
- External links 2008-11-13
- Is American Express Worth the Risk?
- Ockham Research submits: One of the major developing stories this week is the conversion of American Express AXP to a bank holding company in order to receive funds from the government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). This situation is similar to the Fed’s decision to allow the immediate conversion...
- External links 2008-11-13
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