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Credit Card
a card issued by a bank or financial institution and accepted by a merchant in payment for a transaction for which the cardholder must subsequently reimburse the issuer
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Why You Should Use a Credit Card for Airplane Tickets
If you routinely charge plane tickets to a debit card, stop. The New York Times explains why you should always use a credit card for your flight purchases: Under the federal Fair Credit Billing Act, a credit card company is required to return your money for a service not...
Tags: Financial Services, Sales Channel, Debit Card, Credit Card Company, Credit Card, Sales, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-05-15
Airlines Expanding Payment Options
Airlines are always looking for ways to cut costs. Distribution costs have been on the chopping block for years, but it's been only relatively recently that credit card fees have begun to move on to center stage. Credit cards are easily the most convenient way to pay...
Tags: Airline, Payment, Credit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2008-04-02
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...
Tags: MasterCard International, Credit Card, Coca-Cola Co., Payment, Financial Services, Sales Channel, MasterCard PayPass, Food & Beverage, Operational Accounting, Sales, Manufacturing, Finance, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-08-07
Advance Auto Parts Cops to Credit Card Theft
From retail tech blog StoreFrontBackTalk: The latest retailer to report credit card data theft, Advance Auto Parts, admits that stolen info dating back three to seven years was not encrypted, violating basic security practices. An Advance Auto Parts spokeswoman told blogger Evan Schuman that the majority of...
Tags: Payment, Credit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Lisa Everitt
Blog posts 2008-04-15
There's Profit Hidden in Those "Free Grocery" Promotions
Last month, I said it was smart when Cincinnati-based Kroger placed broad terms on its bid to pick up some of the economic stimulus money that's showing up in shoppers' hands this week. While Sears/Kmart offered a 10 percent bonus only if you handed them your whole stimulus check, Kroger...
Tags: Gift Card, Credit Card, Stimulus, Kroger, Coupe, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Lisa Everitt
Blog posts 2008-05-08
Credit Card Issuers Kicked Around on Capitol Hill
The Antitrust Task Force of the House Judiciary Committee held hearings this week on legislation that sheds a little light on the interchange and transaction fees merchants pay to accept credit cards -- and the underlying cost of our national obsession with plastic. The Credit Card Fair...
Tags: Visa Inc., Credit Card, Retail Company, National Retail Federation, Retail, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Lisa Everitt
Blog posts 2008-05-16
Guys Driving Around Stole 41 Million Credit Card Numbers
If you're like me, you are not exactly breathing a sigh of relief at yesterday's news that the 11 people charged with stealing 41 million credit card numbers from major retailers did so by driving around with a laptop looking for wireless connections. It was just that easy. by Lisa...
Tags: Payment, Credit Card, Retail Company, Ukraine, Credit Card Number, TJX, Sales Channel, Retail, Financial Services, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sales, Lisa Everitt
Blog posts 2008-08-06
Credit Card Ghosts Haunt GE and MasterCard
Two titans of plastic are being bit on the backside by charge cards of yesteryear. First, MasterCard Worldwide agreed yesterday to pay $1.8 to rival American Express. The cash is part of a settlement of claims that Mastercard (along with Visa, which agreed to a $2.1 billion payment...
Tags: Bank, Card, Discover Financial Services, General Electric Co., Credit Card, Charge Card, MasterCard International, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Dan Ackman
Blog posts 2008-06-26
Airlines Expanding Payment Options
Airlines are always looking for ways to cut costs. Distribution costs have been on the chopping block for years, but it's been only relatively recently that credit card fees have begun to move on to center stage. Credit cards are easily the most convenient way to pay...
Tags: Airline, Payment, Credit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2008-04-02
Gone Phishing | BTalk Australia
Online crime continues to rise, presenting problems for consumers and businesses alike. In this edition of BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to James Turner from IBRS about phishing, credit card fraud and other online scams. What else is worrying IT managers? James says hanging on to...
Tags: Credit Card, Financial Services, Internet, James, Phil Dobbie, Phishing, Podcasts, Sales, Sales Channel, Security, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Viruses And Worms
Blog posts 2008-06-26
Credit Cards Ready for Reform? Some Lawmakers Think So
While most of Washington’s attention is on mopping up the home mortgage mess, federal lawmakers are also launching another heavy-duty cleaning job -- reforming the credit card industry. As you’d expect, the bank and credit card issuers, such as Visa and MasterCard, aren’t happy about this attention...
Tags: Credit Card, NSBA, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Robert Reed
Blog posts 2008-09-10
Capital One Financial Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Craig Maurer - CLSA. Craig Maurer - CLSA A quick question on the U.K. You know, if you go back a number of years, the discussion around the U.K. when the consumer originally started to crack in...
Tags: U.S., Financial, Credit Card, Call Transcript, Business, Capital One Financial Corp., U.K., Earnings, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-16
Credit Card Firms Tug On Customers' Leashes
The ubiquitous credit card industry is getting squeezed by the country's economic pinch. Purveyors of plastic are tightening lending standards by lowering borrowing limits, raising interest rates, discouraging rolling over balances and boosting fee penalties on late payments. They're also diligently monitoring customer credit...
Tags: Credit Card, Credit Card Industry, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Robert Reed
Blog posts 2008-10-20
Is It Wrong to Glorify Debt on the Big Screen?
Touchstone Pictures' film version of Sophie Kinsella’s “Confessions of a Shopaholic” will hit theaters Feb. 14, months after the American love for buying things we can’t afford officially brought the world economy to its knees. Just today, the Conference Board announced that consumer confidence is the worst it’s ever been,...
Tags: Brand, Credit Card, Exec, Touchstone Pictures, Branding, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Marketing, Sales, Lisa Everitt
Blog posts 2008-10-28
Signs Look Bad for Tech Sector Spending
Over on ZDNet, Sam Diaz argued that a tech downturn won't be like the dot com bust and, for a number of reasons, that things won't get that bad. I've got to disagree â€" not with his observations about how ingrained technology is, but on the ultimate outcome, because it...
Tags: Credit Card, Erik Sherman, Financial Services, Sales, Sales Channel
Blog posts 2008-10-29
For Credit Card Lending Woes, Watch Capital One
Now that many mortgage-laden financial institutions have fallen or been badly damaged, the next victims are expected to be credit card lenders. Common wisdom is that once the recession truly kicks in and unemployment increases, defaults or tardy payments will start crumbling the vast mountain of credit...
Tags: Credit Card, Capital One Financial Corp., Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Peter Galuszka
Blog posts 2008-10-29
Visa Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Yes, thank you. Operator instructions First question comes from Tien-Tsin Huang, JP Morgan. You may ask your question. Tien-Tsin Huang – JP Morgan Thanks, I appreciate all the disclosure. It’s really helpful. Let me ask a question about pricing. Has your thinking on pricing and the...
Tags: Visa Inc., Credit Card, Consolidation, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Call Transcript, Earnings, Pricing Strategy, UBS AG, Pricing, Sales Channel, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Marketing, Sales, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-29
Bankrate, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. The question-and-answer session is going to be conducted electronically. Operator Instructions And we will first go to Krista Coral with Thomas White (ph 00:26:19). Krista Coral – Thomas White Hi. First question I guess would be if you could give us...
Tags: Credit Card, Call Transcript, Earnings, Bankrate Inc., Credit Card Business, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-30
Intersections Inc. 3Q08 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Kevane Wong with JMP Securities. You may proceed. Kevane Wong - JMP Securities Just a few things. When you are looking at the guidance, it is actually staying where it was in September and October...
Tags: Attrition, Reduction, Credit Card, Call Transcript, Earnings, Intersections Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales Force Management, Sales, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-11-10
Capital One Worries About Tighter Credit-Card Rules
Credit card companies are worried about new Federal Reserve rules due by year-end that would limit their ability to set credit card charges as they please. Consumer groups have long complained that credit card companies abuse customers through predatory and deceptive advertising and by erecting complicated and...
Tags: Credit Card, Capital One Financial Corp., Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Peter Galuszka
Blog posts 2008-11-11
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