FOUR PRIVATE NATIONAL BANKS BECOME MEMBERS OF MAESTRO DEBIT CARD PROGRAM

Arkansas Systems Inc. of Little Rock is supplying its Integrated Transaction Management (ITM) software suite to the Romanian Commercial Bank in Bucharest, making it the first bank in Romania to provide automated teller machines (ATMs) and Visa debit card services. Using Arkansas Systems' ATM Management and Online EFT Network Connection ......

New study shows debit the preferred method of payment.

SYRACUSE - Central New York banks may soon begin offering Discover and American Express-branded debit cards for the first time. The U.S. Supreme Court last month said Visa and MasterCard engaged in anticompetitive practices in the late 1990s, when they blocked other companies, such as Discover, from working with financial ......

After several false starts, the race for dominance of the debit card industry is finally under way. Until recently, there weren't enough fans to even justify such a race, but that's changing. The major bank card associations, Visa U.S.A. and MasterCard International, are actively marketing debit card services to their ......

LAKE SUCCESS - Although most people think of credit cards when they hear the word plastic for transactions, consumers are whisking out debit cards to replace cash, checks and credit cards, generating income for banks from even small transactions. A debit card is an ATM (automated teller machine) card with ......

Banks can sometimes be reluctant to restore stolen funds.

Fact: Debit card transaction volume is surging. Fact: Relatively few stores in your typical shopping mall likely accept automated teller machine cards, or some other debit card, for payment. The apparent contradiction in those two statements can be explained by a third fact: Most debit card activity is taking place ......

The debit card has certainly made life easier for many of us. It has also made us more comfortable. The debit card combines the convenience of a credit card with the "safety" of a checking account. No longer is it necessary to worry about racking up debt and high interest ......

With banking, there always seems to be another fee. And bank fees are the rise again. But there are ways to help you avoid some bank fees.

Use a credit card rather than a debit card when you go on vacation.

Identity theft continues to be a growing problem, and consumers can become victims of this crime much easier than they may realize.