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First Data Secures Major Processing Contract with Samba Financial Group

General Merchant Account Strategies | 2007-05-24 | No Comment

Five Year Contract with Leading Credit Card Issuer in Saudi Arabia
Dubai, May 23, 2007 – First Data International, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced a major new card processing contract with Samba Financial Group, and the successful conversion of Samba’s portfolio to First Data’s issuing platform.
Samba Financial Group is the [...]

Customers force restaurants to deal with identity theft issue!

General Merchant Account Strategies | 2007-04-24 | One Comment

According to Visa, the most common place for credit card information
to be stolen is at a restaurant.
“We have seen a recent spike in requests from restaurants who want
merchant accounts with wireless technology that will support credit
card processing at the table…” – Says Doug Olsen of Cardservice International
“…It turns out that restaurants are the most likely [...]