online merchants

• Breaches Spawn a Fraud Boom

  By Robert McGarvey  |  June 12, 2013

  First comes the notification that your personal data have been compromised in a data breach.  And as sunset follows sunrise, increasingly that notification is followed by actual dollar losses in fraud on personal accounts, said Javelin Strategy and Research in its recently released 2013 data breach fraud impact report.

• Javelin Study: Data Breaches Spawn Fraud Boom

  By Robert McGarvey  |  June 5, 2013

  Think firm finds that 23% of data breach victims in 2012 then became fraud victims.

• Lake Trust CU Debuts MasterPass Digital Wallet

  By Robert McGarvey  |  April 12, 2013

  Michigan credit union goes through PSCU to become first to pilot new MasterCard service.

• Amazon Flexes Its Loan Muscles

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  October 14, 2012

  Over the past couple of weeks, bits and pieces have leaked out about a new commercial loan pilot program from Amazon Inc. and how the online retail behemoth’s entry into the small business lending could put credit unions, banks and other lenders on high alert.

• Amazon Will Have to Prove its Business Loan Underwriting Prowess: Dollar

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  October 11, 2012

  Whether Amazon.com’s commercial lending pilot program succeeds will be determined over time and how its underwriting terms stack up against banks, credit unions and others.

• Kabbage Raises $30 Million in Series C Funding

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  September 21, 2012

  Financing may include expanding relationships with credit unions.

• Small Business Nuances Revealed by Kabbage Program

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  September 10, 2012

  A year after Kabbage Inc. launched a program that links social media and loyalty to woo small business customers, the company said it discovered some unexpected patterns.

• NAFCU Services Corp. Celebrates Pragmatic and Innovative Ideas

  By Zachary Galasi  |  July 25, 2012

  Annual confab setting for annual Preferred Partner Innovation awards. Affinion, Deluxe Corp. and Discover take honors.

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  Kabbage Links Social Media With Cash Advances

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  June 25, 2012

  How much is a Tweet or a ‘Like” on Facebook really worth? For some small business owners, it could mean having the much-needed funds to grow a fledgling shop.

• Navy Federal Members Get New Shopping Option

  By David Morrison  |  November 29, 2011

  Member Mall includes more than 700 retailers, discounts, reward points and free shipping.