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intiGrow Sponsors IBM Pulse 2012 in Las Vegas March 3 - March 7

The event will feature a presentation by Sid Roy, Managing Director at intiGrow, and the Manager of Information Security for MasterCard Worldwide.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Gaming, MGM Grand - The City of Entertainment, Financial Services

Thu Feb 09, 2012

American Banker

Chip-Card Services Show Momentum in Secure Card Technology

Even two years ago, when the first U.S. financial institution committed to issuing secure chip cards, vendors said no one was lined up to follow.

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Related Topix: Financial Services

Payments News

MasterCard Partners with Silver Tail Systems to Combat Online Fraud

"Online fraud resulting from malware, viruses and criminal-controlled bots is a serious concern for both merchants and consumers," says Johan Gerber, Group Head, Global Network Products for MasterCard Worldwide.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Silver Tail Systems

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Investors Buy Microsoft, Motorola, Nuance, Mastercard, Philip Morris...

Microsoft Corp. : Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in January with 66.2% market share , followed by Microsoft Sites with 15.2% and Yahoo! Sites with 14.1%. Ask Network accounted for 3% of explicit core searches, followed by AOL with 1.6%. The shares closed at $30.77, up $0.11 or 0.36% on the day.

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Related Topix: ITA Software, Sentillion, Retail, InterActiveCorp, Apparel, Apple, Startups, Microsoft, Financial Services

BroadcastNewsroom

Smart Card Alliance Payments Summit: The Time Is Now for EMV and...

The Summit is being held through February 10th at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Related Topix: Salt Lake City, UT, Financial Services, CPU, Science / Technology, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Forbes.com

Apple vs. Mastercard: Steep Premium for the Card Processor's Downside Protection

For the past five years, shares of MasterCard Inc. and Apple Inc. have been enjoying a similar upward trajectory, though the hipster's performance has about doubled that of the stodgy financial services company.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Apple, Startups

Sys-Con Media

Kenny Loggins, OneRepublic and Members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center...

The night's festivities will be catered and produced by Along Came Mary Productions .

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Related Topix: Financial Services

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Mastercard, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin Winning Stock Price Highs Again

Mastercard Inc. : MasterCard Worldwide and Silver Tail Systems, a leading provider of web session intelligence, announced a new exclusive relationship that will focus on leveraging and creating innovative solutions to help combat online fraud.

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Related Topix: Sentillion, Microsoft, Manufacturing, Startups, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, Wireless, Telecom, Nokia

Bloomberg

Visa's 16% Profit Gain Beats Estimates as Credit-Card Spending Increases

Visa Inc. , the world's biggest payments network, said fiscal first-quarter profit climbed 16 percent as consumers increased use of credit and debit cards.

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Related Topix: Visa, Visa Inc., Financial Services, Purchase, NY, US News

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Dividend Changes: BP, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Teekay Tankers, Mastercard, Nicor

BP plc announced a 14% increase in its quarterly dividend to 8c per share for Q411 the first rise since the company resumed paying a dividend a year ago.

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Related Topix: BP plc, Oil & Gas, Energy, Nicor, Financial Services, Beverages, CocaCola Enterprises

Business Times

MasterCard posts strong growth in APMEA region

KUALA LUMPUR: The Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa region has brought about strong growth for MasterCard Incorporated for the quarter ending December 31, 2011.

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Related Topix: Financial Services

American Banker

MasterCard to Use Silver Tail's Tech to Spot Fraud Attempts

MasterCard Inc. and software company Silver Tail Systems Inc. announced a partnership that will bring the latter's fraud-fighting analytics to MasterCard merchants.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Menlo Park, CA

Hackinthebox.org

MasterCard announces product future around EMV

Don't miss our 3rd annual HITB Security Conference in Europe featuring keynote speakers Bruce Schneier and Andy Ellis ! As expected, MasterCard has joined Visa in its support for chip-enabled technology, considered one of the most effective ways to deter counterfeit debit and credit card fraud.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Speakers

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Detroit News

Briefs: Job availability jump boosts hiring outlook

The number of available jobs in the U.S. jumped in December to near a three-year high, supporting other data that show a brighter outlook for hiring.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Prince William, Royal Wedding, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Ben Bernanke

Forbes.com

Daily Dividend Report: MA, EMR, TSN, CCE, AGNC

Mastercard Incorporated announced its quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share, an increase of about 100% over its prior dividend in January of 15 cents.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Emerson Electric, Electronics, Tyson Foods, Food, Beverages, CocaCola Enterprises, Financial Markets

SchaeffersResearch.com

Stocks at New Highs: MasterCard Extends Its Post-Earnings Rally

With both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite cruising to new annual highs today, it's no surprise to find a seriously bullish slant on the major exchanges.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Financial Markets, Personal Finance, Day Trading

CFCR 90.5 FM

Win: Tickets to Gigantour

CFCR has a pair of Gigantour 2012 tickets for a lucky CFCR member out there. The call is from Metal...will you pick up?! If you want in on this ridiculously amazing contest , email us SUBJECT TITLE "GIGANTOUR". Don't forget to include your NAME, PHONE, AND CFCR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER! We draw the lucky winner on Tuesday, February 14th! Get on it! 1.

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Related Topix: Financial Services

Fox News

MasterCard Doubles Quarterly Payout To 30 Cents A Share

MasterCard Inc. said Tuesday it will double its quarterly dividend as the credit-card processor comes off a strong year in which it grew profit and revenue despite new regulations and mounting economic pressures.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, CPU, Science / Technology, Purchase, NY, Business News

BusinessWeek

MasterCard Doubles Dividend After Earnings Rise in 2011

MasterCard Inc., the second-biggest payments network, doubled its quarterly divided to 30 cents a share after reporting fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates.

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Related Topix: Financial Services

Tri-cityherald.com

Citi gets approval to issue credit card in China

Citigroup Inc.'s Chinese subsidiary is set to become the first U.S.-based bank to issue its own credit cards in China.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Bellevue, WA

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