Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Four TSYS Executives to Play Key Role at ETA Conference



 TSYSCOLUMBUS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) has once again invited TSYS executives to participate at its annual three-day conference to be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
“Securing the Future of Payments: An Update on PCI DSS and Data Security Efforts from Visa, MasterCard and Discover”
Mark Pyke, president of TSYS Acquiring Solutions, will be a member of the inaugural “Investment Community Forum” panel to be held Tuesday, April 13.
Rod Boyer, president of TSYS Loyalty and Prepaid, will participate in ETA’s “Trends in the Prepaid Market” panel discussion, also to be held Tuesday, April 13.
On Wednesday, April 14 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Victoria Strayer, senior director of enterprise business compliance for TSYS, will serve as moderator for a panel discussion: “Securing the Future of Payments: An Update on PCI DSS and Data Security Efforts from Visa, MasterCard and Discover”. The panel will review current compromise trends, the overall state of compliance and how technology will advance data security efforts.
Later that day, Strayer will speak during the “Talking it Up in Washington: Legislative Action” session. Her talk will focus on data security and compliance in regards to recent changes in federal legislation.
On Thursday, April 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Susan Sheen, senior director of sales and marketing for TSYS, will serve as moderator for a panel discussion titled “How to Build a Successful Sales Program Part II: In Challenging Times Services Matters Most”. Panel experts will discuss the importance of keeping customers satisfied in today’s challenging economy.
About TSYS
TSYS (NYSE: TSS) is one of the world’s largest companies for outsourced payment services, offering a broad range of issuer- and acquirer-processing technologies that support consumer-finance, credit, debit, healthcare, loyalty and prepaid services for financial institutions and retail companies in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. For more information contactnews@tsys.com or log on to www.tsys.com. TSYS routinely posts all important information on its Web site.

Contacts

TSYS Media Relations

Cyle Mims, +1-706-644-3110

cylemims@tsys.com

or

TSYS Investor Relations

Shawn Roberts, +1-706-644-6081

shawnroberts@tsys.com

At A Glance











TSYS
Source: via Business Wire
Updated   07/07/2009   by company
Headquarters:Columbus, GA
Website:http://www.tsys.com
CEO:Philip Tomlinson
Employees:8,110
Ticker:TSS  (NYSE)
Revenues:$1.9 billion (2008)
Net Income:$250 million (2008)
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Four TSYS Executives to Play Key Role at ETA Conference



 TSYSCOLUMBUS, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) has once again invited TSYS executives to participate at its annual three-day conference to be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
“Securing the Future of Payments: An Update on PCI DSS and Data Security Efforts from Visa, MasterCard and Discover”
Mark Pyke, president of TSYS Acquiring Solutions, will be a member of the inaugural “Investment Community Forum” panel to be held Tuesday, April 13.
Rod Boyer, president of TSYS Loyalty and Prepaid, will participate in ETA’s “Trends in the Prepaid Market” panel discussion, also to be held Tuesday, April 13.
On Wednesday, April 14 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Victoria Strayer, senior director of enterprise business compliance for TSYS, will serve as moderator for a panel discussion: “Securing the Future of Payments: An Update on PCI DSS and Data Security Efforts from Visa, MasterCard and Discover”. The panel will review current compromise trends, the overall state of compliance and how technology will advance data security efforts.
Later that day, Strayer will speak during the “Talking it Up in Washington: Legislative Action” session. Her talk will focus on data security and compliance in regards to recent changes in federal legislation.
On Thursday, April 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Susan Sheen, senior director of sales and marketing for TSYS, will serve as moderator for a panel discussion titled “How to Build a Successful Sales Program Part II: In Challenging Times Services Matters Most”. Panel experts will discuss the importance of keeping customers satisfied in today’s challenging economy.
About TSYS
TSYS (NYSE: TSS) is one of the world’s largest companies for outsourced payment services, offering a broad range of issuer- and acquirer-processing technologies that support consumer-finance, credit, debit, healthcare, loyalty and prepaid services for financial institutions and retail companies in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. For more information contactnews@tsys.com or log on to www.tsys.com. TSYS routinely posts all important information on its Web site.

Contacts

TSYS Media Relations

Cyle Mims, +1-706-644-3110

cylemims@tsys.com

or

TSYS Investor Relations

Shawn Roberts, +1-706-644-6081

shawnroberts@tsys.com

At A Glance











TSYS
Source: via Business Wire
Updated   07/07/2009   by company
Headquarters:Columbus, GA
Website:http://www.tsys.com
CEO:Philip Tomlinson
Employees:8,110
Ticker:TSS  (NYSE)
Revenues:$1.9 billion (2008)
Net Income:$250 million (2008)
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Visa Expands Small Business Savings Program with Leading Companies



http://www.visa.comVisa SavingsEdge Program Designed to Help Small Businesses Control Costs with Discount on Qualifying Purchases at Leading Companies Such as Staples, Orbitz, USA TODAY, La Quinta Inns & Suites and Box.net
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced the latest companies to join Visa SavingsEdge, Visa’s small business savings program, including Staples, Orbitz, USA TODAY, La Quinta Inns & Suites and Box.net. The Visa SavingsEdge program is designed to help small businesses save money by providing automatic discounts on qualifying purchases made with an eligible, enrolled Visa Business credit or debit card [1]. Small business cardholders that participate in the program currently have access to savings with merchants at over 14,000 physical retail locations, in addition to discounts at 50,000 hotels through Orbitz.
“Participating in Visa SavingsEdge provides another avenue for Staples to reach its customers with relevant and compelling offers and reflects our ability to provide the types of products and services that businesses need at a great value”
“Visa SavingsEdge extends the purchasing power of Visa Small Business cardholders, by offering automatic discounts on everyday purchases from participating merchants,” said Raghav Lal, Head of Global Small Business, Visa Inc. “Visa SavingsEdge allows enrolled small business cardholders to take advantage of discounts that are more typically available only to larger businesses.”
Below is a sample of some of the offers currently included in the Visa SavingsEdge program[2]:
  • 5% off purchases of $100 or more at Staples and Staples.com

  • 5% off rooms booked on Orbitz.com

  • 10% off USA TODAY subscriptions

  • 5% off completed stays at La Quinta Inns & Suites

  • 15% off Box.net Cloud Content Management Solution

Visa SavingsEdge
Launched in 2008, Visa SavingsEdge offers a unique and compelling selection of discount offers from participating merchants that are intended to meet the diverse needs of small businesses everywhere, providing automatic discounts on travel and office supplies as well as marketing services, gifts and computer equipment. The discounts require no coupons or codes, because they are applied as statement credits on future account statements. Through participating issuers, over 10 million Visa Small Business cardholders are eligible to enroll in this program today.
Visa SavingsEdge can be a helpful tool for small business owners who want to control expenses and manage cash flow in a more effective manner. Recent Visa Business research indicates 52% of small business owners listed cash flow as a primary concern. [3].
“Participating in Visa SavingsEdge provides another avenue for Staples to reach its customers with relevant and compelling offers and reflects our ability to provide the types of products and services that businesses need at a great value,” said John Giusti, vice president of small business marketing, Staples, Inc.
Visa and Small Business
Visa provides a suite of payment cards and payments related services that issuers deliver directly to small business customers to help them manage and grow their businesses. Visa’s complete offering of small business tools includes Visa SavingsEdge, in addition to solutions ranging from spend management and monitoring software to optimization and cash flow tools.
1] SavingsEdge is available to cardholders of participating issuers who enroll by registering their card at: www.visasavingsedge.com.
2] Merchant offers are subject to terms and conditions at www.visasavingsedge.com.
3] The full Spend Insights report is available online at: http://usa.visa.com/business/resource_center/spend_insights.html
About Visa Inc.
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable digital currency. Underpinning digital currency is the world’s most advanced processing network—VisaNet—that is capable of handling more than 10,000 transactions a second, with fraud protection for consumers and guaranteed payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank, and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa’s innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. For more information, visitwww.corporate.visa.com.

Contacts

Visa Inc.

Matthew Flegal, 415-932-2564

globalmedia@visa.com
Permalink: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100406005584/en/Visa-Expands-Small-Business-Savings-Program-Leading


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Visa Expands Small Business Savings Program with Leading Companies



http://www.visa.comVisa SavingsEdge Program Designed to Help Small Businesses Control Costs with Discount on Qualifying Purchases at Leading Companies Such as Staples, Orbitz, USA TODAY, La Quinta Inns & Suites and Box.net
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced the latest companies to join Visa SavingsEdge, Visa’s small business savings program, including Staples, Orbitz, USA TODAY, La Quinta Inns & Suites and Box.net. The Visa SavingsEdge program is designed to help small businesses save money by providing automatic discounts on qualifying purchases made with an eligible, enrolled Visa Business credit or debit card [1]. Small business cardholders that participate in the program currently have access to savings with merchants at over 14,000 physical retail locations, in addition to discounts at 50,000 hotels through Orbitz.
“Participating in Visa SavingsEdge provides another avenue for Staples to reach its customers with relevant and compelling offers and reflects our ability to provide the types of products and services that businesses need at a great value”
“Visa SavingsEdge extends the purchasing power of Visa Small Business cardholders, by offering automatic discounts on everyday purchases from participating merchants,” said Raghav Lal, Head of Global Small Business, Visa Inc. “Visa SavingsEdge allows enrolled small business cardholders to take advantage of discounts that are more typically available only to larger businesses.”
Below is a sample of some of the offers currently included in the Visa SavingsEdge program[2]:
  • 5% off purchases of $100 or more at Staples and Staples.com

  • 5% off rooms booked on Orbitz.com

  • 10% off USA TODAY subscriptions

  • 5% off completed stays at La Quinta Inns & Suites

  • 15% off Box.net Cloud Content Management Solution

Visa SavingsEdge
Launched in 2008, Visa SavingsEdge offers a unique and compelling selection of discount offers from participating merchants that are intended to meet the diverse needs of small businesses everywhere, providing automatic discounts on travel and office supplies as well as marketing services, gifts and computer equipment. The discounts require no coupons or codes, because they are applied as statement credits on future account statements. Through participating issuers, over 10 million Visa Small Business cardholders are eligible to enroll in this program today.
Visa SavingsEdge can be a helpful tool for small business owners who want to control expenses and manage cash flow in a more effective manner. Recent Visa Business research indicates 52% of small business owners listed cash flow as a primary concern. [3].
“Participating in Visa SavingsEdge provides another avenue for Staples to reach its customers with relevant and compelling offers and reflects our ability to provide the types of products and services that businesses need at a great value,” said John Giusti, vice president of small business marketing, Staples, Inc.
Visa and Small Business
Visa provides a suite of payment cards and payments related services that issuers deliver directly to small business customers to help them manage and grow their businesses. Visa’s complete offering of small business tools includes Visa SavingsEdge, in addition to solutions ranging from spend management and monitoring software to optimization and cash flow tools.
1] SavingsEdge is available to cardholders of participating issuers who enroll by registering their card at: www.visasavingsedge.com.
2] Merchant offers are subject to terms and conditions at www.visasavingsedge.com.
3] The full Spend Insights report is available online at: http://usa.visa.com/business/resource_center/spend_insights.html
About Visa Inc.
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable digital currency. Underpinning digital currency is the world’s most advanced processing network—VisaNet—that is capable of handling more than 10,000 transactions a second, with fraud protection for consumers and guaranteed payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank, and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa’s innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. For more information, visitwww.corporate.visa.com.

Contacts

Visa Inc.

Matthew Flegal, 415-932-2564

globalmedia@visa.com
Permalink: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100406005584/en/Visa-Expands-Small-Business-Savings-Program-Leading


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Heartland has OpenBook for Lodging Industry



http://www.HeartlandPaymentSystems.com

Heartland Payment Systems and OpenBook Bring State-of-the-Art Data Security to Lodging Industry

Integrated Offerings to Improve Secure Payment Services for Hoteliers
PRINCETON, N.J. & REXBURG, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heartland Payment Systems® and OpenBook® — a division of Yellowstone Hotel Systems — plan on delivering secure payments to the hotel and lodging industry by integrating Heartland’s E3™ end-to-end encryption solution with OpenBook’s property management software. Heartland is one of the nation’s largest payments processors and the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s official preferred provider of card processing, check management, payroll and tip management services.
“By addressing these unique compliance and data security needs, Heartland and OpenBook enable hoteliers to protect their businesses — and their customers.”
This integrated offering is expected to enable hotels using OpenBook software to protect sensitive cardholder and payment account information with E3, a technology that is designed to provide the highest degree of data security in the marketplace. Typically, cardholder data is unencrypted — visible in clear text — as it leaves a hotelier’s system, putting it at risk of being compromised in transit.
With an E3 terminal or wedge, data is instantly encrypted the moment a card is swiped. E3 uses what is believed to be the strongest encryption methods available to safeguard cardholder data at rest and in motion throughout the lifecycle of payments transactions … from the moment of card swipe … to and through the OpenBook system and Heartland’s processing network … to participating card brands. E3 is designed to offer full lifecycle protection, not merely point-to-point like most competing solutions, and render payment data useless in the event of a compromise.
“Cardholder and payment data is particularly vulnerable in the lodging industry where point-of-sale systems, shared systems among chains, wireless networks and a high volume of card transactions are typical,” said Zack Paul, president and chief executive officer of OpenBook. “By addressing these unique compliance and data security needs, Heartland and OpenBook enable hoteliers to protect their businesses — and their customers.”
E3 is expected to be widely available in the second quarter of this year. This joint offering is scheduled to be available in advance of Visa’s mandated security regulations that require merchants to use a Payment Card Industry (PCI)-compliant payment application by July 1, 2010. Every business that accepts credit/debit/prepaid card payments — and stores, processes or transmits payment card data — must meet the PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). This means merchants cannot use an application that stores prohibited data elements, such as magnetic strip or PIN data.
E3 is intended to satisfy Visa’s mandate and reduce the costs of PCI compliance as well as the risks of being non-compliant. Non-compliant lodging establishments may face penalties and costly fines that can range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. E3 is designed to have a tamper-resistant POS terminal, magnetic stripe reader/wedge and other devices and software tools that will never store cardholder data on a business’ system, which is expected to relieve the business of PCI card data liability. In the unlikely case of a data breach for a merchant properly using E3, Heartland will reimburse breach-related fines.
“E3 provides hoteliers with unparalleled security and business-continuity protection,” said Dan Keegan, Heartland’s director of technology alliances. “And, it does this without costing more. Unlike other technologies on the market, Heartland’s E3 solution is robust and cost-competitive. Many encryption offerings come with ’junk’ fees — like security, additional transaction and monthly fees. Heartland does not believe hoteliers should have to pay more to be secure. As such, Heartland does not charge more for its encryption and security services. Hoteliers simply purchase E3 wedges and terminals — which are competitively priced with existing hardware in the marketplace that does not feature security protection. There are no extra fees or taxes for the security.”
For more information on E3 — and to download a just-released white paper, “Card Payment Security for the Small Merchant,” written by George Peabody of Mercator Advisory Group — visit E3secure.com. To learn more about the Heartland/OpenBook solution, email OpenBookReferrals@e-hps.com. To request photos of E3 hardware, contact LBrown@VaultCommunications.com.
About Heartland Payment Systems
Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY), the 5th largest payments processor in the United States, delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing,payrollcheck management and payments solutions to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide. Heartland is the founding supporter of The Merchant Bill of Rights, a public advocacy initiative that educates merchants about fair credit and debit card processing practices. For more information, please visit HeartlandPaymentSystems.comMerchantBillOfRights.orgCostOfABurger.com and E3secure.com.
About OpenBook
OpenBook specializes in property management, channel management, website design, online marketing and reservation assistance for all types of hotels across North America. OpenBook provides consistent revenue enhancements through integrated business solutions for the hotel industry. The company’s business model offers a complete arrangement of products and resources to streamline every component of the hotel management and online marketing process. For more information, please visit OpenBookit.com.


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Heartland has OpenBook for Lodging Industry



http://www.HeartlandPaymentSystems.com

Heartland Payment Systems and OpenBook Bring State-of-the-Art Data Security to Lodging Industry

Integrated Offerings to Improve Secure Payment Services for Hoteliers
PRINCETON, N.J. & REXBURG, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heartland Payment Systems® and OpenBook® — a division of Yellowstone Hotel Systems — plan on delivering secure payments to the hotel and lodging industry by integrating Heartland’s E3™ end-to-end encryption solution with OpenBook’s property management software. Heartland is one of the nation’s largest payments processors and the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s official preferred provider of card processing, check management, payroll and tip management services.
“By addressing these unique compliance and data security needs, Heartland and OpenBook enable hoteliers to protect their businesses — and their customers.”
This integrated offering is expected to enable hotels using OpenBook software to protect sensitive cardholder and payment account information with E3, a technology that is designed to provide the highest degree of data security in the marketplace. Typically, cardholder data is unencrypted — visible in clear text — as it leaves a hotelier’s system, putting it at risk of being compromised in transit.
With an E3 terminal or wedge, data is instantly encrypted the moment a card is swiped. E3 uses what is believed to be the strongest encryption methods available to safeguard cardholder data at rest and in motion throughout the lifecycle of payments transactions … from the moment of card swipe … to and through the OpenBook system and Heartland’s processing network … to participating card brands. E3 is designed to offer full lifecycle protection, not merely point-to-point like most competing solutions, and render payment data useless in the event of a compromise.
“Cardholder and payment data is particularly vulnerable in the lodging industry where point-of-sale systems, shared systems among chains, wireless networks and a high volume of card transactions are typical,” said Zack Paul, president and chief executive officer of OpenBook. “By addressing these unique compliance and data security needs, Heartland and OpenBook enable hoteliers to protect their businesses — and their customers.”
E3 is expected to be widely available in the second quarter of this year. This joint offering is scheduled to be available in advance of Visa’s mandated security regulations that require merchants to use a Payment Card Industry (PCI)-compliant payment application by July 1, 2010. Every business that accepts credit/debit/prepaid card payments — and stores, processes or transmits payment card data — must meet the PCI Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). This means merchants cannot use an application that stores prohibited data elements, such as magnetic strip or PIN data.
E3 is intended to satisfy Visa’s mandate and reduce the costs of PCI compliance as well as the risks of being non-compliant. Non-compliant lodging establishments may face penalties and costly fines that can range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. E3 is designed to have a tamper-resistant POS terminal, magnetic stripe reader/wedge and other devices and software tools that will never store cardholder data on a business’ system, which is expected to relieve the business of PCI card data liability. In the unlikely case of a data breach for a merchant properly using E3, Heartland will reimburse breach-related fines.
“E3 provides hoteliers with unparalleled security and business-continuity protection,” said Dan Keegan, Heartland’s director of technology alliances. “And, it does this without costing more. Unlike other technologies on the market, Heartland’s E3 solution is robust and cost-competitive. Many encryption offerings come with ’junk’ fees — like security, additional transaction and monthly fees. Heartland does not believe hoteliers should have to pay more to be secure. As such, Heartland does not charge more for its encryption and security services. Hoteliers simply purchase E3 wedges and terminals — which are competitively priced with existing hardware in the marketplace that does not feature security protection. There are no extra fees or taxes for the security.”
For more information on E3 — and to download a just-released white paper, “Card Payment Security for the Small Merchant,” written by George Peabody of Mercator Advisory Group — visit E3secure.com. To learn more about the Heartland/OpenBook solution, email OpenBookReferrals@e-hps.com. To request photos of E3 hardware, contact LBrown@VaultCommunications.com.
About Heartland Payment Systems
Heartland Payment Systems (NYSE: HPY), the 5th largest payments processor in the United States, delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing,payrollcheck management and payments solutions to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide. Heartland is the founding supporter of The Merchant Bill of Rights, a public advocacy initiative that educates merchants about fair credit and debit card processing practices. For more information, please visit HeartlandPaymentSystems.comMerchantBillOfRights.orgCostOfABurger.com and E3secure.com.
About OpenBook
OpenBook specializes in property management, channel management, website design, online marketing and reservation assistance for all types of hotels across North America. OpenBook provides consistent revenue enhancements through integrated business solutions for the hotel industry. The company’s business model offers a complete arrangement of products and resources to streamline every component of the hotel management and online marketing process. For more information, please visit OpenBookit.com.


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