The Week in Prepaid & Payments

We are still working on compiling materials from Prepaid Expo 2011 to share with all of you, but in the meantime, here's a roundup of what new in the Prepaid and Payments space:

• Amex hires former MasterCard exec for development‎
  
• CUNA Urges Delay in Prepaid Debit Card Rules for Fed Benefits
• Javelin Strategy & Research's released a new report "2011 Prepaid Cards and Products: Expanding and Innovating for Mass Market Appeal."
• Beginning of the End for Paper Social Security Checks
• Prepaid Debit Helps a Key Metric Improve for TSYS
  
• Starbucks Mobile POS Success Shows Barcode’s Potential
• PayPal Steps Up Fight Against Smartphone Wallet With Fig Card Acquisition
• Photos from the Paybefore Awards at Prepaid Expo 2011 are now available here.

INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENT WINNER: Anabel Perez, NovoPayment

The Week in Prepaid & Payments

Here's some news you might have missed:

• Credit Giants Team Up With Google to Drive Mobile Payments‎
• American Express Takes On PayPal in Online Payments War
• Microsoft joining mobile payment push
• Google Launching Android In-App Payments Next Week
• Cash payments out of favor in Australia
• AmEx Serves Up a New Digital Payment System with a Prepaid Card
• Visa sees 182% growth in Mideast prepaid cards
• Lebara Launches New Money Sharing Service With Mastercard ®‎
• Treasury Expects to Save $120 Million Annually in Switch to Electronic Payments
• NFC in 2011: Wells Fargo Tests Mobile Payments in San Francisco
  
• First Data Reveals Mobile Vouchers for Merchants
• how Prepaid Cards Could Help Issuers Recover Some Income Lost to Durbin
• Donate My Card With The ALS Association To Deliver Donations Of Unused Balances On Prepaid Gift And Debit Cards
• Card Shuffler: Big banks want a piece of the prepaid debit card business dominated by Green Dot. Founder Steven Streit, a former DJ, says bring it on. 
• New Gift-Card Trend Swaps Stuff for 'Social Capital'
• Facebook, Your Future Bank ‎