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 ‎