http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.phpSelling Prepaid News From the Wireen-us2010-07-29T03:38-06:00webmaster@greensheet.com http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=19194Chicago, July 29, 2010 -- One year after President Obama signed the CARD Act into law, it appears that many potentially negative outcomes of the new regulations did not materialize. In fact, according to Mintel Comperemedia, a service that provides direct marketing competitive intelligence, competition is actually increasing in the credit card industry ... and helping keep card offers enticing for American consumers. In Q2 2010, US consumers received nearly 1.1 billion offers for new credit cards, up from just 419 million a year ago.http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=19192Johannesburg, South Africa, July 28, 2010 -- Blue Label Data Solutions, a subsidiary of Blue Label Telecoms, has been granted Centre of Excellence Accreditation by the Direct Marketing Association of South Africa (DMASA). Blue Label Data Solutions is one of only five data companies in South Africa which, following a rigorous audit, has received this prestigious accreditation.http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=19190Cerritos, Calif., July 27, 2010 -- RIA Financial Services, Cerritos, California, a wholly owned subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!eeft/quotes/nls/eeft (EEFT 15.50, -0.07, -0.45%) , today announced the launch of four new money transfer sending countries in Europe.http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=19189Henderson, Nev., July 28, 2010 -- 3Pea International Inc. (Pink Sheets: TPNL), a payment solutions company, today announced that it has met all Pink Sheet legal and accounting requirements necessary to move up from No Information to Current Information status. The Current Information category is based on meeting more stringent levels of disclosure and transparency required by Pink Sheets. Interested parties may view the Initial Company Information and Disclosure Statement along with current financial documents necessary to achieve Current Information Status with Pink OTC Markets, Inc. at www.otcmarkets.com .http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=19173Portland, Ore., July 28, 2010 -- Giftango Corporation, the virtual gift card company allowing incentive houses, loyalty professionals, and merchants to significantly reduce the fulfillment costs associated with traditional gift cards, today announced the signing of 35 national merchant brands that span categories such as retail, travel, hospitality, cosmetics and consumer electronics. Giftango is simplifying the management and delivery of virtual gift cards for both issuers and distributors and has signed customers Amazon®, Cabela's®, JCPenney®, Lowe's®, Nike®, and many others.http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=19172Seattle, July 21, 2010 -- Ixaris, a provider of prepaid payment applications and services, today announced that it has appointed John Chaplin as President. As an existing non-executive Director of Ixaris with more than 20 years' experience at the forefront of the payment card industry, Chaplin has a wealth of knowledge that he will bring to the role.http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=19167Sioux Falls, S.D., July 26, 2010 -- Meta Payment Systems Agent Products group is pleased to announce the compliance of the Prepaid Gift Card Program with the CARD Act. Compliant cards have been available for order by Financial Institution customers since June 17, well ahead of the August 22, 2010 government-mandated deadline.http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=19166Englewood, Colo., July 26, 2010 -- The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a leading global payment services company, and Family Dollar, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) announced today an agreement to offer the Western Union(R) goCASHSM service, a new U.S. in-lane money transfer service from Western Union, across 6,500 Family Dollar store locations.http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=19165Cleveland, July 27, 2010 -- SparkBase (www.sparkbase.com ), the industry leader in private-label stored value processing, announced that they have developed and tested integration of their Gift, Loyalty, and Reward network to Social Networking sites like FaceBook, Twitter, and FourSquare.http://www.sellingprepaid.com/newswire.php