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HSBC was the third-largest issuer of private label credit cards in the United States, including cards for more than 70 active merchant relationships, including Best Buy, GM, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Neiman Marcus, Polaris and Saks Fifth Avenue. Most of its card portfolio was sold to Capital One in 2011.
PayMe (officially known as PayMe from HSBC) is a mobile payment service from HSBC, currently available only for Hong Kong users with local phone numbers and banks. Users can pay businesses, transfer money to one another using a mobile app , linked to their credit card or (any local) bank account.
Acquisitions in 2005 included Metris Inc, a US credit card issuer for $1.6 billion in August [43] and 70.1% of Dar es Salaam Investment Bank of Iraq in October. [44] In April 2006, HSBC bought the 90 branches in Argentina of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro for $155 million. [45] In December 2007 HSBC acquired the Chinese Bank in Taiwan. [46]
Card schemes are payment networks linked to payment cards, such as debit or credit cards, of which a bank or any other eligible financial institution can become a member. By becoming a member of the scheme, the member then gets the possibility to issue cards or acquire merchants operating on the network of that card scheme.
EPS entails the simple use of an ATM card or a credit card with ATM capability issued by a member bank of the EPS, acting as a debit card. No application for the service is required. The EPS device is a dual-unit device consisting of a removable card processor and a stationary base that serves as a charger and data link.
Your credit card payment most likely may have been returned if you did not have sufficient funds in your bank account. Make sure to check your account to determine if this was the cause of the return.
A payment card number, primary account number (PAN), or simply a card number, is the card identifier found on payment cards, such as credit cards and debit cards, as well as stored-value cards, gift cards and other similar cards. In some situations the card number is referred to as a bank card number. The card number is primarily a card ...
Authorization hold (also card authorization, preauthorization, or preauth) is a service offered by credit and debit card providers whereby the provider puts a hold of the amount approved by the cardholder, reducing the balance of available funds until the merchant clears the transaction (also called settlement), after the transaction is completed or aborted, or because the hold expires.