First Data has named Robert P. DeRodes as its chief technology officer (CTO). DeRodes, 58, will join the company's executive management team and report directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael Capellas.

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The September 2008 edition of the First Annapolis Navigator is now available (registration required). This month's feature article is "The World's Largest Bankcard Acquirers". Other articles include: "Retail Loyalty: What US Retailers Can Learn from Our Neighbors to the North",

David Reilly writes for the Wall St. Journal's Heard on the Street column about the challenges US credit card issuers are facing as both credit losses and funding costs are increasing.

Discover has announced that its "U.S. Spending Monitor dipped 2.2 points to 86.5 in September, as consumers grew increasingly concerned about the U.S. economy and worked hard to hold-the-line on future spending plans. More than 55 percent of the nation's

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