http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.phpThe Green Sheet, Inc. News From the Wireen-us2010-03-17T07:23-06:00webmaster@greensheet.com http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=18014Atlanta, March 17, 2010 -- Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leader in both payment processing and cash access services, today announced an agreement between its gaming subsidiary, Global Payments Gaming Services, Inc., and CityCenter Land, LLC to provide ARIA Resort and Casino with its PlayerCash® credit and debit card cash advance service, through its VIP LightSpeed® platform. VIP LightSpeed is an Internet-accessible, PC-based platform that provides cash access services for traditional and electronic check cashing, ATM check cashing, and credit and debit card cash advances.http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=18013Scottsdale, Ariz., March 17, 2010 -- Apriva, the leading provider of end-to-end wireless transactions and secure information solutions, today announced it has reached an agreement with SparkBase, the industry leader in private label stored-value processing, to offer a secure wireless payment solution for the fast-growing prepaid stored-value market. By certifying the SparkBase solution, Apriva extends its ability to serve the growing list of merchants that use gift card and loyalty programs. http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=18012Los Angeles, March 17, 2010 -- Verifi™, Inc., a leading provider of payment risk management solutions for card-not-present (CNP) merchants announced today a partnership with ThreatMetrix™, a fast growing provider of fraud detection solutions, to deliver advanced fraud detection to merchants through Verifi’s payment risk management system. http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=18011South Plainfield, N.J., March 17, 2010 -- CHARGE Anywhere®, for Android™ has been named a finalist in the Mobile Applications - Mobile Payments Category in the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards. CTIA's fifth annual E-Tech Awards program recognizes products in 15 categories in the areas of mobile consumer electronics, luxury mobile, applications, enterprise, green solutions and network technology. International CTIA WIRELESS 2010® will take place March 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=18010New York, March 17, 2010 -- NewOak Capital LLC announces the appointment of Donald H. Layton as Senior Advisor and Co-Chairman of its Investment Committee. He will take a lead role in developing the firm’s private equity vehicle for bank recapitalization investments, assisting in the identification and full evaluation of investment opportunities as well as providing ongoing advice regarding strategic and operational improvements for the banks in the firm’s investment portfolio.http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=18009Riverwoods, Ill, March 16, 2010 -- Discover Financial Services /quotes/comstock/13*!dfs/quotes/nls/dfs (DFS 15.22, -0.08, -0.52%) today reported a net loss for the first quarter of 2010 of $104 million, as compared to net income of $120 million for the first quarter of 2009. Results for the first quarter of 2010 included a pre-tax addition to loan loss reserves of $305 million ($185 million after tax), which brings the company's reserve coverage to approximately 12 months of losses. Net income for the first quarter of 2009 included approximately $297 million (after tax) related to the Visa/MasterCard antitrust litigation settlement.http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=18007Sydney, Australia, March 17, 2010 -- Following an AUD $16m investment by Nexbis Ltd (ASX: NBS), Australian based company TrustDefender has embarked upon a strategic initiative to bring its ‘revolutionary real-time risk based online transaction security solutions’ to a market which is increasingly under sophisticated waves of crimeware attack.http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=18006Columbus, Ga., March 17, 2010 -- TSYS announced today that one of its executives will appear at the upcoming Global Commercial Cards and Payments Summit, March 23-24. The focus of the two-day event is "Growth Through Customer-Centric Innovation" in commercial cards and payments.http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php?newswire_id=18005St. Petersburg, Florida, March 17, 2010 -- HSN, a leading interactive multichannel retailer, announced the launch of a dynamic new application (“app”) for mobile devices featuring Google’s Android operating platform. The HSN Shop App, which was originally launched on the iPhone in August 2009, is now available for download in Android Market™ to serve a wide variety of Android devices.http://www.greensheet.com/newswire.php