2014 - 1st Quarter

Featured Article
Discover card type added to BINs

New in 2014, Alliance One has added the Discover card type as a BIN option. Should your financial institution have BINs of the Discover card type, you can now add them to Alliance One. As a result those cardholders will receive the same surcharge-free benefits at participating ATMs that other cardholders receive. To add a BIN, simply login to your account and click on the “+Add New Bin” button on your dashboard. ... Read More +

All access pass: Provide front line staff access to allianceone.coop for optimum member service

With account-level access on the refreshed Alliance One Web site, it’s easier than ever to ensure your customer service representatives and other front line staff can assist cardholders with Alliance One-related issues. Staff can create customized brochures for cardholders or your financial institution and log issues right from their workstations. Customizable ATM locator brochure We know not everything is mobile…yet, which is why we created the customizable ATM locator/marketing ... Read More +

Got App? App downloads on the rise, promo kit available for your institution

It seems that more and more Alliance One cardholders got app—the Alliance One ATM Locator app, that is. Since the start of 2014, we’ve seen a 75 percent increase in downloads from the Apple store (1514 downloads) and nearly 80 percent from the Google Play store (1341 downloads). Thanks to all of our participants who have hopped on the bandwagon and have been promoting this great resource for cardholders. While we are pleased with our progress, we know we have a lot more room to ... Read More +

Finally, new fraud prevention technology for cards is on the horizon with EMV

The world of payments is evolving. We are finally starting to see an evolution from typical static magnetic stripes cards to more intelligent devices such as EMV chip cards and NFC (Near Field Communication) mobile phones. EMV stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, the developers of the technology's standards. Credit cards that use EMV technology have an embedded microprocessor chip instead of a magnetic stripe to store cardholder data. While magnetic stripes store credit card numbers and expi ... Read More +