Heartland Payment Systems has announced the financial growth of its U.S. merchant customers, who have gained more than $262 million in signature debit savings since the payments processing company implemented the Durbin Amendment debit swipe fee reform last year.

Of these funds, merchants within the following categories recouped these amounts:

The Padres Majestic Team Store, the ballpark-based store selling San Diego Padres baseball team fan products, announced the implementation of the ShopperTrak Managed Service solution. The goal of the initiative is to increase conversion rates by gathering and assessing foot traffic data and trend analytics.

Unlike traditional retail sites, the Padres Majestic Team Store experiences significant traffic variations on game days versus non-game days. Traffic trends and conversion rates revealed by ShopperTrak is expected to help store managers take smarter steps toward capturing shopper opportunities on days with increased ballpark attendance. Conversion numbers will help guide promotions to drive fans to the store on non-game days and convert more browsers into buyers. Further, store managers plan to use traffic data to schedule staff more effectively, thereby providing a better shopping experience for Padres fans.

Walmart is launching an affordable and convenient way for customers to load money onto individually branded prepaid cards such as Account Now, Achieve Card, H&R Block, Momentum, Money Network, MyVanilla, NetSpend, PayPal, Rush Card and Upside, among others.

Available today in more than 3,800 Walmart stores nationwide, the Walmart Rapid Reload service allows consumers to add money to their cards at any register, for a low price of $3.74. Until now, consumers have been paying up to $5 to add cash to their cards.

Town Shoes, a mall-based retailer of high-grade footwear and fashion accessories, fully implemented Vision Merchandising and Vision Store solutions from Jesta I.S. across 69 newly acquired Canadian stores ― in 90 days.

The smooth implementation of these platforms across all stores in such a compressed timeframe “impacted the core of our business,” said Peter Gerhardt, CFO of Town Shoes, “with minimal impact to normal operations.”