Article: Convenience Store Chain to Test Debitman.(Wawa Inc., Debitman Card Inc.)

Debitman Card Inc. has added another merchant, Wawa Inc., to its payment network.

The privately owned Pennsylvania gasoline and convenience store chain was expected to announce Monday that it would issue a private-label Wawa Check Card that will use the Debitman system.

Bob Riesenbach, the manager of new initiatives for Wawa, which has 550 stores in the Middle Atlantic region, said it plans to begin issuing the cards next month in a pilot test at 29 of its stores.

"We think their business model makes a lot of sense," Mr. Riesenbach said. "It offers us the opportunity to save money on card fees, which have been growing very rapidly as an expense ...

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