Following the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti, the payments industry continues to provide support.

MasterCard Worldwide is waiving interchange fees on donations for Haiti relief efforts to 15 specified relief organizations using MasterCard-branded cards issued in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.

MasterCard also donated $250,000 to the American Red Cross and pledged revenues generated through donations to select relief organizations through Feb. 28, 2010. Additionally, it will donate twice the amount given to the American and Canadian Red Cross by every MasterCard employee.

Discover Financial Services pledged $100,000 to the American Red Cross and up to $1 million more through a card member matching program.

In addition, Coinstar Inc. enabled its centers to accept donations for Unicef and is waiving processing costs on the first $500,000 donated. First Data Corp. pledged $100,000 to Haiti disaster relief and began an employee donation program in which it will match funds. CO-OP Financial Services and

CO-OP Shared Branching are donating $15,000 to CU Aid. CU Aid collects donations for credit union employees, volunteers and members affected by the earthquake.