July 03, 2012
All-American Apps: Mobile Works Its Way Into Summer Pastimes
Odds are you already use your phone for more than calling, texts and emails. Even if it just the occasional game of Skeeball, you’re like most people if you’ve found...
June 30, 2012
NPCA Wins U.S. Patent On Mobile-Enabled “Decoupled Debit” Transactions
The National Payment Card Association was issued a third patent in the area of “decoupled debit” technology, Finextra reports. Decoupled debit transactions occur when a consumer completes a payment without...
June 26, 2012
New developments to come in antitrust – SCOTUS to speak...
The U.S. Supreme Court has added two cases to its docket for next term that will carry significant consquences on antitrust. State Action Doctrine (Phoebe Putney) The Supreme Court will...
June 20, 2012
KC Fed’s Hayashi: Mobile’s Chicken-And-Egg Problem Persists
Mobile payment applications may seem cool at first glance. But at least one industry expert isn’t quite yet convinced. Dr. Fumiko Hayashi is a Senior Economist in the Payments System...
June 19, 2012
Talk Is Cheap: Redefining Innovation in Payments
We are about two weeks away from opening the voting on the 2012 PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards. The field that we have sent to the judges is nothing short of awesome....
June 18, 2012
Televisa accepts CFC’s conditions, but no word yet from Iusacell
Televisa has agreed to the conditions that Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission has imposed on its bid for 50 percent of Iusacell. Iusacell, however, has yet to give its assent. It...
June 15, 2012
CFC approves Televisa-Iusacell merger, with conditions
Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission (CFC) has announced that its Plenum resolved Grupo Televisa and Iusacell’s appeal on its proposed merger. Both firms had requested a review of the CFC’s original...
June 07, 2012
Autoliv to pay $14.5 M for seat belt price-fixing; Yazaki...
The U.S. DOJ has announced two separate guilty pleas in its ongoing probe of anticompetitive conduct in the automotive parts industry. Autoliv, a Swedish company, will plead guilty to fixing...
May 31, 2012
Penguin and Macmillan have sharp words for DOJ in responses...
Penguin and Macmillan have filed their responses to the DOJ’s lawsuit over eBook pricing in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, May 29. The two publishers deny claims of conspiracy and...