May 25, 2012
Inside the Consumer’s Mind: DNB’s Kosse Researches Payment Choice
A policy advisor at the Central Bank of the Netherlands, Anneke Kosse studies the payment choices made by consumers every day. Her research aims to answer questions like: what do...
May 21, 2012
Credit, Debit Fraud in Ireland Up 24% in 2011
Credit and debit card fraud increased by 24 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to The Paypers, citing research from online media outlet rte.ie. Ninety percent of the fraud tracked...
May 20, 2012
Facebook Invests in Social Commerce Firm Karma Following IPO
Facebook acquired social gifting service Karma for an undisclosed amount late last week. The company’s existing equity investors, which include Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, stand to gain, having put...
May 15, 2012
It Takes One to Tango: The Single U.K. Competition And...
Valentine Korah, Despoina Mantzari, May 14, 2012 The focus on good institutional design, as an important component of strong competition policy and enforcement, has become a priority of antitrust agencies...
May 15, 2012
A Skeptical Optimist’s Look at Facebook
Optimists see Facebook’s prospects as almost unbounded. After all, it has almost a billion users and its users spend an astounding amount of time on the site. Even if you...
May 14, 2012
A Skeptical Optimist’s Look at Facebook
We’re soon going to see how much the equity markets think Facebook is worth. Optimists see Facebook’s prospects as almost unbounded. After all, it has almost a billion users and...
May 10, 2012
Takeaways from CTIA: Karen Webster on Visa, M-Pesa, and Mobile...
CTIA invited 50,000 of its closest friends to gather in NOLA for its big International Wireless show. I moderated a panel on mobile commerce, plus wandered the exhibit floor and...
May 03, 2012
Debit Data Reaction: Are Consumer Benefitting from Interchange Caps?
The American Bankers Assocation expressed doubts over the effectiveness of interchange fee regulation this week, following the Federal Reserve Board’s issue of updated fee data in post-Durbin markets. “While it’s...
April 25, 2012
New rules to relieve Spanish football clubs’ tax debt
The Spanish government and the football league have agreed upon rules that provide a “road map” to reduce clubs’ tax debt. Spain’s top football clubs owe about 750 million euros...