April 23, 2012
Startup Roundup: Who’s Getting Funded?
Here’s our Startup Roundup: a (close-to-) comprehensive list of each of the startup companies in payments and/or e-commerce to receive at least $1 million in funding from equity investors in...
April 17, 2012
Bid-rigging trial for three former GE bankers under way
A bid-rigging federal jury trial has started in Manhattan court. The DOJ alleges that three former General Electric bankers manipulated auctions for municipal bonds from August 1999 to November 2006....
April 04, 2012
Cardholders Hit by JPMorgan Debit Glitch
Some JPMorgan Chase cardholders in New York City are having to deal with double charges on their debit cards due to a systems glitch, according to a report by Finextra....
April 02, 2012
Traffic Management: The Respective Roles of Competition Law and Regulation
Frank Maier-Rigaud, Mar 30, 2012 The internet traffic prioritization, traffic management, or network neutrality debate (however it is labeled) fundamentally centers on the question of how packet inspection technology can...
April 02, 2012
Leave Us Alone, We’re Innovating!
Last week I was asked to give my thoughts on what the market obstacles are to payments innovation and what if anything the government should do about this. The occasion...
April 01, 2012
Leave Us Alone, We’re Innovating!
Last week I was asked to give my thoughts on what the market obstacles are to payments innovation and what if anything the government should do about this. The occasion...
March 22, 2012
Dining with the Payments Stars: Occupy! Retail
Chicago, here we come! April 3rd, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Zapatista South Loop At the end of the day, all of the payments innovation in the world won’t...
March 20, 2012
Want Merchants? Chase Has 2 Million Small Business Clients
In our conversation with Leo Rocco posted yesterday, the founder of GoPago explained that his company would be relying on the relationship between local merchants and lender JP Morgan Chase...
March 19, 2012
GoPago Founder: JPMorgan “Put a Bet On Us”
GoPago founder Leo Rocco is surprisingly explicit about where he’ll look for merchants: the Chase retail banking network. Yep, GoPago sees gold in Chase’s existing network of 5,500 branches that...