September 16, 2010
How the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 Would...

As part of its overhaul of financial services regulation the Obama Administration has proposed stronger protection of consumers of financial products and services.[1] The Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of...

September 16, 2010
Tick Tock Goes the Durbin Clock- Eight Months to go...

The Durbin clock is ticking. A week from today the Fed will only have 8 of its 9 months left for some of the most sweeping price regulation the economy...

August 23, 2010
BilltoMobile Looks to Cash in on Alternative Payment Solution

What do you get when you combine e-commerce, text messaging, your monthly phone bill and Steve Klebe? BilltoMobile. Steve Klebe, Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at BilltoMobile, brings...

August 23, 2010
Consumer Protection Act — Sec. 1075. Reasonable Fees and Rules...

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693 et seq.) is amended— (1) by redesignating sections 920 and 921 as sections 921 and 922, respectively; and   (2)...

August 12, 2010
Tick Tock Goes the Durbin Clock- Eight Months to go...

The Durbin clock is ticking. A week from today the Fed will only have 8 of its 9 months left for some of the most sweeping price regulation the economy...

August 04, 2010
Mobile Payments go Viral: M-PESA in Kenya

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [1] From: Yes Africa Can: Success Stories from a Dynamic Continent, World Bank, May 2010 Abstract   M-PESA is a small-value electronic payment and store...

July 26, 2010
Citi’s Bad Apple: Security Defect Discovered in Bank’s iPhone App

Citigroup Inc. is urging U.S. customers to switch to its new mobile banking application for Apple Inc.’s iPhone due to a security glitch in the first release, according to The...

July 22, 2010
Dodd-Frank Debit Fee Regs, Friend or Foe of Community Banks?

With the ink not yet dry on the recent financial reform bill, David Evans sits down with Jason Kratovil of the ICBA to discuss the impact of the Dodd-Frank bill...

July 16, 2010
Seeking Fertile Grounds for Mobile Money

M-PESA is a huge success… and now what?    Safaricom’s M-Pesa success story has focused the global attention on Kenya as the leading edge of the mobile money revolution2. M-Pesa...