January 26, 2011
Treasury Dept. Names General Counsel and Deputies for CFPB Team
1/26/2011 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the hiring of the leadership team for the Office of the General Counsel within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
January 25, 2011
A Hat-Trick for NHL Execs: Card Industry, Mobile Payments and...
Ahead of the National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star Game this weekend, some of the organization’s leaders stopped in to share their thoughts on partnering with the payments industry and innovation...
January 23, 2011
Mobile Payment Debuts Nationally at Starbucks
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced the launch of mobile payment in all U.S. company-operated stores, allowing customers to pay for in-store purchases with select smartphones. Building on the earlier introduction...
January 20, 2011
Google, Apple, ISIS: Which Will Ignite NFC Payments
Last month, the Lydian Journal featured articles on the deployment of NFC: Accelerating Deployment of Open NFC Mobile Commerce Applications by Charles Walton, COO, INSIDE Secure Enabling...
January 19, 2011
Adding Value in a Network Business
Click here to download this article as a PDF. In describing electronic payments, observers often speak of the “network effect.” The network effect – a powerful catalytic force that grows...
January 18, 2011
The Behavioral Economics of Paying and Borrowing
Click here to download this article as a PDF. Introduction Many Americans, feeling chunky and lethargic from their Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve eating binges, will be making resolutions...
January 05, 2011
The Impact of Durbin and Facebook on Payments Resolutions
In the New Year, innovative fee-generating strategies and the Facebook gaming phenomenon are among the issues forefront in the mind of Market Platform Dynamics’ Margaret Weichert. She continues our Resolution...
January 05, 2011
Mobile 401 Lesson 2: Evolution
by Tim Attinger LESSON 2 DISCUSSION QUESTION: What is the “killer app” or feature that will finally tie mobility to payment and information in a way that is truly transformative...
January 03, 2011
Payments Resolutions Worth Keeping
Sidelining the sweets? Forgoing the french fries? There are some New Year’s resolutions worth keeping this year and continuing the Resolution Series, Karen Webster shares her 2011 payments New Year’s...
