February 07, 2011
Protecting Branchless Banking Consumers: Policy Objectives and Regulatory Options

Click here to download this article as a PDF. Introduction   As with conventionally delivered financial services, consumers using branchless banking services face risks and challenges as well as benefits....

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...

October 04, 2010
The Consumer Financial Protection Board: Insights from Elizabeth Warren’s “Making...

Sep 16, 2010 The Consumer Financial Protection Board, which was set up by Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act, is waiting for the President to appoint a director to organize...

October 01, 2010
Jacksonville Jaguars Select Radiant Systems as Technology Provider for EverBank...

Aug 23, 2010 Radiant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RADS) today announced a new agreement with the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars to implement the Quest Venue Management software and hardware in the concession...

September 19, 2010
Is Borrowing Bad? The Critical Debate We Aren’t Having

There’s a critical debate this country must have but isn’t. Is borrowing money a bad thing that consumers and small businesses should be discouraged from doing in part by restraining...

September 17, 2010
New Era Debt Solutions Sees Continued Consumer Risks Amid New...

Feb 22, 2010, 7:20pm Today, new bank regulations under the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, also known as the Credit CARD Act of 2009, went into effect. According...

September 16, 2010
Research and Markets: Payment Card Issuer Strategies 2010: The Rise...

Sep 3, 2010, 10:53am   Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/614cf5/payment_card_issue) has announced the addition of Javelin Strategy & Research’s new report “Payment Card Issuer Strategies 2010: The Rise of The Cautious...

September 16, 2010
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Jun 28, 2010, 7:00am Washington, DC – Americans have faced the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.  Millions have lost their jobs, businesses have failed, housing prices have dropped,...

September 16, 2010
The Economics of Payment Card Interchange Fees and the Limits...

Fresh off of the most substantial national liquidity crisis of the last generation and the enactment of sweeping credit card regulation in the form of the Credit CARD Act, Congress...