August 26, 2011
Back-to-School Shopping Season
An End of Summer Riff on Emerging PaymentsThe emerging payments sector has not taken a vacation this summer. What will the Fall, heck, the next 5 years bring for this...
August 11, 2011
CARTES & IDentification 2011
The leading worldwide event in smart security and innovative payments, CARTES & IDentification will take place in Paris-Nord Villepinte from November 15 to 17, 2011. With 450 exhibitors and 140...
July 27, 2011
Epsilon Releases 2011 Holiday Trend Report
DALLAS, TEXAS – July 21, 2011 – According to Epsilon’s Holiday Trend Report 2011, the upcoming season looks to be a successful one as consumer spending continues to increase. Effective cross-channel marketing...
July 18, 2011
White House Blog: A Big Week for the New Consumer...
Exceprt from The White House Blog July 18, 2011 Written by Elizabeth Warren This is a big week for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Today, the President will announce...
July 07, 2011
Will Zong Make eBay the Future of Retail Commerce?
eBay’s announcement yesterday of its acquisition of Zong is just another interesting example of this e-commerce giant’s grand ambition to change the face of retail as merchants and consumers know...
June 29, 2011
Inside Iran: An Analysis of the Factors Influencing Success of...
Background and Introduction Lacking payment systems becomes a bottleneck for the vision of the Information Economy. In many cases, the payments of a fraction of a cent, the so-called...
June 29, 2011
Boom in eCommerce Sparks Evolution
Top financial and professional services information provider VRL has released a new report on Alternative Payment Channels, which explores changing trends in the global payments market. Both developed and emerging...
June 17, 2011
Payments Innovation, Investment, and Interchange Fees
Evans argued that drastic cuts in interchange fee regulations would flip the business model of payments to a consumer pays model which would likely reduce investment and innovation...
June 17, 2011
Interchange Fees: Optimal Regulation
Panelists analyzed various theories on interchange, focusing in particular on the tourist test. Vergé noted that the tourist test doesn’t work well in all circumstances, but cost-based...