November 30, 2009
SpendingPulse 2009 Holiday Wrap-Up Report

MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse, a macro-economic report tracking national retail and service sales, today provided summary results for the holiday shopping season. The data showed year-over-year growth in the period between...

November 18, 2009
Insights into Consumer Use of Financial Products: Payoffs from the...

I talked about behavioral economics in my last blog. Some of the top minds in that field are studying how consumers use financial products. They aren’t doing this to provide...

November 07, 2009
Three Problematic Truths About the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act...

The creation of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency (“CFPA”) is a very bad idea and should be rejected. The proposal is not salvageable and cannot be improved in substance...

October 14, 2009
EFMA Congress: Multichannel Distribution

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October 14, 2009
Cartes 2009

Paris France | Comexposium CARTES & IDentification 2009 Exhibitor Profile Top Stories from Cartes 2009     Datacard Group Features End-to-End Issuance Solution   Hypercom Delivers Unified EMV Level 2...

October 14, 2009
Branch of the Future

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October 14, 2009
Cards and Payments Conference 2009

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October 14, 2009
Viral Marketing: A Large-Scale FIeld Experiment

Viral marketing has become an increasingly popular promotional tool (Kirsner 2005; Walker 2004). According to a 2009 study by the media research firm PQ Media, spending on word-of-mouth (WOM) marketing...

April 27, 2009
Reflections on Bush Administration M&A Antitrust Enforcement and Beyond

Ilene Knable Gotts, James Rill, Apr 30, 2009 The election of Barack Obama as President and the culmination of the Bush Administration mark an appropriate time to reflect on the...