Pakistani Regulators Use Credit Card Data to Find Tax Fraud
All the buzz about financial inclusion is interesting. Yes, we are uplifting the masses and improving lives. But, as we...
Secured Credit Cards: No Longer Hard Money Lending, A Path to General Purpose Credit Cards
Secured credit card gave the business a bad reputation before the recession. The space was filled with third-rate lenders who...
Banking on Success in LAC: Nubank Will Set the Pace
The U.S. credit card market is profitable but saturated. Europe has become less profitable, as regulators now drive every revenue...
Receiptless Transactions in Korea: Why Just Skip Signatures, Skip Credit Card Receipts
Last year, the NY Times wrote a piece about the trend in credit cards to eliminate signatures on credit card...
Synchrony Has Another Breakthrough, This Time With A Secured Amazon Credit Card
No one is sleeping late in Stamford, CT these days as Synchrony comes up with yet another credit card win....
Goldman Sachs: Fishing For Credit Cards and More
Way back in 2010, Rolling Stone was harsh when they described Goldman Sachs as a “great vampire squid wrapped around...
Credit Card Minimum Due Payments Rise in Quebec: See the Benefit and Stop Complaining
Credit cards require discipline. The credit card company issues a piece of plastic that enables one to charge based on...
Thrilla in Manila: Credit Card Hacking Gets Tough in the Philippines
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China’s UnionPay: Hitting the Beaches in Europe
The irony of it all: Mastercard and Visa struggle to issue in China because of regulatory constraints while UnionPay moves...
Credit Cards In China: QR Codes Bring Transactions, But Social Interactions Bring Sales
Smart Brief quotes eMarketer regarding e-commerce sales in China surging 7.5 % this year, surpassing $5 trillion (and US e-commerce),...
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