I had the opportunity to attend a briefing onVisa' s partnership with the Rwandan government to establish abasic electronic payments...

They did it again! American consumerscelebrated the new year, not by borrowing more on their cards, butby paying down their...

It was perhaps inevitable. Last week'sheadlines announced "BofA Steers Some Clients From Debit To Credit"(http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-19/bank-of-america-steers-brokerage-clients-to-credit-for-rewards.html)and "Debit or Credit? Citi Places...

I admit to a degree of dull predictability; Iprefer to call it reliability. In any case, if it's a few...

There are a limited set of indicators where"off the cliff" is a good thing. Credit card charge-offs areone.The Federal Reserve...

The market for private label cards is aperennial favorite topic, and is the most frequent subject on whichour credit practice...

On July 19, the Consumer Financial ProtectionBureau (CFPB) released its report to Congress, The Impact ofDifferences Between Consumer- and Creditor-Purchased...

Even before we have the quarterly data fromVisa and MasterCard, we know that credit card-based spending is up.And American Express's...

One of the joys of Google searches is theunintended find. I was looking for something of earth-shatteringimportance to the credit...

A newly released Fed report on collegeaffinity programs (http://www.federalreserve.gov/BoardDocs/RptCongress/creditcard/2011/downloads/ccap_2011.pdf),which was mandated under the CARD Act, notes the surprising factthat three...