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May 11, 2011

Visa’s announcement of its next generation electronic payments and services plans throws down the gauntlet to its competitors and raises...

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Two Years After Credit Card Act, Pew Finds Interest Rates and Other Fees Stabilized

The Pew Health Group, the consumer product safety arm of the Pew Charitable Trusts has updated its benchmark study of...

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Google is Hiring for NFC

As more and more consumers around the world are getting mobile devices equipped with Google's Android OS, the company is...

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Bank Fee Increases Continue; Pittsburgh Banks Pursue Different Paths

Every bank is struggling to find the optimal mix of fees. Many national players are using different strategies and different...

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Post Office Will Sell Open-Loop American Express Prepaid Cards

American Express announced this week that it would be the first to have its open-loop gift cards sold in U.S....

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Tithing With an ATM

Along with the familiar envelopes and collection plates, more places of worship are adding tools such as ATM-type machines, online...

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Tabbedout Gets Another Investment Round to Scale Up Its Operations

In case you felt that you needed an electronic way to run a tab, pay for it, and calculate the...

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Bank of America Will Pilot Text Alerts in 2012 For Debit Card-related Overdrafts

Bank of America's retail segments executive Laurie Readhead spoke at the RBC Capital Markets conference last week. According to Finextra,...

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Consumers Borrowed More on Credit Cards in March

The much watched Federal Reserve G19 statistic on consumer borrowing finally turned positive for March in its revolving credit measure...

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Merchant e-Solutions Rolls Out PayEverywhere App for Apple Devices