Mercator Insights

Square announced Aug. 16 a new pricing schemewith a flat fee of $275 per month for merchants making less than$250,000...

For many businesses, a measure of success inthe treasury area is the firm's ability to keep its days salesoutstanding (DSO)...

The Electronic Transacticon Association isjumping into the middle of one of the most important andchallenging questions for the payments industry....

As banks and other financial institutionsstrive to become more efficient, the topic of branch presence oftencomes up. Many financial institutions...

Listen to Patricia Hewitt readher PerspectiveWatching new banking strategies unfold, suchas the recent roll out of Simple, I'm struck by...

Before I dive into this topic, I have twodisclosures to make.First, I do not own any prepaid stock. I have...

Google Wednesday updated its Walletcapability with significant changes. Instead of just a few Citicards and Google's own prepaid card, Google...

Last month, a panel from the World TradeOrganization announced its findings on alleged violations byChina's government in the domestic-payments card...

For years, many commercial banks havebemoaned their inability to efficiently deliver appropriateservices to the small business market segment. Their existingcorporate...

Prepaid cards primarily come in two types:closed-loop cards that can only be used at one issuer's stores, andopen-loop cards that...