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The possibility of a major retailer entering bankruptcy highlights the risks that consumers and businesses face when relying on stored-value...

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission'sreport has not minced words when it comes to doling out blame forthe financial crisis, and...

As we summarized in our recent report,Small Business Credit Card Outlook 2010: Dare We Call theBottom?, the small business credit...

Every PC and mobile device has a nearly unique configuration -one that can be scanned by service providers like Kount...

Sometimes it is hard to overestimate thegovernment's role in facilitating (or demanding) the development ofmodern electronic payments in different countries.According...

The federal government's idea for simplifyingour online lives, especially with respect to e-commerce, is gettingsome traction in the popular online...

The global economic downturn and the European debt crisis havecaused great concern to European economies over the past few years.Consequently...

On January 25, 2011, SYSCAN (a 2D bar codesolution provider in China) issued a circular announcing theacquisition of Country Praise,...

Let's start with a couple of points to which most can agree.First, without the rule of law, modern commerce is...

A recent article in the New York Times discussedthe change in tenor at the annual Davos Conference in Switzerlandthis past...