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H.S.A. Rules Are Changing

by Ben Jackson

October 28, 2010

Consumers may have a hard timeusing up all the funds in their Health Savings and FlexibleSpending Accounts in 2011. That...

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Market Chaos – Your Next Flight Has Been Cancelled

by Patricia Hewitt

October 28, 2010

In October , I had the alwaysthrilling experience of being stuck at a large airport hub due tosevere weather in...

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European Central Bank Running out of Patience with Slow Migration to SEPA

by Terry X Xie

October 28, 2010

The progress towards a SingleEuro Payment Area (SEPA) is painfully slow - such that the EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB) is running...

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MasterCard Going After e-Commerce Market in Asia-Pac Including China

by Terry X Xie

October 28, 2010

MasterCard's MiGSpayment gateway is benefiting from the booming e-Commerce inAsia-Pac even in today's slow economy. According to an October newsreport:MasterCard...

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India Gets Hotter

by Terry X Xie

October 28, 2010

Major global payments players areracing into India to take up local companies to secure a piece of amarket with over...

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Facebook, PayPal, Bling Nation and Rumbling in the Valley

by George Peabody

October 28, 2010

This is getting reallyinteresting.When Bling Nation announced atie-up with PayPal, we saw it as a potential breakout strategy forBling -...

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Click-to-buy Advertising Proponents and the Holidays

by George Peabody

October 13, 2010

The mobilecommercedaily.com site has been delivering analmost daily dose of merchant m-commerce initiatives.Most dwell inthe territories of mobile merchandising and...