Going in to the BlackFriday-led shopping season, Discover's U.S. SpendingMonitorconsumer survey was showing some positive signs--or at least lessbad signs ...

This interesting blog by Chris Skinner examinesthe ongoing competitive challenges the US based card networks havein gaining access to the ...

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In late November, eBay announced their newly improved shoppingapp including…"The integration of RedLaser's barcode scanning technologyis particularly useful, allowing users ...

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If 2009-2010 has told credit card industry anything, it is thatthe famous Berra-ism (It Ain't Over Until It's Over) does ...

After months of planning, Citibank is clearly on the move with anewly-invigorated social media strategy.Two major initiatives werelaunched on Tuesday, ...

With the CARD Act, regulators have given their charges a raregift - compliance that leads to marketing magic. Thanks to ...

Protecting the most vulnerable consumers in our society shouldbe a top concern of our regulators and the mortgage meltdown hasdone ...

The shoe finally dropped on VeriFone's acquisition ofHypercom. On Wednesday, October 17, 2010, the all stocktransaction, valuing each Hypercom share ...