Tag: Debit

Stay updated with insights on debit at PaymentsJournal. Explore trends, news, and expert analysis on debit card solutions, payment methods, and their role in consumer finance.

CUP Losing its Monopoly in China?

by Terry X Xie

April 27, 2011

Recently there has been some market chatter thatChina UnionPay's monopoly in the domestic payment card market inChina might be ending ...

PayPal Expanding Aggressively on International Markets, Focus on Cross-border Transactions and Mobile Payments

by Terry X Xie

April 20, 2011

It should not be surprising at all thatPayPal is a global company providing online payment services acrossmany countries in addition ...

Banking Fog and Mirrors

by Patricia Hewitt

April 19, 2011

Banking convenience is becoming an increasingly important consideration as new financial services providers look for ways to simplify the customer ...

Andre Delaforge, Author at PaymentsJournal

Of Cab Drivers and Payments

by Patricia Hewitt

April 19, 2011

Talking about new payment delivery channels canbe like an academic theory - sounds good, might not play outexactly as imagined. ...

When It Comes to New Payments Technology, Prepaid Will Lead the Way

by Ben Jackson

April 14, 2011

According to press reports, Amazon.com Inc. islooking at developing a mobile phone payment service. It may eveninclude an NFC marketing ...

Wells Fargo and Chase to Issue EMV Cards to Travelers: Yes!

by Ken Paterson

April 14, 2011

I will admit I have been a personalpartisan in favor of issuing EMV cards to U.S. travelers. I am notthe ...

Prepaid Transaction Volume Continues to Grow, Even as the Size of the Transactions Gets Smaller

by Ben Jackson

April 13, 2011

Last week, the Federal Reserve released its 2010Federal Reserve Payments Study. The Study found that prepaid cardsrepresented the fastest growing ...

Russian Payments Market Expects Major Change, With Global Card Networks Watching

by Terry X Xie

April 11, 2011

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI, Russia's centralbank) has been reforming the country's payment system, including adomestic card network that ...

Revolving Credit Declines Again: So Much For The Holiday Season

by Ken Paterson

April 11, 2011

This blog entry seems to be déjà vu. Consumerrevolving credit declined an estimated $2.7 billion in Februaryfrom January (which was ...

Don’t Panic (Yet) Over Facebook Payments and Credits

by Patricia McGinnis

April 8, 2011

The recent revelation that Facebook had established (inDecember, 2010) a Florida-registered subsidiary called FacebookPayments has inspired a flurry of anxious ...