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The Charge-Off Tide Recedes (Halfway)

by Ken Paterson

March 21, 2011

Most of the news from top issuers has beenpositive on the charge-off front, at least relatively speaking.According to Federal Reserve ...

Consumer Privacy – The Next Battleground

by Patricia McGinnis

March 21, 2011

I had the pleasure last week of spending twodays at the annual IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington, DC (www.privacyassociation.org/summit). ...

A Prescription for Merchants To Avoid Escheatment (Tough Luck NJ! )

by Tim Sloane

March 16, 2011

New Jersey’s updated escheatment law has created new urgency for merchants to rethink how they manage gift card programs. While ...

Thinking Out Loud

by Patricia Hewitt

March 16, 2011

JPMorgan Chase has set off a new round ofspeculation on how the Durbin Amendment is going to hurt consumersby "considering" ...

2011 Will Be A Watershed Year for Prepaid

by Ben Jackson

March 14, 2011

Returning from the Prepaid Expo, it seems clear to me that theindustry is more optimistic about the future of the ...

VeriFone, Square, and the Competition for the Small Merchant

by George Peabody

March 10, 2011

On Wednesday, March 9,VeriFone's CEO Doug Bergeron lobbed a Molotov cocktail at its fastgrowing, and far smaller, competitor Square. The ...

Latte With Those Fries?

by Ken Paterson

March 8, 2011

Today's economy continues to drive surprises inconsumer spending. According to new consumer and business spendingdata for Q4/2010, released by American ...

The Two C’s

by Patricia Hewitt

March 7, 2011

Regardless of how the Durbin Amendment worksout, retail financial service business models are alreadytransitioning and it's unlikely they'll be clawed ...