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EMV and the Cost of Implementation (or the Cost of Not)

by David Fish

January 23, 2013

There are certainly a lot of cost concerns onboth the issuing side of the payment card space as well as ...

Gift Cards Are NOT a Dying Trend

by Ben Jackson

January 22, 2013

A recent article on CNBC.com entitled "Why GiftCards May Be Dying Trend" suggests consumers are buying fewergift cards and retailers ...

NRF’s Big Show Field Report

by David Fish

January 17, 2013

Another year has passed and retailers flushwith holiday-shopping revenue converged on New York City this pastweek for the National Retail ...

An Indepth Look At AvidXchange's Strategic Partnership with Mastercard - PaymentsJournal

Banking on Analytics in 2013

by Edward O'Brien

January 17, 2013

As banks and credit unions search for ways tobe more competitive in 2013, many are examining analytics toimprove the customer ...

Medagate Announces a Multi-Purse Healthcare Card

by Mercator Advisory Group

January 15, 2013

Medagate, a subsidiary of InComm Holdings Inc., announced that it has created a healthcare payments card that can make open-loop ...

UK Makes Public Issue of Small Businesses Hurt by Big Companies’ Late Payment Practices

by Patricia McGinnis

January 15, 2013

In the past month, the relatively obscuretopic of business-to-business payment terms has become headlinenews in the United Kingdom. The subject ...

Times Analysis Leads to False Conclusion About Federal Tax-Refund Debit Cards

by Mercator Advisory Group

January 9, 2013

This New York Times article discusses the Urban Institute's research regarding the Treasury’s MyAccountCard pilot program conducted with Green Dot: ...

Design Your Loyalty and Instant Offers to Avoid Offer Fatigue

by Ben Jackson

January 8, 2013

Today shoppers, credit card users, andvirtually everyone else making a payment is bombarded by offers totempt them into another purchase. ...

Mozido Targets Unbanked and Underserved With Alternative Financial Services Centered on Mobile Wallet

by Mercator Advisory Group

January 8, 2013

Mercator Advisory Group research, conducted in association with CSP, indicates convenience stores collect more than $54 billion in revenue from ...

As Economies Struggle, Alternative Currencies Rise in Europe

by Tristan Hugo-Webb

January 6, 2013

As poor economic conditions persist acrossEurope, more and more local communities are embracing alternativecurrencies as a major secondary payment options, ...