Tag: Social Media

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TSYS Acquires NetSpend; And Then There Were Two…

by Tim Sloane

February 20, 2013

TSYS announcedyesterday it is acquiring Netspend for $1.4B. With thisacquisition, only two large independent GPR program managersremain: UniRush and AccountNow. ...

Boosting E-Commerce in Africa through Mobile Payments

by Tristan Hugo-Webb

February 20, 2013

PayGate, a South African payment solutionsprovider, stated in a recent announcement it was launching a newproduct that would enable customers ...

The Movement Toward an Omni-Channel Approach to Banking

by Edward O'Brien

February 13, 2013

Financial institutions currently aregrappling with a wide range of vexing challenges, from a reductionin revenues and net interest margins, to ...

Watching Apple

by Jeffrey Green

February 12, 2013

I read with interest recently an articleciting rumors that Apple may be developing a "smart" watch thatsupports mobile payments. My ...

The First U.S. City to Convert to EMV

by Mercator Advisory Group

February 11, 2013

At the recent Smart Card Alliance PaymentsSummit, a common theme regarding the successful introduction of EMVinto the United States payments ...

Using DNA and a Coin to Improve Bank Account Penetration in Developing Countries

by Tristan Hugo-Webb

February 7, 2013

While many citizens in developed countrieshave access to bank accounts and other financial services,populations in many fast-growing developing economies have ...