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Tilting at Windmills: Some Final Thoughts on Dodd-Frank
July 15, 2010

If Senators needed any further reason not to vote for the misguided Dodd-Frank bill two stories over the last week should have pushed them into the NO column. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Separating Fantasy from Reality in the Brave New World of Payments Innovation
July 14, 2010

Last week there was a flurry of articles about cMoney. Here was yet again an incredible new mobile payments platform that will revolutionize the world. It had knocked the socks off of investors who had supposedly given it $100 million. And the press wrote breathily...

Is Facebook Currency a Ripoff?
June 18, 2010

The virtual economy is exploding on Facebook as more and more consumers play social games like Farmville and Mafia Wars. Game developers make money largely by selling things that help people play the game like a bullet proof vest or a hand grenade for Mafia...

Security and Fraud
June 04, 2010

mPayment Security: How to Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself Jack Alton, Vice President of Sales at Kount, provides a perceptive look at how Kount, and their state of the art risk decision processing engine, are helping merchants minimize the risk of fraud, while maximizing...

eCommerce
May 24, 2010

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Mobile Commerce
May 24, 2010

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The Card Networks: Stealthy Tigers or Deer in the Headlights?
April 29, 2010

The traditional card networks are great at what they do and they’ve only gotten better over time. Transactions occur lickety-split over their networks. They provide valuable services to merchants and cardholders directly or through their bank partners. They have healthy market capitalizations—almost $180 billion for...

David S. Evans
More Than Money
April 16, 2010

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ReliaCard Visa Debit Card
March 04, 2010

The U.S. Bank ReliaCard® Visa® was recently honored as the “Best Government-Funded Program” at the 2010 Paybefore Awards. The Paybefore Awards recognize the best products and programs in the prepaid business. Paybefore, a leading publisher of information for the prepaid industry, organizes the annual awards....