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Driving Network Effects with Platforms
November 04, 2010

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What Payments Professionals Can Learn from FarmVille
November 04, 2010

No, we’re not talking about how to grow a great virtual blueberry patch but how software development platforms can drive innovation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Fed’s Proposal for Interchange Rates to Be Announced Within a Few Weeks
November 04, 2010

That’s the word from Tom Brown, a partner at O’Melveny & Myers and former lawyer for Visa. He said the first draft of Federal Reserve’s proposal for debit card interchange rates should be released in the next few weeks. Whatever the decision, Brown estimated that...

The Key to Igniting and Launching Mobile Payments Platforms
November 04, 2010

Approximately 70% of people in developing countries don’t have access to finance, according to Ignacio Mas (Gates Foundation Executive). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

There’s Two Sides to Every [Payments Platform] Story
November 04, 2010

After a presentation by Mark Lavelle (VP of Strategy & Business Development, PayPal) about innovation planning, in which he discussed the development of Bill Me Later, Tim Attinger, Managing Director of Market Platform Dynamics and former Global Head of Product Innovation and Development at Visa,...

No Need to Give a Eulogy for Venture Capital
November 04, 2010

A great line from James Sanger (General Partner, ABS Ventures)! Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...

Why the Time Is Right for Innovation (and Cash Is Not Dead)
November 04, 2010

The Institute is in session! The top thinkers and doers in payments are seated and ready to exchange ideas on how to continue to fuel the flame of innovation in the industry. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Is There a True Killer App for Mobile Financial Services?
October 30, 2010

As we are all coming down off a sugar high from Halloween candy and settling in for the first week of November, PYMNTS.com has compiled a few answers from a recent Ask the Industry: What do you think is the true mobile financial services “killer...

Transcript: Can TCF Stop Durbin?
October 28, 2010

DAVID S. EVANS: Hey, everyone. This is David Evans. TCF, which is a mid-sized bank, about $18 billion of assets headquartered in Minnesota, sued the Fed – the Federal Reserve Board over Durbin last week. They claimed that the legislation amounted to an unconstitutional seizure...