The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #5 Innovation Driven by Prepaid Cards
December 28, 2009

The use of prepaid cards has exploded during the first decade of this century and they have enabled many types of payment innovation from whipping through transit lines to helping disaster victims to transferring money to mom in Mumbai. Get the Full Story Complete the...

The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #4 PayPal
December 27, 2009

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The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #6 What Has a Bigger Head and Longer...
December 22, 2009

Its head has gotten bigger and the tail longer and skinner. I’m not talking about a scary monster but about the distribution of purchasing volume for the credit and debit card issuers in the United States. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

What’s Next with Apriva: An interview with EVP Bill Clark
December 22, 2009

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Women Prefer Debit or Cash Over Credit Cards
December 22, 2009

CheapToday, Inc., the Online Shopping Network specializing in publishing quality deals from high profile brands including Sears, Kmart, Target, Kohl’s, Walmart, Macy’s, Calvin Klein and Barnes & Noble, today announced the latest results from its ‘Just Wondering’ survey of buying trends and attitudes of Power...

The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #7 How the ACH System in the U.S....
December 22, 2009

Payments went electronic in the first decade of the 21st century in the United States. Electronic payments account for more than half of all payments by dollar volume and more than two thirds of all noncash payments. A major factor in what you might call...

2009 Regional Small Business Trends
December 21, 2009

As has been the monthly trend since May of ’08, in this month the Midwest, Northeast and South experienced hiring growth while the West experienced a decline. On the pay side of things, all four regions experienced salary declines in October. Get the Full Story...

2009 National Small Business Trends
December 21, 2009

Small business hiring rose in November. Salaries continued to decline. 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...

The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #8 The Mag Stripe Lives On
December 20, 2009

Okay, so not dying doesn’t sound like it could be one of the greatest developments of the decade. It is on my list because it some of the greatest developments in the last decade were the failure of massive efforts to displace the humble magstripe...