January 19, 2011
Adding Value in a Network Business
Click here to download this article as a PDF. In describing electronic payments, observers often speak of the “network effect.” The network effect – a powerful catalytic force that grows...
January 17, 2011
Transcript: TSYS Execs Discuss First National Merchant Solutions Acquisition
Listen to audio interview DAVID S. EVANS: Hi, this is David Evans from PYMNTS.com. Exciting news today – TSYS acquired the remaining 49 percent interest in First National Merchant Solutions...
January 14, 2011
Choices at the Checkout- Credit Gets Canned
With so many choices in life, it is only fitting that consumers must choose their method of payment. Your first reaction might assume that consumers choose credit at the checkout....
January 11, 2011
Choices at the Checkout- Credit Gets Canned
With so many choices in life, it is only fitting that consumers must choose their method of payment. Your first reaction might assume that consumers choose credit at the checkout....
January 10, 2011
Heartland Payment Systems’ E3 End-to-End Encryption MSR Wedge
Coalfire Systems — a leading independent Payment Card Industry (PCI) Qualified Security Assessors (QSA) — today released a security assessment validating that Heartland Payment Systems’ E3 end-to-end encryption magnetic stripe...
January 09, 2011
90% of Consumers Would Pay for Mobile Payment Options
Consumers want mobile payment options and are willing to switch carriers to have them, according to Crone Consulting CEO Richard Crone: – 57 percent of consumers are interested in having...
January 06, 2011
Loyalty and Rewards
January 05, 2011
Why Do Banks Reward Their Customers to Use Their Credit...
Using a unique administrative level dataset from a large and diverse U.S. financial institution, we test the impact of rewards on credit card spending and debt. Specifically, we study the...
January 05, 2011
Mobile 401 Lesson 3: Implication
by Tim Attinger LESSON 3 DISCUSSION QUESTION: What is likely to be the greatest driver of commerce convergence growth in the near future? Payments or mobility networks (like Visa and...
