April 29, 2010
The Card Networks: Stealthy Tigers or Deer in the Headlights?
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...
April 22, 2010
The Web Payment Wars Begin with Visa’s Purchase of CyberSource
Visa’s $2 billion purchase of CyberSource, a leading e-payments provider, may mark the beginning of the wars over who will help merchants and consumers transact over the web. PayPal has...
April 20, 2010
The Security Conundrum – Part 1: The Puzzle
In recent weeks I have picked a number of conversation threads on the on-going difficulties of securing transactions, such as the recent PYMNTS.com posts of Mohammad Khan and Jack Jania...
April 16, 2010
More Than Money
Published in 1888, Bellamy’s book about achieving a utopian society was a huge best seller in its time. “Perhaps you would like to see what our...
April 15, 2010
Prabhat Vira, Head of Global Transaction Services, Americas | RBS
Specializing in change management and building businesses throughout the world, Prabhat Vira, Head of Global Transaction Services, Americas at Royal Bank of Scotland, brings with him more than 23 years...
April 15, 2010
Vytas Kisielius, CEO | Collections Marketing Center
Debt collection is often met with many emotions which, through human interaction, can slow down the collection process. Vytas Kisielius and his team have delivered the industry’s first adaptive collections...
April 12, 2010
Plastic Cards
About Dee Hock Dee Ward Hock (born 1929) is the founder and former CEO of the VISA credit card association. In 1968 Hock convinced Bank of America...
April 08, 2010
Jan Estep, President and CEO of NACHA on PAYMENTS 2010
PYMNTS.com asked industry expert and author of Paying with Plastic, David S. Evans to profile industry thought leaders and executives to find out what’s next in the world of payments....
April 01, 2010
Where’s the Next Generation Wallet?
Why Contactless and Mobile Payments Have Lagged Behind in Consumer Adoption In the United States and around the world, financial institutions and non-banks are considering how and to what extent...
