April 16, 2010
From Seashells to Electrons

    “The use of coin, which has been handed down to us from remote antiquity, has powerfully aided the progress of commercial organization, as the art of making glass...

April 05, 2010
5 Burning Questions: Bling Nation’s Meyer Malka

Meyer Malka sits down in the Briefing Room Hot Seat to answer five burning questions about the mobile platform wars and to reveal “what’s next” for BlingNation. Meyer Malka is...

January 28, 2010
5 Burning Questions: Bling Nation’s Meyer Malka

Meyer Malka sits down in the Briefing Room Hot Seat to answer five burning questions about the mobile platform wars and to reveal “what’s next” for BlingNation. Meyer Malka is...

January 12, 2010
Barbarians at the Gate: The Coming Disruption of Retail Banking

How Prepaid Cards Enhanced with Mobile Delivery Create a New Competitive Paradigm   It can’t be fun being a banking executive these days. Your herd is being thinned, your bonus...

December 07, 2009
What You Should Know about the Debit Card in Your...

Bank debit cards may look like credit cards, but they certainly do not act like them when it comes to account overdrafts.  This does not suggest that credit cards are...

December 03, 2009
Banking the Unbanked Using Prepaid Platforms and Mobile Telephones in...

The rapid growth of mobile phone usage and the continuous rise in wireless coverage fuel the expectations that access to financial services through mobile phones could transform the way financial...

October 16, 2009
SEPA: How Come and What’s Up?

Introduction   The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is gradually coming into force.  The aim of SEPA is to harmonize the Euro payment market; citizens and corporations in Europe already...