October 09, 2012
Bank Blacklisting, EU Sanctions Tank Iranian Economy

Belgian banks are likely playing a major role in the weakening of the Iranian national currency, the rial. The rial lost a shocking 40 percent of its value last week,...

May 30, 2012
Politically Incorrect – Social Protest, Competition Advocacy, and Political Economy...

Shlomi Parizat, May 29, 2012 In the summer of 2011, “Social Justice” became a rallying point for over 400,000 people in one of the largest protests seen in Israel. The...

February 08, 2012
Research and Markets: Banking and Social Media – Easy to...

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e11197/banking_and_social) has announced the addition of Javelin Strategy & Research’s new report “Banking and Social Media – Easy to Say, Hard to Do” to their offering. More...

October 17, 2011
Durbin Dumbfounded by Occupy Wall Street Protests

October 14, 2011   Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) certainly feels like he understands the matters surrounding debit card regulation. Yet what is a puzzle to the author of the Dodd-Frank...

October 09, 2011
Obama’s New Appeal to GOP: Don’t Delay on Cordray

October 7, 2011 After the Senate Banking Committee voted Thursday 12 to 10 in favor of Richard Cordray to be the inaugural director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, President...