January 08, 2010
Fumiko Hayashi

Fumiko Hayashi is a Senior Economist in the Payments System Research function of the Economic Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Her current projects include research...

January 05, 2010
Cooperation Models for the Development of Mobile Payment Solutions

Introduction The technological advances in the field of near-field contactless communications (NFC) and the development of sophisticated mobile applications have enabled mobile phones to become a potential means of payment....

January 03, 2010
The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #2 Mobile Payments

The Marriage of Mobile and Payments Make the World a Better Place The marriage of mobile phones and payments has improved the lives of millions of people in the poorest...

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...

November 10, 2009
Liability of a Parent for the Antitrust Violations of a...

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle David Eggert, Jingbo Hou, Nov 12, 2009 On September 10, 2009, the European Court of Justice (the highest...

September 14, 2009
US Aims For ‘Open Skies’ Deal With Japan By End...

August 11, 2009
Outline of the Amendment to the Japanese Antimonopoly Law

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Aug 13, 2009 On June 3, 2009, the bill to amend the Act concerning Prohibition of Private Monopolization...

February 23, 2009
Japan FTC to slap $107mln fine on cargo cartel-media

November 10, 2008
Japan Steel-Sheet Makers Decline After Report of Price Fixing