June 06, 2012
Banks Say Walmart, PayPal Biggest Threats to Business
Nearly as many senior banking executives are concerned about competition from new financial market entrants, like Walmart and PayPal, as there are bankers worried about competition from the industry’s biggest...
June 04, 2012
With Fraud Costlier Than Ever, Here’s What FIs Need To...
It used to be that, when an account holder suffered from a security breach, he might tell ten of his friends. Now through social networks, the word can quickly reach...
May 13, 2012
Visa’s V.me, MasterCard’s PayPass Wallet: An In-Depth Comparison
The key features of each of the two largest payment networks’ newest digital wallet solutions — along with demo videos — were highlighted at TechCrunch last week. Visa’s digital wallet...
May 01, 2012
Court finds Energy Watch engaged in misleading advertising
The Federal Court has found that Energy Watch had engaged in a misleading advertising campaign for its energy price comparison service. From January to September 2011, Energy Watch had run...
April 29, 2012
Aeroports de Paris’ 38 percent stake in TAV approved by...
Turkey’s Competition Authority approved Aéroports de Paris’ (ADP) purchase of a 38 percent stake in Turkish airport operator TAV Havalimanlari Holding. The $874 million deal is ADP’s largest purchase abroad....
April 26, 2012
O2 Launches Mobile Wallet ― But NFC Comes Later
The new mobile wallet smartphone app from O2 offers a wealth of payment options to users — but not NFC compatibility, Finextra reports. P2P payments, barcode searches for online price...
April 25, 2012
NFC? Not Again! More on the Card Industry’s “Betamax”
Okay, Nick Holland – I’ve taken the bait. Your NFC media advisory today refuting the notion that NFC isn’t to cards what Betamax was to video was simply too good...
April 24, 2012
NFC? Not Again! More on the Card Industry’s “Betamax”
Okay, Nick Holland – I’ve taken the bait. Your NFC media advisory today refuting the notion that NFC isn’t to cards what Betamax was to video was simply too good...
April 24, 2012
Is Facebook a Massive Payments Company?
You’d think so given its amended S-1. It is on track to earn almost $1 billion from payments in 2012. In the first quarter of 2012 it earned $186 million...