January 28, 2010
Apple and the Dawn of i-Commerce
It will take a couple of iterations, but the iPad will open new frontiers for “e-transactions” Yes, you read it first on PYMNTS.com, the new member of the commerce...
January 20, 2010
Mobile Platform Wars: The VC POV
PYMNTS.com put Derek Pilling, a venture capitalist and Managing Director at Meritage Funds, in the Briefing Room Hot Seat to answer five burning questions on the mobile platform wars and...
January 08, 2010
Marc Bourreau and Marianne Verdier
Marc Bourreau is Professor of Economics at Telecom ParisTech (Paris, France). He is also a research associate at the laboratory of industrial economics (LEI) of the Center for Research in...
January 05, 2010
Payment Card Interchange Fees and Merchant Service Charges – An...
As payment cards have become an increasingly important electronic retail payment type in many countries, payment card fees, especially interchange fees, have become the source of a good deal of...
December 27, 2009
The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #4 PayPal
The New Kid on the Block: PayPal Starting a new payment system is incredibly difficult. Many try, few succeed. MasterCard and Visa did it in the 1960s. No one did...
December 14, 2009
Mobilizing Citibank: A Tale of Trials and Tribulations
Earlier this week, Citibank provided some perspective on their mobile strategy and their renewed focus on a better delivery of “traditional” customer service. In the ever evolving landscape of mobile...
December 11, 2009
The Cost of Cash vs. Cashless Vending
A comparison of the cash and the cashless vending market and a look at the industry sizing figures from two leading vending industry census reports. Michael Kasavana Ph.D., is the NAMA-endowed...
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...