February 17, 2011
Testimony by Chairman Bernanke on implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. February 17, 2011 Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shelby,...
February 17, 2011
Merchants Submit Official Comments on Fed Debit Proposal
In theory, merchants should be thrilled that the Federal Reserve under the Durbin Amendment has proposed lowering debit card interchange fees and has proposed a 12-cent cap. But will they...
February 07, 2011
RenaissanceRe to Participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch...
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: RNR) announced today that Neill A. Currie, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Insurance Investor Conference...
February 07, 2011
Protecting Branchless Banking Consumers: Policy Objectives and Regulatory Options
Click here to download this article as a PDF. Introduction As with conventionally delivered financial services, consumers using branchless banking services face risks and challenges as well as benefits....
February 04, 2011
Healthcare Payments & Policy Conference (HCON 2011)
Related: HCON Briefing Room on PYMNTS.com Due to rising out-of-pocket consumer healthcare costs, the recently passed healthcare reform legislation, and new technology innovation, the healthcare payments landscape is changing rapidly....
January 18, 2011
The Behavioral Economics of Paying and Borrowing
Click here to download this article as a PDF. Introduction Many Americans, feeling chunky and lethargic from their Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve eating binges, will be making resolutions...
January 06, 2011
What’s Next in Health and Benefit Card Payment Services
Evolution Benefits offers prepaid benefit cards for the employee benefits market, including solutions for health-related benefits accounts like Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, and Health Savings Accounts. PYMNTS.com spoke...
January 05, 2011
The Impact of Durbin and Facebook on Payments Resolutions
In the New Year, innovative fee-generating strategies and the Facebook gaming phenomenon are among the issues forefront in the mind of Market Platform Dynamics’ Margaret Weichert. She continues our Resolution...
December 20, 2010
Sterling Looks to Take Payments Technology to the Next Level
Sterling Payment Technologies is aiming to join the ranks of the premier merchant acquiring processors. Helping to lead this drive and the company’s pursuit of innovation in payments technology is...
Instant insurance payouts benefit both customers and carriers by enhancing both speed and efficiency, but barriers such as costs and complexity are blocking the way to their adoption — especially for smaller insurers. The latest “Money Mobility Tracker®,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, explains how insurance companies are jumping these hurdles by collaborating with FinTechs to facilitate instant payments implementation.
