December 19, 2010
Discover 2010 Holiday Shopping Survey: Fewer Plan to Cut Holiday...
Fewer Americans plan to spend less money this season on holiday shopping than last year, according to Discover Financial Services’ annual Holiday Shopping Survey, which examines holiday spending intentions and...
December 19, 2010
SpendingPulse 2010 Holiday Mid-Season Update: Positive Momentum Holds Steady in...
Season-to-Date Highest Growth in eCommerce, Apparel;Most Other Categories Also in Positive Territory MasterCard Advisors: SpendingPulse™ Data Source: A macroeconomic...
December 19, 2010
Holiday Shopping Season
SpendingPulse 2010 Holiday Mid-Season Update: Positive Momentum Holds Steady in Retail SalesMasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse, a macroeconomic report tracking national retail and services sales, today provided summary results for the holiday...
December 19, 2010
Dodd-Frank Chief Author Opposed to Fed’s Initial Debit Proposal
House Financial Services Chairman Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) told CNBC on Friday that card companies would have difficulty covering the total cost of debit transactions under the Federal Reserve’s preliminary...
December 17, 2010
Analysis of the Fed’s Draft Debit Card Regulations: PYMNTS.com Webinar
12 cents. A small amount… that has made a massive impact on the payments community over the past week. Last Thursday, the Federal Reserve, assigned under the Durbin Amendment with...
December 17, 2010
Musing from “Cartes 2010”: Is the NFC glass half-full or...
The Cartes Conference just concluded in Paris. While the industry eagerly awaits the commercial roll-out of NFC, traditional card production remains its anchor. The Cartes trade show closed its doors...
December 16, 2010
Wheeling and Dealing Through 2011
On this seventh day of Christmas, are you, too, having trouble finding those elusive seven swans a-swimmin’? Well, it just might be that one of the thousands of online deal...
December 16, 2010
Debit Card Interchange Fees Plummet Under Fed’s Proposed Rules
Twelve cents per transaction is the most banks will collect from merchants under the rules suggested by the Federal Reserve Board staff. Nothing is definite yet. The staff asked the...
December 16, 2010
Point of Transaction 301 Exam
It’s quiz time once more. Time to click a few radio buttons on a web page and tell us what you think of the potential convergence of eCommerce tools and...
