December 18, 2009
Innovation in Small Businesses: Drivers of Change and Value Use
Innovation and firm value are key drivers for business success. Their respective roles are vital in creating and improving goods and services, developing market demand, meeting market expectations, and increasing...
December 18, 2009
NFIB National Small Business Poll: Credit Cards
• Half (49%) of small businesses accept credit and/or debit cards as a form of payment and half (51%) do not. Credit cards pay for about five times as many...
December 17, 2009
Revising the Merger Guidelines: Second Request Screens and the Agencies...
This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Gregory Leonard, Lawrence Wu, Dec 16, 2009 Two aspects of the Merger Guidelines could benefit from a revision....
December 16, 2009
The Effect of Card Acceptance on Sales: The Case of...
Does taking plastic get people to spend more money? The card networks certainly think so and have often touted increased sales as one of the reasons why merchants should accept...
December 16, 2009
On Revising the Horizontal Merger Guidelines
This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Luke Froeb, Dec 16, 2009 To determine whether a proposed merger is anticompetitive, one must compare the world...
December 16, 2009
The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #10 Collateral Damage...
The decade ended with the start of the most severe financial crisis the world has faced since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In many respects the payments industry was...
December 15, 2009
The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #11 How the...
A global war on interchange fees raged during most of the decade and will continue into the next. We’ll have to wait until next decade to find out who wins...
December 15, 2009
Prepaid & Healthcare: WiredBenefits’ Pre-Paid Employer Benefit Suite
WiredBenefits, a leading provider of prepaid healthcare solutions, has launched the Employer Benefit Suite, an innovative, turnkey platform that enables employers to offer low cost, secure, and convenient benefits to...
December 15, 2009
Green Dot Pres: Future of Prepaid
On the heels of a filing for a $150M IPO, Green Dot President Mark Troughton shares how his company has become a leader and innovator in prepaid. PYMNTS.com asked industry...
