About   Advertise   Archives   Education   Glenbrook   Jobs   Store   Views   Subscribe:

« April 27, 2006 | Main | April 29, 2006 »

April 28, 2006

Visa USA Names Independent Directors

Tags » Visa  » Comments (0)

Visa USA has announced the election of its first four independent members of its board of directors: Philip D. DeFeo, Linda Baker Keene, Jon C. Madonna and John A. Swainson.

READ MORE

PIN Debit's Online Opportunity

Tags » Bill Payment, Debit Cards, ECommerce Payments, Mercator Advisory Group  » Comments (0)

Mercator Advisory Group has released a new report titled "The Online Opportunity for PIN-Based and "PIN-Less" Debit" that discusses market opportunities to expand usage of PIN-based debit cards in the online environment.

READ MORE

First Impressions Of "eBeX" - eBay Express

Tags » ECommerce Payments, Merchants, PayPal  » Comments (0)

David Steiner writes for AuctionBytes about his first impressions as a shopper on eBay's new eBay Express fixed price shopping portal - he calls it "eBeX". HIs big learning - watch out for shipping costs from eBeX sellers - especially when comparing prices before checkout to those on Amazon.com where shipping on orders over $25 is free.

UK: The Most Evil And Disturbing Card Trick

Tags » Card Issuers  » Comments (0)

Cliff D'Arcy writes for Motley Fool UK about how some card issuers, notably MBNA, have introduced a new approach to reducing the minimum payment amount due on outstanding balances - which he calls "the most evil and disturbing card trick that I've ever seen in almost two decades in financial services." Credit card issuers in the US were recently nudged to address the minimum payment amount due issue by federal regulators.

A Mail Glut From Credit Card Issuers

Tags » Card Issuers, Credit Cards  » Comments (0)

Andrea Coombes writes for MarketWatch about the record number of mailed credit card solicitations - over 6 billion - mailed by US credit card issuers in 2005, up 16 percent over 2004 according to a new report by Synovate. That works out to an average of six offers per household per month.

READ MORE

Korean Telcos To Roll Out Contactless Payment

Tags » Mobile Payments, Near Field Communication (NFC)  » Comments (0)

Card Technology reports on plans by South Korea’s major mobile operators - led by SK Telecom and KTF - to roll out contactless payment to their subscribers.

READ MORE

DoCoMo Dreams Big

Tags » Mobile Payments, NTT DoCoMo  » Comments (0)

Yukako Ono writes for Japan's Asahi.com about NTT DoCoMo's new DCMX contactless mobile payment service phones containing Sony Corp.'s Felica contactless IC chip.

READ MORE

Moneymakers: John Chaney And PreCash

Tags » Money Transfer, Unbanked  » Comments (0)

David Kaplan profiles PreCash CEO John Chaney for the Houston Chronicle. PreCash is a Houston-based company that offers a variety of payment options serving immigrants and other consumers who do not have bank accounts.

READ MORE

Sponsors

News View

Payments Consultants

Subscribe

Search

Languages



Glenbrook Partners

PAYMENTS NEWS IS PRODUCED BY AND IS A SERVICE MARK OF GLENBROOK PARTNERS, LLC
ISSN 1556-4487

Glenbrook's Consulting Services

  • Innovation and Strategy
  • Payments Product Development
  • Payments Market Assessments
  • Payments Vendor Selection
  • Merchant Payments Optimization
  • Payments Risk Management
  •  
  • To discuss how Glenbrook can
    help you
    , email us:

Glenbrook's Payments Education

  • Payments Boot Camp
  • Emerging Payments Roundtables
  • Special Focus Workshops
  • Private Payments Workshops
  •  
  •  
  •  
  • For more information on Glenbrook's payments education, email us:

Tools for Payments Professionals

  • Glenbrook Writings
  • Payments News
  • Payments Jobs
  • Payments Education
  • Payments Bookstore
  • Payments Glossary
  •  
  • To send us news that you'd like us to cover on Payments News, email us:

Contacts:                        
Compilation Copyright © 2002 - 2009 Glenbrook Partners LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use        Privacy Policy        RSS Feed        Payments News RSS Feed

Subscribe to Payments News   

Follow Payments News on Twitter for Real-Time Updates