In a post over on PaymentsViews.com titled "eBay Analyst Day: PayPal World Domination", Glenbrook's Erin McCune reviews what she heard from the presentations at today's eBay Analyst Day.

Google has announced a new tiered pricing plan for merchant fees for Google Checkout. Beginning May 5, Google Checkout's fees will vary based upon a merchant's monthly sales processed through Checkout. The new pricing plan removes the credit for Google AdWords advertising that was part of the original fee structure for Google Checkout. Here are the details for US merchants and for UK merchants. An additional 1% fee is charged on all cross-border transactions. Google Checkout continues to not charge any monthly, setup or gateway service fees.

We've got more blogging over on PaymentsViews.com from Glenbrook's Allen Weinberg who, along with Jay DeWitt, is in Las Vegas attending the Merchant Risk Council's annual conference. This morning, Allen covers the keynotes given by Tom Ridge and Terry Jones.

And, if you're on Twitter, you might want to follow JohnBStevens from Litle & Co. who is tweeting highlights in real-time from the MRC. Here's a list of some other tweets from the MRC.

The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index rose in February driven by strong growth in real wages and a decline in energy prices. The Index attempts to track consumer cash flow as an indicator of future consumer spending. READ MORE

eBay is holding its 2009 Analyst Day today. In addition to webcasting the event, eBay is also tweeting highlights from the presentations using Twitter @ebayinkblog. You can follow the hashtag #ebayinc for comments from others as well.

The Center for Financial Services Innovation is holding a webinar hosted by Jennifer Tescher next Tuesday, March 17, 2009 from 1-2 PM CST on the subject of "Prepaid Perspectives: Underbanked Consumers to Industry Executives".

Hear Jennifer share results from CFSI research in interviewing industry leaders across the spectrum of participants in the prepaid value chain, along with interviews from underbanked consumers. She will also discuss results from a research project completed by CFSI and Paybefore.com to conduct an Internet poll of industry executives. Join us for this webinar, so you can better understand the current trends in general purpose reloadable (GPR) prepaid cards and chart a path forward in this growing industry.

New research from TowerGroup shows that "unfettered protectionism from national governments, in response to the financial crisis, could pose significant risks for the global financial services industry and its stakeholders worldwide. The research finds that although a short-term economic lift often results from governments’ use of protectionism, history has shown it to be an artificial solution that limits sustainable growth and puts a nation behind the global economic curve." READ MORE

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