Slate's Big Money features a visual history of the credit card - starting all the way back with the Diners Club Card in 1951. [Hat tip: American Banker's BankThink blog].

Last week in New York City, Glenbrook's Erin McCune and Carol Coye Benson hosted an "Opportunities in B2B Payments" workshop - attended by product strategists from card networks, NACHA, The Clearing House, major banks, processors, software and service providers and payments start-up companies. In a post over on PaymentsViews.com, Carol takes a look at the key takeaways from last week's workshop.

If you're interested in learning more about Glenbrook’s Payments Education program, visit here. In addition to our popular public Payments Boot Camps, we offer private workshops on site at your location based on special topics (such as last week's “Opportunties in B2B Payments”) or drawn from our core Payments Bootcamp curriculum, or customized in a combination you can tailor to meet your needs.

The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) has released its latest research, “One Size Does Not Fit All: A Comparison of Monthly Financial Services Spending,” at the 4th Annual Underbanked Financial Services Forum in Dallas. The paper is an investigation into how much prepaid cardholders spend each month to conduct essential financial transactions, compared to what they would spend if they used only a checking account or check cashing services. READ MORE

Fiserv, has introduced Mobile Money FastTrack - calling it "a straightforward mobile banking solution that can be rapidly deployed by financial institutions." Mobile Money FastTrack is a streamlined version of the flagship Mobile Money solution introduced by Fiserv in 2008. READ MORE

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