Reuters reports on Wal-Mart's upcoming public hearings - beginning on Monday - regarding its pending application to start a special purpose ILC bank.

I had a brief email exchange this morning with Ralph Meister, CMO of paybox solutions AG, to learn more about what paybox has been up to in the mobile payments space. Paybox is based in Frankfurt, Germany.   » Continue Reading

Jonathan Stempel reports for Reuters on comments by ING Direct CEO Arkadi Kuhlmann about the recent entry of Citibank, HSBC and others into offering high yield online accounts similar to what ING Direct has been offering for years.   » Continue Reading

Capital One is the leading credit card issuer brand, according to the Issuer Brand Index (IBI monitored in Cardbeat®, a syndicated market research tracking study run by Auriemma Consulting Group (ACG).   » Continue Reading

SmartMetric, Inc. has announced it has developed a practical fingerprint microchip/sensor for use in any type of wallet-sized plastic card-credit cards, ID cards, smart cards, drivers licenses, passports and more.   » Continue Reading

Mary Catherine O'Connor writes for RFID Journal about two recent studies of Near-Field Communications, one by Philips and Visa and a second by ABI Research.   » Continue Reading

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