Obopay, a Redwood City, CA-based mobile payments service provider, is looking for a Vice President, Treasury Operations. A summary description for this position follows.   » Continue Reading

Earlier in December, the UK's House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, as part of their investigations into personal Internet security, heard evidence from representatives of APACS, VISA and the FSA. eGov Monitor reports that story - saying that "the witnesses were pressed on what mechanisms the financial industry in the UK had put in place to protect people using online banking and other online financial services." A transcript (PDF) of the oral evidence presented is available online.

Back in early August, American Express held one of its semi-annual analyst meetings - with one of the focus topics being how the Internet has affected American Express. A copy of Jud Linville's presentation (along with his speech text) are available online and make for some very interesting reading. Linville is Amex's President of US Consumer Card and also responsible for the company's global interactive business development. During the presentation, Linville reviews the three major phases (1.0 - Cost Reduction, 2.0 - Business Accelerant, and 3.0 - Building Our Brand) of Amex's online efforts over the last decade.   » Continue Reading

Amazon.com has announced its bestselling items for 2006 - and there's no mention of any gift cards on that list. Maybe next year?

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published the Blue Book Addendum, a statistical addendum to its publication on payment and securities settlement systems in the European Union (EU) and in the acceding countries known as the Blue Book. The statistical addendum provides data for the period from 2001 to 2005.   » Continue Reading

In an article titled 'ATM Dynasty Dawns for Chinese Banks - Cash Machines Are Replacing People as Cost Cutting Pares Bloated Payrolls", Wall St. Journal reporter James T Areddy writes about the rapid growth of ATMs in China.

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