Top 11 Payments News Stats, Stories, Categories of 2008

Payments News had a very busy year in 2008 - serving almost 3 million page views to over 600,000 unique visitors. Over the year, our daily email distribution grew by over 2,000 to 5,400 readers - adding 8 new subscribers on average every business day. Another 2,500 readers follow us daily via our RSS feed. And, several hundred readers have started following Payments News in real-time via our newly launched Payments News Twitter feed. Thanks very much for reading Payments News in 2008 - we're looking forward to an even more exciting 2009!

Looking back over the year, here are the top 11 most viewed individual news stories posted to Payments News this year:

1. Citi Introduces Extra Cash - New Rewards Program (May 29, 2008)
2. Bank of America, Wells Fargo Form Payment Processing Joint Venture (May 15, 2008)
3. Secure Vault Payments - A Bank-Centric Alternative Payment System (August 15, 2008)
4. JPMorgan Chase, First Data To End Chase Paymentech Joint Venture (May 27, 2008)
5. PULSE Releases 2008 US Debit Issuer Study (April 29, 2008)
6. H.R. 5546 - The Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008 (March 07, 2008)
7. Finovate Startup - Best of Show Awards (April 29, 2008)
8. L.L.Bean Chooses Barclays to Launch New L.L.Bean Visa Card (June 30, 2008)
9. Citi to Raise Credit Card Interest Rates (November 15, 2008)
10. PayPal Reports Online Consumer Shopping Trends (March 4, 2008)
11. New Study Finds Declining Credit Card Use in US (July 30, 2008)

The top 11 most viewed categories/tags for 2008 were:

1. Mobile Payments
2. Chase Card Services
3. Prepaid Cards
4. Mobile Banking
5. Citi Cards
6. Money Transfer
7. Contactless Payments
8. Merchant Acquirers
9. Near Field Communication (NFC)
10. PayPal
11. P2P - Person to Person Payments

Best wishes for a great 2009 from Payments News and Glenbrook Partners! Work smart!