Plastic Gets Hot Again as Card Purchases Increase 5%
U.S. consumers appear to like plastic again. Last year, spending with credit, debit and prepaid cards by U.S. consumers increased ...
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American Express Crowned World’s Top Financial Services Brand for 2012
American Express was crowned the No. 1 financial services brand for 2012 by Interbrand this week. Too bad American Express ...
Why Apple’s NFC snub might hurt the banks and networks more than ever?
I’ve always maintained that Near Field Communication (NFC) was attractive for both the banks acting as acquirers and issuers, and ...
Bank Innovation TV: Which Bank Is Tops in New Deposits, All About Deluxe’s SwitchAgent, and More
This week's episode of Bank Innovation TV looks at our stories on FDIC deposit data, our talk with Banno CEO ...
MasterCard’s Reason for Purchasing Truaxis: Leverage the MC Network
Why exactly did MasterCard agree to acquire Truaxis for an undisclosed amount two weeks ago? Check out this video for ...
What the Square and Starbucks alliance means for payments…
Square and Starbucks just announced their intent to form a partnership for the purpose of improving or ‘revolutionizing’ in-store payments ...
Mobile Payments have been Mainstream for a while now…
If you believe the pundits, mobile payments are years away from being mainstream. But that’s not at all an accurate ...
