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Making the case for Visa Europe
Writing in the 2007 annual report of Servired, the biggest of Spain’s three domestic card payment systems and the one...
New credit card champions
Though there have been attempts to reshape the German banking market for many years, real change has accelerated during 2008,...
New market leader
The planned merger of Lloyds TSB and HBOS will create a UK retail banking champion, with the combined group holding...
Lessons from US acquirers’ interchange practices
Interchange is no longer the simple, consistent structure that it once was. Today, interchange within the SEPA area and in...
Cash – the familiar stranger
Like the war in Iraq, the case for ‘war on cash’ is less clear-cut than its promoters insist. By some...
Key Cash and Card Research
The Cost of Paying The Cost of Paying – Private and Social Costs of Cash and Card Payments; Bergman, Guibourg, Segendorf;...
Debit leaving consumers feeling short-changed
Debit is ripe for innovation but success will be dependent upon understanding the complexities of consumer needs while convincing the...
Losing the war on cash
Despite its high profile there are indications that the eurozone may lose its ‘war on cash’. Banking sector leadership by...