State-mandated price-fixing is not the answer, but as it goes this isn't too bad
Our good friends at Glenbrook summarised the final outcome of the Durbin process:
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Tag Archives: costs and interchange
Economy class
At the Intellect / Payments Council conference on [Continue reading]
Licensed operators
France has been in the forefront of the NFC revolution, with an early commitment to cross-industry co-operation, considerable work on standards and models and an aggressive timetable for ... [Continue reading]
If you don't like cards, don't take them
The cases of debit interchange in the US and cross-border interchange in Europe will, in the longer-term, serve to illustrate a general point: price controls don't work, a fact well-known ... [Continue reading]
It's a card Jim, but not as we know it
[Dave Birch] The issue about EMV migration continues to attract attention and discussion as the US and EU become two regions divided ... [Continue reading]
Clipper chips
[Dave Birch] I've read quite a few stories about the new Citi card with a chip in it. Not an EMV chip, of course, but a chip ... [Continue reading]
Unprotected text
[Dave Birch] When I checked in to PayPal X "Innovate 2010" I was given a free "Bling Powered by PayPal" sticker ... [Continue reading]
