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This Card Company Won't Rip You Off American Express enters the prepaid market with a low-fee card.   |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Why Would You Give Away Free Money? Banks are looking at services that would do what PayPal does: let people send money to each other using email addresses or smartphones rather than forcing them to use checks or cash. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
2011 Didn't Leave Home Without American Express AmEx isn't letting the financial world pass it by. That's a big part of why AmEx did well in 2011 and why it could keep building on its success in years to come. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let This Desperate Bank Move Snare You Banks are trying too hard to replace lost profits. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Merchants Win the Credit Card Wars Expect stores to tell you how to pay. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2011
Tamara Rutter |
Stocks Cashing in on Mobile Payments Who will be the dominant player in the growing mobile payments arena? |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2008
Elizabeth Brokamp |
"Debit or Credit?" The cashier is waiting for your answer. Which is the better choice? Debit or credit? |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2006
Elizabeth Brokamp |
"Debit or Credit?" Choosing the right method of payment at the right time could save you big. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Get Your Fair Share of Free Bank Money Be smart and take the money from credit card offers and run. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 1, 2007
Phil Britt |
Consumers Favor Cards for Payments in Increasing Numbers This past year saw a significant increase in consumers' use of debit cards and prepaid cards, while credit card usage remained strong. The trend is expected to continue, insiders say, potentially creating new revenue streams for banks. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
How the Brand-New Debit Fee Cap Will Affect Investors Visa gives a lower fiscal 2012 outlook after the Federal Reserve's debit card fee cap announcement. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2012
Robert Eberhard |
I Will Not Use Credit Cards in 2012 After a decade in debt, the author swears off plastic for good. |
Bank Technology News
April 2011 |
American Express to Take on PayPal? American Express Co. is going against its image as a brand for the elite, and up against PayPal, with the launch of a digital wallet it hopes will make it the payment choice for the masses -- in person, online and in mobile. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
8 Million Credit Card Customers Vanish As more folks put down the plastic, will banks suffer? |
Entrepreneur
October 2006
Melissa Campanelli |
Plug and Pay Credit cards aren't the only way to pay online these days. |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Travel Smart: Know the Fees When planning your trip abroad, be aware of the fees you'll get charged for your foreign-currency transactions. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2007
Emil Lee |
Is American Express a Bargain? Investors, value is in the eye of the beholder. A P/E of 20 may be too low for AmEx. |
U.S. Banker
September 2010
David Evans |
As Big Threats Loom, Card Issuers Need to Make Customers Happy Despite the success of the credit, debit, and prepaid cards, banks need to get over the hurt feelings and use the powerful new tools available to them to drive innovation and profits forward. |
U.S. Banker
August 2010
Glen Fest |
Prepay Play Exempt from a proposal to limit interchange fees, reloadable cards could soon gain more luster with banks. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Reap Rewards With Debit Cards Banks that have historically kept the purse strings tight on debit card rewards have started to loosen up a bit. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2010
April Taylor |
2 Stocks That May Spring a Leak Visa and MasterCard have benefited mightily from consumers' shift from paper to plastic, garnering fees on each transaction. Will these companies' moats survive 2011? |
BusinessWeek
October 15, 2009
Lloyd Constantine |
Let's End the Debit Card Fee-for-All The Fed needs to start exercising oversight over debit-card fees. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 29, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Evolving Card Business Presents Opportunities and Threats for Banks Rapid advances in technology, the recent IPOs of Visa and MasterCard, an uncertain economy, and shifting consumer behaviors all are converging to create a whirlwind of change -- and opportunity -- in the card space. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
New Payment Methods Give Old-fashioned Checks and Credit Cards a Run for Their Money Emerging technologies are currently gaining momentum while paper check usage is in decline, according to a new study by the Federal Reserve... |
Bank Technology News
January 2007
Glen Fest |
Cards: Opportunities Abound In Crowded Payments Field Although credit and debit card usage accounts for more than half of all in-store purchases, a multi-trillion dollar slice of the payments market remains for the taking. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Will Smartphones Kill Credit Cards? The billion plastic payment cards we carry may soon be obsolete, their functions incorporated into cell phones. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Make Lower Debit Card Fees Pay Off for You Banks are up in arms about lower fees, but there will be some winners. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 13, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Debit Cards 'Top of Wallet' for Consumers, Says TowerGroup The recession is impelling more Americans to turn to debit cards as a means of better controlling their spending. |
The Motley Fool
June 11, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Will That Be Credit or Debit? Think twice before assuming you're using the right card. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2007
Cliff Edwards |
Gift Cards with a Personal Touch Put your photo or special messages on gift cards - they're Visa's bid to regain share from stores and restaurants. |
BusinessWeek
August 4, 2010
Eichenbaum & Collins |
Smartphones May Soon Replace Credit Cards AT&T and Verizon Wireless are readying a mobile payment system that could render plastic obsolete. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Fall for This Bank Bait-and-Switch Charging for debit cards makes no sense. As a customer, you owe it to yourself to make these higher fees blow up in big banks' faces. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 5, 2004
Cynthia Ramsaran |
Pay Now, Buy Later Card companies look at prepaid as a third category - in addition to credit and debit. |
Bank Technology News
May 2002
Jan Jaben Eilon |
PayPal Plays It Safe Pointing to security concerns, the company defends itself against one customer's allegations of a "bait-and-switch" tactic... |
Bank Technology News
August 2006
Glen Fest |
Online Payments: New Cardless Choices Clicking PayPal and Google expect to rule the alternative online payments space, but PIN Debit and bank-backed ACH options will abound, too. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Visa and MasterCard's Loss Won't Be Your Gain When new laws decrease fees, you'd think most people would end up better off. Yet the much-ballyhooed new regulation on credit card interchange fees may end up doing ordinary consumers more harm than good. |
BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004
Dean Foust |
First Data: The Power Behind The Plastic After its merger with EFS, First Data's ownership of vast electronic-payment networks will provide it with a flow of fees the other rivals to MasterCard and Visa never had. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Robert D. Hof |
PayPal Spreads Its Wings PayPal is going beyond its parent eBay, setting the standard for online payments. Could PayPal become a full-fledged credit brand on par with Visa, perhaps even beyond the Web? |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2004
Dayana Yochim |
Should You Drive Your Teen Into Debit? Lenders want a place in your kid's wallet. Maybe you should let them in. |
Bank Technology News
December 2007 |
Payments: Growth of Debit-Card Use Outpaces Credit Cards Are Americans outgrowing credit cards? For the past few years, debit-card usage has grown by double digits, far ahead of credit cards. Meanwhile, check use is fading fast. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 19, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Amex Acquisition of Revolution Money Marks New Fight for Remittance Space American Express will buy P2P payments company Revolution Money to expand its reach and make a place in a growing market. |
The Motley Fool
September 5, 2008
Morgan Housel |
30-Second Overview: American Express A quick look at credit card giant American Express. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2009
James Brumley |
Take Advantage of Credit Card Reform The recently enacted Credit CARD Act of 2009 gave consumers some valuable protection against card rules that, for some, were the equivalent of financial quicksand. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Better Investment: Visa or MasterCard? Visa and MasterCard both reported full-year 2009 results last week. So let's weigh 'em in, unpack the numbers, and declare a winner. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Congress Drops an Axe on the Credit Card Industry Why suppressed interchange fees could kill Visa and MasterCard. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2011
Jim Royal |
Finally, a Victory Over Wall Street Retailers won a victory against the big banks, sorta. Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve slashed the fees charged by banks for debit card transactions. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2011
Evan Niu |
eBay Gets Physical PayPal has plans to take on Google's payment-processing advances and make physical retail easier. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2004
Roy Lewis |
Paying Taxes Electronically Completing a tax return isn't easy, but paying your taxes is. |
Bank Technology News
May 2005
Holly Sraeel |
Nonbank Payments: Are Banks Green? Yes And No. If you take cash and payments out of the equation, who needs banks? |
BusinessWeek
May 26, 2011
Karen Weise |
Banks' New Money Machine: Prepaid Cards Cards are replacing checks for payroll and government benefits |
