Capital One shakes up the US debit market with new card concept
The rising popularity of debit card payments in the US is good news for banks that profit from the interchange…
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Foreign issuers await China approval
The China Banking Regulatory Commission is reviewing applications from the locally incorporated units of four foreign card issuers to issue…
ByUS government awards major charge card contracts
Four US card giants Citi, GE Consumer Finance, JPMorgan Chase and US Bancorp have been named as the winners of…
ByRegion Round-Up
NETS, the debit card network owned by Singapores three local banks, plans to increase its administrative fee substantially from July...…
ByThe booming Baltics
The Baltic nations of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are among the fastest-growing cards markets in Europe, underpinned by economic growth…
ByGrowth prospects for prepaid in Europe
Prepaid cards in Europe are well on their way to becoming one of the fastest-growing payment methods, but different regional…
ByJapan’s mega-banks buy into cards
Mega-mergers in Japan have produced banking giants that are turning their attention from the corporate to the retail sector in…
ByDebit cards in the post-SEPA landscape
At the Cards & Payments Europe 2007 conference, Wiebe Ruttenberg of the European Central Bank outlined the regulators long-term vision…
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