BNP Paribas cards seeks global scale
Gilbert Arira, BNP Paribas head of cards and electronic banking, has outlined a fourpoint plan designed to unlock the underexploitedpotential…
ByMonth: September 2008
All change in US, UK
A year after it began, the turmoil in the financialmarkets shows no sign of abating and ithas now claimed some…
ByCanada’s card scheme feels the heat
Interac, the Canadian national debit and ATM scheme, is looking at strategies to fendoff competition from Visa and MasterCard including…
ByRegion round-up
Standard Chartered Bank India has announced the launch of a joint credit and debit card product..Alfa Bank, Russias fourth-largest bank,…
ByNigeria steps into the spotlight
Nigeria, Africa's third-largest economy, is showing phenomenal growth rates for all forms of electronic payment, including cards There are major…
ByUS retailers get helping hand from Coinstar
US coin-counting kiosk operator Coinstar ispromoting its prepaid card distribution services to US retailers by offering a turnkeypackage including staff…
ByCanadian firms targeting the youth market
Two Canadian reloadable prepaid MasterCard issuers are developing cards to tap the youth market. In October 2008, Calgary-based PlasticNow will…
BySEPA faces uphill struggle
As the SEPA implementation process begins to take shape, the World Payments Report 2008 has identified potential challenges and urged…
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