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PayPal’s vision for the future of payments

Just got sent a link to PayPal's vision for the future of payments, used when they launched their flexible API in July: Very nice too. The Finanser is sponsored by Vocalink and Cisco:  For details of sponsorship email us.

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PayPal’s vision for the future of payments

Just got sent a link to PayPal's vision for the future of payments, used when they launched their flexible API in July: Very nice too. The Finanser is sponsored by Vocalink and Cisco:  For details of sponsorship email us.

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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

VocaLink_rgb_250x120

More about mobile money

I'm on holiday and ignoring nearly everything … almost everything … but not quite. Just found a couple more links about mobile money that are really interesting so couldn't help but post them. First, Fast Company has just produced a really good review of all things to do with mobile money: "Mobile payments system Boku…

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36 things credit card firms know about you

If you weren’t aware, credit card companies use rating firms Equifax, TransUnion and Experian to see how risky you are when they think about lending to you. These firms rate you as to how bad you might be, and how likely (or unlikely) you are to pay back the debt. They do this using 36…

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36 things credit card firms know about you

If you weren’t aware, credit card companies use rating firms Equifax, TransUnion and Experian to see how risky you are when they think about lending to you. These firms rate you as to how bad you might be, and how likely (or unlikely) you are to pay back the debt. They do this using 36…

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First O2-RBS Visa Cards, now Nokia Obopay Money

A year ago, I blogged about Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announcing the intention to become an MVBO – a Mobile Virtual Banking Operator. The idea is to offer the mechanism for anyone to process mobile payments through the RBS payments system. The first result of this strategy is the announcement of O2, the mobile…

Numbers Part 16: Cards, Cards, Cards

Just stumbled across a web page on CreditCards.com that's fantastic.  Full of stats and numbers.  Here's a sample of the most interesting: There were 984 million bank-issued Visa and MasterCard credit card and debit card accounts in the U.S in 2006. (Sources: Visa USA, MasterCard International) The top 10 credit card issuers controlled approximately 88…

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