Consumers in Asia-Pacific and the U.S. were found to be most optimistic about mobile payments, whereas the most skeptical ones live in Europe and Canada....
In the U.S., the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is creating paper money for the Federal Reserve, using special paper and inks; here is how the BEP does it....
Mature markets in America and Europe remain the largest non-cash payments markets in the world, but developing markets are growing three times as fast....
Even as Americans have been getting higher credit card limits and using their cards ever more freely, they haven't become any more tolerant to credit card debt....