Developing Markets Drive Global Non-Cash Payments Growth
The global volume of non-cash payments is growing steadily, but the largest gain is occurring in developing markets and the BRIC countries are leading the way....
Facebook’s Gift Card: Underwhelming and Complicated
For a company aiming for global domination, Facebook's new gift card, though probably nothing more than an experiment, is quite an underwhelming effort....
Why Are Start-ups Still Going After Square?
For it to stand any chance of survival, any Square-like start-up would have to embark on a huge marketing offensive, which no investor is likely to fund....
The TransferWise Way to Skyping Money
A London-based start-up, co-founded by Skype's first employee, is applying the peer-to-peer (P2P) principle to money transfers and is doing it very cheaply....
Growth of Student Loan Debt, Delinquencies Accelerates
Student debt is rising at an accelerating rate and so is its delinquency rate, damaging borrowers' credit scores in the process, and there is no end in sight....