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Richard BialekJune 4, 2008
MasterCard Clouds on the Horizon?
Analysis of: MasterCard "buy," target price raised | www.newratings.com
Author: Richard Bialek, Chief Executive Officer , Bialek Group
The near-term prospects for MasterCard are positive, despite a weak US economy. MasterCard is riding a trend of payment transactions moving from cash and check to card and electronic media. The challenge to MasterCard comes from potentially disruptive regulatory and technology forces that MasterCard...
May 13, 2008
Analysis - Western Union Q1 results
Analysis of: Western Union 1Q profit rises 7 percent on international | biz.yahoo.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
·         C2C is the key driver of the business.  Margin growth performance was good here probably due to the increasing reliance on international business where there is the opportunity to earn foreign exchange revenue as well as fee income. ·        ...
Richard BialekMay 12, 2008
Credit Card Deal on Target for JP Morgan and Target
Analysis of: Target in credit card deal with JPMorgan | www.ft.com
Author: Richard Bialek, Chief Executive Officer , Bialek Group
The credit card deal announced between Target and JP Morgan makes sense for both parties.  It allows Target to address shareholder concerns regarding its card business and mitigate potential growing credit losses. It enables JP Morgan to further develop its private label retail card strategy by...
Ronald IngramMay 2, 2008
World's Largest Payment Processor First Data Acquires InComm - Valuation Trend Implications for Global Payment Systems GPN, MV, V, MA and TSS and hundreds of smaller payment technology players
Analysis of: First Data Gets Major Retail Prepaid Distribution with InComm Deal | www.digitaltransactions.net
Author: Ronald Ingram, Director of Product Management, Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc.
Visa's IPO was the largest in history and payment companies like Global Payment Sytems (GPN) and First Data are rising along with the tide. FDC’s choice of Incomm is likely a positive indicator of things to come. Who is the next Incomm? How will the Incomm acquisition affect the valuation of payment...
April 24, 2008
Money Transfer Market Leader Western Union Sets Industry Tone with Solid Earnings
Analysis of: Western Union 1Q profit rises 7 percent on international | biz.yahoo.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Western Union's Q1 Earnings Report demonstrates the global breadth and reach expected from the money transfer market leader.          --Its non-US generated transactions were up 29%          --Growth in remittances...
Richard BialekApril 14, 2008
Discover Goes Global With Diners Club Acquisition – A Positive Step
Analysis of: Diners Club assets sold to US card issuer | www.businesstravelworld.com
Author: Richard Bialek, Chief Executive Officer , Bialek Group
The Discover Card acquisition of Diners Club International is a positive step, addressing one of Discover's competitive weaknesses, the lack of a strong global merchant acceptance network. But it is only one component of the comprehensive solution needed to address Discover’s competitive weakness versus...
March 24, 2008
The Hummer Revolución: Venezuela's affluent class revs up spending
Analysis of: Venezuela's Take on U.S. Recession | newsweek.washingtonpost.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
It’s no secret that Venezuela is awash in oil revenues and public spending.  Yet, out of the limelight of high gas prices and Chavista politics, the private sector silently grew faster than any Latin American economy at 8.2% last year.  Even with a slight contraction in the oil sector, the...
October 4, 2007
Understanding How Remittance Market Fundamentals Will Affect Remittances and Banks
Analysis of: Mexico sees recovery in migrants’ remittances. | www.ft.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Worker remittances constitute a critical flow of foreign currency into Latin America and the Caribbean. Remittances exceeded US$58 billion in 2006, greater than the total value of development fund inflows to the region. In at least six countries, remittances account for 10 percent of GDP. The market...
Richard BialekSeptember 17, 2007
Litigation Issues Cloud Visa IPO
Analysis of: Visa, preparing for IPO, wins OK from SEC | www.reuters.com
Author: Richard Bialek, Chief Executive Officer , Bialek Group
The Visa IPO is a noteworthy transaction that has the potential to reshape the payments industry. It offers Visa and its members the opportunity to unlock billions of dollars in value from the business they have built.  But, the potential return could be materially reduced by pending litigation....
Ronald IngramSeptember 17, 2007
Depositor Panic Triggers Run on UK Bank, Over Leveraged Banks at Risk
Analysis of: Police called to break-up Northern Rock panic queues as customers withdraw millions | www.thisislondon.co.uk
Author: Ronald Ingram, Director of Product Management, Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc.
Police were called to manage crowds in the UK this morning as depositors lost confidence in Northern Rock and attempted to withdaw funds en masse. Depositor concerns are believed to relate to weak loan to deposit ratios and fears about exposure to subprime mortgages. Banks mentioned among...

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