GLG News by Hypercom Point of Sale Terminal Experts

Banks boosted revenues by charging over $36 billion in ATM and Overdraft fees in 2007. Banks and credit unions are netting a stream of fee revenue from ATM and debit transactions in ATM and overdraft fees as consumers continue to pay steeper penalties and fees for not having sufficient funds in their...

Visa beats expectations to raise $17.9 billion in its IPO and makes the record books as the largest U.S. IPO, amidst a shaky US financial market. Visa's long awaited IPO sparked a great deal of interest from investors  seeking a potential growth opportunity amid a bearish economic climate. In 2006,...

A number of large banks are looking at severely depressed stock prices and multiples that have dropped to book value or below. Is now the time for a buyer to step up and buy a struggling bank? If not, when does it make sense for a buyer to cut a deal? Will existing M & A deals still close? What...

The US housing and mortgage crisis has mushroomed into a new level of adversity. When will this bleeding subside and ultimately come to an end? Is the market near a bottom yet? Are there any upside opportunities? Will the bank, thrift and mortgage industry's pain turn into someone's gain?

MasterCard Europe filed an appeal of the European Commission's (EC) ruling that its non-negotiable interchange fees for cross-border transactions violated EC Treaty regulations. The EC's investigation found that interchange fees MasterCard charges on cross-border Maestro and MasterCard transactions...

"Chase What Matters" is Chase's new tagline in its national ads. Chase's customers' are saying "surcharge free ATM access" is what matters to them, which is why Chase is expanding its ATM branding deal with Cardtronics to install Chase branded ATMs at Hess Express Gas Stations in NY and NJ. Surcharge...

Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman of the Banking Committee grilled bank regulators on 3.4.08 to determine why regulators didn't intervene as loose lending standards led to a meltdown in the mortgage market and caused a credit crunch that could thrust the U.S. economy into a recession. Regulators Donald Kohn...

The House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform will grill Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide's CEO, Charles Prince-former CEO of Citigroup and Stan O'Neal-former CEO of Merrill Lynch, when they testify on 3.7.08, as lawmakers examine if there is a link between "executive pay" and the U.S. mortgage...

Over the past five years consumers have chosen "debit cards" as their preferred payment of choice, trumping credit cards, cash, checks and other forms of payment. 63% of consumers chose debit cards for ease of use;57% perceive debit cards are safe and secure;53% chose debit cards because they can pay...

The U.S. subprime market crisis has affected another bank, HSBC, who will take a $17.2 billion writedown in losses for 2007, however, not all the news is bad for HSBC. HSBC sold its HSBC France bank branches to Banque Populaire for $3.2 billion. Rumors were rampant that HSBC wanted to sell HSBC France...