GLG News by Online Payment Experts

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...

There’s little not to like in MasterCard’s evolving top and bottom line growth story, a story they could well – indeed should, beat, if! they can contain regulatory threats

MasterCard’s  revamped top and bottom line growth forecasts are eminently achievable, assuming it can contain or better yet roll back regulatory restrictions.

The card payment networks have been gradually stepping up their game as commercial enterprises and the markets have come to recognize the global payment networks’ immense intrinsic operating leverage, pricing power, growth prospects, and defensibility, and therefore value.  However neither MasterCard...

MGA's can seek out better lines and Company deals. MGA's can seek out training to meet the changing demands. One very specific area an MGA can capitalize on is TECHNOLOGY.

The acquisition of 50% of Eufiserv’s processor reminds that notwithstanding LBO distractions, First Data remains the most consequential payment processor and leading consolidator in Europe, and a potential threat to MasterCard’s and Visa EU’s processing businesses. First Data’s challenge is to simultaneously...

Discover is soldiering away on its path to merchant acceptance parity with MasterCard and Visa in the US. Closing the acceptance gap will produce greater cardholder spend and richer interchange, thereby enriching Discover’s value proposition for third-party issuers, which in turn will enhance the value...

1. First Step of major change in the retail card business: Target largest of any non-financial company card portfolio's is getting out of the business and JP Morgan/Chase in getting in.   2. Deal give Target what it needs in cash, control, limited loss exposure during economic downturn. 3. JP Morgan/...

While advancements in technology can allow for the ultimate online social experience, the mob doesn't care about technology.  But what do they care about?

First, a few definitions for the sake of context clarity  -  A “solution” is any brand name system offered as an in-house system or outsource service, and driven by the owner of the system, or a third party.The group of 32 vendors includes any company that has customers that rely on that company...