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Congress will try to score points at the credit card industry’s expense over the next several years. No measure proposed to date however would materially hurt the industry. But, if Democrats make headway, they will up the ante. “Suitability” rules for instance would be a logical next step and damaging....

While the RAZR is sleek looking and easy on the eyes it suffers from the following shortcomings: 1. Difficult to use 2. Short battery life 3. Unreliable in use (doesn't break but calls and bluetooth connections unreliable 4. Not as sensitive as competing brands

US-credit-industry-veteran Joe Saunders to run Visa Inc. was a conventional and uninspiring choice to lead the global payment network’s IPO and transform it into a competitive commercial enterprise.

If enough retail banks with reach were to put capital in and commit to an independent European payment network and if it cleared the regulatory gauntlet and offered its customers meaningfully higher interchange, it might be viable, increase payment network competition and take share from MasterCard...

US-credit-industry-veteran Joe Saunders to run Visa Inc. was a conventional and uninspiring choice to lead the global payment network’s IPO and transform it into a competitive commercial enterprise.

How is this a good move for Hutchison?  What advantages does this pose for Vodafone?  And what about Essar?

MasterCard bared its business model’s power, its inherent growth potential and the value of its global network. Bravo! Now is the time to get more aggressive. If there is a danger it is of management complaisance a year out of the gate, and of provoking regulators who already have the global payment...

What you are seeing in the US is something that we saw in Europe five years ago.  We are going to see a number of services that are extensions of banking services and then others that are payments based.When you look at payments where we are currently seeing success is in the expansion of banking...

Commercial MasterCard was certain to compete more vigorously against its larger not-for-profit cousin Visa. The question was always how much and how soon. It gained share in 2006. Its 2007 win of Lloyds TSB suggests 2006 was not a one-off and that MasterCard will increase share in 2007 as well.

While Polcard’s price was rich, viewed in the context of First Data’s ambition of achieving a pan-European delivery footprint, it was eminently strategic.KKR may well moderate management’s appetite for more in a similar vein.