Study Group: Experts on Money Transfer from the US to Latin America Markets(?)

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...

·         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. ·        ...

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...

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...

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...