by Payments Views | Jan 16, 2013
By Allen Weinberg I had the opportunity to attend the launch event of Green Dot’s new GoBank yesterday (1/15/13) in San Francisco and came away quite intrigued. Sure, there are a plethora of financial services targeting the unbanked and underbanked, but what I found...
by Payments Views | Aug 13, 2012
A great friend of Glenbrook’s is Broox Peterson, formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at Visa International and currently in private practice. In 2006, Broox wrote a very popular article that we shared on PaymentsNews.com. He’s just...
by Payments Views | Apr 9, 2012
By Jacqueline Chilton I attended the Mobile Contactless Payment Innovation Summit in San Francisco last week. The audience included representatives from payments companies, enablers, solution providers and merchants all engaged in mobile payments. Given the constant...
by Payments Views | Apr 8, 2012
By Jacqueline Chilton Two related announcements out of Canada work to reduce currency in circulation. Last week the Canadian government announced the demise of the penny. The cost to produce a penny has surpassed its value. The coins in circulation will still be...
by Payments Views | Feb 1, 2012
By Jacqueline Chilton Consumers transfer tens of billions of dollars from the United States each year in international remittances. In 2009 the World Bank estimated that US$48 billion was sent from American consumers to friends and family in other countries, a number...
