by formadaadmin | May 11, 2011
Former Sen. Chris Dodd, ex-Chair of Senate Banking Committee, probably needs no introduction to anyone in payments. In his keynote address to the annual meeting of the ETA this morning, he commented on the Durbin Amendment: Excluded interchange from original bill...
by formadaadmin | Aug 19, 2010
As you may have seen on PaymentsNews, MasterCard announced the acquisition of DataCash, a pan-European (and a bit beyond) gateway, this morning for $520 million. Before I jump in, you might want to take a look at the earlier opinion piece I posted regarding Visa’s $2...
by formadaadmin | May 16, 2010
I’m currently working on a speech on innovation in payments/financial services and would love your input. What recent innovations have personally affected you in the past few years?No signature at Starbucks?Envelope-free ATMs?Using your credit card to enter and...
by formadaadmin | Apr 21, 2010
A number of us self-proclaimed “payments geeks” awoke this morning to learn of Visa Inc’s intention to purchase CyberSource for approximately $2 billion. Over the course of the day, Glenbrook’s been getting a flood of emails generally asking, “What’s the REAL reason...
by formadaadmin | Apr 14, 2010
Another year has flown by and here I am at the 2010 ETA Annual Meeting. I love to walk through the exhibit hall and see “what’s hot,” what’s changed, and what never changes at this ISO conference. So here goes… Before I arrived I tried to predict what the hot areas...
