Chase’s blink Card: Blinking Along in Denver Update
Glenbrook's Linda Elliott provides part 2 of her report on the rollout of contactless payments in the Denver area.
Chase’s blink Card: Blinking Along in Denver Update
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Chase’s blink Card: A Denver Field Test Report
Chase’s blink Card: A Denver Field Test Report
Glenbrook's Linda Elliott, lives in the Denver area and just got her very own Chase blink card in the mail. She's just finished writing up part one of a report on her first day's experiences with that blink card in her hands. Great stuff - enjoy!
Wither the Empire?
Wither the Empire?
By Bryan Derman Some thoughts from Bryan on reading leading indicators in Consumer Financial Services. Maybe it's the lingering winter days here in the Northeast, but I've been feeling pretty depressed recently about the state of the US credit card issuing business....
Payments 2004: The Merchant Perspective
Payments 2004: The Merchant Perspective
By Allen Weinberg In his recent keynote address at the Direct Response Forum (DRF) conference in San Francisco, Glenbrook’s Allen Weinberg explored the payments acceptance landscape, how it relates to card-not-present merchants, and offered his assessment on...
Peppercoin V2.0
Peppercoin V2.0
By Russ Jones Peppercoin 2.0 extends the notion of transaction aggregation into both the physical world of small point-of-sale payments as well as across multiple merchants. Through this new “universal aggregation” capability, Peppercoin plans to aggregate...
Beware the Doves?
Beware the Doves?
by Scott Loftesness Reflections on the PayPal/GE Consumer Finance Alliance On June 8th, 2004, PayPal quietly announced it was partnering with GE Capital Consumer Card Company to begin offering credit lines to customers that want extended payment terms for any PayPal...
Preventing Identity Theft: Banker, Heal Thyself
Preventing Identity Theft: Banker, Heal Thyself
By Carol Coye Benson When President Bush signed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTA) into law late last year, bankers throughout the U.S. breathed a sigh of relief. Even with some fairly stringent new provisions, the permanent renewal of the...
Responding to “Phishing” Attacks
Responding to “Phishing” Attacks
By Scott Loftesness Phishing has emerged as the latest threat to the theft of personal information over the Internet. This Glenbrook ActionMap(SM) briefing for financial institutions examines the phishing threat, provides brief technology background on how fraudsters...
RFID in Financial Services
RFID in Financial Services
By Russ Jones Pundits believe that RFID tags—positioned as a next-generation replacement for the familiar bar code—are going to drive vast improvements in the efficiency of supply chains as products wind their way from the manufacturers out to the retail...
Liability and Federated Identity: Much Ado About Nothing?
Liability and Federated Identity: Much Ado About Nothing?
By Carol Coye Benson As enterprises implement new identity management systems, interest grows in federated identity. For small "circles of trust," existing business relationships—and existing contractual frameworks—are sufficient to build...