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ECR Card Notes
Card Notes is the section of ECR where the magazine’s editors analyze latest trends in the card business – trends you need to follow to stay up to speed with developments in regulation, SEPA roll-out, M&A activity, changes in the regional card markets and many more.
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Recent ECR Card Notes
March/April 2008
CARD NOTES
Regulation – Commission scores an own goal • US interchange legislation • SEPA – Kroes lowers the bar for the third scheme • Payfair – a fairer option? • UK credit cards – then there were four • French co-branding – new launch by Banque BCP • Portuguese central bank study shows unprofitable payments.
January/February 2008
CARD NOTES
EC rules on MasterCard interchange • French market rationalization • Co-branding – new programmes rolled out in France • NFC payments – stepping up the pace • UK credit cards – missing, believed lost: anyone seen £4 billion?
November/December 2007
CARD NOTES
Debit cards – pressure continues for third scheme • More spin from Brussels ‘spokesman’ • EMV migration – not yet half-way • Swedish banks continue drive for economies of scale • Equens links with ICBPI • euroConex rebrands.
September/October 2007
CARD NOTES
Legal affairs – Cartes Bancaires action dismissed • Citi offers fee-free money transfer service • Card processing M&A – you ain’t seen nothing yet • New Ryanair partnership with GE Money • Store cards – the end is nigh?
July/August 2007
CARD NOTES
UK debit card payments set to double • Barclaycard unveils OnePulse • SEPA potential for decoupled debit cards • Maestro shelves SEPA interchange rates • Analysis of costs of payment from Visa UK • AIB picks Maestro.
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