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• Contactless Payments Are a Stepping-Stone to Mobile
• 1 day ago
• Bank Systems & Technology – On the road to electronic wallets and true mobile payments, the contactless payment is a necessary stopover, according to an April report by Javelin Strategy & Research (Pleasanton, Calif.). “Don’t mix up contactless and mobile payments,” warns Javelin president James Van Dyke. “One is a short-term stop; the other, the [...] ...

• Bullish Projections Mask Usage Problem for Contactless Payments
• 2 days ago
• Digital Transactions – But experts point out that consumer adoption remains an unanswered question about contactless technology. Though U.S. banks have over the past three years issued almost 25 million credit and signature-debit cards with contactless functionality, some observers contend actual usage is very low. “We’re not able to find anybody who’s really using this [...] ...

• Compliance drives credit union to catch online bill payment fraudsters
• 3 days ago
• SearchFinancialSecurity.com – FraudNet addresses the growing problem of existing account fraud, said James Van Dyke, president and founder of Javelin Strategy & Research, which focuses on the financial-services market. Of the 8.1 million identity fraud victims last year, two-thirds involved cases of existing account fraud, according to a study released earlier this year by Javelin. [...] ...

• What’s in YOUR Wallet? A Kafka-esque experience maybe??
• 3 days ago
• More congressional hearings this week on all things card industry, with a primary focus on interchange. I’m wary of a Congress that decides to place pricing controls where [I think] the market should be determining pricing (e.g. interchange…), but I’m also wary of the credit card industry’s inability to separate the business model of interchange [...] ...

• Identity and private enterprise (I love my new Clear card)
• 4 days ago
• Are uber-identity systems ready to be driven by private enterprise? Clear may have a shot at being the first to prove the concept on a mass scale. I love my new Clear card,, which allows me skip past those long airport security lines for $100 per year. All three Bay Area airports now are equipped [...] ...