MasterCard doesn’t seem to be set on remaining the world’s 2nd largest payment processing network for credit cards and debit cards. They have announced that they will be buying DataCash Group Plc for 333 million pounds, which is equal to $520.81 million dollars based on current exchange rates. DataCash is a UK based internet credit [...]
Have you been receiving a boatload of junk mail every week with offers for pre-approved credit cards? Are you also perhaps getting a ridiculous number of telephone calls from the various credit card companies out there who want your business? As a consumer you have rights. A simple phone number which very few consumers know [...]
It really amazes me some of the things people like sharing online. At first Twitter seemed like an idea that not many people would be attracted to. I mean who wants to write little 140 character blips about what they are doing, right? Twitter has taken off like crazy, and now there is a new [...]
There is news today of a joint venture formed by Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile to create a smartphone payment system, that would directly compete with credit card companies like Visa and Mastercard. The new venture would allow customers to purchase merchandise at participating retailers, simply by waving their smartphones. If this succeeds, it could cause [...]