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October 20, 2009

Contactless mobile payment

Contactless Mobile Payment - Citi has already launched it and couple of other banks are building plans to launch it in the market. How much is the market share ? How many people would use it? We need to look at the market share of this payment device before big ticket investments can happen.

January 11, 2009

Check processing- re-inventing the wheel very efficiently

An analysis of the recent developments in image based check-processing shows remarkable success stories for Federal Reserve and Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) offerings. It also highlights some of the characteristics of the market, which have potential to shape the payment processing industry.

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September 16, 2008

Going Contactless at the Democratic National Convention

There was a buzz last month amongst the media attending the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver.  With thousands of excited delegates, politicians, and journalists converging in one area there was so much to talk about—Obama, Hillary, Biden… contactless payment-pins.  Okay, maybe contactless payments didn’t stir up quite the excitement of a nomination acceptance speech.  But underneath the undercurrents of political intrigue a prime example of payments innovation was on full display.

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