Dorado Trendwatch Q2 2010 Released
My favorite quarterly payments industry update has been released. I am a bit late in posting it due to a few client obligations, but better late than never. Again, this is from my long-time [...]
The Cost of Payment Acceptance (UK)
In a report just published by the British Retail Consortium (found here), an analysis of payment acceptance was done to determine the frequency (transaction share and dollar volume share) and [...]
Is it time for more complex Interchange?
The price for using that card… it’s simple. It’s just 80 basis points of the purchase price plus 17¢. Unless it’s for gas, where the 17¢ becomes 13¢. Or it’s a [...]
Dorado Trendwatch Released
Our long-time colleague, John MacAllister at Dorado Industries, just released the latest edition of his Trendwatch. This is a must read for all payments executives. As is customary for him, [...]
Canadian Code of Conduct for Payments Released
Just released today by the Minister of Finance, the Code of Conduct for the Credit and Debit Card Industry outlines business practice standards that the Canadian payments industry must adhere [...]
Cirrus pricing change hits the ISOs
Cirrus is making the next major change on the pricing landscape. Its announced changes will be hitting later this month, targeted at ATM owners whose acquiring volume is less than their issuing [...]
In Favor of Ad Valorem Debit Interchange
Bucking the current trend of professing Ad Valorem Debit Interchange the root of all payments evil, The Kansas City Fed has released a new paper that concludes that Ad Valorem Debit Interchange [...]
Interchange Legislation in the U.S.
Always a useful source and good intellectual read, the Kansas City Fed has released an update on Interchange legislation in the U.S. It definitely seems like legislating controls on the payments [...]
