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Project Oscar Hits Snag with European Regulators 
With competitors arguing that the JV would stifle competition for mobile payments, the European Commission takes a closer look at the proposed alliance.

Air New Zealand Gains Traction with Smart Loyalty Card
New Zealand’s biggest airline already is seeing significant card activations for a loyalty card it rolled out in late November that doubles as a prepaid travel card.

American Express Licenses Serve to Chinese Mobile Payments Firm
American Express exports digital payments platform to China to power mobile wallet.

Q&A with Daniel Spier, Managing Director, IDT Finance
Relying on its experience bringing the Prime card to market, IDT Finance now is helping clients, including some big U.S. firms, launch prepaid programs in Europe.


 

 
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Committee Addresses ‘Lack of’ Consumer Protections for Prepaid Cards  

FDIC’s Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion explored differences in consumer protections for debit and credit cards versus prepaid cards.


CFPB Schedules Prepaid Field Hearing: NBPCA Calls on Industry to Attend   

The Network Branded Prepaid Card Association is calling on its membership and others in the industry to participate in a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau field hearing on prepaid cards at the Durham Convention Center in Durham, N.C., on May 23. FREE CONTENT!


O2 ‘Digitizing’ U.K. Consumers’ Wallets
Mobile network operator O2 is the latest to jump into the deep end of a crowded pool of companies offering—or getting ready to offer—a digital wallet. Will the O2 Wallet sink or swim? 


Q&A with Sirpa Nordlund, Mobey Forum 
The executive director of the bank-led mobile financial services trade association talks about what's happening in the marketplace and what needs to happen to propel mobile payments from buzz to reality.

Bancorp, PayPal Team to Fill Growing P2P Niche 
Bancorp's prepaid program managers, among other partners, are likely to reap benefits (and transactions) from Bancorp's alliance with PayPal.

Chinese Mobile Phone Usage to Lead to Booming Mobile Payments Market 
Mobile phones are nearly ubiquitous in China, driving a rapidly growing mobile payments market that will hit $88 billion by 2015.

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N.J. Could Lose Millions in Sales Tax Revenues
Escheat law intended to raise money for the state may have the opposite effect as gift card providers leave New Jersey.


Six EU Countries Called on Carpet for Not Implementing E-Money Rule
Now a year past the implementation deadline, the European Commission announced that Belgium, Spain, France, Cyprus, Poland and Portugal have two months to update the commission as to their progress in implementing the Second E-Money Directive.

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