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IBM and Pay by Touch Make Checking Out at Thriftway Supermarkets a Soft Touch

whitepaper Thriftway Supermarkets wanted to provide top level customer service, reduce fraud in electronic payments and save on transaction fees. This resulted in more convenient checkout experience for customers and lower processing fees for the supermarket...

Tags: customer support services

[16 May 2008]

Will consumers always want free banking?

Comment Banks are able to cover the costs of providing these services from three sources: income from interest rate margins, fees from exception handling and penalty charges. In addition, most banks even make a small interest payment on current accounts.

Tags: oft, free banking

[12 May 2008]

Regulating the Payment Card Industry

whitepaper Both the fees, especially the interchange fees, and the scheme rules have been scrutinized and in many jurisdictions also regulated. Especially merchants have complained about the high fees charged from them when accepting card payments.

Tags: security standards

[06 May 2008]

Benefits of Payments Business Intelligence

whitepaper Imagine having the insight to make the right decisions on payment fees, consolidation and outsourcing strategies, and payment products that result in the best bottom line results for the banks' payments business.

Tags: business intelligence - data warehousing

[28 Mar 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: The one-box generation

Comment In the UK, for example, the BBC is funded by licence fees paid by some 24 million households, plus hotels, pubs, restaurants and offices. Payment is ensured by a tracking system linked to the TV sales process and by detector vans that patrol areas...

Tags: television, revenue, radio, broadcast

[26 Mar 2008]

The Brampton Factor: Software costs under pressure

Comment For example, Microsoft moved quickly to ensure that thin client deployments of a Windows desktop involved payment of much the same software licence fees as traditional desktop implementation. Now experts are saying that may be about to change.

Tags: saas, software, open source, pricing

[22 Nov 2007]

Paypal Hacks: Create a Purchase Button for Services

whitepaper One might not always need the customer's address, for instance, one most likely will not need to charge any shipping or handling fees. PayPal allows the user to accept payment for almost any kind of tangible product or intangible service.

Tags: online banking, address, charge, handling

[17 Oct 2007]

Contractor rates to be hit by tax changes?

News A separate study by RM claims almost half (44 per cent) of IT workers are considering giving up their full-time jobs to become contractors.silicon.com's 2006 Skills Survey also found that lucrative fees are tempting an increasing proportion of UK...

Tags: rec, contractors

[18 Jan 2007]

Google to make online shoppers pay

News Kamangar said the regular transaction fees are less than those charged by credit card companies, which can be about one per cent higher. Websites and merchants can integrate Google Checkout into their sites as an alternative payment processing...

Tags: google checkout, google

[29 Jun 2006]

Contract flaws increase offshore outsourcing risk

News The most critical areas that need specially adapting for offshore outsourcing contracts include proprietary rights, security and confidentiality, legal compliance, fees and payment terms, and auditing.

Tags: offshore outsourcing

[23 Jun 2006]

Dell and Google get closer

News Financial details were not disclosed but Schmidt said the companies will share revenue from search-advertising fees. In turn, eBay's PayPal will be the default online payment service on Yahoo! Speaking at a Goldman Sachs conference in Las Vegas...

Tags: dell, google

[26 May 2006]

Leader: Banks may regret Oyster e-money fiasco

Leader Fears over cannibalising their debit card business and interchange fees have doubtless put the banking community off. The Oyster scheme was a chance for the payment processors to sneak a little bit more of the cash market into electronic form.

Tags: oyster, transport for london, e-money, tfl

[09 May 2006]

Oracle's Ellison to fork out $22m in legal fees

News The terms of the new, approved settlement leave the $100m payment to charities intact while requiring Ellison to pay $22m in legal fees. But a California judge declined to approve the proposed settlement because it called for Oracle to pay $24m in...

Tags: oracle. ellison, ellison, larry ellison

[23 Nov 2005]

Visa Government Services: Making Public Sector Payment Processes More Efficient, Economical and Accountable

whitepaper In addition, accepting Visa payments makes it easier for people to pay taxes, license and registration fees, and other government services. Governments and other public sector organizations worldwide have experienced great success using Visa...

Tags: payment, visa, utilization, public sector

[13 Oct 2005]

New Service Strategies in Changing Markets: How Utility Incumbents Can Overcome Consumer Choice Challenges

whitepaper For those that accept credit cards, ACH payment options will reduce merchant fees so utilities give away less of their margins to give customers alternatives to checks. For utilities that create payment drafts to accommodate phone payment, FKNC's...

Tags: payment, automatically, accounting, payments

[11 Oct 2005]

Gartner: PayPal threatens banking business

News Although credit [and] debit card companies could enter this market simply by lowering merchant transaction fees, these companies don't have the PayPal advantage of funding payments from PayPal stored accounts, as well as traditional bank accounts.

Tags: paypal

[15 Sep 2005]

MasterCard data breach: Lawsuit demands damages

News Additionally, Ira Rothken, the lawyer who filed the suit, has said that credit card companies should waive any charge-back fees or penalties to merchants in the case of fraudulent transactions that involve any of the credit cards involved in the...

Tags: mastercard

[07 Jul 2005]

North Carolina Information Technology Procurement: Policies and Procedures

whitepaper The first part of the bill provides for the use of electronic payment for state and local government for payments of government fees, costs, and debts. On July 21, 1999, the General Assembly ratified Senate Bill 222 and it was approved on August 10...

Tags: performance budgeting and management, bill, assets, commerce

[10 Jun 2005]

Economic Analysis of Wireless Point of Sale Payment in China

whitepaper Moneylink's rates are regulated by People' Bank of China - the Central Bank of China, although complaints regarding the level of fees are widespread. Many medium and smaller merchants do not offer debit card payment because of the interchange fee...

Tags: point of sale devices, card, payment, bank

[20 Apr 2005]

Google, Yahoo! could link up with DVR pioneer TiVo

News TiVo would collect a share of the fees from either customer payment or from advertising-supported video. TiVo is in talks with internet search giants Google and Yahoo! over a possible deal aimed at bridging television and the web.

Tags: dvr, tivo, yahoo, google

[19 Apr 2005]

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