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by Jim Romeo

April, 2012  Economic Vitality and the Payment Card Industry
March, 2012  Mobile Technology, Security and the Regulatory Frontier
February, 2012  The Tension That Just Won't End
January, 2012  The Occupy Movement: Precursor to More Legislation?
December, 2011  Debit Card Populism That One Just Can't Ignore
November, 2011  Managing A Transaction Business Model in the Changing Market Environment
October, 2011  The Card Industry, Regulatory Reform and the Case for Competitive Improvement
September, 2011  Debit Swipe Fees: Which Side Are You On?
August, 2011  Embracing Opportunity in a Regulatory Environment
July, 2011  ISO Concerns
June, 2011  The Interchange Hullabaloo
May, 2011  Living in a Card World Where Technology Changes Every Day
April, 2011  Regulatory Reform and the Industry: Has the Dust Settled?
March, 2011  A View from the Sidelines
October, 2009  Security and the Economy
September, 2009  Government: The Changing Agent
August, 2009  A Mover & Shaker Outlier: The 111th Congress
July, 2009  The Credit Card Bill of Rights Comes of Age
June, 2009  Keeping Transactions Fair
May, 2009  Listening to the People
April, 2009  2009: A Laundry List of Legislation for Card Transactions?
March, 2009  Building Again After the Bubble Has Burst
February, 2009  Reading Our Crystal Ball For Acquirers and ISOs: Hunker Down and Survive
January, 2009  The Card Industry Within The Economic Beehive
December, 2008  To Our Next President: Rough Seas Ahead
November, 2008  Turbulent Times: Could Somebody Tell us What's Next?
October, 2008  Bills, Bills, Bills
 September, 2008  Navigating A Tumultuous Payments Environment
 August, 2008  Keeping Transactions Safe and Fair in the Midst of Economic Turmoil
 July, 2008  Legislative "One-Upmanship" on Credit Card Reform
 June, 2008  Introducing A Blueprint for Regulatory Reform
 May, 2008  The Times They Are A Changing: A Roundtable Discussion on Regulation
 and Oversighty in the Card Industry
 April, 2008  The Regulation Two Layer Cake: The Feds and the States
 March, 2008  The Red Hot Pursuit of Consumer Identity Theft and Other Fraudulent Activities
 February, 2008  Idendity Theft or Debt Relief: Where Will the Share of Mind in Washington
 Reside This Year?
 January, 2008  Ringing In the New Year with Self-Regulation
 December, 2007  LAISEZ-FAIRE? Do We Need Government Intervention At All?
 November, 2007  Consumer Credit In Times Like These
 October, 2007  Raised Transaction Volume = Raised Caution
 September, 2007  Washington’s Regulatory Priority: Disclosure? Security?
 August, 2007  10,000 Worldwide Card Transactions Occur Very Second
 July, 2007  Safeguarding Our “Indispensable” Tool?
 June, 2007  Keeping the Industry Clean and Fair
 May, 2007  The Horizon of Fraud
 April, 2007  Electronic Transactions: The talk of washington?
 February, 2007  Looking ahead at the new terrain in Washington


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