Special Report: The Changing
Face of Payments
No
More Business as Usual
by Pat Allen
— With old business models under pressure,
banks are urged to consolidate payments businesses,
innovate products and rationalize offerings.
Future
Threat?
by Jack Milligan
— To preserve their dominance and fend off
new competitors in online payments, banks must leverage
their strengths.
Rational
Choices?
by Kenneth Cline
— Atlanta Fed payments executive Richard Oliver
says bankers — and
ultimately consumers — will have to face up
to the true cost of technology alternatives.
Girding
for Battle
by Steve Mott
— Stored-value, micro-payments and just-in-time
payments are all fertile ground for innovation.
Waiting
Game
by Chris Costanzo
— Adoption of branch-based imaging promises
cost savings, but the need to create IRDs gives
banks pause.
Reverse
Flow
by Robert Hunt
— New technologies make a case for redirecting
some check-related tasks from the back office to
the point of customer contact. |
