1. Exceptable Jobs Report [sic] (Financialarmageddon)
    Todays jobs report -- really good...except for the fact that: 1. Full-time jobs (that is, the kind that offer benefits and which represent a genuine commitment by employers) only accounted for a fraction of the increase in employment "Final Nail In Todays NFP Tragicomedy: Record Surge In Part-Time Workers" (Zero Hedge) It appears the record surge in people not in the labor force is not the only outlier in todays data. For the other one we go to the Household Data Survey (Table 9) [...]
  2. Online banking, customer satisfaction on the rise in 2011 - report (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) In 2011, online banking has continued its upward trend. Moreover, as a result of improved perceptions of the economy and increased customer engagement, customers' satisfaction level associated with online services provided by financial institutions has also grown, a recent study has unveiled. [...]
  3. Merchants satisfaction level with daily deal programs up by 17 in H2 2011 – report (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) In H2 2011, merchants' satisfaction level associated with their daily deal programs has grown by 17 percent, according to a report released by information and data resource firm Daily Deal Media. Furthermore, 35 percent of companies involved in the research have declared their deal offering was profitable. [...]
  1. 16 of US mobile users employ mobile financial services – study (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) Mobile continues to grow in popularity as a channel for acquiring financial information and account servicing, with mobile financial users representing 16 percent of the US mobile audience of 234 million users in Q2 2011, a recent study has revealed. [...]
  2. 66 of US bank customers use online bill pay-study (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) After a 19 percent year-over-year increase in 2010, the growth of the US online bill pay market slowed but still experienced a 2 percentage point increase in 2011, with nearly 66 percent of US bank customers currently using online bill pay, a recent study has revealed. [...]
  3. Mobile devices, PCs influence consumers shopping behaviours - study (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) Mobile devices and PCs are changing and influencing the ways in which consumers purchase products and services, a recent study has revealed. [...]
  1. MasterCard opens regional office in Kenya (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) MasterCard has opened its official East African regional headquarters in Kenya. [...]
  2. First National Bank opens new retail unit in East Africa (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) US-based financial services provider First National Bank (FNB) has opened a retail banking unit in Tanzania. This is the eighth country on the East African continent where FNB has opened retail locations. [...]
  3. Google opens social- networking site to teenagers (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) Google has revealed plans to open up its Google+ social network to teenagers aged 13 and older. In addition, Google will also launch new protection features for teenagers who are at least13 years old in the US and join the social network. [...]
  1. Staples to roll out tablet-optimised e-commerce website (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) Global office products provider Staples has revealed plans to roll out a new e-commerce website which is optimised for shopping on tablet computers. Thus, tablet users who access the Staples website will be automatically redirected to the new tablet-optimised website, dubbed t.staples.com. [...]
  2. Amazon to end PayPhrase e-commerce program (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) Amazon has revealed plans to discontinue its 3-year PayPhrase e-commerce program, media outlet dailydealmedia.com has unveiled. [...]
  3. Russia: E-commerce reaches USD 10.4 bln in 2011 (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) In 2011, e-commerce revenues in Russia USD 10.4 billion have jumped by 30 percent as compared to 2010, reaching USD 10.4 billion, media outlet themoscowtimes.com has revealed. [...]
  1. PNI receives Australian Financial Services Licence (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) Global payment services provider Payment Network International Financial Services (PNI) has obtained an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). [...]
  2. Australian Securities and Investments Commission issues new ePayments Code (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released the new ePayments Code which provides a best practice consumer for electronic payment products. [...]
  3. ReadSoft, Australian state government ink e-invoicing automation deal (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) Swedish document automation and automated invoice processing company ReadSoft has signed an invoice automation agreement with an Australian government shared services provider in New South Wales (NSW). [...]
  1. Are Fees Really Outpacing Interest? (Themembersgroup.com)
    According to one recent industry report, fees outpaced interest as a source of income for credit card issuers in 2011. Upon closer examination of the report, one can see that while it’s true that fees beat out interest income, it was by a pretty narrow margin. In fact, over the past two years, the report [...]
  1. Brazil: MoneyGram, Banco Rendimento to release cash-to-account service (Thepaypers)
    (The Paypers) Global money transfer company MoneyGram has joined forces with Brazilian foreign exchange and pre-paid operator Banco Rendimento to deliver its new cash-to-account service in Brazil. [...]