Volume: 4 Issue: 10
(October 2010)
Keywords:
online payments
credit card
paypal
allipay
google checkout
china union pay
china
alibaba
card fees
Authors:
tom brown
Organisations:
pinsent masons
The aggressive pursuit of market share, particularly in the area of online payments and mobile payments, has intensified in the past year, as major credit card companies and dominant e-payment providers such as Paypal, Alipay and Google Checkout, fight for their places in the market. Tom Brown, a Senior Associate at Pinsent Masons, examines the recent events that are dramatically changing the e-finance landscape.
Q&A: Marc Brûlé discusses the Canadian Royal Mint's MintChip project
Q&A: FinCEN and virtual currencies: the coming of clarity and ambiguity Q&A: Tony Anderson, Partner at Pinsent Masons, on the new regulator for the UK payments systems sector Q&A: O2's move into mobile commerce Q&A: Sarah Carter, General Manager, Social Business, at Actiance, about banks on social media Interview with Joseph I. Rosenbaum, Partner at Reed Smith LLP, on mobile payments & financial institutions