This article surveys the recent theoretical literature on payment cards (focusing on debit and
credit cards) and studies this research's possible implications for the current public policy …

In many countries around the world, electronic card-based payments have been replacing
older types of payments at a rapid rate. In the United States, use of both debit cards and …

Payment card rewards programs have become increasingly popular in the United States.
Nearly all large credit card issuers offer rewards to customers for using their cards, as do …

The objective of this research is to examine the Bitcoin rally of 2017 as it occurred in Japan
and establish a greater context for why it was the Japanese retail investors that propelled the …

Interchange fees are charged to merchants during card transactions. These fees help to
cover the cost of providing consumers and retailers with the convenience and security of …

This paper explains why payment card companies charge consumers and merchants fees
which are proportional to the transaction values instead of charging a fixed per-transaction …

Este artigo discute a estrutura do mercado brasileiro de cartões de pagamento após
introdução de interoperabilidade de rede e fim dos contratos de exclusividade entre …

La proliferación de tarjetas de pago—tarjetas de débito, crédito y prepago—ha
transformado sustancialmente nuestra manera de comprar y la forma en la que los …

Cashless payments are recent phenomena, which even increased with the introduction of
contactless means like NFC, PayPass or payWave. Such new methods speed-up the entire …

O objetivo desse trabalho consiste em apresentar a estrutura de um mercado de cartões,
identificando e definindo seus principais atores, sua forma de atuação, se monopolista ou …