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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Time is Right for Gratis!

Two great stories that supports the demand for the Gratis Card.

Aneace's Blog: Mega trend: Banks mass issue premium cards for more interchange revenue (but risk making merchants even angrier!)

http://itforfinancialservices.blogspot.com/2007/03/gratiscard-next-competitor-to-visa-and.html

Posted by Trent Sorbe at 2:49 PM  

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Listen to a Podcast on Revel

An interview from pliwatch.org on Revel and its Bank on a Card concept.

About the Revel Card

  • News Release on Revel Launch
  • Introduction to Revel
  • Frequently Asked Questions About Revel
  • Illustration of Revel's "Bank on a Card" Objective
  • Revel Advance Pricing Tiers
  • Revel Pwrpt Presentation on Underbanked Opportunities for Banks
  • Correspondence to FDIC on Revel and Small Dollar Lending
  • First Bank & Trust - The Bank Behind Revel

Banking Blogs & News Sources

  • GonzoBanker from Cornerstone Advisors
  • Mondaq
  • NetBanker
  • The Bank Watch
  • BankNet 360
  • Banking Law Professors Blog
  • Finextra
  • Payday Loan Times
  • Payments News
  • Banking Lawyers Blog

Other Blogs

  • Payday Loan Times
  • Zopa P2P Lending

Recommended Studies on Banking the Underbanked

  • CFSI - Building Alternatives to Payday Lending (Nov 05)
  • CFSI - Cardholder Use of General Spending Prepaid Cards (Feb 07)
  • CFSI - CircleLending
  • CFSI - SVCs: Challenges and Opps for Reaching Emerging Markets (Apr 05)
  • FRBPHL - Cost Effectiveness of Stored Value Products for Unbanked (May 05)
  • FRBPHL - Payment Cards & the Unbanked (July 05)
  • FRBPHL - Prepaid Cards: The Path to Gaining Mainstream Acceptance (Mar 07)
  • RFSI/NCIF - Building a Better Bank Card: Reaching the Underbanked (Nov 05)

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Blog Archive

  • ▼  2007 (24)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ▼  April (13)
      • Goodbye, Futon
      • Credit Union Chartered on Cheyenne River Reservation
      • Comments from FDIC Chairman Bair During ABA Teleph...
      • Ranking the Bank Regulatory Agencies - OCC in a La...
      • Zopa on its Way to the US
      • Nonprime Borrowers Place Card Debt Before Mortgages
      • Kansas Credit Union Specializing in Payday Loan Al...
      • Time is Right for Gratis!
      • Has the FDIC Read Their Own Information Security G...
      • Early Release of DOD's Military Lending Rules
      • Georgia Legislature Issues a Payday Loan Ceasefire
      • More from FDIC Chairman Bair on Small Dollar Lending
      • Interesting Quote from FRB Chairman Bernanke on CR...
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