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Will credit card bill stall mortgage foreclosures?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 20, 2009
...m to be friendless these days, much like the mortgage lenders. Of course, I'm not sure the card issuers ever had many friends. I've noticed that the credit card statement that comes to my hous...
Sarbanes-Oxley: It's crunch time for small companies
in Sox First, on January 29, 2009
...o investors and to the efficient functioning of our markets. Right now, we have a system where some issuers are complying with 404 and others are still exempt from it. It's time that we bring unif...
Credit ratings agencies: we sold our souls to the devil
in Sox First, on October 23, 2008
...ded mortgage ratings at Standard&Poor's. In other words, a business model where securities issuers paid the agencies to issue ratings created inevitable conflicts. The question is why nobody ...
Why Your Credit Card Might Be Useless Overseas
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on August 21, 2008
... an easy problem to fix:
Here's the catch: Americans cannot get such a card through U.S. card issuers.
So what do you do? Well, one way to be sure you always can get by is if your bank offers a ...
Paulson: closing the barn door
in Sox First, on March 14, 2008
...ngs agencies. The only way to resolve the problem is for investors to pay for the research, not the issuers who have a vested interest in getting a certain rating....
Subprime explained - crunch time glossary
in Sox First, on February 14, 2008
.../monoline insurer - An insurance company that provides guarantees of specified debt obligations of issuers in the event that the issuer defaults. What happens is that the issuer will often go to the ...
PIPE Resales
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 5, 2008
... resale on that day.
A new report by Restricted Stock Partners examines 300 transactions and 258 issuers, showing 66% of the issuers highlighted as having greater than three months of their average...
The market talks to the Fed
in Sox First, on January 31, 2008
The Fed's one-two punch, cutting rates by half a percentage point , will not do the trick. The aim of the Fed is make it easier for business with better credit and cheaper money. But shortly after, Standard & Poor's spoiled the party by signalling it might lower its ratings on $53...
Buffett bonding
in Sox First, on January 3, 2008
Interesting questions raised from The Wall Street Journal's scoop last week that Warren Buffett plans to make a buck out of the turmoil in the financial markets by establishing a bond insurance firm with the goal of giving local governments a cheaper borrowing option. The business will guar...
London to Start M-Payment Trial
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on November 26, 2007
...rks have had to accept that they are just transferring encrypted data between the user and the card issuers. Humbach also projects mass-market acceptance of this technology is around 2010 to 2011. It ...
Ratings agencies get let off
in Sox First, on September 26, 2007
...ed about their collusion and the conflicts of interest that come when you get paid huge fees by the issuers. Now the Securities and Exchange Commission has announced it's tightening procedures ...
Consumer Reports Readers Rate Best & Worst Credit Card Issuers
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 4, 2007
... October, 2007 issue, Consumer Reports surveyed 36,000+ subscribers to find out which credit card issuers were best and which were the worst. The results are interesting, but like any best/worst lis...
Billeo Reminds You to Pay Your Billeos
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 17, 2007
...e sites, and then it reminds you when the payment is due at all the different utilities/credit card issuers, etc. Click a button and it takes you right to the site where you need to make your payment,...
Specialist Fund Market Launched By The London Stock Exchange
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 13, 2007
... The London stock exchange announced the launch a new market for issuers of specialist funds.
The Specialist Fund Market will work with professional investors such as hedge funds to satisfy ...
IPO's & Hedge Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 3, 2007
...der activism by hedge funds and other institutional investors made U.S. markets less attractive for issuers.
Gavin Anderson & Company, an international financial - communications advisory firm...
Watchdog slams Ernst & Young audits
in Sox First, on May 3, 2007
...In no instance did these actions change our original audit conclusions or affect our reports on the issuers' financial statements." But then, they would say that. And indeed, some of the fin...
More choice in accounting rules = more games?
in Sox First, on April 30, 2007
...er of questions. The SEC says it plans to issue a proposed rule this summer giving foreign private issuers a choice between IFRS and US GAAP. In addition, it plans a concept release relating to issue...
Sarbanes-Oxley: no deterrent to IPOs
in Sox First, on February 23, 2007
...e sold last year, the highest level since 1994. " 'In terms of proceeds raised by foreign issuers and the number of deals by foreign issuers, the statistics show that things look rather heal...
Cox flags changes to SOX
in Sox First, on November 20, 2006
...says, creates the "temptation for regulators to relax their standards to attract investors and issuers, at the expense of the other jurisdictions - with the result that the overall standard of re...
My Thoughts on the State of Credit Cards
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 27, 2006
...nce transfer offers, or at least they've cut back on offering them fee-free. Looking at the big issuers, Discover's still offering a 12-month 0% on its cards fee free, State Farm's got a 9...
Is Sarbanes-Oxley the global standard?
in Sox First, on September 14, 2006
It's an interesting question and the answer, I suspect, is yes and no. Corporate governance regimes around the world have been overhauled in the aftermath of the corporate scandals led by Enron. Which is what makes a recent article by Ethiopis Tafara, the director of the Securities and Exch...
Infosys - Top 3 in US Financial Services Market
in The CIO Weblog, on September 1, 2006
...lients include several of the top commercial and investment banks, securities firms and credit card issuers in the U.S., Europe and Australia. Companies in the financial services industry leverage Inf...
Some relief from SOX red tape. Step one?
in Sox First, on August 10, 2006
...ally come out with its relief package providing smaller public companies and most foreign private issuers an extension on complying with the internal control provisions of Sarbanes Oxley Section 404...
What a Credit Freeze Is and Why the Government Doesn't Want You to Have One
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 16, 2006
...n new credit accounts. In addition, the constant solicitation from financial companies, credit card issuers, etc. goes way down, because they can't see your credit info and thus can't send you...
Other Voices: Links for 6/5/06
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 5, 2006
...l auto insurance rates.
2. I mentioned last week my unhappiness that Visa allows its card issuers to give your credit card number straight to businesses you pay via monthly recurring credit ...
Time to pay
in The Techwear Weblog, on June 4, 2006
...has been created in collaboration with Chinatrust Commercial Bank, one of the largest credit card issuers in Taiwan
With the watch you can pay everything under 25US$ - not enough for a World Cup tic...
Wachovia Gearing Up to Re-Enter Credit Card Market
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 26, 2006
...ere, but if you are looking for special deals, rewards, etc., you only have a handful of options in issuers, which makes it easier for the industry to do things like raise rates, late fees, etc. There...
SEC Panel Recommends Change, Now For The Hard Part
in Sox First, on April 22, 2006
And so, as expected, the Securities and Exchange Commission's advisory committee has given draft recommendations exempting thousands of small companies from key parts of Sarbanes-Oxley the big tick . Here is the committee's final report . And now the work begins. The recommendations ...
Contactless Payment Cards Coming to a Store Near You
in The RFID Weblog, on April 6, 2006
...consumers. In the future, I foresee these payment systems will get even easier, because credit card issuers will move away from the standard credit card size/form and start issuing key fobs or smaller...
Sarbanes-Oxley: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
in Sox First, on January 11, 2006
... identified a host of problems implementing the section. "The board found that both firms and issuers faced enormous challenges in the first year of implementation, arising from the limited time...
London Calling: The SOX impact overseas
in Sox First, on December 21, 2005
..." According to a piece written by attorney Tommy Sangchompuphen in Law.Com , foreign private issuers face unique challenges and of course, compliance costs in the US. Howard Jiang, a partner at...
Credit Card Minimums Set To Rise
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 21, 2005
... Keep in mind that credit card issuers are beginning to raise monthly minimums from 2% to 4%. This is a good thing. It forces those who carry balances to pay them off quicker.
However, it g...
Point/Counterpoint Part 2: RFID Credit Card
in The RFID Weblog, on June 3, 2005
...ght away you have zero liability.
What's more, as a matter of company policy, many credit card issuers do not try to hold consumers even to the $50 rule. If it is clear the card was used by someo...
Will the US Ever Move to Legalise Online Betting?
in The Gambling Weblog, on December 10, 2004
...;s sweeping offensive against overseas-based Internet gaming has squeezed everyone from credit-card issuers to the PR firms that defend gambling companies in the court of public opinion.
As the Depa...
investment for netblue
in TJ's Weblog, on October 28, 2004
...er marketers - all on a pay-for-performance basis. Our clients include the largest credit card issuers and consumer subscription companies in the country.
Netblue's approach is simple: our c...
MasterCard Contactless Payment System Headed to National Rollout
in The RFID Weblog, on October 6, 2004
...terCard spokesperson, Betsy Foran-Owens, as quoted in an article in Contactless News :
"As issuers put MasterCard PayPass into their cardholders hands, they will have made strategic decisions...