We study the relationship between interchange fees and card transactions in a large panel of countries and assess the impact of the Interchange Fee Regulation, introduced in 2015 in the European Union, on card usage. For our purposes, we take advantage of a newly assembled dataset covering...

This study examines the role and effectiveness of the several modes of financial inclusion and technology for uninterrupted economic and business activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is based on empirical analysis through statistical estimation of four mathematical equations. The...

Titel -- Inhalt -- Vorwort -- Herausgeber -- Autorenverzeichnis -- Teil I: Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Payment-Markt -- Einführung -- Future Retail Payments: the Implications of Innovation for the Single Euro Payments Area -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Retail payments integration - the Single Euro...

In unserer Bezahlwelt tobt ein Krieg gegen das Bargeld. Es geht um kommerzielle Interessen und um die technologiegetriebenen Geschäftsmodelle von Mastercard, Microsoft, Apple und Co. Und es geht um die Freiheit des Individuums. Der Wirtschaftsexperte Norbert Häring belegt, wie eine Allianz aus...