Debit Transactions | Debit Card Payments

Visa and MasterCard Make Their Money on PIN-based Debit Transactions

Posted on January 5, 2009No Comments

In previous posts I have talked about Visa and MasterCard turning to Debit and prepaid cards to re-coop money lost on defaulted credit cards. PIN-based debit transactions type of cards used to be the cheapest form of electronic payment a merchant could accept – that seems to be changing these days. It is estimated that PIN-based […]

Are Debit Cards Outweighing Credit Cards?

Posted on November 3, 2008No Comments

Banks are becoming leerier to issuing credit cards. The alternative is to issue debit cards so that there are no default payments. Although this is good in the short term, they also eliminate a huge stream of income by not being able to collect interest. Many people are trying to avoid using credit cards by […]