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2010 brings a perfect storm to the credit card industry, driven by recession-induced changes that are reshaping its core. At the same time, card rewards have become ubiquitous

The Payment Card Competitor Tracker provides expert analysis and opinion on the strategic moves of leading competitors in the payment card market. Produced on a monthly basis, the Tracker is a global product and covers 60 players

This slide deck provides direct answers to the important questions regarding consumer behaviour towards Financial Services products. This series of reports provides country specific data, set against a global backdrop, to ensure the reader knows What Consumers Want in their area of Financial Services.

The U.S. Mom Market has received much discussion over the last 10 years since Packaged Facts first published a comprehensive report on the market. Moms continue to dominate the household dollars and brands continue to try to meet their needs

HNWIs population and wealth is growing at a very fast rate when compared to the global and Asia-pacific average. The wealth of HNWIs in Singapore is growing at 35.6%, whereas wealth of HNWIs is growing at 17.1% globally and 25.8% in APAC.

Payday Advances Loans is pleased to announce the expansion of their services to include a simple 3 minute payday advances loans application that is simple to complete and will get clients a cash advance or payday loans in minutes without the need to fax any paperwork.

World Market Intelligence’s Company Benchmarking: Top 20 Global Retailers report compares the financial and operational strength of the top 20 global retail companies. The benchmarking is based on key parameters and ratio that explain where a particular company stands against its peers. It should however be noted that as ratios or parameters on a standalone basis do not give the full picture, the main objective of this report is to provide a “likely” situation and not a deterministic one.

Sharia banking has shown strong performance in Indonesia since 2000. The role of sharia banking continues to escalate in support of economic activities and huge unbanked population in the country. So far, sharia banks have not showed any weakening of their performance. Indonesia’s sharia banking is anticipated to gain a big boost in future as well on account of the government support. According to our research report “Indonesian Islamic Banking Outlook to 2013”, sharia banking assets are expected to reach around Rp 399.6 Trillion in 2013 over Rp 107.1 Trillion in 2010. Our report has discussed the factors that are driving growth in the industry.

Payment Cards in China is an invaluable guide to one of world's largest payment card markets. The report provides statistics on market size, competitor market shares and forecasts.

With rising popularity of electronic banking and stupendous growth in information and technology, the number of payment cards has surged in South Korea. With no risk involved, prepaid cards are anticipated to show significant growth in future. This is because the use of gift cards, which are kind of prepaid cards, is now possible at shops accepting credit cards, so many people now prefer to present gift cards. According to our research report “South Korean Payment Card Market”, average daily use of prepaid cards is expected to surge at a CAGR of around 13% during 2009-2013.

The wealth of HNWIs in Singapore is growing at 35.6%, whereas wealth of HNWIs is growing at 17.1% globally and 25.8% in APAC

The BFS practice at MarketsandMarkets is pleased to announce its Analyst Briefing Presentation on HNWI in Singapore Wealth Management Industry – Trends, Analysis and Forecast (2010-2015) market to be held on November 30, 2010.

With limited exposure of the South African banks to the global credit crunch, assets are forecasted to increase at a CAGR of around 19% between 2009 and 2013, says RNCOS.

Dagny, Norway, Commercial Asset Valuation and Forecast is the latest report from GlobalData that provides financial and operational analysis of Dagny in Norway.

Blaabaer, Norway, Commercial Asset Valuation and Forecast is the latest report from GlobalData that provides financial and operational analysis of Blaabaer in Norway.

B13a&B10c, Netherlands, Commercial Asset Valuation and Forecast is the latest report from GlobalData that provides financial and operational analysis of B13a&B10c in Netherlands.

Aurora, Norway, Commercial Asset Valuation and Forecast is the latest report from GlobalData that provides financial and operational analysis of Aurora in Norway.

Life Meets Work is a well-known workplace consultancy that is helping leading employers and potential employees to foster flexible work environment so that the employees can add value to the growth of the business. They are aimed at creating work life programs and flexible work arrangements so that the employers can achieve higher productivity and employees can fulfill other family responsibilities on time.

CIMCON Software, the pioneering Market Leader in Spreadsheet Control and Compliance solutions, today announced its participation in ISACA’s ‘IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Conference’ in Boston, Massachusetts from October 6 to 8.

Michael G. Carlton, president of Crescent State Bank (www.crescentstatebank.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global MarketSM), has announced that Felicia Evans Woodard has joined the bank’s Cary office as vice president and commercial relationship banker. In this position, Woodard will build and maintain strong client relationships and assist with past due management, loan reviews and renewals, maintain proper documentation, loan underwriting and grow loans and deposits.

Living in a fast, sophisticated world of today, it becomes more and more difficult to take control over your personal finance while the demand for it grows incredibly fast.

If you are running a business in a fast, sophisticated world of today, it becomes more and more difficult for you to take control over the flow of corporate finance while the demand for it grows incredibly fast. Making it more convenient and cheaper for you to manage your employees’ salaries and enabling them to use their money whenever and wherever they want to is the main aim of UWC Financial Services Ltd, a service-driven business that proves to always be there to help.

valuescope, a specialist in the area of semantic information processing, has re-launched its news portal Value-Feeds ( https://www.value-feeds.com/ ). Current events on international banking M&A-deals are easily accessible and organized on one platform.

With more and more Americans facing dwindling cash reserves due to high unemployment numbers, cash strapped Americans are falling behind in record proportions from debt. The credit card industry is becoming more aggressive with recovery tactics by utilizing harassing phone calls, and even suing debtors through the court system and collecting wage garnishments.

As of the end of the reporting period Uniastrum issued more than 782,000 Visa and MasterCard cards, expanding its plastic card portfolio almost 40%