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Which country makes it easiest for a foreigner to establish a bank? Sep 11, 2013 Licensing in Other Countries What would occur if mortgages were suddenly banned? Sep 11, 2013 Lending, Credit Scores and BNPL Online Payments: What are the main success factors in the remittance industry? Sep 11, 2013 Money Transfer Business and MTOs What important factors should I consider before purchasing a Wi-Fi repeater? Sep 9, 2013 Payments (General) What are some of the world’s most widely respected or admired symbols? Sep 8, 2013 Payments (General) Which logos are among the oldest still in existence globally? Sep 8, 2013 General Finance Questions If I borrow one kilogram of gold, what determines the legal exchange rate at which I must settle the repayment? Sep 8, 2013 Capital Markets: Stocks, Bonds and Derivatives Do money-transmission laws apply to gift-giving businesses that distribute cash gifts? Sep 8, 2013 US Money Transmitter Licensing and MSB Registration Which white-label providers are best for handling international, multi-currency payment processing? Sep 8, 2013 Merchant Accounts, Processors and Gateways Is Square likely to expand into online payment processing? Sep 8, 2013 Merchant Accounts, Processors and Gateways Credit Card Processing: What steps are required to become a new payment type—similar to Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or Amex—and handle routing of authorizations to issuing banks? Sep 6, 2013 Card Networks and Card Issuing If a US-based company offers a web-based software application in Pakistan, what legal rights or requirements apply before entering the market? Sep 6, 2013 Law, Contracts, Terms of Service and Legal Structures If someone wanted to create a new payment type like Visa/Mastercard/AmEx/Discover, what would actually be required? Sep 6, 2013 Card Networks and Card Issuing How do remittances from the Middle East to India affect the rupee’s value? Sep 5, 2013 Economics, Inflation and Monetary Policy Why doesn’t the hawala system collapse, and why do participants generally not cheat? Sep 5, 2013 Hawala, Informal Value Transfer and Shadow Finance Why is there no PayPal-like peer-to-peer money-transfer system in India? Sep 5, 2013 Digital Wallets, Mobile Money and P2P Payments What are the main steps required to establish a payment processing company? Sep 3, 2013 Licensing Strategy, Sponsorship and Agent Models Online Payment Gateways and Processing: How easy or hard would it be to steal swiped data from Square or the new PayPal Here devices? Sep 3, 2013 Cybersecurity, Digital Identity and Authentication What are the core steps involved in becoming a payment processing company? Sep 3, 2013 Licensing Strategy, Sponsorship and Agent Models How difficult would it be to skim card data from Square or PayPal Here devices? Sep 3, 2013 Cybersecurity, Digital Identity and Authentication What specific function do companies like Visa and MasterCard serve in enabling electronic fund transfers? Sep 2, 2013 Card Networks and Card Issuing What precisely occurs during a wire transfer? How does the money move from the sender’s bank account to the recipient’s? How long does each stage take? What regulatory controls, if any, govern the process? Sep 2, 2013 International Wire Transfers and Large Transfers What’s the best way to transfer money from the U.S. to Pakistan? Sep 2, 2013 International Wire Transfers and Large Transfers What role do Visa and MasterCard play in electronic funds transfers? Sep 2, 2013 Card Networks and Card Issuing What exactly happens during a wire transfer and how does money move step by step between banks? Sep 2, 2013 Correspondent Banking, Nostro and Vostro, and Settlement What are the available ways to transfer money from the US to Pakistan? Sep 2, 2013 Sending and Receiving Money Abroad How hard is it to disrupt the electronic payments space? Aug 12, 2013 Business Strategy, Case Studies and Lessons Learned What is one company that gave you great value while costing you very little? Aug 12, 2013 General Finance Questions Will the $100M MoneyGram penalty encourage the payments industry to treat AML compliance more seriously? Aug 11, 2013 Regulators, Enforcement and Regulatory Change How does an app enable transfers between two different bank accounts? Aug 11, 2013 Domestic Payment Rails, National Switches and Clearing Systems How much of the internet still relies on pre-2000 legacy code, infrastructure, or hardware? Aug 10, 2013 Banking and Payments Technology Stack What services or APIs enable users to send each other payments (bank/ACH) on my website? Aug 10, 2013 Developer Tools, APIs, Sandboxes and Open Source Is there a company that can handle credit card processing for my Africa-based startup? Aug 10, 2013 Merchant Accounts, Processors and Gateways If online banking is widespread, why do checks still take a day to clear? Aug 10, 2013 Domestic Payment Rails, National Switches and Clearing Systems What would happen if every bank in the world were replaced by a single institution requiring handwritten signatures and banning online banking? Aug 10, 2013 General Finance Questions Online Payments: What are the biggest hurdles in getting approved for a merchant account? Aug 8, 2013 Merchant Accounts, Processors and Gateways Are there Payment Service Providers in India, and what is required to become one? Aug 8, 2013 Merchant Accounts, Processors and Gateways Which online payment solution is suitable for collecting personal-fundraiser donations in Singapore while remaining legally compliant? Aug 7, 2013 Alternative Finance and Crowdfunding What is considered the most complex machine humanity has ever created? Aug 6, 2013 Payments (General) Which technology is likely to dominate mobile payments: digital wallets, NFC, or mobile card readers like Square? Aug 5, 2013 Digital Wallets, Mobile Money and P2P Payments What is the best method for attracting a 10x engineer to an early-stage startup? Aug 5, 2013 Careers, Jobs and Working in Finance Which approach is most likely to win in mobile payments: digital wallets, NFC, or mobile card readers (like Square)? Aug 5, 2013 Digital Wallets, Mobile Money and P2P Payments What are the pathways to becoming a front-end card processor? Aug 4, 2013 Merchant Accounts, Processors and Gateways What is a good payment gateway option for a donate-to-invest type platform? Aug 2, 2013 Merchant Accounts, Processors and Gateways Foreign Exchange: How does peerTransfer generate revenue? Aug 1, 2013 FX Rates, Spreads and Currency Markets Which ACH providers allow international merchants to participate? Aug 1, 2013 Merchant Accounts, Processors and Gateways What risks come with using mobile point-of-sale systems? Jul 12, 2013 Merchant Accounts, Processors and Gateways Do most banks build their own core banking and CRM systems, or do they buy them? Jul 12, 2013 Banking and Payments Technology Stack How much does an ATM machine typically weigh? Jul 12, 2013 Payments (General) I’m looking for innovative payments companies—what are they and what do they offer? Jul 12, 2013 Payments (General)