ONE-YEAR AGO:
Nearly 70% of industry
executives believe that 2009 growth in the general purpose reloadable card
market will equal or exceed growth levels in 2008
. . . .
(click here to read more) FIVE YEARS AGO:
After down shifting for two years, growth in off-line debit
volume rebounded in 2004, increasing 19% to $686 billion
. . . .
(click here to read more) TEN YEARS AGO:
Hypercom unveiled the 'ICE 6500' and the 'ePic ICE
5500" terminals yesterday. The 'ICE 6500" is an Internet-enabled, customer-
activated, stand-alone touch screen card payment terminal that integrates a
web appliance
. . . .
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