In the Press | Lafferty Group

As a recognised expert in the fields of retail banking, cards & payments, consumer finance and central banking, Lafferty Group is regularly asked to comment on industry developments and trends worldwide. This section provides a selection of press coverage featuring Lafferty Group. Please see below for the most recent articles.


Date	Source	Title	Market	Article
11/03/2013	Portafolio	‘Debería existir la profesión de banquero’	Columbia	Click here
28/02/2013	BBC World Service	World Business Report - EU caps bankers' bonuses	EU	Click here
28/02/2013	Business News Network	Michael Lafferty interviewed on Canadian retail banking	Canada	Click here
28/02/2013	The Globe and Mail	Michael Lafferty comments on Mr. Carney’s recent affirmation of bankers' core values	Europe	Click here
20/02/2013	Asian Banking and Finance	"Why China is the stalwart in Asia's cards and payments industry". Article by Sisi Liao	Asia Pacific	Click here
20/02/2013	Asian Banking and Finance	"It's high time to educate the new generation of retail bankers". Article by Michael Lafferty	Asia Pacific	Click here
04/02/2013	Handelsblatt	“Empty Promises". Translation of article by Michael Lafferty	Europe	Click here
04/02/2013	Handelsblatt	"Leere Versprechungen". Article by Michael Lafferty - original	Europe	Click here
25-01-2013	IARB	IARB’s e-learning goes live	Global	Click here
21-01-2013	Real Business	70 per cent of small business loans in the US are arranged by community banks; a model we should learn from, according to Peter A Soraparu	Global	Click here
27-12-2012	Silo Breaker	What can banks learn from retail giants and the porn industry?	Global	Click here
27-12-2012	EU Bankers	What can banks learn from retail giants and the porn industry?	Global	Click here
27-12-2012	Managers of Wealth	What can banks learn from retail giants and the porn industry?	Global	Click here
25-12-2012	BBC World Service	World Business Report - Interview with Michael Lafferty - Review of 2012	Global	Click here
13-12-2012	BBC World Service	World Business Report - Interview with Michael Lafferty - Greece Gets its Money	Global	Click here
06-12-2012	Trade Arabia	Alliance to offer retail banking certification	The Emirates	Click here
05-12-2012	CPI Financial News	EIBFS partnership with International Academy of Retail Banking	The Emirates	Click here
03-10-2012	BBC World Service Business	World Business Report - Interview with Michael Lafferty following publication of the Liikanen Report	Global	Click here
05-09-2012	CIBN	Chartered Instutute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) empowers members, issues practice licence	Global	Click here
24-08-2012	irishtv.ie	Irish TV cover launch in Westport	Global	Click here
07-08-2012	Mayo News	40 new jobs for Westport	Global	Click here
03-08-2012	IDA Ireland	Lafferty Group to Locate Key Academic and Publishing Activities in Westport	Global	Click here
03-08-2012	Irish Examiner	Taoiseach welcomes 40 jobs for Westport	Global	Click here
03-08-2012	Irish Independent	Publishing company to create 40 new jobs	Global	Click here
03-08-2012	Irish Times	Michael Lafferty and Enda Kenny at Westport opening	Global	Click here
03-08-2012	Irish Times	Westport is looking up: Lafferty creates 40 jobs	Global	Click here
03-08-2012	Mayo Today	Lafferty Group is to locate key activities in Westport,	Global	Click here
03-07-2012	MarketWatch	Barclays should split into two	Global	Click here
14-05-2012	Business Day	Lafferty gives unified payments system a facelifts	Global	Click here
03-05-2012	AME info	Visions2Reality calls for best practices and capacity-building within the business community	Global	Click here
29-03-2012	InvestorPlace	Discover Financial Keeps Surprising	Global	Click here
06-03-2012	USA Today	Citigroup gearing up to enter China's credit card market	Global	Click here
16-03-2012	Noticias do Estado	Brasileiros utilizam cartões de crédito tanto quanto financiam veículos	Brazil	Click here
09-03-2012	Folha	Brasileiro usa cartão e paga sem juros 70% das compras parceladas	Brazil	Click here
19-01-2012	Cinco Días	Caixa Bankia o por qué nunca 1+1 suman 2	Spain	Click Here
20-11-2011	Atlantic Council	High Noon for Europe's Banks	Global	Click Here
07-09-2011	Emirates 24/7	Total credit bill in the UAE at Dh11 billion: survey	MENA	Click Here
05-09-2011	Arabian Business	Gulf consumers owe $6.6bn in credit card debt	MENA	Click Here
07-07-2011	RTE.ie Radio 1	EU and IMF officials in Dublin for bailout review	Ireland	Click Here
07-07-2011	Irish Times	Monetary expert says Ireland has good chance of 'staying the course'	Ireland	Click Here
03-07-2011	Russian Emirates	Каждый четвертый житель ОАЭ должен банкам более US$ 68.000	Russia	Click Here
03-07-2011	Emirates 24/7	25% of residents have debt of Dh250k each	MENA	Click Here
03-07-2011	Arabian Business	One in four UAE residents owe banks more than $68,000	MENA	Click Here
03-07-2011	Arabian Business	Who's to blame for your bad debts?	MENA	Click Here
29-06-2011	Market Watch	Former IMF head urges stronger bank supervision	Global	Click Here
29-06-2011	Recent Business News	Former IMF Head Urges Stronger Bank Supervision	Global	Click Here
29-06-2011	Financial News	Larosiere to Lagarde: stand your ground	Global	Click Here
29-06-2011	Financial News	McFall urges 'courage' to stand up to banks	Global	Click Here
21-06-2011	Punch on the web	Better retail banking’ll improve financial inclusion	Global	Click Here
21-06-2011	This Day Live	Diamond Bank Disburses N40bn to SMEs	Global	Click Here
20-06-2011	AllAfrica	Nigeria: Diamond Bank Disburses N40 Billion to SMEs	Africa	Click Here
19-05-2011	n>genuity	60 Seconds with Michael Lafferty	Global	Click Here
19-04-2011	Polski Portal Finansowy	Rewolucja w bankowości detalicznej	Poland	Click Here
19-04-2011	Smart Card News Online	China Cards Profits to Soar as UnionPay Monopoly Set to End	China	Click Here
12-01-2011	Finfacts Ireland	Architect of the euro warns of risk to single currency	Ireland	Click Here
01-12-2010	The Bahrain Banker	Credit where it is due	Bahrain	Click Here
02-11-2010	Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung	Kampagne gegen Krone Und Ore	Germany	Click Here
01-11-2010	The Nation	Four thai credit cards among top 50 in asia-pacific	Thailand	Click Here
29-10-2010	Hurriyet Daily News	Turkish banks make it good to the global credit card issuer list	Turkey	Click Here
29-10-2010	The Seoul Times	Korean Issuers in Lafferty Global Credit Card Rankings Top 100	South Korea	Click Here
11-10-2010	Bloomberg	Santander Brazil Forecasts Revenue Growth to Beat Itau, Bradesco	US	Click Here
10-10-2010	Alahram	BNP Pariba Egypt discuss personal finance at Lafferty Retail Banking Conference	Egypt	Click Here
06-10-2010	Algamaheer	Head of Global Government Relations at Visa Middle East Pay Cards contributed to enhancing economic systems efficiency	Egypt	Click Here
04-10-2010	Nasdaq	Credit cards are huge in the emerging world	US	Click Here
04-10-2010	Finance Today	Lafferty Group launches its Indian operation	India	Click Here
03-10-2010	El Ahram	Visa sponsors the first Lafferty Retail Banking Conference in Egypt	Egypt	Click Here
03-10-2010	Financial Times	Brazil and China in credit card leap	UK	Click Here
02-10-2010	The Financial Express	London's Lafferty opens shop in Pune	India	Click Here
01-10-2010	Financial Times	Tesco gets set for push on financial services	UK	Click Here
01-10-2010	Loksatta	Lafferty Group enters Indian market	India	Click Here
31-09-2010	El Observador	El crédito al consumos es menos riegoso que prestar a empresas	Uruguay	Click Here
30-09-2010	Amar Bharti	Lafferty to announce its operation in India New Delhi	India	Click Here
30-09-2010	The Daily News Egypt	Banque Du Caire's Bassel El-Hini on customer expectations	Egypt	Click Here
30-09-2010	The Daily News Egypt	Infrastructure and regulations: Mobile banking gearing up in Egypt	Egypt	Click Here
29-09-2010	El Mal Newspaper	At his first conference in the Middle East Lafferty recommends boost digital solutions usage in the banking	Egypt	Click Here
28-09-2010	The New Indian Express	Lafferty Launches India operation	India	Click Here
26-09-2010	Zawya	Lafferty Group focuses on Egypt and MENA	UAE	Click Here
26-09-2010	Al Bawaba News	Lafferty Group focuses on Egypt and MENA	Egypt	Click Here
26-09-2010	Religie 24	Laffetry Group focuses on Egypt and MENA	Egypt	Click Here
26-09-2010	Al Bawaba News	Visa co-sponsors first ever Lafferty Retail Banking Conference in Egypt	Egypt	Click Here
25-09-2010	The Hindu	Lafferty Group starts India operations	India	Click Here
24-09-2010	Chai Samosa	British market research firm Lafferty enters India	India	Click Here
24-09-2010	India Times	British market research firm Lafferty enters India	India	Click Here
24-09-2010	Financial Directories	British market research firm Lafferty enters India - Economic Times	UK	Click Here
24-09-2010	INDOLINK Consulting	British market research firm Lafferty enters India	India	Click Here
24-09-2010	New Kerala	London's Lafferty Group launches India operations	India	Click Here
24-09-2010	Newspolitan	London's Lafferty Group launches India operations	India	Click Here
23-09-2010	India Report	British market research firm lafferty enters India	India	Click Here
23-09-2010	Market Research Industry Online	Financial Services ResearcherOpens in India	Asia	Click Here
23-09-2010	India Infoline Limited	Lafferty Group announces the launch of its India operation	India	Click Here
23-09-2010	The Financial Express	Lafferty kicks off Indian operations	India	Click Here
23-09-2010	The Economic Times	British market research firm Lafferty enters India	India	Click Here
23-09-2010	World News Network	British market research firm Lafferty enters India	India	Click Here
10-09-2010	Diario Financiero	Buvinic anticipa una profundización de la mayor demanda de creditos	Chile	Click Here
08-09-2010	El Observador	Piden a bancos política agresiva" y mas servicios para captar clientes	Uruguay	Click Here
08-09-2010	El Pais	Economía pidió a los bancos que incentiven la captación de ahorro	Uruguay	Click Here
05-09-2010	Sunday Tribune	Lafferty in joint venture with Brazilian finance consultancy	Ireland	Click Here
01-09-2010	Executivos Financeiros	Brasil é o terceiro mercado mais interessante do mundo na avaliação de consultor inglês	Brazil	Click Here
02-09-2010	Serfinco	Estrangeiro inicia corrida por fatia do mercado de cartoes	Brazil	Click Here
23-08-2010	Gulf News	Lifestyle support for consumer finance	UAE	Click Here
21-08-2010	Irish Times	Honohan has to be praised for flying the flag in Asia	Ireland	Click Here
13-08-2010	Al Alam Al Youm	Michael Lafferty's press interview with Al Alam Al Youm the newspaper	Egypt	Click Here
12-08-2010	Independant.ie	Size matters as microfinance gives unemployed a First Step up to big things	Ireland	Click Here
09-08-2010	Arabian Business	Consumer debt in GCC hits $139bn	MENA	Click Here
09-08-2010	Arabian Business	Gulf Residents owe $32.5bn in outstanding mortgages - study	MENA	Click Here
01-08-2010	US Banker	Banking 2020: Smartphones Rule	US	Click Here
30-07-2010	Computing.co.uk	Banking threatened by electronic retailers	UK	Click Here
25-06-2010	Conso.ro	Prioritatea bancherilor este sa recastige increderea clientilor	Romania	Click Here
24-06-2010	BBC World Service	Financial Regulation Podcast	UK	Click Here
23-06-2010	Conso.ro	Criza a adus in atenia comerciantilor	Romania	Click Here
23-06-2010	Money Management	Retail banking to become increasingly virtual	Australia	Click Here
11-06-2010	The Business Times	Former OCBC banker to lead Lafferty Asia	Singapore	Click Here
10-06-2010	Asean Affairs	Kuala Lumpur office for Lafferty Asia	Thailand	Click Here
07-06-2010	The Wall Street Journal	Visa draws a line in the sand	US	Click Here
12-04-2010	Nigeria Communications Week	Lafferty foresees opportunities in standalone Retail Banking	Nigeria	Click Here
12-04-2010	Businessday	Retail banking: Banks going back to the basics?	Nigeria	Click Here
09-04-2010	NBF News	Expert commends Nigeria's move towards Retail Banking	Nigeria	Click Here
09-04-2010	ThisDay	Nigeria needs Retail-only banks	Nigeria	Click Here
25-03-2010	Financial Times	Reasons to be cheerful about Europe	UK	Click Here
25-03-2010	Financial Times	Sovereign wealth funds courted in debt sales	UK	Click Here
23-03-2010	Financial Times	Central banks woo sovereign wealth funds over debt	UK	Click Here
22-02-2010	Irish Examiner	Banks lose €23m over credit card defaults	Ireland	Click Here
14-02-2010	Sunday Tribune	Move for central bank to behave more like sovereign wealth funds	Ireland	Click Here
11-02-2010	Irish Times	Ireland's recovery plan seen as 'credible'	Ireland	Click Here
31-01-2010	BBC Business News	Volcker to spell out future of banks	UK	Click Here
31-12-2009	USA Today	US credit fees bug world	US	Click Here
13-12-2009	BusinessWorld Online	Retail Banking Presents Growth Opportunities	Philippines	Click Here
19-11-2009	Financial Times	Letters: US Credit Card Sector Faces Punitive Hostility	UK	Click Here
16-11-2009	OCBC Advertisement	A Winning Partnership. A Rewarding Experience.	Singapore	Click Here
24-10-2009	Kompas.com	AirAsia HSBC Card Grabs Award	Indonesia	Click Here
16-10-2009	Lintas Berita	Citibank Grabs Best Card Issuer	Indonesia	Click Here
16-10-2009	Infobanknews.com	Citibank Grabs "Lafferty Asia Payment Cards Awards 2009"	Indonesia	Click Here
16-10-2009	SWA	Citibank Grabs Best Card Issuer	Indonesia	Click Here
16-10-2009	The Jakarta Post	BCA, Citibank most trusted payment card in RI: Survey	Indonesia	Click Here
16-10-2009	MIS Asia	Citibank emerges top winner in first regional consumer opinion-based awards	Asia	Click Here
16-10-2009	UnionBank Today	Lafferty Group awards UnionBank OmniPass for Best Credit Card Product Innovation & EON CyberCard for Best Debit Card	Philippines	Click Here
20-07-2009	Financial Times	Cash and carry	UK	Click Here
10-06-2009	Business Day	Associated growth portends opportunities up for grab	Nigeria	Click Here
10-06-2009	Business Day	Breaking up is hard	Nigeria	Click Here
10-06-2009	Business Day	UBA increases commitment to growth of retail banking	Nigeria	Click Here
09-06-2009	Financial Standard	Michael Lafferty, Lafferty Group & Chidi Okpala, UBA Plc	Nigeria	Click Here
01-06-2009	Business Day	Infrastructure hinders Nigeria from being profitable credit card market	Nigeria	Click Here
11-04-2009	The National	Giving yourself credit with debit	UAE	Click Here
09-04-2009	Cinco Dias	La banca dejara de ingresar 2.600 millones si adopta las tasas impuestas a Mastercard	Spain	Click Here
06-04-2009	Bloomberg	Visa Europe Accused of Antitrust Violations by EU	Europe	Click Here
03-05-2009	The Sunday Times	Supermarkets rush into banking	UK	Click Here
01-04-2009	The African Banker	My case for a stand-alone retail banking model	Africa	Click Here
14-03-2009	The Bangkok Post	Rebuilding a banking system we can all trust	Worldwide	Click Here
09-03-2009	The Korea Herald	Build a banking system we all can trust	Worldwide	Click Here
24-02-2009	The Times of London	New world order in banking necessary after abject failure of present model	Worldwide	Click Here
21-11-2008	American Banker	Barclays hiring in market where rivals are firing	US	Click Here
05-11-2008	Business Times	Robust growth in Malaysian credit card mart	Malaysia	Click Here
04-11-2008	The Paypers	The credit card market in Malaysia registers 50% growth in profits in two years	Malaysia	Click Here
13-08-2008	American Banker	High hurdle of monopoly in olympics' host country	China	Click Here
18-06-2008	American Banker	HSBC extends its 'global' outsourcing	UK	Click Here
19-05-2008	American Banker	Receptive Asian audience for loan analysis product	Asia	Click Here
28-04-2008	Singapore Times	State-run funds ‘can curb excesses of global banks’	Asia	Click Here
16-04-2008	Business Times Online	State-owned funds can rein in Western banks	Worldwide	Click Here
16-04-2008	Business Times	Break up the 'do all' banks: Lafferty chief	Worldwide	Click Here
11-04-2008	The Nation Business	Expert calls for a new retail model	Worldwide	Click Here
09-04-2008	The Edge Dafily	Don’t mix investment banking with retail business, expert tells bankers	Worldwide	Click Here
09-04-2008	NEAC	Banking on retail to spur growth	Worldwide	Click Here
09-04-2008	Business Times Online	Avoid integrated structures, Malaysian banks told	US	Click Here
30-02-2008	Payment Media - Latin American Market	El mercado de tarjetas en América Latina bajo la mirada de Lafferty Group	Latin America	Click Here
26-02-2008	Financial Times	Visa plans biggest US listing as it shrugs off threat of slowdown	US	Click Here
16-01-2008	Bloomberg	EU Lawmakers Pass Bill to Spur Cross-Border Lending (Update4)	Europe	Click Here
11-01-2008	American Banker	Metavante, Markets Here Maturing, Gets Hub Abroad	US	Click Here
11-01-2008	Today's Zaman	Credit card debt surges over fivefold in five years	Turkey	Click Here
07-01-2008	El Conista	Los bancos de inversion hicieron mucho dano y solo unos pocos deberian quedar	Worldwide	Click Here
08-11-2007	American Banker	Barclaycard US Sends Exec To Build Affinity Line in U.K.	US	Click Here
01-11-2007	American Banker	Lafferty Says Debit Use Rare in Japan	Japan	Click Here
29-10-2007	American Banker	Study Finds Growth in Canada	Canada	Click Here
23-10-2007	Montreal Gazette	Credit-card usage here differs from U.S.; Fewer in the wallet, but used more often	Canada	Click Here
23-10-2007	Edmonton Journal	U.S.-Canada credit users: Visa la difference	Canada	Click Here
22-10-2007	Financial Post	Credit-card usage in Canada differs from U.S.	Canada	Click Here
03-10-2007	Kartyonline.pl	Co trzecia karta wydana przez banki nigdy nie została użyta	Poland	Click Here
23-08-2007	TMC net	Asia Pacific: Debit cards show strong potential to grow Asia-Pacific region over next decade	Asia	Click Here
23-08-2007	Bangkok Post	Debit card usage likely to surge in Asia from a low base	Asia	Click Here
17-08-2007	Polish Banking News	Potential in credit card market	Poland	Click Here
16-08-2007	Interfax	Poland's credit card market development likely to slow down in 2007	Poland	Click Here
05-08-2007	Arabian Business News	Saudi credit card loans up 69%	Austria	Click Here
25-07-2007	Presstext	Österreicher pfeifen auf Kreditkarten	Austria	Click Here
10-07-2007	EKONOM	Nedostatečné pobídky	Czech Republic	Click Here
07-07-2007	Lidove Noviny	Za poslední dva roky se více než zdvojnásobilpočet kreditek v Česku	Czech Republic	Click Here
03-07-2007	Interfax	Number of credit cards in Czech Republic up 120% between 2004 and 2006	Czech Republic	Click Here
20-06-2007	Financial Times	Wanted: a choice of more than just the big four	Europe	Click Here
18-06-2007	AME Info	Explosion in popularity of credit cards in the Middle East	MENA	Click here
18-06-2007	American Banker	Study: Issuance Climbing in Middle East	MENA	Click here
18-06-2007	Reut ers	Credit cards drive Gulf consumer loan boom - study	MENA	Click here
18-06-2007	Zawya	Explosion in popularity of credit cards in the Middle East	MENA	Click here
18-06-2007	Al-Bawaba News	Explosion in popularity of credit cards in the Middle East	MENA	Click here
18-06-2007	Arabian Business	Credit cards drive Gulf consumer debt	MENA	Click here
18-06-2007	Business Times	Explosion in popularity of credit cards	MENA	Click here
18-06-2007	Trade Arabia	Credit cards explosion in ME	MENA	Click here
18-06-2007	Gulf Times	Credit cards driving GCC consumer loan boom: study	MENA	Click here
18-05-2007	The Independent	Credit-card profits dive as regulators crack down	UK	Click here
17-05-2007	Reuters	UK credit card profits fall to 16 stg per card-study	UK	Click here
17-05-2007	Financial TImes	Credit card profitability drops 43%	UK	Click here
14-05-2007	BankIR.com	Крупнейшие банки стран Евросоюза обсуждают возможность создания дебетового конкурента MasterCard и Visa	Europe	Click here
14-05-2007	RBC Daily	Европа против MasterCard и Visa	Europe	Click here
12-05-2007	El Pais	La banca europea, rival de Mastercard	Europe	Click here
12-05-2007	The Independent	European banks plan debit card system to rival Visa, Mastercard	Europe	Click here
12-05-2007	Smart Financial	Bancile europene negociaza o alternativa la MasterCard si Visa Europe	Europe	Click here
11-05-2007	Finextra	EU banks discuss debit rival to MasterCard and Visa	Europe	Click here
11-05-2007	CNN	Banks eye pan-Euro debit card	Europe	Click here
11-05-2007	Sky News	EU Banks Plan Competition For Visa	Europe	Click here
11-05-2007	Financial Times	European lenders may form debit card network	Europe	Click here
11-05-2007	Challenges.fr	Une carte bancaire paneuropéenne bientôt disponible?	Europe	Click here
11-05-2007	Challenges.fr	Des banques européennes réfléchissent à une carte bancaire	Europe	Click here
11-05-2007	Ghiseul Bancar	Duopolul Visa-MasterCard ar putea avea concurent	Europe	Click here
11-05-2007	Hoy Digital	Desafiarían en Europa a tarjetas MasterCard y Visa	Europe	Click here
11-05-2007	Bloomberg	EU Banks Discuss Rival to MasterCard, Visa, Research Firm Says	Europe	Click here
11-05-2007	Reuters	EU banks in secret debit card talks: document	Europe	Click here
07-05-2007	American Banker	Chinese Market Said to Need Nurturing	China	Click here
05-05-2007	Reuters	China Credit Cards Posted Big 2006 Loss	China	Click here
27-04-2007	BBC News	RBS confirms ABN Amro bid plans	Europe	Click here
29-03-2007	American Banker	Discover, Foreign Losses Bigger, Cites U.K. Woes	UK	Click here
13-02-2007	Irish Independent	OPINION : Taxing plastic 'just prolongs cash culture'	Ireland	Click here
11-02-2007	Sunday Tribune	Ireland ranks third in global credit card profit league table	Ireland	Click here
13-02-2007	Irish Independent	Irish credit cards third most profitable in world	Ireland	Click here
09-02-2007	Finfacts Ireland	Irish credit card market among most profitable in the world	Ireland	Click here
09-02-2007	RTE Business	Irish credit cards yield €142m profits	Ireland	Click here
09-02-2007	Wall Street Journal Online	Irish Credit Card Market Booms, Competition Lags	Ireland	Click here
06-02-2007	Algemeen Dagblad	Nederlander ziet meer in pinpas	Netherlands	Click here
10-12-2006	Bucharest Business Week	Românii vor folosi din ce în ce mai mult cardurile de credit	Romania	Click here
01-12-2006	European Card Review	ECB expresses 'deep concerns'	Europe	Click here
28-11-2006	Bursa	Cardurile de credit vor cunoaste o expansiune semnificativa	Romania	Click Here
26-10-2006	Finweek	Foreigners eye SA market	South Africa	Click Here
13-10-2006	New Zealand Herald	Visa plans IPO to pay for expansion - and law suits	New Zealand	Click Here
12-10-2006	Financial Times	Visa bows to pressure and unveils IPO move	Worldwide	Click Here
12-10-2006	Cinco Dias	Visa saldrá a Bolsa en 2007 para financiar su expansión	Worldwide	Click Here
12-10-2006	NEWS.com.au	Visa to go public to help pay for claims	Worldwide	Click Here
11-10-2006	Bloomberg	Visa Will Offer Shares to Public After Reorganization (Update5)	Worldwide	Click Here
11-10-2006	Reuters	UPDATE 3-Visa plans IPO to fund expansion, handle suits	Worldwide	Click Here
11-10-2006	Dow Jones	2nd UPDATE: Visa Plans For IPO In 12-18 Months	Worldwide	Click Here
09-10-2006	Moneyweb	Radio interview with Alison Smithie: Senior researcher, Lafferty Group	South Africa	Click Here
03-10-2006	Asian Banking & Finance	Does Citibank know what it’s doing in China?	China	Click Here
29-09-2006	Beijing Review	Is There Profit in China’s Foreign Credit Card Market?	China	Click Here
11-09-2006	De Standaard	Krediet rolt steeds meer	Belgium	Click Here
31-08-2006	Kathimerini	Banks looking for new ways of replenishing credit card revenues	Greece	Click Here
30-08-2006	Reuters	Golden days over for Greek credit card issuers	Greece	Click Here
05-07-2006	Financial Times	Gloomy forecast for China credit card profits	China	Click Here
12-06-2006	Washington Post	Discover targets small business with new card plan	United States	Click Here
12-06-2006	The Boston Globe	Discover targets small business with new card plan	United States	Click Here
12-06-2006	Wave3	Discover targets small business with new card plan	United States	Click Here
12-06-2006	Yahoo	Discover targets small business with new card plan	United States	Click Here
12-06-2006	MSN Money	Discover targets small business with new card plan	United States	Click Here