Sean Sposito's specialty is mining banking data to develop stories, often on payment cards and networks. Before joining American Banker in New York, Sean was a year-long intern at The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey, where he covered residential and commercial real estate and worked on computer-assisted reporting projects. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Record (Bergen County, N.J.), The Arkansas Democrat Gazette and the Columbia Daily Tribune (Missouri). He is also a former data analyst at the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting.

Isis Mobile Payments Build Momentum with New Merchants
May 15, 2012 The mobile payments venture Isis has already signed some major banking companies to its smartphone-based payment system. Its...

Diebold to Provide Security for Tulsa-Based Bank's HQ
May 10, 2012 Diebold said it will provide and manage the security of Patriot Bank's new headquarters.

Isis to Link Amex's Digital Wallet to Its Own
May 10, 2012 Why stop at just one digital wallet? American Express plans to allow users of its digital wallet, Serve, to link their account...

Barnes & Noble Pact Writes the Next Chapter in Amex's Prepaid Push
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Why Chase's 'Liquid' Prepaid Card Flows Through Its Branches
May 9, 2012 JPMorgan Chase's new prepaid card, Liquid, is being marketed as an alternative to a bank account, but its underlying terms...

It Pays to Be Neighborly For Silicon Prairie Startups
May 8, 2012 SmartyPig and Dwolla are based within blocks of each other in Des Moines, Iowa, and they share more than just a ZIP code.

Dwolla Pitches Fast Fund Transfers, but Bank Participation is Vital
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VeriFone Raises Sail as Its Latest Answer to Square
May 7, 2012 When Square launched its mobile card reader in 2009, VeriFone Systems was on its heels with PayWare Mobile. Now VeriFone is...

Amber Waves Of Startups
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Green Dot to License Loopt Technology
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