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While banks struggle to get consumers to use Near Field Communication-enabled phones for mobile payments, the video game industry is having blockbuster success with NFC technology.

As recent breaches in the retail industry have illustrated, today's threat landscape is complicated and evolving.

Some assorted editorial odds and ends that, refreshingly, are not related to risk-based capital.

Year after year, the ongoing consideration of noninterest income generation has become a fact of life for virtually every type of financial institution.

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Mobile POS (mPOS) at retail delivers numerous benefits, including line-busting, managing showrooming, stimulating add-on sales and ordering out-of-stock items. Plus, mobile devices equip associates to run customer loyalty programs, manage inventory and change prices—all from the palm of their hand.

Before banks launch new payment products and services, they should think carefully about their customer demographics, security and regulatory risks and data monetization.

The U.S. office property market has become a model of a disciplined, well-functioning real estate market since listed equity real estate investment trusts changed the calculus driving new construction.

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Imagine that one day people from your country’s rural areas start paying with their mobiles. Would it be strange? Definitely. That would mean they are more advanced in mobile payments adoption than the majority of people living in cities, who still prefer to use plastic.