National card schemes load up on innovation as the payments ecosystem becomes more competitive
By
Chris Hamilton, payments industry consultant, Hamilton Platform
National debit card schemes used to be able to think of themselves (perhaps a little complacently) as national utilities. As long as they were reliable, ubiquitous and cheap, they didn’t need to lead the pack on innovation. But this mindset has now largely gone. There is a broad global consensus amongst national payments schemes that survival, let alone growth, depends on continuous systemic innovation. So what’s next for the basic plumbing of the world’s retail economies?
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After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2020 edition out of its usual spot in early May and transplanted it into October, the Giro d’Italia is back in its rightful place as the opening grand tour of the season, and the 104th edition of the race is sure to torment every one of its 184 participants.
With a relatively straightforward 8.6km time trial to kick things off in Turin, riders will then face a hellish next three weeks that will include seven mountain stages, featuring six summit finishes, and eight hilly stages, including gravel sections that will be sure to spice up the second week of the race, plus five clear-cut chances for the sprinters, with the race to be bookended by races against the clock.
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A study conducted by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at West Virginia University, but commissioned by the West Virginia Coal Association, suggests the coal industry and coal-fired power plants are still a significant player in the state’s economy.
It showed mining and coal-fired power generation have a $14 billion impact on the Mountain State.
The study “came out even more overwhelming and convincing than even what we thought on the total economic impact,” said Chris Hamilton, president of the West Virginia Coal Association.
Certainly the research could point toward various conclusions, depending on the interpreter. In the case of the coal association, the results seemed clear cut.
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