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HaiPeng (Ben) ZHUCo-Founder and CEOHandBlue PrePaid

Something Is Better Than Nothing: Yahoo and Alibaba’s New Deal

July 31, 2011

Analysis of:Yahoo, Alibaba, Softbank come to agreement | councils.glgroup.com

NEW YORK — Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO)., Japan's Softbank Corp (TYO:9984). and the Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group have agreed on a compensation plan involving the Web payment service AliPay.Under the agreement, Yahoo Inc., Softbank Corp. and Alibaba said that Alibaba — and thereby its shareholders — will continue to participate in Alipay's future financial performance. If Alipay goes public or is otherwise liquidated, Alibaba will get at least $2 billion and up to $6 billion.

HaiPeng (Ben) ZHUCo-Founder and CEOHandBlue PrePaid

Something Is Better Than Nothing: Yahoo and Alibaba’s New Deal

July 29, 2011

Analysis of:Yahoo, Alibaba, Softbank come to agreement | online.wsj.com

NEW YORK — Yahoo Inc., Japan's Softbank Corp. and the Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group have agreed on a compensation plan involving the Web payment service AliPay.Under the agreement, Yahoo Inc., Softbank Corp. and Alibaba said that Alibaba — and thereby its shareholders — will continue to participate in Alipay's future financial performance. If Alipay goes public or is otherwise liquidated, Alibaba will get at least $2 billion and up to $6 billion.

HaiPeng (Ben) ZHUCo-Founder and CEOHandBlue PrePaid

Ebay in China: neither fish nor fowl

June 7, 2011

Analysis of:PayPal terminates partnership with Alibaba | news.yahoo.com

Online payment giant PayPal has announced it will be ending its year-long partnership with AliExpress, the wholesale goods service of China’s Alibaba that is aimed primarily at businesses and corporations. PayPal gives no reason for ending the relationship, but industry reports have the company unhappy with the amount of goods AliExpress is retailing directly to consumers rather than businesses.

HaiPeng (Ben) ZHUCo-Founder and CEOHandBlue PrePaid

Ebay in China: neither fish nor fowl

June 6, 2011

Analysis of:PayPal terminates partnership with Alibaba | news.yahoo.com

Online payment giant PayPal has announced it will be ending its year-long partnership with AliExpress, the wholesale goods service of China’s Alibaba that is aimed primarily at businesses and corporations. PayPal gives no reason for ending the relationship, but industry reports have the company unhappy with the amount of goods AliExpress is retailing directly to consumers rather than businesses.

HaiPeng (Ben) ZHUCo-Founder and CEOHandBlue PrePaid

Another game of Jack Ma: Alipay Restructuring and Yahoo stock price

May 12, 2011

Analysis of:Yahoo shares slide on Alipay restructuring (Reuters) | www.usnewsweekly.info

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yahoo (YHOO.O) shares fell as much as 8.6 percent on Wednesday after the controller of Alibaba Group, which includes China’s largest e-commerce company Alibaba.com (1688.HK), took full control of Alipay, a Chinese online payment business.

HaiPeng (Ben) ZHUCo-Founder and CEOHandBlue PrePaid

Ecommerce Charging Case in China: Taobao, Tmall, Alipay and Alibaba.com--Part 2

May 11, 2011

Analysis of:Ecommerce Charging Case in China: Taobao, Tmall, Alipay and Alibaba.com--Part 1 | councils.glgroup.com

Alibaba Group’s charging system is systematic and sophisticated. It can be divided into three parts: Taobao (C2C), Tmall (B2C), Alipay (as payment solution) and Alibaba.com (B2B). Along with its business booming, some of the types and rates are gone and some are coming, and surely others changing every year. By observing this dynamic process, we at least could get some clue about this ecommerce giant in China: where they are and where they are heading to.

HaiPeng (Ben) ZHUCo-Founder and CEOHandBlue PrePaid

Ecommerce Charging Case in China: Taobao, Tmall, Alipay and Alibaba.com--Part 1

May 11, 2011

Alibaba Group’s charging system is systematic and sophisticated. It can be divided into three parts: Taobao (C2C), Tmall (B2C), Alipay (as payment solution) and Alibaba.com (B2B). Along with its business booming, some of the types and rates are gone and some are coming, and surely others changing every year. By observing this dynamic process, we at least could get some clue about this ecommerce giant in China: where they are and where they are heading to.

Richard BialekChief Executive Officer Bialek Group

Is It The End of The US Consumer' s Love Affair With Credit Cards?

May 12, 2010

Analysis of:Inside ARM: $123 Billion in 19 Months: Credit Card Debt's Amazing Plummet | www.insidearm.com

A "perfect storm" of economic events has reversed the decades long growth in consumer credit card debt. This analysis examines the factors that led to this change and how long lived it will prove to be,

Richard BialekChief Executive Officer Bialek Group

TALF - Implications for Credit Card Issuers

March 12, 2009

Analysis of:Press Release: The Federal Reserve Board Announces the Creation of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) | www.federalreserve.gov

This program will be a benefit for the large credit card issuers: JP Morgan Chase, Citicorp, Bank of America, American Express, Discover and Capitol One, all of whom can position themselves as a high quality, AAA rated, source of new loans. TALF could prove to be especially helpful to American Express, Discover and Capital One, credit card issuers who lack the branch network and deposit base of the big money center banks. TALF could open up a funding source by reviving the credit card securitization market.

Richard BialekChief Executive Officer Bialek Group

MasterCard Clouds on the Horizon?

June 4, 2008

Analysis of:MasterCard "buy," target price raised | www.newratings.com

The near-term prospects for MasterCard are positive, despite a weak US economy. MasterCard is riding a trend of payment transactions moving from cash and check to card and electronic media. The challenge to MasterCard comes from potentially disruptive regulatory and technology forces that MasterCard must acknowledge and address.

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