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When consumers pay for goods and services with credit cards, credit-card issuers make money on every transaction; “swipe fees” amount to $80 billion per year in the United States alone. Two new payment models from China could threaten those revenues – and oust banks as intermediaries – if those models gain traction in the West. In this intriguing report for financial services professionals and retail executives, economist Aaron Klein examines the explosive growth of the new payment platforms in China and assesses whether they could take hold in mature economies.
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Aaron Klein is a fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution.
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