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Changing the Game in Cards

Posted by Deborah Baxley, Principal, Global financial services, Capgemini on 15 November 2010 | 6 Comments

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2010 is a time of extraordinary change and upheaval in the cards and payments industry. Financial regulation threatens to derail decades of growth and profitability. The U.S. stands as the last industrialized country to rely on magnetic stripe cards, and this exposes us to unprecedented levels of payment fraud. The industry is deadlocked on new technology adoption, including chip and mobile.

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World Payments Report 2010: Payments Volumes Resilient in the Crisis

Posted by Deborah Baxley, Principal, Global financial services, Capgemini on 27 October 2010 | 2 Comments

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I am very excited about the launch of the sixth annual World Payments Report 2010, outlining the latest global trends and competitive strategies.

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What’s in the Cloud for Payments?

Posted by David S. Evans on 11 March 2010 | 3 Comments

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When we speak of “payments in the cloud” we are using the term in a broader sense than it is usually used in the information technology world.

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The New Age of Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Will Drive Growth in the Next Decade

Posted by David S. Evans on 11 March 2010 | 1 Comments

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The invisible engine model followed by Apple's iPhone has helped power the information technology industry for about three decades. Apple itself was one of the pioneers in encouraging developers to write applications for its desktop operating system. It invented the "software evangelist." Microsoft, though, was the maestro catalyst. Its Windows software platform attracted thousands of software developers and hundreds of millions of users. As a result it has been the durable center of a vast desktop-computer based ecosystem since at least the launch of Windows 3.0 in 1990. Invisible Engines tells the story of how software platforms have transformed industries including computers, video games, and handheld devices and then accelerated innovation. It then examines the forces behind the various business models that have been adopted in these industries. Many software platforms have decided not to charge developers while others have. Some have decided to vertically integrate into hardware while others have remained pure platforms.

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The Invisible Engine Wars: Amazon and PayPal’s App Strategy; Will MasterCard and Visa Fight Too?

Posted by David S. Evans on 9 November 2009 | 3 Comments

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Amazon and PayPal have both announced aggressive efforts to persuade developers to use their payment technologies. Each of them has opened up a gateway into their payment platforms. They are providing developers with tools for writing applications that use their payment technologies. And they are "evangelizing" their payment platforms to encourage lots of developers to take them up on this.

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