March 29, 2010
Seven Ways to Innovate Through A Recession
Moments of economic turbulence provide the unique opportunity to start new businesses, launch disruptive new products and strengthen customer loyalty — often at a discount. During these challenging times, here...
March 27, 2010
Social Shopping and Social Buying
Understanding the Purposes – and Weaknesses – of Online-to-Offline Discounting Ben Edelman has watched as scores of online marketers have promised to transform local commerce, in particular, Groupon. The natural...
March 25, 2010
The “New and Improved” PayPal
Recent announcements show how PayPal is taking on the mantle of Innovation Leader in the payment industry Last week was again rich in announcements for PayPal with the launch...
March 21, 2010
RBS: A Global Perspective on the Future of Payments
In this exclusive interview, Prabhat Vira, Head of Global Transaction Services, Americas at Royal Bank of Scotland, spoke with industry expert and author of Paying with Plastic, David S. Evans to discuss what’s next...
March 12, 2010
Why the Payments Industry Needs a Catalyst to Drive Payments...
I’ve explored how invisible engines drive innovation and transform industries. I’m now going to explain how they will do that in the payments industry. This entry explains why the payments...
March 11, 2010
What’s in the Cloud for Payments?
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. Cloud computing simply...
March 10, 2010
The New Age of Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Will...
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...
March 05, 2010
The App Wars: Amazon’s vs. PayPal’s Strategy
Will MasterCard and Visa Fight Too? Amazon and PayPal have both announced aggressive efforts to persuade developers to use their payment technologies. Each of them has opened up a...
March 05, 2010
5 Burning Questions for a Platform Evangelist: IP Commerce’s Tyler...
IP Commerce‘s Platform Evangelist, Tyler Hannan, answers five burning questions on cloud computing and its impact on the payments industry. Hannan is an experienced technologist with a passion for human...
