January 04, 2010
The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #1 MasterCard and...
Why the MasterCard and Visa IPOs Were the Most Significant Development of the Last Decade MasterCard and Visa emerged as publicly traded financial powerhouses after four decades of working for...
December 27, 2009
The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #4 PayPal
The New Kid on the Block: PayPal Starting a new payment system is incredibly difficult. Many try, few succeed. MasterCard and Visa did it in the 1960s. No one did...
December 15, 2009
Green Dot Pres: Future of Prepaid
On the heels of a filing for a $150M IPO, Green Dot President Mark Troughton shares how his company has become a leader and innovator in prepaid. PYMNTS.com asked industry...
December 07, 2009
David S. Evans and Joshua D. Wright Bios
DAVID S. EVANS has been a business advisor to many payment companies around the world. He is the author of Paying with Plastic: The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing which is...
November 24, 2009
David S. Evans interviews MagTek CSO Tom Patterson on Security...
Paying with Plastic author talks with security expert Tom Patterson, CSO of MagTek, on the challenges that ecommerce faces today and what the innovations are being made to securing payment...
November 18, 2009
Video: Demo of HomeATM
HomeATM is an internet security and engineering firm focusing exclusively on end-to-end encrypted transactions from any Internet-connected device. HomeATM is not a processor. The company’s goal is to empower the...
November 18, 2009
AmEx and Revolution Money – What a Difference a Day...
Just two days ago, I posted a question on LinkedIn about the one innovation in 2009 that had the potential to change the landscape for the next 2-3 years. Had...
November 16, 2009
The New Economics of Consumer Behavior and Why You Need...
This is the first of three blogs on behavioral economics and why people in the payment card industry should pay attention to it. This entry explains what it is, the...
November 09, 2009
The Invisible Engine Wars: Amazon and PayPal’s App Strategy; Will...
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...
