August 24, 2015
The Great American (Express) Spin-off?
2015 has been a tough year for American Express. Its stock price and market cap have been pummeled, Costco waved goodbye (taking 10 percent of Amex cards with them), a...
August 21, 2015
MasterCard’s Next Big Breakthrough Stop: San Fran
MasterCard’s Masters of Code series is headed to the Bay to continue on its 12-city tour to discover developers ready to create the most innovative prototypes for the next generation of commerce applications....
August 12, 2015
Mobile Payments’ Trip To The European Mainstream
What’s it going to take for mobile payment technology to gain worldwide acceptance? According to Richard Brown, Executive Architect for Banking Innovation at IBM UK, and Morgan Beard, Strategic Marketing...
August 11, 2015
Why The E-Invoice Isn’t Enough
The electronic invoice is considered one of the most simple, yet crucial, ways for companies to streamline their procurement practices. With so many benefits cited by industry experts of the...
July 30, 2015
How MasterCard Threads The Digital Payments Needle
MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga says that a complicated digital payments ecosystem requires that every payment player “find its own thread.” Banga tells investors what threads MasterCard is pulling, and how...
July 24, 2015
B2B Investment Tracker, July 17-24
B2B investment came roaring back this week, with multimillion-dollar investments landing in several markets, and financing concentrated in North America and Asia. Small business finance and B2B eCommerce secured significant...
June 18, 2015
Should Uber be Allowed to Compete in Europe? And if...
Jun 18, 2015 CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) & Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group) presents: Should Uber be Allowed to Compete in Europe? And if so...
June 15, 2015
Shift to e-Payment Not as Hard As Some Might Fear,...
Though many companies are “hesitant to commit to” launching an e-payment and cards program, the steps to implementing the technology can be easier and less complex than many executives think....
June 10, 2015
MasterCard’s Masters Of Code Hackathon Momentum
What do St. Louis and Mexico City have in common? They are two cities with emerging – and vibrant – FinTech ecosystems. And the two newest cities to be added...