February 09, 2015
PayPal’s Retail Future
Kerfuffle is one of my all-time favorite words. I used it a while back to describe the situation that happened when some CurrentC merchants decided to shut off NFC capabilities...
January 30, 2015
Facebook Starts Testing NYC Beacons As A Way To Monetize...
Facebook plans to test beacons in New York City as a way of connecting its mobile users to the Facebook pages of nearby shops and landmarks, the New York Times...
January 26, 2015
What Payments Innovators Can Learn From Bill Belichick
Boy, did I ever step in it last week. I was speaking to a group of payments professionals in Denver and followed someone who had just extolled the many great...
December 19, 2014
Would You Like Beacons With That?
McDonald’s franchises are serving up more than fries with its burgers in Columbus, Georgia. They’re offering a side of beacons. The fast-food company has tapped the bluetooth low-energy beacon solutions provider...
November 30, 2014
US/UK: Insiders say Stryker deal has tax motives
US medical equipment manufacturer Stryker is reportedly eyeing a $16 billion acquisition of UK-based peer Smith & Nephew, a deal experts say would offer Stryker significant tax benefits. Unnamed sources...
November 14, 2014
Why MickeyD’s Accepts Apple Pay
McDonald’s wants to give their customers the choice in how they pay for their food and drinks at all their US physical locations, and is accepting all payment services that...
November 13, 2014
Apple Pay Doesn’t Worry PayPal
PayPal and Apple Pay: The payments buzzwords seem to ignite a perception of constant competition. But perception may be off as PayPal CPO Hill Ferguson said the two company’s have different...
November 07, 2014
A Recap In the World of Mobile Wallets
Apple Pay has certainly been the rising tide that has lifted all mobile payments boats – and conversations. Hard to believe that it’s been in market for less than a...
November 07, 2014
Apple Pay By The Numbers
The mobile wallet wars make strange bedfellows. This week, CurrentC stayed on the defensive while Google could be heard singing Apple’s praises as the rising Apple Pay NFC tide has...