Thursday, November 3, 2016: Here’s a good one. I got a tax refund check for ….. $1. I promise not to spend it all in one place – but seriously, the fact that the government is sending people checks for a dollar is nuts. It’s...
Monday, October 17, 2016: Banks are getting a front seat in the mobile wallets war. I was presented with an ad on LinkedIn for Masterpass. But not Masterpass – Citi Masterpass. Positioned as the faster way to pay online and “on your phone” using your bank....
Wednesday, July 27, 2016: “Go narrow/go deep” is a matchmaker must-do if ignition is the name of the game. I started thinking about its application to igniting innovation inside of payments, more generally. Take Omnicommerce – another incredibly important merchant ambition and consumer expectation. But...
Friday, July 22, 2016: Happy Friday! Remember when I said in my column on Monday that it was the competitors that you didn’t see coming that are the ones to really worry about? Overnight, we now have an interesting new payments landscape with the Mastercard/VocaLink...