Whatever else gets written about 2020 in the history books, we suspect the adjective “boring” will not make the final cut. The first eight weeks of the first year of the 20s have certainly lived up to the billing and roared right along — with...
There was lots to watch in the world of payments and commerce last week, with red flags flown in physical retail, international commerce and crypto. Physical Retail Stumbles Into 2020 The year got off to something of a rocky start for physical retailers, as the...
With so much happening on the world stage between Davos and the Lunar New Year, headlines in the U.S. last week might have run the risk of fading into the background. And that would be a shame since the theme of those headlines centered around...
Resolution season is here, and as such, millions of Americans are forswearing sugar and heading to the gym determined to turn over a new leaf and become a better version of themselves for 2020. Which ones will actually make up the 20 percent who manage...
While peace on earth and goodwill toward men tends to be the theme in the last two weeks of the year, payments and commerce has been a bit spicier than that as the year is easing out. The theme this week was a bit of...
With only 15 days left until the end of the year, the year-end push has officially begun. The last big pay or expansion of the year on the positive side; or one final fistfight out the door on the less than wholly positive side. This...
The year 2019 is winding down and with it the entire second decade of the 21st century. And while there are still roughly three weeks to go until the ball drops, the new year starts and the fireworks go off, it seems some firms last...
The quest to disrupt the mainstream banks of the past is not exactly a new headline — any number of FinTechs big and small have thrown themselves against that wall for the better part of the last decade. A few have made progress; most of...
The holiday shopping season is generally not a time of year marked by restraint or a “less is more” type of attitude. In fact, in general, a “more is more” attitude prevails – from the decorations to the lights to the proliferation of sales events,...
