Executive Bio

How Much ‘Friction’ Costs Online Retailers
November 30, 2015

‘Tis the season to be digital. ECommerce forecasts for all of 2015 are expected to reach $349 billion in the U.S. and $1.67 trillion globally. Analysts report that this holiday season alone, digital will drive $70 billion in sales – with roughly 14 percent of...

B2B Payments
SWIFT: More U.S. Companies Trading In China’s Currency
June 09, 2014

A dramatic shift is underway in the currency U.S. companies use to trade internationally, especially with China, new data show. Increasingly, U.S. firms are settling trades in China’s renminbi instead of the U.S. dollar. Though the U.S. currency still dominates trade in the China/Hong Kong...

BlueSnap
Taking the Salesforce Model to Cross Border Payments
May 30, 2014

For merchants looking to sell outside of their own country, integrating with country-specific currencies, languages, payments methods, tax and customs requirements and logistics can make the process beyond tedious. But what if there was a “commerce as a service” platform that made enabling cross border...

BlueSnap
Let the Cross Border Games (and Monetization) Begin
April 29, 2014

Move over, Wii. Currently, free and low-cost apps are what gaming consumers are downloading and playing these days, most of which are on mobile devices. In a recent podcast interview, MPD CEO Karen Webster spoke with BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier to learn just how these...

Executive Profile: BlueSnap
March 26, 2014

Former BlueSnap CEO, Ralph Dangelmaier Ralph leads the charge to establish BlueSnap as the payments leader in eCommerce. A payment-processing veteran, Ralph brings a wealth of experience creating products for retailers, processors, and financial institutions, and has a proven track record of growing public and...