In what is likely one of the more dramatic statements written in history about a software development conference, USA Today reported last week that Google’s I/O developers’ conference was the “latest salvo” in an “escalating arms race” among the Top 5 U.S. tech firms for...
“Are the cybercriminals getting smarter? Are they really that much smarter than we are?” That was MPD CEO Karen Webster’s question for PayPal’s VP of Consumer Risk Mike Vergara during their discussion about the recent episode of Starbucks fraud that many, many people initially misidentified...
B2B sellers have a new focus for 2015: a digital customer experience. Following similar moves in other aspects of business interactions, sellers are putting the customer at the center of their marketing strategy. The challenges remain the same – developing new and better clients –...
The regulators are coming, the regulators are coming. It was bound to happen sooner or later. Since venture money keeps fueling the beast called bitcoin and the blockchain, regulators have decided to put their arms around that which is bitcoin in an effort to better...
The conversations about digital identity and how to secure it have never been more active – or more necessary – prompted recently by any number of news reports related to the compromise of a consumer’s identity in a digital environment. There were the reports a...
Last week, Re/code broke the news that 15-year Amazon company vet Maria Renz will be ascending to the role of technical advisor to the CEO – known more informally inhouse as Jeff Bezos’ shadow. The role involves sitting at the right hand of “The Man” himself...
Amid rumblings of a merger or acquisition, Salesforce delivered a strong first quarter performance when it posted its 2015 Q1 earnings results last week. Beating analyst expectations, the software giant reported earnings per share of 16 cents for the quarter ending April 30, 2 cents...
So here’s a question. When is a prepaid card actually a credit card? Here’s an answer: When the CFPB says so. The CFPB recently released nearly 900 pages of proposed rule changes for prepaid products which would reclassify some prepaid products as credit products. That...
Thirty-two movies will be released this summer of 2015, making it one of the most prolific summer movie seasons ever. Here at PYMNTS.com, we’d like to think that Hollywood isn’t the only content producing machine with a lock on blockbusters. Take, for instance, some of...
