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Why Facebook is Ripe for Commerce
June 22, 2011

I have always been up for a challenge. I read just last week a quote from someone from Forrester who basically said that anyone who believes Facebook is the commerce frontier is basically smoking something. (Well, what he said was that they had about as...

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“Googling” mPayments Ignition? Why Google’s Wallet May Be the Top Search Result
May 29, 2011

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S-Commerce- A Fourth Retail Channel: An Overview of Social Commerce and What’s Fueling its Growth
May 25, 2011

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Financial Inclusion
Improving the Economics of Small-Balance Accounts
April 21, 2011

Global financial inclusion surveys show that there are billions of low-income individuals who want a safe place to save, and evidence suggests that they are willing to pay for it. Many low-income individuals are currently able to store small values with licensed financial service providers....

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Educating the Next Generation of Security Professionals
April 21, 2011

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The FACTA the Matter: Recent Cases Involving Payment Card Receipts Illustrate Flaws in “Bounty” Enforcement...
April 21, 2011

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From Fat to Thin: How the Cloud and Mobile will Transform our Wallets
April 21, 2011

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Why Social Shopping is the Future of E-Tailing
April 21, 2011

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Google Takes on NFC, Will They Crack the Code?
March 17, 2011

Google has signaled that it will do two things no one else in the payments ecosystem has done or even talked about: make a business case for merchants and consumers around NFC and maybe even put some real money behind it. Get the Full Story...