Opinion

PayPal’s Retail Future
February 09, 2015

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Payments Innovation Rankings Soon To Be Unveiled
February 02, 2015

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The Fed’s Slow March To Maybe Faster Payments
January 27, 2015

The payments world was literally sitting on pins and needles waiting for the Fed to disclose more specifics on its 18-month study about how to deliver “faster payments” here in the U.S. This anxiety was created after the Fed floated its preliminary report last year...

What Payments Innovators Can Learn From Bill Belichick
January 26, 2015

Boy, did I ever step in it last week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...

Payments Industry Pairings and Partings In 2015
January 19, 2015

Here we are – 19 days into a new year and midway in the month known apparently as “divorce month.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Will Apple Pay Bring Banks And Merchants Together?
January 12, 2015

Last week, I was given a copy of the UBS report on Apple Pay. It claims that the launch of Apple Pay has accelerated the efforts of the retailers to join forces with banks to create bank-branded wallets. It says that these bank-branded wallets would...

Are You Ready For 2015’s Retail Reinvention?
January 05, 2015

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PYMNTS Greatest Hits
December 31, 2014

I wrote about 260,000 words over the last year summarizing my take on the many developments taking place in payments and commerce. All of those words were intended to be thought-provoking and start a dialogue about the future of our industry. And they did! Here...

Did You Listen To Your Payments’ Sixth Sense This Year?
December 29, 2014

Yep. It’s that time of the year – when we pause to reflect on the year that was as we prepare to embark on the year that will be. And, 2014 was quite the year in payments – one that got more interesting and intense...