The media was abuzz last week over Target’s clever move to combat “showrooming.” Showrooming is the latest word to take up entry into Webster’s dictionary and describes the following phenomenon: consumer with smart phone and Amazon’s Price Check app uses physical store to zap a...
I had an awesome invitation to participate on a panel this year at BAI on Innovation in Financial Services and was not able to make it at the last minute. The format was a moderated Q&A and the laundry list of questions was focused on...
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The Goldman Sachs technology conference last week in San Fran sure did stir the pot around PayPal and its Point of Sale ambitions. The centerpiece of this criticism is PayPal’s earlier in the year public announcement of its physical point of sale trials with Home...
Mary walks into her favorite store on her way home from lunch with a few friends. Upon entering the store she’s greeted by name by the shopkeeper and asked how she liked her purchases from two weeks ago. She’s also told that more of her...
Ah, Valentine’s Day – the day when love reigns supreme and couples rule. In the spirit of bringing a little romance to payments and PYMNTS.com – here are a few irresistible couples that everyone in payments really should <heart>, well, with one exception. Get the...
I don’t know about you, but 2012 so far has left me a little breathless given the fast pace at which the payments industry has been moving since we all emerged from the New Year’s break. Maybe it’s the mild winter. No matter, the catalyst,...
Talk about starting 2012 off with a bang! It can now be confirmed that Scott Thompson, President of PayPal since 2008, will become the CEO of Yahoo. The announcement is a real shocker for many reasons, but mostly because he will be leaving PayPal at...
Couldn’t resist the opportunity to weigh in, briefly, on the story that had the Web in an uproar yesterday. Seems as though Verizon may be giving Google the proverbial lump of coal a little early this year by saying ixnay to its Wallet. (Read Verizon’s...
