Calling all new product launches! Do you want your moment in the spotlight? Will March 2014 be the right time to tell the world about your new idea, product, solution or innovation? Well, if so, we have an opportunity for you to get in front...
Welcome to What’s Trending In Payments – a weekly look at the most popular, irreverent and important stories the payments industry had to offer over the past five days. Which companies grabbed the most headlines – for better or for worse – this week, and...
We’re excited to announce The What’s Next Power Play™ to be held The Innovation Project 2014. Here’s how this will work: Let’s face it. No one, and I repeat, no one, wants to hear the same old, same old, boring PowerPoint pitch. So, we’ve reinvented the...
Outsourced billing services provider Billtrust has entered into a technology alliance with Open Scan Technologies that will help the two companies improve processing speeds for B2B payments, Billtrust announced in a December 11 press release. The integration will also allow for more efficient transfer of...
12 Retailers Innovating With Mobile To kick off our annual 12 Days of Christmas article series, we’re providing readers with a deep dive into the retail revolution currently taking the industry by storm. Which retailers are embracing mobile, for better or worse, heading into...
If you want a peek at what’s to come at Apple with the addition of Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts as its new SVP of retail and online, look no farther than a quote taken from her interview with The Wall Street Journal … on September...
Strategic planning season is in full swing in payments! And, the land grab for data and projections on everything from consumer spending to smartphone and tablet sales to POS trends to competitor activities is on! But, unless your one- to three-year window anticipates the macro...
I think I mentioned in an article a while back that I have this odd fascination with old advertising- early turn-of-the-century stuff to about the 1970s. There’s just so much to learn about our culture and consumer behavior and buying triggers by looking at old...
The month of November was ushered in by the Red Sox World Series Parade of Champions in Boston (did I mention that the Red Sox won the World Series this year??!!!), the return of daylight savings time (my favorite day of the year besides Christmas...