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PayPal Innovate: X marks the start
October 28, 2010

Thoughts from Day 1 of PayPal’s developers’ conference 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, you...

PayPal Innovate: X marks the start
October 27, 2010

Thoughts from Day 1 of PayPal’s developers’ conference 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, you...

World Payments Report 2010: Payments Volumes Resilient in the Crisis
October 27, 2010

I am very excited about the launch of the sixth annual World Payments Report 2010, outlining the latest global trends and competitive strategies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Ignition Series
October 25, 2010

Hard data are not available but based on my experience billions of dollars each year go poof in the payments industry from investments in products that crash and burn soon after launch. These products didn’t have a sound ignition strategy which should be the foundation...

‘Invisible Engines’ Series
October 25, 2010

The use of software platforms to drive innovation and transform industries has exploded since the 2006 publication of my book Invisible Engines with MIT Professor and former Sloan School Dean Richard Schmalensee and Harvard Business School Professor Andrei Hagiu. This blog series will explain how...

Mobile 206 (elective. Mobile 205 prerequisite): Emerging Payments Value Proposition.
October 25, 2010

With a basic understanding of the challenges inherent in building a new network effect within the traditional payments ecosystem, we will further explore in this course how those challenges may be compounded or mitigated by value propositions extended by a new payments entrant.  We will...

Mobile 206: Exam
October 25, 2010

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What’s Driving Payment Innovation in Canada?
October 24, 2010

Oh Canada! The United States has much in common with its neighbors to the north, but to what extent as far as payments ecosystems? And are Canadians perhaps ahead of the United States in adapting to innovations in payments, particularly in mobile? Get the Full...

Mobile 205 (required): GPC Payments Value Proposition
October 23, 2010

In this course we will work to understand the challenges general purpose payments networks face as they try to deliver a value proposition to consumers for mobile point-of-sale payments that is uniquely better than what consumers enjoy today from card payments. We will also explore...