February 02, 2010
Spider-Man Meets Antitrust Man
Some stories just cry out for comment; Disney’s acquisition of Marvel and the resultant antitrust issues is certainly one. Comic books are almost sacred to American culture. In fact, if...
January 25, 2010
5 Burning Questions: Commerce Fault Line’s Patrick Gauthier
Industry insider Patrick Gauthier answers five burning questions on the mobile platform wars and its impact on the payments industry. Patrick Gauthier is a senior payment industry executive with 20...
January 16, 2010
Where is the Next-Generation Wallet?
Why Contactless and Mobile Payments Have Lagged Behind in Consumer Adoption In the United States and around the world, financial institutions and non-banks are considering how and to what extent...
January 16, 2010
The Challenges of Square Mobilizing Payments
A decade ago with the advent of e-commerce a wave of companies promised to radically transform the way payments were accepted, from wallets to micro-payments. This year, year 0 in...
January 16, 2010
Mobilizing Citibank: Lessons Learned
Recently, Citibank provided some perspective on their mobile strategy and their renewed focus on a better delivery of “traditional” customer service. In the ever evolving landscape of mobile technology providers,...
January 06, 2010
Why Paypal May Do to Payments What Apple Did to...
PayPal Will Open Up the Walled Garden of Payments The 4th quarter of 2009 is definitely starting to feel like the dawn of a new age for e-commerce, with...
January 06, 2010
Cutting Fraud, Slashing Waste, Saving Billions: The Case for a...
The healthcare industry is choking on paper and manual processes that clog the system with more paperwork — hiding fraud, denying basic accountability and bleeding billions of dollars per year...
January 05, 2010
PCIDSS and the Legal Framework for Security: An Update on...
I. Introduction Consumer risks associated with unauthorized payment card usage have largely been assumed by others within the payment card matrix, leaving consumers mostly immune from financial liability. But related...
December 22, 2009
The Decade’s 12 Greatest Developments in Payments: #7 How the...
Payments went electronic in the first decade of the 21st century in the United States. Electronic payments account for more than half of all payments by dollar volume and more...