December 01, 2010
What the U.S. Can Learn from Japan’s eCommerce Ecosystem
From eMoney to mobile money, it can be argued that Japanese consumers embrace and adopt new payments technologies much more quickly than the American public. Not only has Japan has...
November 18, 2010
2011 Global Payments Strategies Conference
Don’t just read about emerging global developments. Get the jump on your competition and come to San Francisco in June to hear the latest, discuss emerging trends, and debate the...
November 11, 2010
Spotlight on the Innovators: Changing the Way We Pay
From digital wallet developers to eCommerce experts and providers of small business solutions, many of the most creative minds in the payments space were in attendance at the recent [Payments]...
November 09, 2010
Getting to Critical Mass And Ignition!
MPD Payments Innovation Institute Cambridge: November 4, 2010 Every new business needs a startup strategy: every new payments business and, more broadly, every new platform business needs its startup strategy...
November 05, 2010
How Walmart Views Consumer Payments Behavior
Walmart serves customers and members more than 200 million times per week at more than 8,650 retail units under 55 different banners in 15 countries. The company achieved fiscal year...
November 05, 2010
Tips for Catering to Consumers’ Payment Preferences
More highlights from the “How Understanding Consumer Behavior Can Help Indentify and Ignite Innovation” panel: Liza Landsman (former EVP and GM of North America Consumer Channels, Citi) shared her view...
November 05, 2010
Federal Reserve: Cash Usage Increased in 2009
The Federal Reserve is set to release its 2009 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice (SCPC) next month. Scott Schuh (Boston Fed Economist and Consumer Payments Center Director) gave Institute Fellows...
November 05, 2010
Recidivism Revealed: Private International Cartels 1990-2009
John M. Connor, Nov 05, 2010 The objective of this paper is to look for empirical regularities in the sample of 389 recidivists that engaged in international price-fixing in the...
November 05, 2010
American Idol: Payments Innovation Style
They’re not hoping to win a record deal, but they are seeking legions of adoring fans and to be the next great payments business. CashStar (David Stone, CEO) Website: http://www.cashstar.com/...
