April 08, 2012
Fed’s Mobile Use Numbers―That Was Then, This is Now

I participated on two panels in the 4th annual Mobile Contactless Forum held in San Fran last week (April 3-4). The agenda, speakers and turnout was really great. I thought...

April 01, 2012
PayPal Powers Cumberland Farms’ GPS-Enabled Gas App

PayPal’s PR people must be tired. The debut of PayPal Here, its new blue triangle dongle, was just two weeks ago; then the team turned around and introduced David Marcus...

March 26, 2012
Is 2012 the Inflection Point for Mobile Payments?

Prognosticators don’t do well in payments. Change happens more slowly than these pundits predict. And even when they learn this they still underestimate how slowly things change. Take cash. People...

March 25, 2012
Is 2012 the Inflection Point for Mobile Payments?

Prognosticators don’t do well in payments. Change happens more slowly than these pundits predict. And even when they learn this they still underestimate how slowly things change. Take cash. People...

February 09, 2012
Glam Media Launches Its Next Big Vertical―Foodie.com, the Largest Social...

Glam Media, Inc., the number one vertical social media company with the largest online global reach in lifestyle, today launched its newest branded vertical—Foodie.com, built from the integration of authentic...

September 22, 2011
Citi’s Global Transaction Services Launches CitiConnect®

Citi’s Global Transaction Services today announced the launch of its integrated enterprise connectivity solution, CitiConnect®. This new connectivity offering provides a wide range of connectivity options to meet clients’ unique...

June 22, 2011
Google Books: Game and Set to the Sceptics; the Match...

Ian Forrester, Jun 22, 2011 There is no doubt that the grand idea of scanning millions of books and making them available to the world’s readers is spectacular. There is...

March 23, 2011
Google, Apple and NFC: The PYMNTS Community Weighs In

Last month, Google made headlines when it announced its plans for One Pass, a program to help publishers monetize content that’s quite similar to Apple’s own new subscription service.  Now,...

December 08, 2010
For One Swallow Does Not Make a Spring

On Tuesday, Samsung and Google announced the Nexus S, with NFC. The payment technology industry, gathered in Paris for the CARTES & IDentification 2010 conference will no doubt rejoice, yet...