February 16, 2011
Loves Me, Loves Me Not: Rewards
Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but the weeklong “Loves Me” or “Loves Me Not” series on PYMNTS.com is just beginning. The fourth stop for the Market Platform Dynamics team...
January 19, 2011
Adding Value in a Network Business
Click here to download this article as a PDF. In describing electronic payments, observers often speak of the “network effect.” The network effect – a powerful catalytic force that grows...
December 05, 2010
Ignition Strategies: How to Launch a Platform Business
Getting a new product off the ground is one of the great challenges in business. That’s well documented for entrepreneurs. VCs don’t get any return from more than 40 percent...
November 30, 2010
MasterCard’s Priceless Perks- A Home Run for Baseball Fans
In response to MasterCard’s announcement of Priceless Perks, Cheryl Guerin, Senior Vice President, Global Digital Marketing at MasterCard Worldwide dives deeper into the details. Tell us a little bit about...
October 18, 2010
Research and Markets: Lafferty Retail Banking Insider – Keep Up...
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5d56ac/lafferty_retail_ba) has announced the addition of the “Lafferty Retail Banking Insider” subscription to their offering. Lafferty Retail Banking Insider is a comprehensive, authoritative and editorially independent newsletter...
October 07, 2010
Is Zuora the Top All-Around Payments and Billing Company?
Obopay’s Former CFO, Tyler Sloat, was recently named to the same position at Zuora. Offering payment and subscription billing solutions, Zuora is looking for Tyler to help the company continue...
August 16, 2010
Introduction to India
As the 11th largest card market, and projected to rank 7th for 2011 [1], India promises a wealth of opportunities. Many global payment trends [2] have taken hold in the...
July 16, 2010
Seeking Fertile Grounds for Mobile Money
M-PESA is a huge success… and now what? Safaricom’s M-Pesa success story has focused the global attention on Kenya as the leading edge of the mobile money revolution2. M-Pesa...
July 07, 2010
David Evans on the New Media
This is a copy of a speech by David Evans, Editor-in-Chief of CPI, given at the Jevons Institute colloquium on New Media and Competition. To read Commissioner Joquín Almunia’s...