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April 01, 2010
NFC and the Trough of Disillusionment

The announcement by the GSMA and its partners of another NFC demonstration pilot highlights how Near Field Communication is caught in the “trough of disillusionment.” Commerce innovators shouldn’t despair, the...


April 01, 2010
Mobile

Mobile is one of the hottest topics in payments and this is an ongoing resource for what’s next in mobile. Eye-Rollers and Openers: Breaking Down the Trends in Mobile Payments...


April 01, 2010
MasterCard


March 31, 2010
MasterCard: Igniting Innovation in Payments

MasterCard Worldwide’s Chief Innovation Officer, Josh Peirez sat down with industry expert and author of Paying with Plastic, David S. Evans. Josh has been with MasterCard since 2000 and is...


March 30, 2010
PYMNTS Innovator

MasterCard and Samsung revealed a new use case for contactless mobile payments when they announced that Commonwealth Bank of Australia customers would now be able to make payments via the...


March 29, 2010
MasterCard Global Risk Management Conference

The MasterCard Advisors Credit Risk Management workshop will focus on new practices in credit risk management to help credit risk professionals effectively manage portfolio profitability in the midst of changing...


March 29, 2010
An Innovation Imperiled: Attempting ‘The Big Idea’ at the Wrong...

Replacing the Rubberband: How Payments Innovations that Once Failed Can Resurface and Thrive    > The conference call had the hallmarks of a slam-dunk investment: big-name venture capitalists, founders who...


March 27, 2010
Social Shopping and Social Buying

Understanding the Purposes – and Weaknesses – of Online-to-Offline Discounting  Ben Edelman has watched as scores of online marketers have promised to transform local commerce, in particular, Groupon. The natural...


March 26, 2010
Gary Flood, President of Global Products and Solutions | MasterCard

Gary Flood has been at MasterCard for 24 years and is currently the President of Global Products and Solutions. With new and exciting innovations everyday, Gary sees both technology and...


How Nonfinancial Brands Can Benefit From Offering Embedded Financial Services
Embedded Finance Turns Checkout into a Better Customer Experience for Brands Embedded finance can help nonfinancial brands reach their full potential by allowing customers to transact seamlessly wherever they are, reducing the risk of cart abandonment online, says Mastercard’s Sherri Haymond. Read more in the “Embedded Finance Tracker®,” a collaboration with Galileo
Friction Within the Bill Payment Experience
Companies Scramble to Simplify Bill Payment Experience for Consumers Count the bill payments experience as another digital box that companies have to check to keep to a customer- at least that’s what 2,099 U.S. consumers said. Details are in the “The One-Stop Bill Pay Playbook: Friction Within the Bill Payment Experience,” report in collaboration with Mastercard.