February 23, 2010
TxVia: Prepaid Card Processing with a PaaS Delivery Model
Prepaid cards are amongst the newest entrants in a 50-year continuum of network branded card products that have transformed the way people pay. As with credit and debit cards, prepaid...
February 18, 2010
What’s Next for Gemalto at MWC 2010
A round-up of announcements of innovative products and solutions from Gemalto at Mobile World Congress 2010 Gemalto Teams with IBM to Deliver an Improved Identity Security Solution That Simplifies Authentication...
February 18, 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...
February 15, 2010
NFC: Past, Present and Future
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...
January 16, 2010
Cooperation Models for the Development of Mobile Payment Solutions
Introduction The technological advances in the field of near-field contactless communications (NFC) and the development of sophisticated mobile applications have enabled mobile phones to become a potential means of payment....
January 16, 2010
Who Owns Mobile Money?
It has long been predicted that the digital revolution will transform the way people pay at their point-of-sale transactions. The end of the cash era could indeed have dramatic consequences,...
January 12, 2010
Barbarians at the Gate: The Coming Disruption of Retail Banking
How Prepaid Cards Enhanced with Mobile Delivery Create a New Competitive Paradigm It can’t be fun being a banking executive these days. Your herd is being thinned, your bonus...
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 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...
