A decade ago, when Britain first launched its Faster Payments Scheme, buzz had barely begun on the topic. Ten years and 9.1 billion payments later, the world is catching up and catching on, and faster payments are part of almost everyone’s plans. The question now is...
Here is a quick survey of the world of payments, commerce, financial services and financial technology at the mid-point of 2018. Everyone is trying to get on board with what’s next, but, of course, there is no single, easy answer for anyone. Retailers not only...
This week, the World Cup reminded us all that friendships can emerge in the strangest and most unexpected ways. In a testament to how truly confusing the World Cup rules are, Germany was bounced from competition as the result of the surprise defeat at the hands of...
The world is a rapidly changing place, thanks to the power of connected commerce. Don’t like flying commercial? JetSmarter can put you on a private plane that is occasionally the cheaper way to fly. Ready for blockchain to be a bigger part of your life...
Fraudsters tend to show up in all kinds of places — expected and not. The global travel market, for example, is anticipating tens of billions being lost to fraud this year. Even the real estate industry is feeling the sting, with hundreds of thousands complaining...
Finding customers is less of a challenge than it once was, since most people carry a supercomputer in their pockets that makes them seconds away from contact in a variety of contexts — online, in-app, via email or text. But encountering customers and engaging them...
Today, consumers routinely look at their phones to check and manage their bank accounts — a behavior that a mere decade ago would have seemed as strange as looking in the refrigerator to check on one’s car engine. What was exotic a short time ago is...
Starting this week, Whole Foods Market shoppers who are also Amazon Prime members will see their benefits rolling in no matter where they are, as the program goes nationwide. The grocery games — and who will win the new multichannel grocery shopper — are the...
The checkout line can be a pain point for consumers, but cashier-less stores seek to make the trip to the grocery store a bit easier. At convenience stores, mobile payment apps are showing promise as consumers are turning to contextual commerce for online purchases. And shares of one grocer notched the best intraday...
