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App Developers had better think and walk in the shoes of end-users… or else

August 10, 2012

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Today my early morning thoughts were all about the end-user (a.k.a. the customer). I was really disappointed to learn after yesterday’s blog, that Starbucks is most likely not going to use Square’s merchant technology to alert Starbucks baristas to a patron’s in-store presence, present the patron’s picture at the point-of-service and allow a simple vocal […]

Hats off the Starbucks and Square – making mobile payments history together!

August 9, 2012

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Yesterday’s press release announcing Square’s payment partnership with Starbucks is significant for multiple reasons. Starbucks is the only true US mobile payments leader today; any move they make regarding mobile payments is truly news-worthy. Square’s actions are equally note-worthy because in just three years they have disrupted the card payment acceptance and business management space […]

Frank-Dodd Remittance 1073 requirements–a classic case of good intentions gone horribly wrong in the legislative process

August 2, 2012

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I thought I’d post the comment I made on Barbara Rehm’s latest article for American Banker (today, August 2, 2012):  Dodd-Frank Put Solution to TBTF in Regulators’ Hands. I’ve also included the full article below my post as follows (in case you are not a subscriber) and my “lengthy comment” follows. Dodd-Frank Put Solution to […]

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