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Hats off the Starbucks and Square – making mobile payments history together!
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 […]
Which is better or worse? Irrational exuberance or blatant denial of reality?
July 28, 2012
Yesterday I was pondering the impact that hope, determination, persistence and sheer will have on success – be it personal or commercial. Steve Jobs is infamously cited as the example of success derived from an ability to deny reality. That fact that Mr. Job’s departure from rationale thought created an entirely new definition of reality […]
Verifone gets testy and throws a punch at Square’s jaw…
March 10, 2011
My my! Verifone gets testy and throws a punch at Square’s jaw claiming that Square’s mobile phone credit card readers are unsecure and easy targets for skimming. While Verifone’s tone is that of a whistle blower–aiming to protect those blindly giving their cards to Square thus running the risk of having their sensitive card data […]
August 9, 2012
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