As I have mentioned time and time again, the mobile payments and its multi-channel market has become quite messy—with so much experimentation going on. Yet stakeholders continue to slog it out tryingat to jockey for the best position and interestingly enough, their efforts are both defensive and offensive. More times than not, these stakeholders in […]
February 29, 2012
Having a marquee company like Home Depot as a brick and mortar client adds credibility and credence to PayPal’s efforts–don’t you think? I am happy to say that the PayPal business model is interesting and quite promising. PayPal is not embracing near-field-communications (NFC) at the point of sale like ISIS or Google. Instead they are deploying […]
February 27, 2012
As I’ve written many times before: It is “the sheer number” of diverse, yet interdependent, mobile payment stakeholders in the United States that prevent any tangible advancement in making mobile payments a reality. Anyone who manages by consensus knows that the process is sluggish, messy and complex. And the more there is to lose, the […]
August 31, 2010
Yet even more proof that ACH risk is improving (an add-on to my “Everything You Read Is Not Always Accurate” post) on the Atlanta Fed’s website and blog. August 30, 2010 Latest Payments Spotlight podcast focuses on fraud and risk in the ACH network: They’re on the rise, but under control…In this podcast interview, Jane […]
March 1, 2012
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