by Carol Coye Benson | May 9, 2014
Glenbrook held a great “Innovations in Payments” workshop this week – a group which energetically debated many topics, including Bitcoin (of course), tokenization, beacons, authentication, wearables, interoperability and mobile ad spend. As I reflect on the day, it...
by Carol Coye Benson | Apr 7, 2014
As is the case with many people in our industry, I’ve been giving a lot of thought recently to Bitcoin. When ever I run into something new, or puzzling, I try to find comparisons to help me understand it. And comparisons abound in Bitlandia. Many people compare it...
by Carol Coye Benson | Mar 25, 2014
NACHA recently announced plans for a phased introduction of same-day settlement for ACH. I spoke with NACHA President and CEO Jan Estep this morning about the initiative. First of all, I congratulate Jan – and the ACH community – for picking up the fallen banner, for...
by Carol Coye Benson | Mar 3, 2014
I can’t help it – I’m a consultant; I love putting things into categories and into context. I always find pictures and “maps” help when things get confusing. So here’s my latest attempt at making sense of what’s going on...
by Carol Coye Benson | Feb 12, 2014
What’s the difference between card acceptance and a deposit? In both cases, money is being delivered into a merchant’s bank account – in fact, a purist would point out that a deposit actually is the last stage of card acceptance for a merchant. But consider instead a...
