Talking to banks and the biggest bank technology vendors at NACHA’s annual payments conference last week I couldn’t help thinking how they suffer from similar challenges. Big banks are hampered by their complex technology environment of legacy solutions with layers...
I'm at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank's conference on Consumer Payment Innovation. Bruce Summers, Former Director, Federal Reserve Information Technology, just finished presenting a major paper on payments system infrastructure and the Fed's potential role...
I went by the San Carlos Home Depot on the way to the Glenbrook office this morning and used PayPal's "Empty Hands" to pay for my purchase. The whole thing worked and I left the store with a Home Depot receipt that listed my payment method as "PayPal" instead of...
How does disruption happen in mature industries? Clayton Christensen famously wrote about this phenomenon in his classic book “The Innovator's Dilemma.” Most commonly, the new disruptor enters from below - by providing new capabilities to those unserved by the...
I want to be able to use my phone to tap a tag on a piece of merchandise at a store… and know that the item will be delivered to my home, and my card on file at the merchant be charged. I was in Macy’s yesterday, looking at bath mats – the line was too long, so I...
Glenbrook's Bryan Derman is live blogging from Finovate in New York City. This is only one of a series of posts featuring Bryan's impressions as over sixty payments technology companies perform 7 minute demos (no PowerPoint slides allowed!) over two days. The index...
Glenbrook's Bryan Derman is live blogging from Finovate in New York City. This is only one of a series of posts featuring Bryan's impressions as over sixty payments technology companies perform 7 minute demos (no PowerPoint slides allowed!) over two days. The index...
Glenbrook's Bryan Derman is live blogging from Finovate in New York City. This is only one of a series of posts featuring Bryan's impressions as over sixty payments technology companies perform 7 minute demos (no PowerPoint slides allowed!) over two days. The index...
Glenbrook's Bryan Derman is live blogging from Finovate in New York City. This is only one of a series of posts featuring Bryan's impressions as over sixty payments technology companies perform 7 minute demos (no PowerPoint slides allowed!) over two days. The index...
Okay, we're looking forward to another interesting day of demos. I hope the coverage is proving useful though its hard to provide any real analysis on this many companies coming at us this fast! Day Two / Session One Day Two / Session Two Day Two / Session Three...
