Walmart, ACH and the Elusive P2P Solution

Walmart’s announcement that it would offer store-to-store money transfers has a number of interesting aspects worth pondering.  At a high level, this seems like a no brainer. People need to send money to other people and lots of folks find themselves in Walmart’s...

When Worlds Collide [NACHA Payments 2010]

I’m here in Seattle today at NACHA’s Payments 2010 conference along with Russ and Erin.  I’m mulling over a couple things I heard in sessions today, trying to draw the line between them. Early this morning, I sat in on a briefing by eCom Advisors...

Would You PAY For A Premium Online Banking Service?

At NetBanker.com Jim Bruene suggests that he’d pay $15 a month for a premium online banking service that included the following features: High-end website and iPhone app Long-term (7+ years) online storage of images, transactions, statements On-demand credit...