Today, Glenbrook celebrates its 15th birthday. It’s been quite a journey - an amazing one in so many ways - yet it also sometimes feels like we’re still on Day One! There’s so much happening in payments - and, more broadly, in commerce, financial inclusion, and...
[via Bank Technology News] [excerpt] Both studies were conducted in August 2008 and released within days of each other in late September -- before a string of disastrous financial firsts in October clearly eroded consumers' trust in banks. Both companies...
TechCrunch observes that Prosper and other peer-to-peer lenders like Zopa and Lending Club may turn out to be collateral damage from the credit crisis. Coverage: New York Times article TechCrunch (great graphs) PaymentsNews (links to annoucements from P2P...
Due to a last minute change of plans I am not in NYC for Finovate2008 (and very disappointed) but you can follow along with Jim Bruene who is live blogging at NetBanker. I will add links to additional live and post-meeting coverage over the next couple days, so...
My recent article - Electronic B2B Payments are Gaining Momentum - Finally! - was published in the September/October issue of TODAY Magazine, a publication of TAWPI, The Association for Work Process Improvement. The article has recently been posted online at the...
David Birch has a great post on the future of contactless payments vs. phone payments:I've heard more and more people -- on the issuing side -- talk about skipping over contactless cards completely and just moving directly to phones of one form or another,...
Back in April I attended Finovate Startup here in San Francisco and live blogged the event. It was a whirlwind of 40 startup/young financial technology companies presenting 5 min demos (no scripted PowerPoint!) of their products/new features. Lots of energy, great...
Over at FinanSer/SWIFT Community, Chris Skinner observes PayPal's 10th birthday with a round up of stats demonstrating the remarkable growth of PayPal and shift toward metrics like active users rather than registered users as their business matures. Excerpt:In...
From Bank Technology News:Ariba, a spend management solutions firm, has agreed to a first-ever private-label agreement for its invoice and payments technology with Citi’s Global Transaction Services unit. Citi plans to integrate Ariba with its own e-payment and...
A couple articles of interest at GTNews this week: Payments in Need of StandardisationJonathan Williams, Experian PaymentsCorporate treasurers are facing pressures to consolidate and standardise their processes - how can they balance these requirements?SEPA...
