Amazon.com is in the news all the time with its continued expansion of markets and fulfillment centers, its focus on innovation and long term R&D, and, recently, some very non-intuitive acquisitions. It’s easy to get swept up in their story. But when a company...
Bicycles are my preferred form of transportation so I was eager to explore London using the Barclay’s-sponsored bike share program. Unfortunately, you need a Chip & PIN card to rent a bike using the automated stands and all I have are U.S. issued mag stripe...
It’s hard to believe that the end of 2012 is in sight – and it’s almost equally hard to believe that three years ago, a few of us at Glenbrook were thinking, “gee – all the exciting stuff in payments has already happened”. Yet we don’t think we’ve ever seen so much...
That's actually two big hands clapping for Starbucks - but I'm using the one hand clapping metaphor to help make a point! Congratulations to Starbucks for taking the lead in mobile payments in the U.S. with its announcement this morning that now all Starbucks...
Yesterday Consult Hyperion's Dave Birch paid a visit to Glenbrook World HQ here in Menlo Park. We talked payments, consulting, emerging markets, and blogging. But the highlight was our test of his UK issued contactless payment sticker at the 7-Eleven next to our...
Green Dot's IPO plans revealed that they are becoming a bank holding company. This is completely fascinating to me - and gives, I think, a peek at what may come for retail banking in the future. At Glenbrook we've been talking, thinking, and writing for some time...
Glenbrook's Bryan Derman is in Las Vegas for the 2010 Prepaid Expo. Clearly, you know that an industry has “arrived” when it is able to attract (and afford!) a former U.S. President to speak at its annual convention. Well, any lingering doubts about the importance...
Glenbrook Partners' Jacqueline Chilton is attending the ATM, Debit and Prepaid Forum 2009 in Las Vegas this week. Sessions focus on self service and cash management, the debit portfolio and prepaid products. Additionally, non-traditional, alternative payments have...
Kicking off the ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum 2009 was the keynote address from Tim Murphy, Group Executive Core Products, Global Debit & Prepaid, MasterCard Worldwide. He predicts that great companies will emerge from the economic downturn’s storm by showing...
I am currently attending the ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum 2009. The event started today with pre-conference workshops. Due to my recent work in mobile payments, I was interested to talk to Richard Crone about the key messages in his Mobile Payments workshop....
