Yep. It’s that time of the year – when we pause to reflect on the year that was as we prepare to embark on the year that will be. And, 2014 was quite the year in payments – one that got more interesting and intense...
Last week I laid out the 10 things that happened in 2014 that I believe will shape the direction of payments for the next decade. Those 10 things range from the breach at Target, which galvanized the once -fractured merchant community in the U.S. around...
Ah, yes, it’s the most magical time of the year. Predicting what the next year holds for all of us in payments. The internet is already filled with tons of predictions about who will do what, when in 2015. The hustle and bustle of shopping...
Talk about poking a hornet’s nest. MPD Founder and economist, David Evans, wrote a piece on Friday about Apple Pay that got a lot of people talking. In it, Evans basically said that he was ready to make a call on Apple Pay and much...
“Vague but exciting.” These three words could be used to describe just about any early-stage idea when it’s first presented. I’ll bet every investor or strategic partner has had the same reaction to many of the ideas they’ve been pitched over the years to reinvent...
“The path to any success is lined with disasters.” Adam Davidson wrote a pretty thought-provoking article on failure that was published in The New York Times a couple of weeks ago. This quote from his piece sums up his assertion that innovation today is a...
I’m sure you’ve heard by now that the internet was on fire last week, and nearly broke. Yes, there was that Kim Kardashian Paper magazine cover that apparently got a few clicks. But what really set tongues a waggin’ – in payments at least –...
There are three things that I think we’d all agree are irrefutable outcomes of the launch of Apple Pay. Apple Pay has dominated just about conversation about mobile payments since 9/9. Apple Pay was the kick in the pants that everyone in the ecosystem needed...
Whoever said there’s no such thing as bad PR obviously wasn’t on the receiving end of the whooping that Rite Aid, CVS and CurrentC took last week over their decision to turn off support for Apple Pay in their stores. It’s unlikely that anyone thinks...
