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Time For A Reality Redo
Time For A Reality Redo
March 04, 2014  |  News

The idea that a new website or app can undermine years of careful messaging may be deeply frustrating to marketers – but it is a...

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Chase’s Prepaid Exit Affords No Simple Explanation
Chase’s Prepaid Exit Affords No Simple Explanation
March 04, 2014  |  News

By Gloria Colgan, Managing Director, Market Platform Dynamics (@gkcolgan) Ah, the challenges of commercial prepaid. When JPMorgan Chase recently announced the potential sale of its...

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Barriers, Competition Defined PayPal’s Early Days
Barriers, Competition Defined PayPal’s Early Days
March 04, 2014  |  Financial Inclusion

Speaking at the ReadWrite Mix event, PayPal President David Marcus spoke at length about the history of the company and some of the challenges it...

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The Coming Physical Retail Death Spiral
The Coming Physical Retail Death Spiral
January 23, 2014  |  News

Intense competition from online and mobile channels, pricing pressures and shrinking margins, high fixed costs, changing customer demographics, and eroding revenue opportunities. Sound familiar? It...

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Bitcoin Insurance Schemes Gaining Traction
Bitcoin Insurance Schemes Gaining Traction
January 23, 2014  |  News

Several companies are exploring the idea of offering insurance on Bitcoin holdings. A central criticism of Bitcoin is that Bitcoin wallets are uninsured, not by...

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The iPhone 5s Is A Data Gobbler
The iPhone 5s Is A Data Gobbler
January 23, 2014  |  News

A new study has determined that the iPhone 5s consumes the most data on average compared with a diverse selection of other smartphones. The study,...

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Chase’s Prepaid Exit Affords No Simple Explanation
Chase’s Prepaid Exit Affords No Simple Explanation
January 22, 2014  |  Hmmm

By Gloria Colgan, Managing Director, Market Platform Dynamics (@gkcolgan) Ah, the challenges of commercial prepaid. When JPMorgan Chase recently announced the potential sale of its...

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Monitise Inks Deal With Banking Group
Monitise Inks Deal With Banking Group
January 22, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

Monitise will provide a multi-language mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) to customers of OP-Pohjola Group, a banking group in Finland. The service enables small businesses to conduct...

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