Sizzle or Fizzle

Sizzle Or Fizzle: EMV, Apple, Birchbox (And Why Being First Isn’t The Same As Winning)
Sizzle Or Fizzle: EMV, Apple, Birchbox (And Why Being First Isn’t The Same As Winning)
June 17, 2016  |  Retail

It was an alphabet soup of sizzle/fizzle this week: EMV, WWDC, PLCC, CCI, and SFBI all rocked the payments and commerce world one way or...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Alexa’s Red Hot Week And Blue Coat’s … Well, You Decide
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Alexa’s Red Hot Week And Blue Coat’s … Well, You Decide
June 10, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

The first week of June began with probably the biggest sizzle-y story of all: the unveiling of the 12 new skills that 14 companies across...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Uber, Bitcoin, Botnets, SWIFT – And The Wells Wallets
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Uber, Bitcoin, Botnets, SWIFT – And The Wells Wallets
May 27, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

You want to know what really sizzled this week? The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. We’ve even stopped complaining now that...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Walmart, MCX, Theranos – And The Amazon-Gap Pair-Up
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Walmart, MCX, Theranos – And The Amazon-Gap Pair-Up
May 20, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

Were one to ask most brick-and-mortar retailers what their biggest problem is today, Amazon might not be their first pick, but it seems fairly certain...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Payday Loans, Wells Fargo, Chip Cards – And Cybersecurity
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Payday Loans, Wells Fargo, Chip Cards – And Cybersecurity
May 13, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

April showers are supposed to bring May flowers, but so far, they’ve brought more fizzles than sizzles. This week, in particular, was tough for a...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Prosper, Alibaba, Snapchat – And Amazon Dash
Sizzle Or Fizzle: Prosper, Alibaba, Snapchat – And Amazon Dash
May 06, 2016  |  Merchant Innovation

So many things to talk about this week, but let’s stick to payments and commerce, shall we? Sizzle Alibaba Alibaba’s exec team is hoping that...

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: The Ant Financial IPO?
Sizzle Or Fizzle: The Ant Financial IPO?
April 29, 2016  |  Investments

Unicorns are one thing. Unicorns on steroids are quite another. As is well known by now, Ant Financial, the Chinese micro-lending Internet player, has raised...

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