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Aggregation and Aggravation – Micropayments 2013 17 Aug 2013 | 07:30 am
Micropayments is a problem that has never been solved in the payments industry. While there are various merchant-specific solutions for selling low-cost goods, the broader opportunity –– to pervasivel...
Bitcoin’s Growth Not Without Pains 8 Aug 2013 | 08:03 am
At a mostly excellent Inside Bitcoins conference last week in NYC, the major features and flaws of the Bitcoin experiment were on full display. Starting with the keynote of BitInstant CEO Charlie Shr...
The Payments and Bitcoin Survey 22 Jul 2013 | 08:31 pm
Bitcoin and other virtual currencies have gained plenty of attention from the financial press and blogosphere, the technology press, and to a lesser degree, the media at large. We’ve read the pros and...
Bitcoin, Merchant Risk, and the Need for Speed 17 Jul 2013 | 07:58 pm
Bitcoin’s volatility continues to swing with the mood of investors, speculators, and the economic travails of countries like Argentina where Bitcoin usage is up sharply as concerns over the peso rise....
Mobile Payments Are Taking Off—On a Long Runway 17 Jul 2013 | 12:51 am
Just before the 4th of July holiday, Felix Salmon, finance blogger at Reuters, wrote an insightful piece, sharply critical of mobile payments and the long anticipated ability of our clever smartphones...
Does PayPal Need A Bitcoin Strategy? 28 Jun 2013 | 02:54 am
Because we live in a tweet-constrained world, the short answer is yes. But I think every player in the financial services industry needs a Bitcoin strategy — payments enablers especially. By strategy...
Bitcoin, the Two-and-a-Half Party Model, and New Payment Rails 16 Jun 2013 | 08:45 pm
One of the immediate applications for Bitcoin and the math-based currencies that are emerging in its wake is its potential as a new set of payment rails. Rather than the incumbent industry’s reliance ...
How many payments professionals does it take to hire a bike? Three! (A story of Chip & PIN) 12 Jun 2013 | 09:04 pm
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 a...
The Future of B2B Payments – And Suggestions on How We Might Get There 11 Jun 2013 | 05:32 pm
I am in London this morning, where I had an opportunity to present a vision for the future of business payments at Experian‘s Payments Strategy Conference 2013. Acknowledging that it is always dangero...
Considering Bitcoin’s Role in Value Transfer 9 Jun 2013 | 06:17 pm
Now that the recent fever of Bitcoin speculation that swept up both a worried global constituency and a hype-hungry media has subsided, it’s time for Glenbrook to examine the Bitcoin ecosystem in part...
