Using Commerce Toolkit for Applications, we integrated bank card processing services with our point-of-sale application in less than three weeks and with no prior payment integration experience," said MartinJaramillo, president of Buildernet Software. “The Toolkit also made bank card security requirements easier to navigate." As many of you are already aware, one of the main [...]

As I mentioned earlier in the week, I had the opportunity to present in the Microsoft booth at this year’s NRF.  Over the next few days, I will be blogging about some of the more interesting booths and presentations at the show. In the interim, I have embedded the slides from this presentation after the [...]

I decided to take a brief break from my series "Commerce in 2008."  I will wrap up my predictions tomorrow. Next week, the National Retail Federation is hosting their 97th annual convention & expo.  As per usual, the event will be hosted in the Javits Center in New York.  For anyone planning to attend, I [...]

Perhaps many of you have been following the challenges facing VeriFone (PAY) over the past few months.  Since November 30, their stock has dropped 66.94%.  This represents a $32.15 decrease in value.  (Graph is located here.) What happened? On December 3rd of last year, VeriFone announced that they would have to restate their results and [...]

Several have you have contacted me regarding my post 2007 Innovations in Finance.  The questions have, primarily, centered on asking for more detail on why I found social personal finance such an important trend in 2007.  I, somewhat intentionally, didn’t expand in great detail in my previous entry. Why? Simple.  The trend that made "social [...]