I’ve been thinking frequently, perhaps too much, recently about things that a business finds most important.  In the past, I’ve heard many (highly intelligent) focus on the cost of customer acquisition as being of the single most importance to the business.  In fact, that statement was made about the ISV market…but was generalized as applicable [...]

StorefrontBacktalk had an interesting article today entitled How to Sell PCI To Business Units.  In sum, it discussed the methods by which a CIO can explain the importance of PCI to the organization a large.  Of the recommendations, I found one particularly humorous: Yell “SECURITY BREACH” really loudly, all the time Interestingly, much of the [...]

If you subscribe to my link feed, you will have seen the post from The Bankwatch that I shared earlier today.  If you have not yet subscribed, get to it.  Or, go read the entirety of the post here.  As the author states, there isn’t a whole lot that we know about the Wells Fargo [...]

I am presently sitting outside Denver in a, seemingly misguided, attempt to watch the Perseid meteor shower.  As of yet, the experience has been…uneventful.  I have driven away from the city lights to get a clearer view of the night sky.  Not surprisingly, I still have wireless internet coverage that allows blogging via cell modem.  [...]

To many of you, the terms “payments” and “user experience” may seem woefully mismatched.  The payments market, for a variety of reasons, is plagued with a one-size-fits-all mentality.  And, even when this mold is broken, the outcome isn’t always ideal. Take for example, a recent blog written by David Pogue entitled More on Back Seat [...]