Payments, Software & Technology – October 26, 2009

October 26, 2009

Aneace's Blog – Singapore retailers slow to offer customers the option of paying with contactless cardsOctober 26, 2009 – Aneace has always done a great job of emphasizing that payment modalities (in this case contactless) must achieve a balance between retailer and consumer preference.
Branden Williams's Security Convergence Blog » blog – MasterCard/Visa Remove ReciprocityOctober [...]

Payments, Software & Technology – October 19, 2009

October 19, 2009

Ben.geek.nz – Re-mystifying RFIDOctober 19, 2009 – Simply Beautiful!
Method ~ of ~ failed by Tim Heuer – A plea to my developer brethren about designer/designersOctober 19, 2009 – An excellent post from Tim Heuer regarding the interaction between developers and designers. A telling quote:
“Please stop using the word pretty and diminishing the role a [...]

Payments, Software & Technology – October 14, 2009

October 14, 2009

Anton Chuvakin Blog – "Security Warrior" – MUST Read on Walmart IntrusionOctober 14, 2009 – No commentary really necessary on this one…unfortunately.
CloudAve – Your Business Cloud – Holy Grail Anyone?October 14, 2009 – It’s always good for me to see that there are cloud folk, in this case Ben Kepes, who can see the benefit [...]

Surcharge for Credit Cards

October 13, 2009

I’ve spoken in the past about merchants, in accordance with the Consumer Credit Protection Act and (typically) their agreement with their acquiring bank, being restricted from implementing a surcharge for customers choosing to pay with credit cards.
It is a niggly issue that crops up periodically in discussions and one that is worth discussing in a [...]

Where’s Tyler?

October 12, 2009

You may have noticed that I’ve been rather silent over the last 2 weeks…no blogging, little social media interaction, and (startlingly) very few e-mails sent.
My wife and I spent the last 2 weeks in China with a group of folk from a non-profit organization where we volunteer. Since I also sit on their board [...]