Digital Money Forum – Developing new ideasFebruary 28, 2010 – “For those of us looking at the future of retail electronic payments, an increasing amount of our time is spent looking at the developing world, because it is in the developing world where some of the most innovative new payment systems are to be found.” [...]

Branden R. Williams, Business Security Specialist » blog – Subscriptions Deal with Transactions Times TwelveFebruary 24, 2010 – I’ve always considered the importance of offering multi-service acceptance solutions to meet customer demand and increase conversion at cart, or physical location…i.e. offering payment tenders that your customer demands. It is an interesting thought exercise to consider [...]

One of the benefits of working with a platform company is that you have the ability to see trends occurring in an ecosystem… For the last year or so, many of the discussions I have had with technologists (payments and otherwise) focus on the concept of what I call a “highly-integrated user experience.” These are [...]

Compliance is a topic I am fond of discussing… Security is a topic I am passionate about… And, yes, the two are somewhat dissimilar topics. With the increasing importance of recognizing (and discussing) the impact of topics in security & compliance, it is intriguing to see the growth of conferences dedicated solely to the topic. [...]

TechCrunch – YouTube: Queries For ‘Snickers’ Jumped 18,000% After Their Super Bowl AdFebruary 19, 2010 – This was the only “big game” ad that I found mildly intriguing. ‘Tis nice to see the impact thereof given some statistical support…and keeping in mind my inherent distrust of reported data discussed below Seth's Blog – No more [...]