One of the challenges of providing an integrated payments software solution is activation. For those not familiar with the vagaries of the payments industry, the process of being approved to process payments is lengthy and frequently confusing.  Typically, the experience involves either downloading or being e-mailed an application form.  This is filled out by hand* [...]

This post is a continuation in my “So…what does IP Commerce do?” series.  Before diving into explanation, I feel it important to discuss a term that is oft misused.  “Innovation”  Innovation can be defined as: A creation (new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation Or, perhaps, more simply as: The act of introducing [...]

As Platform Evangelist for IP Commerce, I am keenly interested in, and involved in defining, the messaging that we employ both with our partners and in the market in general.  Over the last 3 years, I’ve seen the company evolve as any startup does.  One of the key points in that process of evolution is [...]

The last several weeks have been rather interesting for me…As is periodically my want, I have spent a fair amount of time in reflection determining whether the “things” that I am doing as an evangelist are appropriate.  And, by appropriate, I mean for the audience that IP Commerce serves as well as a larger community [...]

  In 2007, Jim Bruene (Online Banking Report and NetBanker) organized an event called Finovate.  It was popular enough, and sold out quickly, that this year has prompted the creation of a new event…FinovateStartup. This is the sort of conference that I truly enjoy.  Short demos (5 minutes max, no powerpoint) that touch on the [...]