Technology

POS Systems Present Big Opportunities for Payment Providers

05/09/13

New POS schemes bring uncertainties. Merchants need partners who can help them scale their solutions while growing sales and increasing customers.

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Give Consumers Incentive to Adopt Mobile Payments

05/07/13

Developers should consider incorporating rewards and other tools such as receipt tracking in new mobile payment applications to promote broad adoption.

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How to Manage Wavering Consumer Interest in Mobile Payments

04/30/13

Accelerate consumer adoption, refine the value proposition, align perception with values and begin planning for the next round.

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Banks Can Hold Off on Photo-Based Mobile Bill Payments

04/30/13

The technology fails to deliver a substantial difference in convenience for customers, resembling the struggles faced by the mobile payments industry.

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The Elephant in the Payments Room

04/29/13

A payments startup that ignores Bitcoin in its strategic plan is like a publisher ignoring the Web in 1999.

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Bitcoin Pros to Talk Merchant Acquisition, Banking Opportunities

04/23/13

With bitcoin in the media spotlight, everyone seems to have an opinion on the price. Few recognize the profound implications of decentralized money for the monetary system, society and government - not to mention the emerging business opportunities.

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Governments Must Co-Opt Bitcoin to Avert Disaster

04/17/13

Bitcoin and similar rogue digital money exploit the public appetite for an alternative to traditional banking. To stave off this threat, central banks should embrace secure, well-regulated digitization of fiat currencies.

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Government Fees, Parking Tickets May Soon Be Paid in Bitcoin

04/16/13

While some call Bitcoin an "existential threat to the state," local governments could soon embrace the digital currency and payment system as a practical alternative to credit and debit cards.

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Bitcoin and the Rebirth of Financial Safe Havens

04/11/13

The exchange rate may be volatile now, but as the market eventually finds equilibrium and stabilizes, bitcoin will become an important store of value — beyond restriction and confiscation.

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Google Glass: A Cure for Rogue Traders

04/09/13

Forcing traders to strap computers on their heads may sound extreme, but consider the current threat. Saving billions from trading losses might take the sting out of the loss of privacy.

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