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This is one of a series of posts with highlights of the ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum 2009 preconference workshops. You can find an index of posts from the conference here.
Successfully Navigating the Debit Payment Evolution provided food for thought for debit portfolio managers and was led by Tony Ficarra and Jeff Fazio of [...]
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I am currently attending the ATM, Debit & Prepaid Forum 2009. The event started today with pre-conference workshops.
Due to my recent work in mobile payments, I was interested to talk to Richard Crone about the key messages in his Mobile Payments workshop. Richard’s key point was that “the one who enrolls [the customer] is the [...]
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The Bay Area Mobile Payments Series focused on the US market last week with the topic “Is there REALLY a market for mobile payments in the US?”. The event was hosted by the Harvard Business School Technology Alumni Association, Wharton Club of Northern California and Google and moderated by Menekse Gencer of mPay Connect. [...]
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Glenbrook Partners’ Jacqueline Chilton will be attending the ATM, Debit and Prepaid Forum 2009, October 18-20 in Las Vegas next week. Sessions will focus on self service and cash management, the debit portfolio and prepaid products. Additionally, non-traditional, alternative payments will have a dedicated track.
If you are planning to attend and are interested in getting [...]
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On the heels of our own Payments Views post The End of Cards as We Knew Them? have come interesting comments on the acceptance challenges facing US consumers using magnetic stripe cards overseas.
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Note: this commentary could be subtitled: “How my trip to the U.K. left me with a chip on my shoulder!”
When I was a child, I remember preparing for international travel by accompanying my parents to our local bank branch to purchase traveler’s checks. It wasn’t exactly convenient – but they felt safer traveling [...]
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Web 2.0 means a lot of things to people. It’s the rating of things by a community, it’s chat, and it’s collective learning. For a bank it can mean finding a relevant context to present offers to customers; moving from intrusive selling to customer goal realization. Web 2.0 also allows for collective learning and an [...]
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The CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference was held in San Francisco this week. Theme was “Wireless – It’s how you use it.” When it comes to mobile payments and mCommerce, I could not agree more.
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by Jacqueline Chilton
The CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference was held in San Francisco this week. Theme was “Wireless – It’s how you use it.” When it comes to mobile payments and mCommerce, I could not agree more.
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by Jacqueline Chilton
As you seek to find that special gift for that special someone this year, why not take a different approach? Recently, we’ve been working with several non-profit payments providers and discovered new payment services — and new ways to pay — that can help you find a unique gift and make a [...]
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by Jacqueline Chilton
mFoundry recently announced a new round of financing with a line-up of strategic investors including Motorola Ventures, PayPal, NCR, and a “leading wireless operator” – along with their existing investors. In their announcement, the company described its business as “a comprehensive and equitable solution for financial institutions, wireless operators and other mobile banking [...]
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by Jacqueline Chilton
In the US market, the furniture group IKEA is putting payment choices into action at its stores. Encouraging debit usage is the latest step in steamlining checkout practices and reducing payment acceptance costs.
Ikea’s new Debit Card Advantage 1% coupon encourages consumers to pull out their debit card at the point of sale.
“Use [...]
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