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On Online Tale (Social Payments in Action)

by Carol Coye Benson on May 11, 2010

in Carol Coye Benson, Facebook, Social Payments, Web 2.0 in Financial Services, Web/Tech

Editors note: Our colleague Carol Coye Benson recently experienced first hand the power of social payments and shares her experience in this post. To learn read more of Glenbrook’s thinking on social payments check out this post by Russ Jones.
I had a great online experience yesterday – the kind of thing that makes you [...]

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Glenbrook’s Model for Social Payments (A Work in Progress)

by Russ Jones on April 4, 2010

in Conferences & Meetings, ECommerce, Erin McCune, Facebook, Micropayments, NACHA, P2P, PayPal, Russ Jones, Social Media, Social Payments, Technology, Web 2.0 in Financial Services, Web/Tech

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about social payments, and have reached two conclusions. The first is that a payment facilitated by a social network is not a social payment—it’s just a normal customer-not-present payment. The second is that social payments are, by definition, social in nature and involve multiple parties. Hear me out on [...]

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Beaucoup Bucks?

by Carol Coye Benson on June 17, 2009

in Carol Coye Benson, ECommerce, Micropayments, Web/Tech

Editors Note: Glenbrook, along with the rest of the payments industry, has been watching developments in mobile payments closely.  Our partner Carol Coye Benson profiles Boku today. She has also taken a look at the CashEdge’s POPmoney, Canada’s Zoompass, Zong, Billing Revolution, and Blaze Mobile. [UPDATE Aug 6th: Be sure to check out Carol’s latest [...]

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The Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine

by Dennis Moser on May 20, 2009

in Caught My Eye, Dennis Moser, Innovation, Web/Tech

Last Friday, the  Wolfram Alpha “computational knowledge engine” went live.  Steven Wolfram is the driving force behind this incredibly ambitious venture.  His previous accomplishments include publication of first scientific paper at age 15, a PhD in theoretical physics from Caltech at age 20, creation of Mathematica software, and publication of  “A New Kind of Science.”
The [...]

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Experience with Intacct or NetSuite?

by Erin McCune on January 12, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0, Technology, Web/Tech

Please support my efforts to reference check SaaS ERP vendors Intacct and NetSuite on behalf of a Web 2.0 client. Do you have any success stories? Horror stories? Particularly interested in feedback on ease of integration/APIs and customer support.
Got insight? Please email me and I will call you back for a quick chat.

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Wells Fargo + Wachovia: News and Commentary Round Up

by Erin McCune on January 12, 2009

in Banking, Caught My Eye, Client News, Strategy, Web/Tech

Photo: SF Chronicle
The SF Chronicle interviews Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf in today's paper.
The Wells Fargo – Wachovia merger blog inspired rave reviews and sets the bar high for other financial institutions considering blogging

The Finanser (Chris Skinner) – "Therefore, this could prove interesting in creating a corporate case study in how to manage [...]

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