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Tesco’s QR codes – another cash killer?
I’m at a payments conference today – and so will finish off the TEDx Wall Street story tomorrow – but wanted to post a quick update for those who are looking at mobile versus proximity payments. Here are two stories. The first is about the London Olympics, which will be the first ‘cashless Olympics’ according…
Tesco’s QR codes – another cash killer?
I’m at a payments conference today – and so will finish off the TEDx Wall Street story tomorrow – but wanted to post a quick update for those who are looking at mobile versus proximity payments. Here are two stories. The first is about the London Olympics, which will be the first ‘cashless Olympics’ according…
Innovators break the rules: here comes Apple’s iWallet
I did a speech about innovation yesterday. As usual, the opening question was: “which is the most innovative company in the world?” and, as usual, the answer shouted back was: “Apple”. Apple. The firm everyone wants to be like because they are cool, successful, the world’s most valuable company by market capitalisation and because they are what…
Mobile payments is so hot right now, it burns
I said that I had been chairing a conference on payments last week. The conference is the International Payments Summit, one of my annual favourites. It now has quite a wide ranging remit, from SEPA and European payments through all things electronic to mobile. With more time, I would write up every session, as there…
Mobile payments is so hot right now, it burns
I said that I had been chairing a conference on payments last week. The conference is the International Payments Summit, one of my annual favourites. It now has quite a wide ranging remit, from SEPA and European payments through all things electronic to mobile. With more time, I would write up every session, as there…
Contactless payments are already past their sell-by date
Spent most of this week at a payments conference. The theme was relentlessly around mobile payments, as this area of the market has truly kicked off as a major focal point for banks, telecommunications firms, retailers and merchants. There was a particularly interesting debate about contactless payments, as this is also something that is being…
Anonymous: dangerous or laughable?
We have seen a great deal of activity from the activist online community called Anonymous in the last year. They first hit my radar when they closed down the websites of PayPal, Visa and MasterCard in retaliation for the arrest of Julian Assange and closure of Wikileaks funding accounts. This resulted in a co-ordinated Distributed Denial…
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