Payments Consultant

Check out this opinion piece from Visa: Industry Opinion New code for debit, credit cards leaves consumers out Toronto Globe and Mail I’m not sure what is more interesting, the overall subject, the article by Visa (and the fact they wrote one), or the comments. I was surprised by the number of comments on what [...]

First of all, I would be remiss in this post if I didn’t start by sharing my condolences and most heartfelt sadness for the Haitian people who have suffered so much, and everyone who has suffered because of this terrible tragedy. My wife and I were in Phuket two days before the Tsunami of 2004 [...]

Billing Revolution announced a major mobile payments deal today with Retail Data Systems (RDS), North America’s largest provider of POS systems. This is a big deal, because it’s the first major announcement I’ve seen where a point of sale provider can actually integrate into the consumer’s experience on the mobile phone. The Billing Revolution system [...]

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Data Accountability and Trust Act, which sets national standards for the protection of consumer’s personal information like payment card numbers. More government regulation a good thing? Actually in this case it is.

What is the real deal with Square? It will be fun to watch it play out.

Billing Revolution is among a crop of startups that are trying to build mobile-payments businesses that don’t rely on new technologies like near-field communication (NFC), a sophisticated interactive technology that has become bogged down in disputes between banks and mobile carriers. That could be an advantage for the startups, say some. “I continually hear from [...]