- October 29, 2012
- Global Payments Knowledge, Strategy, Technology
So King Cash has now been deposed – Where now for ATMS?
With an amazing synchronicity following my recent Webinar, where a discussion on ATM migration had also consider if cash was now not the payment method of choice – a press release ‘Is cash dying in Britain?’ was issued. This press release from Skrill states: ‘One
- September 19, 2012
- Card Processing, Digital Payments, Global Payments Knowledge, Strategy, Technology
Why it’s cool to be Square now!
Square payments – a device that plugs into an iPhone or iPad and turns it into a credit card terminal. Today this brainchild of Jack Dorsey’s is worth $3.25 billion having raised another $200 million in its fourth round of funding. To put that in
- May 23, 2012
- Card Processing
Card Terminals: A thing of the past?
We’ve talked about mobile commerce and how new ways to pay would have an effect on cards, but maybe the biggest shift we will see in the near term is mobile phones taking on the role of the payment terminal. Following the success of Square
- April 16, 2012
- Card Processing
Is it “The End of Cards” or “The Future of Cards”?
It is very easy to say that the Alternative Payments Methods; Mobile, Square, iZettle, e-Commerce, Cloud Wallets etc., are approaching mass and will “replace” cards in the future. Appropriate historical analogies could be: “Cards are the end of Cash” – a statement recurring for about