Apple Pay launched at the beginning of last week, and dominated my Twitter feed most of the weeks, followed by news of the European Central Bank's stress test of European banks. Payments with Apple Pay Today This sampling of posts provides Apple Pay numbers, reviews, critiques, and applause. I saw a lot of good consumer reviews on how easy Apple Pay is to use. The bottom line: … [Read more...] about Notable Finance Posts Week Ending 10-25-14: Apple Pay Launches
Chicago's Merchandise Mart Gets a Bitcoin ATM
I ran across a Bitcoin ATM in Chicago's Merchandise Mart yesterday. Apparently, it was installed a month ago and has attracted one user review on the Reddit website. The first Bitcoin ATM in Chicago was installed in the Lakeview neighborhood in July. … [Read more...] about Chicago's Merchandise Mart Gets a Bitcoin ATM
Finance Tweets of the Week 10-11-14
Let's put things into perspective: the world's three biggest economies for the past 2000 years http://t.co/edxZSr1i14 pic.twitter.com/qjD5NDZzS1 — The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 9, 2014 Guess who wins @BIS_org: The redistributive effects of financial deregulation: wall street v main street - http://t.co/s8iex54UWb — Collin Canright (@collincanright) October 9, … [Read more...] about Finance Tweets of the Week 10-11-14
Why and How Banks Collaborate with Digital and FinTech Companies
The antagonism between tech companies and banks in the payments market is turning toward alliance. Digital giants and fintech startups supposedly poised to gobble up bank customers and the defensive banks commonly considered blind and slow are finally seeing the mutual benefit of collaboration. Although warnings for banks to go digital and mobile are still dire, and predictions … [Read more...] about Why and How Banks Collaborate with Digital and FinTech Companies
How Bankers See Digital Banking and Other Sibos Notes
For the 30 years I have been involved as a journalist and marketer in the industry, the message to banks has been all about the electronic future of banking customer relationships. At that time, we talked about electronic banking: now it's digital banking. "Digitization is increasingly an imperative. Banks must digitize how they interact with clients or they will be left … [Read more...] about How Bankers See Digital Banking and Other Sibos Notes
Top 15 Payments Articles after Apple Pay Announcement
I spent my morning commute reviewing my Twitter feed and boy, was it flooded. Today’s payments news, needless to say, was dominated by news and analysis of Apple’s entry into the payments market, with a smattering of attention given to the latest payments-related data breach at HomeDepot. Google got one mention, Amazon none. To save you the trouble of wading through twitter for … [Read more...] about Top 15 Payments Articles after Apple Pay Announcement