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Google may make some significant changes to its Wallet app to better compete with Apple Pay, analysts predict. 
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While American Express posted relatively solid fourth-quarter earnings — beating analysts' expectations — the positives for the company were overshadowed by the
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At the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon were the only ones to speak about
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As eBay moves beyond what CEO John Donahoe called "a very difficult year" for the company, the e-commerce giant might be preparing to split off from more than
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Apple might want to take a bite out of Starbucks' mobile payments strategy. In its fourth-quarter earnings call last October, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said
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There’s no denying that Apple Pay has shown a lot of strength right out of the gate. Part of that strength comes from its ability to get issuing banks engaged
Vineet Anand's insight:
Apple Pay generates momentum.. compared with ignition of ATM !!
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Mobile app usage grew 76% in 2014, driven primarily by session increases in three key categories, according to a recent report from Flurry Analytics. Via Kamal Bennani
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Word-of-Mouth - If you think about it, social is word-of-mouth. Except now it's digital, which means it has a whole new set of properties. Via Kamal Bennani
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MarketingProfs. El fenómeno “de boca en boca” es el más antiguo y poderoso canal de marketing que existe. De hecho, es la fuente más confiable sobre el producto para la mayoría de los consumidores. Los avances tecnológicos han producido una ampliación en el intercambio de información: con Internet y la adopción masiva de los smartphones, las redes sociales han ayudado al boca a boca a ser más poderoso y penetrante. La diferencia es que hoy las marcas pueden utilizar el boca a boca como antes no podían. De hecho, el boca a boca digital tiene unas propiedades diferentes: es rastreable, atribuible y optimizable. En este artículo, Brewster Stanislaw presenta los medios sociales como una versión más potente del fenómeno boca a boca que, orientados adecuadamente, pueden convertirse en el canal de marketing más importante de las próximas décadas.
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*Sell vs. Tell: Five Ways to Engage Your Audience During a Presentation* How can you build/host an interactive presentation given PowerPoint's linear nature? Stop relying on the technology, and start using time-tested, old-fashioned proven sales techniques. They work. Via Kamal Bennani
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Two of the biggest forces in modern payments collided today as Braintree announced broad availability of its bitcoin payments product via a previously announced partnership with Coinbase. The inte...
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PayPal will get a large chunk of cash and the blessing of Carl Icahn as it prepares for life on its own. But that comes with a high price tag.
Vineet Anand's insight:
Icahn push for a new Paypal... primed for acquisition? Amex+Paypal or can Google Wallet acquire both SoftCard and PP?
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What will make digital currency viable in the mainstream? Fortune ponders the possibilities with the Bitcoin Foundation's chief scientist.
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Business Insider Braintree Activates Bitcoin Payments for US Merchants CoinDesk UPDATE (22nd Jan 20:10 GMT): Braintree has responded to questions about US merchant adoption of its development kit and clarified that customers can only pay in bitcoin...
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CoinDesk speaks to OKCoin CEO Star Xu about his leading BTC/CNY exchange's new push to promote "real bitcoin use" in China and abroad. Via Bitinvest
Vineet Anand's insight:
New real use cases to fuel Bitcoin price in future!
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Visa Inc (NYSE:V) is splitting its stock to encourage higher trading activity and is set to lose its position as the largest component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Vineet Anand's insight:
Driving more trading activity for V stock !
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The release of Apple Pay has accelerated the adoption of mobile wallet technology. Are you ready? Verifone is!
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High-profile Bitcoin backers are seeking to establish a Bitcoin exchange in the US that would be overseen by mainstream financial regulators.
Vineet Anand's insight:
Gemini exchange to be overseen by SEC or FINCEN or Bit-license?
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BitPay—one of, if not the world's largest Bitcoin payment processor—is heading to Capitol Hill with the Treasury Department in its sights.
Vineet Anand's insight:
Lobbying for Bitcoin related regulations ?
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For all bitcoin’s growing pains, it represents the future of money and global finance.
Vineet Anand's insight:
Written with a tilt towards marketing Bitcoin currency!
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Starting 1 March, the credit card company will allow its cards issued in the United States to be used in the island nation
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Use your US Dollar domestic card for travel and purchases in Cuba !! Cigars on the list?
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GGRAsia UnionPay audit overblown, Macau faces New Normal: analysts GGRAsia A media report that mainland officials are to meet with the Monetary Authority of Macau and bankers in order to start live electronic monitoring of cash transfers made to...
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Macau casino's brace for closer monitoring on electronic payments - new play or fine tuning of old policy!
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Samsung's competition to Apple Pay will reportedly be unveiled at the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) on 2-5 March 2015 in Barcelona. Via Kenneth Carnesi,JD
Vineet Anand's insight:
Samsung needs to remain focussed on how it wishes to play in Payments business. LoopPay, Touchid with Paypal, Visa.. and what operating system will be used - Android, Windows or Tizen! Partnership with Google Wallet can help develop a more focused strategy!
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Beacons are becoming the most rapidly adopted in-store technology since mobile card readers.
Vineet Anand's insight:
Beacons are overshadowed by Apple Pay, however present great contextual marketing and payment opportunities.
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Google needs a strategy revamp with some M&A like Paypal or SoftCard to give android users a better an NFC experience !