#CRYPTOCRASH: 10 Reasons I Don’t Invest in Crypto, Bitcoin or Blockchain
Recovering finance executive’s unconventional & philosophical take on the crypto narrative
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Lazy Parasites Rule
A digital vampire threw American Express a Curve, here’s what they did & how you should handle parasitic middlemen.
Do The Poor Need Bank Accounts…Or Something Else?
According to The World Economic Forum, 1.7 billion adults don’t have access to bank accounts. Since starting at MasterCard in 2001 and throughout my time at Citi and American Express, I’ve seen “the unbanked” on almost as many slides as “data”. Both, were supposedly huge, untapped opportunities. (And at ruthlessly pragmatic financial firms, they shared the
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Will Apple Pay Reign Supreme?
There has never been a more exciting time in payments. Let me re-phrase that. There has never been an exciting time in payments. But if you read tech blogs lately, you’d think we were moments away from revolution. Unless the oppressed proletariat can pay with iPhones, they’ll start pummeling Nobu waiters with pearl-encrusted Prada bags.
Part II – Deep Dive: Apple Pay and The Strange Bedfellows Analysis [Patreon-Only]
Deconstruction of Apple Pay and the many unexpected deals its success will unleash. My old colleagues at American Express and MasterCard might not be thrilled.
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Is Coin The YouTube Or Napster Of Payments?
With rabid coverage on every major tech site, only Turkish prisoners and my parents could have missed the most important product launch in startup history. No, it wasn’t a cure for cancer or even irritable bowels . It was Coin. What is coin? As if you didn’t know… It’s an electronic payment card that stores
Bitcoin is the MySpace of Money and What Might Save It
This is a re-post of Steve Faktor’s original article on Forbes I was just on a panel on the future of payments. One of the other speakers was a Bitcoin disciple. It’s like inviting a PETA protester to judge a hot dog eating contest – expect a jihad that consumes the room. What is it
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10 New Rules for Mobile Payments and Loyalty Startups
My business is helping companies speed up innovation – often by partnering with tech startups. A wilder ride compared to my days leading innovation at Fortune 100 companies. But lately, I’ve experienced enough déjà vu to get a platinum medical marijuana card. Maybe you’ve heard of “multiple discovery”. The theory says that similar inventions happen simultaneously because
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