NRF Wrap 2025 by Tom McCole After surviving a treacherous “Georgia blizzard” with snowfall reaching a frightening 1.5 inches, I made my way safely to the Atlanta airport. Destination: The National Retail Federation convocation in New York City. This is my 25th year of attending this event and I can declare emphatically my favorite so…
Scamscope 2024 Report: The Battle for Trust APP scams are predicted to hit $7.6bn by 2028 and are on the rise in every country featured in this year’s report by ACI Worldwide. Download the report to gain use cases from the U.S., U.K., India, Brazil, Australia, and the UAE to help build a secure payments…
Finding the Right ROI in Bank Tech By: Tyler Brown Infrastructure Investments Fewer than a quarter of bankers in a survey by Bank Director said their bank measured return on investment (ROI) for technology projects, implying at least one widespread problem with banks’ technology planning: A resource allocation approach that doesn’t robustly consider the costs and benefits of…
Looking to Improve 2025 Financial Performance? Start by Revisiting the Tech Stack By Glenn Goldberg While most think of falling leaves and Halloween as annual autumn rituals, financial services companies have a totally different perspective. For these organizations, the fall represents Financial Planning season, when CFOs must map out budgets and set performance KPIs…
From Bedrock to the 21st Century: A Wrap-up of ETA’s TRANSACT 2024 by Tom McCole Having been in and around the card payments industry seemingly since Wilma and Betty shouted the first “Charge It” in Bedrock, I have attended and exhibited at numerous ETA events under various corporate flags. My first event was at the…