As merchants are evaluating the mobile payment landscape and determining which payment types to accept and which wallets to integrate with to provide loyalty and discount programs, there is a need to be pragmatic and evaluate the return on any efforts. It is easy to focus on making sure you can service all of your [...]
Pervasive was pleased to have Brian Stein quoted in Mobile Commerce Daily’s recent article, “MasterCard, PayPal’s Venmo hit on geolocation to drive mobile payments” which looks at the recent trend of mobile payment providers integrating geolocation and the benefits that it can provide. A number of retail and payment experts agreed with Brian’s assessment that [...]
Pervasive was pleased to have Brian Stein quoted in Mobile Commerce Daily’s recent article, “Swiping trumps tap-and-pay in building mobile commerce trust”. The article reports that “security issues, consumer habits and the lack of near-field communication support will keep tap-and-pay payments on the backburner this year.” Looking at the challenges of consumer adoption, Brian notes that “The [...]
Pervasive’s Managing Director, Brian Stein will be presenting at the Mobile FirstLook: Strategy 2014 conference in New York on January 15th and 16th. We’re pleased to be share our perspective alongside other great distinguished presenters, include Macy’s, Coca-Cola, Office Depot, Lowe’s, Amazon’s Zappos, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Rue La La, Citi, REI, Omni Hotels & Resorts, Forrester [...]
Pervasive is please to be the organizing sponsor of the Mobile Monday Cleveland Speaker Series and Networking Event, an opportunity to network with and learn from other local business and IT leaders who are interested in the impact that mobile technology is having on business. When: Monday, January 13th, 2014 Agenda: 6:30 - 7:00pm: Registration [...]
Mobile Commerce Daily took a look at Near Field Communication (NFC) chips, the technology that powers the tap-to-pay capabilities behind mobile payments. With both Isis and Google wallets struggling to gain traction with this technology, the article explores whether this technology will ever take off. Pervasive’s Managing Director, Brian Stein, was quoted in the article: [...]
Pervasive’s Brian Stein was quoted this morning in a Mobile Commerce Daily article discussing the rise of Bitcoins as an alternate currency and payment mechanism. The article looked at the question of “Should retailers begin accepting Bitcoins in-store and on mobile?” and included viewpoints from Pervasive Path, Strategy Analytics, Yankee Group and Retail System Research. [...]
Mobile Commerce Daily’s article “QSRs falter on mobile loyalty without ordering integration” looks at the changes in in-store behavior and systems integration challenges that are making it difficult for Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) to make rapid advancements in the mobile space, particularly with regards to loyalty programs and mobile ordering. Pervasive’s Managing Director, Brian Stein [...]
In a WSJ article entitled “Memo to Workers: The Boss Is Watching, Tracking Technology Shakes Up the Workplace”, companies' early successes with monitoring of remote employees is highlighted, leading us to ask why more organizations are not leveraging mobile to doing more monitoring? Mobile capabilities enable not only GPS tracking, but the ability to collect all sorts [...]
Pervasive is pleased to provide continued sponsorship to Mobile Monday Cleveland and present our second event in the speaker series. This session will occur on November 4th at the Speakeasy, an old style prohibition era drinking hall located in the basement of Bier Market. This event will provide an opportunity to network with and [...]
