PayPal’s “big tent” approach to in-store payments broadens with QR Code support
Mobile Commerce today published an article "PayPal backs QR codes for real-world dominance as online competition grows" which took a look at PayPal's announced support for QR codes in their mobile payment application. The [...]
Brian Stein to present at North Central Ohio Region IT Alliance’s Annual Conference on Oct. 17th
The North Central Ohio Regional Information Technology Alliance (NCORITA) will be holding its second Annual Conference on October 17, 2013 at the Kehoe Center in Shelby, Ohio. The theme for the conference will be “Cloud Computing”. Speakers will [...]
The use of mobile wallets in fast food and the advantages of embedding a solution with retailers’ own apps
Pervasive was pleased to once again have Brian Stein, our Managing Director asked to discuss mobile payments for an article in Mobile Commerce Daily. Today's article, titled “Subway takes branded approach to mobile payments” discusses the advantages [...]
PayPal enables merchants to offer free 2-day shipping in an effort to compete with Amazon Prime
PayPal announced today that Levi.com, Aeropostale.com, SportsAuthority.com, and a select group of other online retail shops are participating in a test to provide free two day shipping to any customer who pays with PayPal. [...]
Pervasive’s Brian Stein discusses mobile payment provider Venmo Touch in Mobile Commerce Daily
Pervasive was pleased to be cited in Mobile Commerce Daily’s article titled “Venmo inches its way into retail apps, simplifying in-app payment”. The article praises Venmo as a solution for reducing friction in mobile payments [...]
Pervasive to present at Annual IT Security Professional Breakfast
Pervasive is pleased to present at the Annual IT Security Professional Breakfast in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 10th, 2013. Technology professionals from all over Cincinnati and the region will be coming to hear valuable, IT speakers, [...]
Pervasive is sponsoring the Mobile Monday Speaker & Networking Event on September 16th
Pervasive is please to sponsor the first of the newly re-launched speaker series, hosted in the old United Bank vault at Crop Bistro. The evening will include an opportunity to network with other local business [...]
Forrester warns that marketers are failing to take advantage of the mobile opportunity.
A recent blog post by Forrester’s Thomas Husson argues that marketers are failing to keep up with rising consumer expectations and are failing to deliver on the mobile opportunity. Husson notes that “customers have experienced [...]
Brian Stein to teach at the Graduate School of Banking
Pervasive’s Brian Stein is proud to be teaching at the Graduate School of Banking at University of Wisconsin. Brian will be teaching this fall about “Mobile Banking Opportunities and Lessons Learned” to the 230+ students [...]
Mobile Monday Cleveland Returns
Pervasive is proud to be a sponsor of the re-launched Mobile Monday Cleveland, a knowledge sharing and networking group focused on the impact mobile technology is having on businesses. Mobile Monday is an international organization, [...]
Mobile Banking Playbook highlights need for strategies that better address customer’s needs.
A colleague recently shared with me a, fantastic write up by Jim Marous on “Building a Winning Mobile Banking Strategy” that helps assess some of the findings from Forrester’s 2012 Mobile Playbook. One of the key [...]
Attend our Card Forum Workshop on Next Generation Mobile Financial Services via an online interactive session
Pervasive is leading a workshop on Next Generation Mobile Financial Services at PaymentSource’s 25th annual Card Forum and Expo in Boca Raton, Florida. For those not able to join us in person, we invite you [...]
Conflicting data in the App vs. mWeb debate suggests gap between mobile web capabilities and user’s perception
In the past week, two separate reports from Compuware and Siteworx highlighted consumer preference and behavior. Both studies demonstrate how important user experience is to customer engagement and mobile adoption. However, when it came to [...]
Google retiring Reader. What’s next for content subscription services?
I was disappointed to learn today that Google has announced the retirement of their Google Reader service, effective July 1st. Google Reader allowed for users to subscribe to blogs, newspapers and other content sources via [...]
CapitalOne partnership with ShopSavvy demonstrates importance of digital wallet to financial institutions, but also shows risks associated with siloed offerings
CapitalOne announced a partnership today to integrate their credit cards into the ShopSavvy mobile wallet application. Like many financial institutions, CapitalOne is looking for ways to remain relevant to the consumer and is struggling to [...]
