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Square launches three new products geared towards helping merchants better manage their digital payment initiatives

As Square looks to differentiate itself in an increasingly competitive mobile payment industry, Mobile Commerce Daily examines the benefits, and challenges, associated with the launch and adoption of these new tools. Pervasive was pleased to have Brian Stein, our Managing Director, quoted in the in an article entitled “Square pins mobile payment growth on non-swipe [...]

By | April 30th, 2014|Blogs, News|0 Comments

Mobile Commerce Outlook 2014: Pervasive Path discusses the need for financial service companies to continue to innovate

Mobile Commerce Daily recently released their Mobile Commerce Outlook for 2014, which includes analysis and insights on the trends and market forces that are impacting retailers and merchants. The Outlook provides a perspective across industries and explores how mobile is benefiting the consumer while providing great opportunities for businesses. Pervasive Path’s Brian Stein was quoted [...]

By | April 29th, 2014|Blogs, News|0 Comments

Pervasive’s Brian Stein to present at IABC Cleveland’s Shaken Not Stirred Event

Pervasive's Managing Director, Brian Stein, will be presenting on "A Communicator's Path to Mobile" at the International Association of Business Communicator's "Shaken Not Stirred" Networking Event in Cleveland next Tuesday, April 29th, 2014. The event is from 5:30 - 7:30pm at the Speakeasy (in the basement of Bier Market), 1948 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 4411. Brian [...]

By | April 21st, 2014|Blogs, Events|0 Comments

As 2 major retailers shut down support, is the death knell for NFC ringing?

As both Best Buy and 7-11 have stopped supporting NFC, Mobile Commerce Daily recently took a look at the reasons behind their decisions and the implications for the struggling NFC technology’s adoption.  Their article, entitled “NFC takes another blow as 7-Eleven, Best Buy shut it down”, quoted Pervasive’s own Brian Stein as he explored the [...]

By | March 20th, 2014|Blogs, News|0 Comments

Mobile Monday Speaker & Networking Event on March 24th

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, March 24th, 2014 Agenda: 6:30 – 7:00pm: Registration [...]

By | March 10th, 2014|Blogs, Events|0 Comments

Apple’s Digital Wallet to Be a Closed System: Should merchants implement solutions that only serve some customers?

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 [...]

By | March 10th, 2014|Blogs|0 Comments

Geolocation adds benefits to mobile payments and helps to drive adoption. Value to both merchants and consumers explored.

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 [...]

By | February 26th, 2014|Blogs, News|0 Comments

Swiping for mobile payments is expected to continue to beat out tap-and-pay in 2014

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 [...]

By | January 13th, 2014|Blogs|0 Comments

Mobile Monday Speaker & Networking Event on January 13th

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 [...]

By | December 18th, 2013|Blogs|0 Comments

Will U.S. consumers and retailers ever be ready for NFC?

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: [...]

By | November 22nd, 2013|Blogs|0 Comments