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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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’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 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 article looks at the strength of QR codes as a payment mechanism relative to other technologies including Bluetooth and NFC. Pervasive's [...]
Lessons Learned: Six lessons learned from more than 40 enterprise mobile implementations. Learn how to: Develop a mobile strategy specific to your organizational objectives and capabilities Manage expectations regarding features and timelines Understand and plan for integration challenges Select a development approach (Native vs. Platform) Define an appropriate testing and deployment plan Put “adoption” and [...]
