Opinions

Giving away its speaker to Pixel devotees isn't just about getting these devices into homes; it's about getting them to the users most likely to favor Google over Amazon, writes Daniel Wolfe, Editor in Chief at PaymentsSource.

Many bank-driven responses to fintech startups are "force fitting" traditional services, and don't fully meet new consumers' demands for social interaction, writes Ted Bissell, global director for digital consulting at Axis Corporate.

Like all major and some tier-two U.S. payment processors, TSYS wants to participate in less competitive and higher growth markets overseas to sustain long-term growth, writes Eric Grover, a principal at Intrepid Ventures.

The e-signature and invoicing regulations, which sought to simplify e-invoicing to enhance adoption rates, have caused uncertainty, writes David Cocks, CEO and founder of CloudTrade.

Credit bureaus can address identity theft by advancing the robustness of their security processes and abandoning outdated systems that rely on our personal information, writes Jason Brvenik, chief technology officer for NSS Labs.

Losses in sales and penalties from chargebacks may hurt business' sustainability, writes Monica Eaton-Cardone, chief operating officer at Cargebacks911 and Global Risk Technologies.

Competition between card networks, tech titans Facebook and Google, Chinese fintech proxies Paytm and Hike, and M-Pesa will be fierce, and offer signs how other large emerging payments markets may evolve, writes Eric Grover, a principal at Intrepid Ventures.

The comments by JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on bitcoin demonstrate a distinct lack of understanding of the reality that the virtual currency has an incredible value proposition.

Equifax mismanaged its recovery by asking for personal information to determine if a user was affected and then issuing a predictable PIN code to those who requested a credit lock, moves that diluted confidence in the company, writes Timothy Crosby, senior security consultant for Spohn Security Solutions.

Jamie Dimon's comments on bitcoin don't consider the virtual currency's value and potential, writes Bharath Rao, CEO of Leverj.