| Bicycle, Bicycle â Why People Want To Ride Mobikeâs Bicycle
Mobike may not yet be a household name, but in China, itâs at the forefront of a wave of bike-sharing businesses changing the face of urban transportation. Mobikeâs head of international expansion, Florian Bohnert, told Karen Webster, theyâre just getting started. Find out why their âditch the dockâ technology and patented bike design that lasts three years without repair makes Mobike less like a bike rental scheme and more like an IoT company that makes smart bikes. Read More... |
| The Part Of Fraud Thatâs On The Decline
We all know the story â fraud loses spiking, retailers fretting over the possible exposure, cybercrooks getting rich. But thereâs one part of fraud thatâs actually declining â thatâs the rate of fraud as a percentage of online sales. Signifyd VP Skye Spear and Karen Webster hosted a live discussion last week on the global state of online fraud and fraudâs silver lining: new tools and tech seem to be putting a crimp in the cybercrookâs style.
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| CFPB Arbitration Rule Dominates Regulatory News
The regulators have spoken. Last week, the CFPB opens the door to class action suits in financial services, and possibly trial lawyer riches, while across the pond, some warnings on regulatory compliance rumble, and Barclays begins ring-fencing efforts. Get caught up. Read More... |
| | Retail Reinvention | | Say Hello To Retailâs New Intermediary
Fourteen years ago, articles were screaming about the ruination of retail at the hands of Walmart â jobs lost, stores closing in droves, suppliers forced into bankruptcy. Karen Webster says that today, those articles sound largely the same â but just copy/paste Amazon for Walmart. Is this the typical retailer reaction over the changing of the retail intermediary guard â dusted off for the digital age? She weighs in. Read More... |
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