MoneyGram CEO On Ant Financial â And The Transformation of Payments MoneyGram and Ant Financial managed to turn our collected heads with their surprise acquisition announcement last week. Karen Webster got the inside scoop on the deal from MoneyGram CEO Alex Holmes: how it happened, why it happened and the transformational nature of the combination. It's good stuff â and you'll only find it here. Read More... |
Making Startups Pay (and Get Paid) Every ânext big ideaâ needs a little help getting off the ground to make the leap from dream to reality. In the latest Topic TBD, Plasso CEO Drew Wilson talks about the outlook for SMBs in 2017 and need to give even the newest ones a way to embrace their digital future even if theyâve never written (nor ever intend to) write a single line of code. Read More... |
| Retail Reinvention | Channeling Retailâs Inner Animal Researchers say that the best predictor of how and where consumers shop is observing how animals forage for food. This week, Karen Webster thinks it might be worth channeling your inner chipmunk in order to understand how retailers might best capture consumer spend. Spoiler alert â 90 percent of their spend may not even be up for grabs â regardless of how hard you try. So, donât you want to trade places with a chipmunk for the next 5 minutes? Read More... |
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