Sunday, July 10, 2011
"Payments" Ecosystem is Complicated, and Getting More So
The thing about the "mobile payments" ecosystem is that it represents a "convergence" of formerly-separate industries and businesses. Mobile payments, mobile wallet, mobile location services, promotion, advertising, marketing, commerce and money transfers now are becoming parts of one larger business. Read more.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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