For a few beautiful days in late October, the W3C held its annual Technical Plenary and Advisory Committee meeting (TPAC) at the Cité Centre de Congrès de Lyon. As in years past, hundreds of information technology professionals attended TPAC to advance standards for … Continue reading
Two weeks before Black Friday 2017, the W3C Web Commerce Interest Group had its inaugural meeting. The meeting was part of the annual TPAC meetings, and was held in Burlingame, California. The agenda and minutes are available. I know you’re … Continue reading
After World War Two, American commerce escalated in ways unimaginable earlier in the century. The Chicago Merchandise Mart stands as one of the centers of that escalation, providing a venue for some of the period’s greatest thought leaders in commerce: … Continue reading
Digital Offers are an essential component in commerce on-line, sharing characteristics of Digital Marketing and of traditional incentives such as Loyalty and Coupons. A Task Force associated with the Web Payments Interest Group has been examining some scenarios to determine … Continue reading
W3C convened recently for its annual big meeting (called TPAC) in Lisbon, Portugal. This incredible venue – its history, architecture, art, people, food, weather – provided a fitting backdrop for the serious topics under discussion by the over 500 participants. … Continue reading
The payments industry is changing rapidly: on the one hand, existing mechanics are being reworked to embrace new use cases, while on the other new technologies such as tokenization and mobile payments are emerging. Industry professionals are beginning to recognize … Continue reading
The Web Payments Interest Group met at MIT on July 1, 2016, discussing near-term opportunities for standardization, moving important new work forward and reviewing exciting future possibilities and challenges in the world of Web Payments. The Mission of the Web … Continue reading
NACS Daily reported today that Card-Not-Present Fraud Jumps 30%, according to BankInfo Security. This increase in fraud on the web and in other CNP situations has been long predicted: as EMV is deployed in card present scenarios, fraud will move … Continue reading
In November, the Retail Payments Risk Forum had a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. This meeting was hosted by the US Federal Reserve Bank, and the W3C Web Payments IG was invited to describe ongoing work for bringing payments to the … Continue reading