The September 2006 issue of the Harvard Business Review has an article by David Yoffie and Mary Kwak titled "With Friends Like These - The Art of Managing Complementors" that's recommended reading. While this article is about the tech industry, the parallels to the US card payments world are striking.   » Continue Reading

Ina Steiner reports for AuctionBytes.com on several changes that are being made to various PayPal policies including eliminating its Money Back Guarantee program along with other changes.

ComputerWorld's Eric Lai updates last week's story about the state of mobile commerce adoption by banks in the US. "Innovation is not a bank's strong suit," added Clayton Giordano, CEO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based iBreva. "They are highly motivated and interested, but they also realize it's a high-stakes game."