While I am #stayinghome, I have been digging into digital wallets. The adoption of these digital wallets and payments will probably accelerate in the next few years.PayPal is a "standard" digital wallet and one of the first fintechs- I remember getti...

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Oct 14, 2020
It is the time to serve and not to sell

In many cities, the #lockdown is being lifted, and businesses are opening up. I got a text message from a DIY furniture brand in Dubai, telling me that their second outlet is open for business. The text contained nothing about the #Covid-19 or anythi...

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Oct 14, 2020
On Digital Compression and Heinz Ketchup

On Digital Compression and Heinz Ketchup: I was listening to the CEO of Shopify speaking about what I understood to be the concept of "digital compression." Whatever companies predicted would happen in the 2030s, is fast-tracked to now! He reckons th...

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Oct 14, 2020
Digital to Physical?

Samsung Pay cardSamsung pay recently tied up with Sofi to launch a debit card in the US. It sounds like a retrograde move when the payments world is going digital. Samsung Pay (~11M users) is lagging behind Apple Pay (~30M users) in the US (per Busin...

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Oct 14, 2020