No one reads my long blogs.. so my 2017 resolution is to break them up into smaller thought “chunks”.
I can’t believe its been 2.5 yrs since I wrote Brokering Identity. The central element of that blog, and today is to take a “trust” view of Network and Platform strategies. The rules, standards and processes by which trust is managed are critical to the success of networked businesses and markets from eBay to Visa/MA to the NYSE.
Most have seen Apple’s earning’s transcript, with following key ApplePay Excerpts:
I’m super excited about ApplePay in browser (my last blog)… and how it works with the touch ID in the new Macbook. Online merchants have only a few days of effort (see Stripe) to integrate into online checkout flows. ApplePay eCommerce will blast past POS volume in 18 month (from today).
I’m excited to announce the launch of our first product, databridgeTM. It’s no secret that banks, retailers and mobile operators have great data. The challenge for these companies has been in how they let their data “play” in a privacy-centric model that controls both WHO can use the data and HOW the data is used (see Data Leakage). This is the core of databridge, with an initial focus on enabling transaction data to measure marketing effectiveness.
I’m more passionate about this topic than anything I’ve ever written about. As an eternal optimist I don’t see a world dominated by Google, Amazon, Chase and Walmart…. But rather a new economy where millions of small businesses thrive. Where every person can employ their creative talent in collaboration focused on value creation. A world where capital flows to great ideas across geographic boundaries lifting the stifling poverty of most emerging markets.