BarCamp Bank SF - Mobile Payments?
I just signed up for the BarCamp Bank event in Berkeley next month. Not my normal venue, but I would really like to get a conversation going around mobile payments. In short, they don’t work. There’s point solutions here and there that allow a limited number of merchants to interact with a geographically segmented group of users, but nothing that works at the scale of the web. If 2008 is going to be the year of the mobile web we need a way for people doing stuff on it to be able to pay other people providing stuff. And it can’t be based on what carrier you’re on, and which handset you have, or if you happen to be in the United States. We need a global infrastructure for payments on mobile that works for everyone everywhere.
I’m hoping that with folks there looking at issues like social money, risk management and fraud prevention, and online operations maybe they can help us figure out how to crack the nut and get at something better than what we have.
February 15th, 2008 at 7:59 am
You might be interested in the Mobile Bar Camp in Boston at MIT, March 15th. I know it’s a long way to travel for you, but it may be worth your while. If not have fun at Bank BarCamp in SF.
February 18th, 2008 at 5:22 am
http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/BarCampNYC3
Wow i didn’t realise BarCampNYC3 was on the 15th/16th of march as well - video hookup anyone?
Cheers,
Dean Collins
http://www.Cognation.net
February 19th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Wish I could make it. I’d love to hear your thoughts/ideas regarding mobile payments.
February 24th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
25 Bones for the bar camp? Do we get it back if we show? I’d love to participate, but the price is a little steep.