Comments on: Pay By Touch, an idea whose time has passed

By: Louie Smith

Louie Smith — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:30:13 +0000

PBT may have failed. I hope the technology can succeed and successfully continue under a completely different management structure. I believe biometrics is the next wave (finger, hand or eye scans). Just like folks said Credit Cards and then Debt Cards would not replace good old paper money. Just wait out on this one…

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dinosaur fact — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:18:18 +0000

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By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:39:48 +0000

it failed because too much money got thrown at it.

By: PBTFE

PBTFE — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:20:24 +0000

It failed because it bought useless and troubled companies like CardSystems leaving it forced to pay huge salaries to a bunch of has been executives!

By: longdigit

longdigit — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:20:44 +0000

PBT is a great place to work with 08 looking to be their breakout year. This hurdle will soon fade away along with Rogers, payment adoption when combined with personalized marketing is a winning combo.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:36:37 +0000

It failed because 1) the management was terrible and 2) there really was no benefit to consumers other than convenience (which was a stretch anyway). So you have a case where the merchants (who would benefit) were trying to force consumers to use something they didn’t want.