We wrote last week about the Innovation Project held at Harvard late last week. The Innovation Project brings together the innovating leaders in the payments and commerce space for a summit that is packed with content and collaboration. Now, we don't like to brag, but our COO was on the winning team for the second straight year. She didn't do it alone however, her team brought together innovative leaders from across the industry. The winning team was a collaborative effort between
- Patrick Gauthier, PayPal
- Ken Bott, Darden
- Karen Pascoe, PickPick
- Chris Steiner, Aisle 50
- Deborah Merkin, GiftCard Partners
Their challenge: making omnichannel payments work. Their answer? PushPayments. The group devised a plan largely using today's industry infrastructure. Using QR codes and a mobile app customers and retailers could transact without a credit card by simply scanning a product to authorize a transaction. Their idea would use exclusively constructs that exist today to create seamless payments off of devices we are all chained to 24/7.
To learn more about any of the winning teams or the Innovation Project itself head over to PYMNTS.com.
