Peter has over 20 years of experience in the field of International Cards and Payments, including five years at American Express, five years at MBNA International and was the founder of two specialist card consultancy practices.
He has advised banks and card issuers in every continent around the world covering over 30 countries, as well as brokering co-brand card partnerships for over 50 rights-holders in airline, retail, travel, and sport. Peter has operated as a consultant to MasterCard, Visa and American Express and was the Chairman of the inaugural MasterCard Annual European Card Programme of the Year Awards. His speciality is in working with rights holders and assisting them in optimising the value of their card and payment opportunities, whether that be through a traditional co-branded or affinity relationship or from the advent of new technology such as mobile payments, cashless stadia and arenas, virtual cards etc.
Commenting on his new role, Peter said: "The card and payments industry is probably embarking upon its most exciting era yet with the emergence of new payment technologies and access to a global consumer audience. I am absolutely delighted to be joining such a highly regarded organisation as Accourt, at such a key stage in this evolution, and I look forward to being part of the team that plays an integral role in the development of card and payment products across our client base."
John Berns, Partner at Accourt, welcomed Peter to the company: "We are delighted to be working with Peter; his experience and knowledge in the area of co-branding and working with rights holders to extract the maximum value from their programmes is a perfect and complementary fit for Accourt. As the digital revolution gains momentum and traditional plastic products are complemented by electronic forms, our clients are seeking to leverage the brand assets they possess and customer loyalty, technology and payment are key components in the mix."
The display is pretty weak too, at least by today's standards for mobile devices. Its resolution is only slightly better than the iPad Mini's (to be clear, I think the iPad Mini display also stinks), and icons and graphics often look dull and pixelated. Yes, I'm probably just spoiled by the high-resolution displays on devices like the full-sized iPad and HTC One, but it seems odd that Samsung would wimp out on the screen, especially when it makes some of the best ones in the industry.
The basic Galaxy Note 8.0 model comes with 16 GB of storage, but you also get a MicroSD card slot that lets you add up to 64 GB. Plus Samsung has a deal with Dropbox that'll give you 50 GB of free storage for two years, which is a great value.
But the best part of the Galaxy Note 8.0 hardware is under the hood. It has a zippy quad-core processor plus 2 GB of RAM, meaning you have plenty of power to run multiple apps at once without choking the device or zapping your battery.
And battery life is great. The tablet barely sips power when switched to standby mode, and it can last several hours under normal use. You can't switch out the battery like you can on Samsung's phones, but you won't need to.
Samsung loves to pack its devices with feature after feature after feature, and it's the same story with the Note 8.0. There's far more to the tablet's software than I can fit in one review, so I'm going to hit the most important stuff.
The most distinguishing feature is Samsung's "Multi Window," which lets you run two apps at once in a split screen mode. You activate it from the drop-down settings bar in the notifications center. When switched on, a tray of apps that support Multi Window appears on the left side of your screen. Tap to open an app, then tap and drag a second app over to run the two side by side. You can adjust how much screen real estate an app takes up by sliding the divider bar up and down.
But there are some drawbacks. Multi Window only works with a handful of apps (about 20) such as Gmail, Chrome, Twitter, Facebook, and a bunch of Samsung's own Android apps. Samsung lets developers tweak their apps to work in split screen mode, but there doesn't seem to be a huge rush for them to do so. Still, the most important apps do support the feature, which is a decent enough start.
I also don't like how the Multi Window app tray leaves a little nub at the side of your screen, even when you have other apps open. This is supposed to help you slide the tray out, but it becomes more of a distraction than anything. I wish there was a way to make it disappear without having to go back into settings to turn off Multi Window.
This was the moment he trained for since he was 6 and hitting those Wiffle balls. When his caddie dutifully started to question the necessity of the Hail Mary hook, Watson waved him off with an’Oh yeah I can.”
“I never once thought about a bad shot,” Watson said. “Never thought about the people around me. Never thought about the trees or which way the wind was blowing. I thought about hitting it as hard as I could and hooking it. That’s all I thought about.”
Scott knew the magic his player was capable of — “I don’t get you, dude. You see stuff I don’t see.” But he also understood the magnitude of the moment. Watson had already pulled off three shots from the trees that week — at 11 on Thursday, 7 on Friday and 17 on Sunday — that had higher degrees of difficulty than this one. Watson saved par each time.
“Of the four that were phenomenal from the woods, that was the easiest one,” Scott said. “I don’t even think it was that close. Now the circumstance made it very difficult, but the shot itself, if we were playing for fun, I wouldn’t bet against him to hit it on the green ever. That’s what Bubba does. That’s Bubba golf.”
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