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GoTab Unveils ResTech Tools for Stadiums, Festivals
August 22, 2022

Restaurant commerce platform GoTab has unveiled new capabilities that let “multi-operator locations” automate vendor payouts and streamline ordering. According to a Monday (Aug. 22) news release emailed to PYMNTS, GoTab for Multi-Operator Locations gives vendors individualized control of menu management and reporting — along with...

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Online Car Platforms Busy Retooling in the Connected Economy as Growth Slows
August 15, 2022

The stocks of online car companies have been volatile, to say the least. Double-digit swings (up and down) have been the norm over the past few days as they add services to woo consumers. But beyond the vagaries of share price movements, the data and...

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PYMNTS Summer Series: Stadiums Build a Field of Digital Dreams for Connected Fans
August 11, 2022

Fans and superfans are an enthusiastic bunch. They’re already connected through team apps, video games and other forms of digital engagement, but we’re only at the beginning of what these experiences can deliver at ballparks and other venues as sports teams and their payments tech...

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Demand for Amazon, Google’s Cloud Offerings Spotlights Connected Economy’s Unstoppable Rise
July 29, 2022

To get a sense of just how pervasive the digital shift has become, how connected we really are, and will be, in the Connected Economy — look to the cloud. Earnings reports from the likes of Google (through its parent company Alphabet) and Amazon —...

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Galileo CEO: Embedded Finance Gives Rise to Better B2B ‘Brand Experience’
July 18, 2022

Consumers’ expectations about payments are changing — so much so that it’s no longer the transaction they’re focused on. Instead, they are focused on the experiences tied to each and every time they send or receive money. Ideally, that money movement should be barely noticeable...

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What’s Next in Mobile Commerce? Personalization at the Consumers’ Point of Intent
July 18, 2022

Merchants and brands are rightly obsessed with reaching consumers where they congregate, like social channels, but what if you could expand that to wherever they happen to be? It’s the next generation of omnichannel selling — in this case, actuated by a merchant’s ability to...

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Amazon Updates Dash Carts as Self-Service Gets a Facelift
July 12, 2022

At the start of the pandemic, grocers could stay ahead of consumers’ self-service expectations by having a self-checkout kiosk. Today, however, the emergence of new technologies and the popularization of checkout methods that used to be on the fringe have upped the ante. Now, grocers...

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Amex: Window Is Closing for Merchants to Make the Most of Mobile
June 30, 2022

Depending on whose stats you’re looking at, more than half of consumers will abandon eCommerce carts filled with items at the slightest irritation, whether it’s too hard to navigate, or too many repetitive steps during checkout. These are fixable problems. According to Chris Mangone, vice...

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58% of Consumers Increased Online Grocery Shopping in Past Year
June 28, 2022

Nearly half of consumers shop for retail products online and nearly one-third shop for groceries online, according to “Satisfaction in the Age of eCommerce,” a PYMNTS and Riskified collaboration based on a survey of 2,153 U.S. consumers.  Get the report: Satisfaction in the Age of...