Connected Economy

Connected Economy
As Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role
March 25, 2019

Here’s some advice for your next, or first, trip to New Orleans (home of the PYMNTS Bureau of Crawfish): If you happen to be staying in an Airbnb and want to get in good with the locals, maybe just tell them you are staying in...

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Women Driving Growth Of Legal Cannabis Commerce
March 21, 2019

The nature of cannabis commerce is changing, and not just because of spreading legalization (with New Jersey the latest state to be in the midst of considering that move). More so than in many other industries, women have taken command of a retail sector that...

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Bike And Scooter Businesses Take A Beating
March 08, 2019

The sharing of bicycles and scooters is a model that has over the last year or two has moved further into the mainstream of consumer life. That’s thanks in large part to mobile technology and the interest of other parts of the transportation ecosystem, including...

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How Voice Is Turbocharging The Autonomous Vehicle Ecosystem
March 04, 2019

Allow us at PYMNTS to take a brief step back and admire the landscape — in this case, the growing, though still young, connected vehicle ecosystem. A decade or two from now, such a look will be possible only via history books, TV and magazine...

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Why Google Wants To Ride Shotgun With Automobile OEMs
January 30, 2019

In the quickly developing world of voice-controlled artificial intelligence, the car is shaping up to be the newest battleground. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

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CES Gives View Of Growing Connected Car Ecosystem
January 14, 2019

CES is over, but it left a clearer impression of what’s coming down the road for the connected vehicle ecosystem, an emerging world that will run on payments and commerce. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Visa: How Payments Fuel The Connected Car Experience
January 14, 2019

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Chinese P2P Falls As Other Payment Ecosystems Expand
January 10, 2019

Thanks to a nationwide crackdown on peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in China, a move that came after a series of multibillion dollar scams in that space and resulting protests, the P2P industry there could see the number of players decline by as much as 70 percent...

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Payments Takes The Driver’s Seat In Connected Cars
January 09, 2019

What still stands as a type of existential dread (or, in some cases, a period of freedom) is on the verge of becoming a new and lucrative source of commerce, along with a rich opportunity for payment providers: the commute. The average American has a...