Connected Economy

Connected Economy
Stride and Tesla Gain, but CE 100 Slips 1.4% Amid Market Volatility
October 28, 2024

And now earnings season is here, in full swing, and a series of double-digit advances and declines among our CE 100 population wound up sending the overall Index 1.4% lower. The markets, in general, were volatile too, as only the tech-heavy Nasdaq was up by...

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Synapse BaaS Platform Slated for Bankruptcy Sale
October 27, 2024

 The assets of bankrupt Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider Synapse are going up for sale next month. 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 to our daily newsletter,...

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Healthcare Sector Leads Drive Toward the ‘Embedded Everything’ Economy
October 21, 2024

Embedded finance, and in particular lending, is finding its way into various URL, app and brick-and-mortar settings these days, and is also rendered at the point of sale, giving an indication of how prevalent its integration into the connected economy has become. Get the Full...

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Visa, Amex and Mastercard Push CE 100 Index Up 0.8% on ‘Resilient’ Spending
October 21, 2024

If there’s been a consistent theme thus far during earnings season, it’s that consumer spending has proven to be resilient across any number of demographics. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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EBANX Enables Merchants to Prepare for Pix Recurring Payments
October 15, 2024

EBANX has enabled merchants to use its payment services to prepare to integrate the upcoming recurring transaction capability of Brazil’s Pix, Pix Automático (Automatic Pix). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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CE 100 Index Gains 1.7% as JPMorgan Leads Banks Higher
October 14, 2024

Earnings season is here — as always, led by the banks, and the banks led the CE 100 Index 1.7% higher through the past week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Shop and Healthcare Pillars Surge Amid Strategic Shifts, but CE 100 Sees Slight Decline
October 07, 2024

The CE 100 Index slipped 0.6% as October’s first few days of trading brought investors firmly into the fourth quarter while reversing some of the gains seen in the past few weeks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Big Tech’s Undersea Cable Empire is Building Tomorrow’s Digital Economy
October 01, 2024

Innovation can’t exist without foundational infrastructure networks to support it. 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 to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...

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Not Again: FCC to Investigate Cause of Verizon Outage
September 30, 2024

More than 100,000 Verizon users lost access to mobile services Monday (Sept. 30). 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 to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...