Connected Economy

Connected Economy
Today in the Connected Economy: AcceleRide Helps Car Dealers Fuel Productivity
February 11, 2022

Today in the connected economy, a new omnichannel digital retailing platform called AcceleRide helps auto retailer Group 1 Automotive up its sales productivity. Plus, Voxtel forms a partnership with Diners Club Spain to promote B2B payments in the travel industry, and PayGround integrates with the...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Stripe Partners With Spreedly, Celonis
February 10, 2022

Today in the connected economy, payment processing firm Stripe expands its partnership with Spreedly, and agrees to share technology with process mining firm Celonis. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Facebook Launches Split Payments
February 09, 2022

Today in the connected economy, Facebook Messenger makes good on its promise to launch a Split Payments feature, as well as a couple of other tools, while Mastercard works with Egypt’s Kashat to helped the country’s unbanked. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Crypto.com, Worldpay Partner on Global Expansion
February 08, 2022

Today in the connected economy, Crypto.com works with Worldpay to offer merchant acquiring services to help Crypto.org’s global expansion plans, and Flywire and Ascensus collaborate to make payments from 529 college savings plans easier. Plus, Stripe builds a payments tool for flights application programming interface...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Porsche Launches Connected Car ‘Data Cup’
February 07, 2022

Today in the connected economy, Porsche hosts the Porsche Data Cup, a contest open to developers from other companies designed to find new use cases for data generated by connected cars. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Ford Ramps up Over-the-Air Software
February 04, 2022

Today in the connected economy, Ford steps up its connected services in an effort to create “always on” relationships with drivers, while Citi unveils a new card program with CVS. Also, eSports company Unified launches a partnership with payments service Tipalti Get the Full Story...

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Ford Looks to Connected Services, eCommerce to Build ‘Always-on’ Relationships With Drivers
February 04, 2022

Ford has formed a single organization that has authority over the automaker’s in-car digital experiences, interfaces, screens and controls, and it is using its hubs in places like Silicon Valley to attract software engineers and technology specialists. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Google Helps KeyBank Go Cloud First
February 03, 2022

Today in the connected economy, Google Cloud works with KeyBank to help it become a cloud-first financial institution (FI), while Barclays tries to help FinTech founders develop their companies. Plus, J.P. Morgan’s Julie Lubell tells PYMNTS’ Karen Webster why 2022 will be the year of...

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Connected Micromobility Solutions Tackle ‘Last Mile’ of the Daily Commute
February 03, 2022

Sometimes traveling by car isn’t desirable, necessary or practical. For example, tourists may want to see the sights close-up, rather than through the windows of a moving car. Consumers may be less than a mile from a grocery store and see no reason to start...