Connected Economy

Connected Economy
67% of Consumers Want a Super App to Manage Their Digital Activities
December 21, 2021

Consumers want to consolidate their digital experiences into a single interface. In fact, 67% of all consumers would be interested in integrating at least two areas of their digital lives into a single app, providing them a centralized hub to manage a broader range of their digital...

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Panel: Digital Credentials Help Simplify the Connected Economy
December 15, 2021

The connected economy, with a tangled web of devices, apps, payments choices and a never-ending series of interactions between consumers, merchants and financial services firms is anything but simple. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Automakers Announce Agreements to Improve Supply of Semiconductor Chips 
December 13, 2021

In the midst of a global shortage of semiconductor chips that is affecting manufacturers in a wide range of industries, Stellantis and BMW have become the latest automakers to announce moves to improve their supply of these critical components that enable today’s high-tech, connected vehicles. ...

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How US Consumers Define the Super App
December 13, 2021

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Utility Will Make the Metaverse Work — and Pay — With or Without Goggles
November 30, 2021

It was Oct. 28 when Mark Zuckerberg announced to the world that Facebook would now be effectively a subsidiary of a company called Meta — as in “metaverse” — followed by a string of superlatives about what Meta will create as the metaverse replaces the...

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PayPal’s Peggy Alford On Buy Now Pay Later, Crypto and the Super App Future
November 22, 2021

In under 24 months, we’ve witnessed the astonishing success of buy now, pay later (BNPL), the meteoric rise of cryptocurrencies and the effects of a devastating pandemic that sped up payments tech by a factor of years, forcing consumers and businesses to reimagine commerce as...

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Here’s Why Millennials Own More Connected Devices Than Anyone
November 15, 2021

The future may well belong to the young. But in the case of online commerce, it is the bridge millennial who may power things forward. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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PayPal, Crypto and the Continued Super App Evolution
November 09, 2021

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Payments Become ‘Sexy’ as Connected Economy Enters Phase Two
November 05, 2021

As payments move swiftly from the prosaic last step in transactions to become the digital front door of a kinetic connected economy, top executives at leading global firms are acutely aware of connected economy implications, envisioning the next phase of the connected digital shift. Get the Full Story Complete the form...