Ecosystems

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...

Ecosystems
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...

Ecosystems
The Race For Controlling Connected Car Commerce Speeds Up
January 09, 2019

The commuter consumer is a very real phenomenon that is on the rise. A quick look at the latest edition of the PYMNTS Digital Drive report shows that commuting is a $230 billion connected commerce experience. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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How Payments And Commerce Will Drive Transportation Changes In 2019
December 26, 2018

The coming year will bring not only advances in the connected vehicle ecosystem — changes that will directly involve payments and commerce — but further developments in how consumers share and buy cars. And as that happens, the worlds of auto finance and insurance will...

Ecosystems
Orbita: Why Voice Technology Is Critical To Upgrading Healthcare
December 20, 2018

That voice-activated technology could change the face of medical care and the entire healthcare ecosystem is something that Orbita President, Co-founder and COO Nathan Treloar absolutely believes. Orbita is an enterprise platform that allows healthcare players to easily create and leverage HIPAA-compliant voice and chatbot...

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Is Voice The Glue Of The Google Ecosystem?
November 28, 2018

Five years ago, a voice-activated device was mostly something that existed in the realm of science fiction. Siri had been around for a year or two on Apple devices, but was more a novelty than a frequently used tool, and it would be a year before Alexa made...

Ecosystems
Visa’s Connected Car Guru On How Payments Will Drive Auto Innovation
November 28, 2018

It’s a time that can feel rushed, and requires concentration and focus, but also provides consumers used to multi-tasking with loads of unused time. It’s the good, old-fashioned commute. With the rise of connected cars (and soon autonomous vehicles), that commute will all but certainly...

Ecosystems
Tantalum CEO Talks What’s Working (And What’s Not) In The Connected Automotive Ecosystem
November 13, 2018

One might have to squint, but they can certainly see it coming — for real (not just hype) in some press release, interview, film or TV show. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...