The potential for commerce applications to be embedded in a car’s dashboard is great. Who hasn’t fantasized about owning a car that can be told to pay for its own gas at the pump or buy the driver a cuppa job at the drive-thru without having to tap, swipe or really...
Amazon seems to have a lot to be merry about this holiday season. As of holiday 2017, three-quarters of all Americans are Prime members, and Amazon could account for up to 44 percent of all online commerce in the U.S. (4 percent of total retail). According to some...
As of today, the trucking industry is facing a severe shortage of workers. The digital economy has created a boom in the shipping industry, and it is having a hard time keeping up with the heavy demand for qualified personnel. And it’s not just 18-wheelers...
The Pixel 2 isn’t Google’s first smartphone. It’s not even really technically its second phone — there were the Nexus devices of the past, and in some sense all Android phones. They weren’t Google phones exactly, but they were at least Google-adjacent smartphones. Perhaps more accurately, they...
Call it the “X Factor.” Apple’s X Factor, to be precise. And that Factor has taken a bit of a toll on the Apple ecosystem, to the tune of several billion dollars — along with tepid news and reviews about the iPhone 8 series that is...
UnionPay is facing an increasingly competitive and complicated world these days. Some question whether the card-payment network operator will be able to overcome the struggle to “remain relevant” in a market that is quickly changing — and where consumers may soon be leaving card-based payments behind entirely. That “struggle” may not be...
PayPal has announced that going forward Venmo users can instantly transfer funds from the app to their bank account. Karen Webster got the inside scoop on the upgrade and what it means for PayPal’s ongoing quest to build a more interconnected digital payments ecosystem.
Refugees are among the most unique groups of people for whom to enable mobile payments and other financial services. Clearly an acute need is there, but modern banking is built upon knowing one’s customers; and when all refugees have are the clothes on their back,...
Pinterest has snagged a round of headline fascination, as various segments of the tech press have been touting the apparently surprising revelation that Pinterest is no longer thinking of itself as a social media platform. With some structural changes underway, Pinterest has thrown down the gauntlet...
