This week provided at least three fresh examples of what can be done with the reams of data being generated by connected vehicles, including a new pairing between Verizon and Nissan North America’s Research and Advanced Engineering team. Under the agreement, the two companies have completed a research proof-of-concept demonstrating how sensor data...
Building out the digital connected economy has created a demand for new, end-to-end financial services infrastructure. As Ricardo Josua, CEO of FinTech Pismo, told Karen Webster, without that infrastructure in place — where banks and FinTechs have ubiquity across their networks and sidestep decades-old legacy...
Until quite recently, few were familiar with terms like “the connected consumer” or “the connected economy” even though they’re both happening right around them. As the pandemic era is teaching us, there’s an accelerated need to not only understand these consumers, but to also make informed decisions on how best to digitally serve them. In creating a serviceable profile of the connected consumer and their expectations going...
Multinational eCommerce company Shopify is partnering with a series of enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers to provide direct integrations into the Shopify App Store, allowing for seamless connections between workflows and more data-driven decisions. Shopify says more than 10,000 merchants use Shopify Plus to manage...
A primary challenge of the connected economy is continuously building out and then enhancing the billions of connections powering popular omnichannel experiences that shoppers, merchants, payments providers and technology partners all now have a stake in. In a PYMNTS interview, PayPal Senior Director of Developer...
When General Motors announced Wednesday (Oct. 6) that connected services will play a large role in its plans to double its revenue by 2030, the forecast marked the latest iteration of the ambitions that Detroit’s “Big 3” automakers — and others — have in this...
In the aftermath of Amazon’s annual fall preview of its new hardware and voice-activated capabilities, the online retailer’s Alexa platform is set to become the operating system that connects it all. That growing commitment to voice was followed shortly thereafter by another update on Oct....
It was a busy week of new developments as automakers continued their drive to add vehicle technology that will engage consumers in multiple ways and enable them to easily use their favorite tech while on the road. This emerging digital ecosystem of new offerings creates opportunities for subscriptions to keep vehicle owners tied to the automaker long after they’ve paid for their car or truck. Built-In Amazon...
By 2025, 100 million connected vehicles will be transmitting 10 billion gigabytes of data per month. A new report by the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium offers insight into a cross-industry solution to meeting this demand. As the number of connected vehicles in operation rises, the...