Innovation

Innovation generally refers to changing processes or creating more effective processes, products and ideas. For businesses, this could mean implementing new ideas, creating dynamic products or improving your existing services.

(source: business.gov.au)

Innovation
What The Great Time Revolution Means For Consumers
October 12, 2020

The “Mighty Thor” was a household game-changer in 1908. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form,...

Innovation
The Great Digital Shift Brings Spas And Meals (Increasingly) In-House
October 08, 2020

Is the great digital shift spurring a great shift to personal in-home services? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

Innovation
Venmo’s Esch On Designing A Cool Physical Card For Mobile App Users
October 06, 2020

Credit card launches happen a lot, and tend to blend together after a while, particularly for payments peeps who keep a close eye on such things. But Venmo – which dropped its first credit card for consumers on Monday (Oct. 5), issued by Synchrony and powered...

Innovation
Old ATM Gets Big Upgrade As NCR Unveils ‘NextGen’ Cash Machine
October 05, 2020

As the banking world goes increasingly digital, the clunky old ATM is getting a badly need reboot. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

Innovation
Real-World Experiences From Tourism To Gambling Are Going Digital
October 02, 2020

With U.S. airline-passenger miles down some 70 percent as COVID-19 has consumers afraid to fly, Amazon and other eCommerce players are trying to get Americans to do their sightseeing and other once-routine activities from the comfort of their own homes. Get the Full Story Complete...

Innovation
The Outside-The-Box Ways The World Is Beating Boredom
September 26, 2020

The late William F. Buckley Jr. famously once said that “boredom is the deadliest poison.” That might have been a bit hyperbolic when he said it, but after a half-year stuck at home, Americans can probably appreciate how true that statement really is. Get the...

Innovation
Will Your Local Restaurant Soon Have Robot Workers?
September 22, 2020

Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants’ shifts toward high-tech solutions are old news. Online ordering, digital delivery, curbside pick-up, QR code-based menus and ordering – the technological upgrades have come one after the other. Dining venues big and small have pivoted to meet the needs of consumers...

Innovation
QSRs Flex Their Creative Cocktail Muscles
September 19, 2020

It’s a problem that has plagued connoisseurs of fine food and wine for generations that until very recently had no solution: What’s the right wine to pair with a Taco Bell chalupa? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Innovation
Digital Onboarding Comes To Higher Education
September 17, 2020

Universities are getting schooled in “pandenomics” — a portmanteau of “pandemic” and “economics” coined by PYMNTS to describe manifestations of COVID-era financial change in different verticals. Higher education is not immune from pandenomics, and is undergoing its own reset as institutions of higher learning synthesize...