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AutoX: Why Driverless Cars Are Ready To Hit The Road
July 31, 2020

Tests of truly autonomous self-driving vehicles have been uneven at best, but with each scraped test hubcap, the concept draws closer to reality. Major automakers are in, with Toyota backing autonomous driving startup Pony.ai and Fiat Chrysler striking a deal with AutoX, the Hong Kong-based...

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Lemonade CFO On The Insurance Industry’s ‘Innovator’s Dilemma’
July 27, 2020

The insurance industry has been bogged down by sluggish service and even slower payouts for decades, and while policyholders have certainly weathered their fair share of friction from the sector’s legacy incumbents, those insurance companies themselves have also suffered from a lack of digitization and...

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This Week In Payments: Accel’s Amit Jhawar On The Great Digital Shift
July 24, 2020

If one were to attempt to boil this week’s payments news down to a single question, it would likely be: “What happens now?” Consumers and businesses are unsure of what the “next normal” will look like — and when it will begin. Get the Full...

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Google’s Shoploop And The New World Of Video-Streamed Shopping
July 22, 2020

The pandemic has created a world where almost every shopper has become a digital consumer as stores closed and the only way to buy anything other than groceries was more or less to go online. But as PYMNTS consumer surveys have shown, what started out as...

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Thriving In The New Normal
July 16, 2020

“One of the most important tasks during [the lockdown] period was to re-evaluate our approach to teamwork, culture and connection.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Lemonade Expands Into Pet Insurance
July 15, 2020

Lemonade is launching an insurance product that the company hopes will be the “cat’s meow” for pet owners: health insurance for cats and dogs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Why SMBs Need To Focus On Product Innovation And Adopt A Digital Business Model
July 14, 2020

The acceleration of [digital sales] growth can be explained almost entirely by an influx of first-time buyers.” 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...

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Adapting To A Hybrid Future
July 08, 2020

“2020 will be the year when businesses invest in filling their information and skill gaps to take advantage of digital commerce.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Red Hat: Migrating To The Cloud And The Risk Of Sticking With The Status Quo
July 03, 2020

The ability for companies to immediately respond to the need to support a work-from-home environment depended, in large part, upon where those firms were already in terms of their digitization journeys. For some, the shift was relatively easy, thanks to an existing embrace of cloud-based...