(source: business.gov.au)
Behold the rise of the smart city — a development that will have significant impact on payments and commerce, at least according to current plans. The latest development comes courtesy of Google parent company Alphabet. According to CNBC, “the first buildings in Alphabet’s first smart city...
IBM and British startup Cera Care are teaming up to test out how lidar laser sensors might be able to help seniors. The six-month pilot will look into whether the sensors — which are used to help self-driving cars “see” — can allow elderly people...
Ford has announced it is partnering with walking robots maker Agility Robotics for its fleet of self-driving delivery vans. The two will work together so that the vehicles are outfitted to carry out the final step of getting a customer’s delivery from the car to the...
As is usually the case, there was plenty to see – and even more to eat – in the national restaurant show this week. During the early part of the week, 43,000 attendees descended on Chicago’s McCormick Place to feast on food samples, experiment with...
A new service launched Wednesday (May 22) called Plaid Direct enables “two-way connectivity across the financial ecosystem and makes it easier for consumers to move money between their accounts — whether it’s in a neobank, FinTech, or big box bank account,” according to a statement from...
Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank, said increased use of financial technology in the country could present regulators with their biggest hurdle since the financial crisis, according to a report by Bloomberg. “We are seeing completely new business models like platforms and crowdfunding,” said Joachim Wuermeling, a...
As 5G deployments start, retailers and other companies and organizations around the world are striving to find what works. One of the latest such projects combines the new mobile network technology with facial recognition and vending machines — a possible glimpse of the 5G future....
Digital ticketing platforms for events and entertainment are evolving to become more than places to score tickets to the latest show — they are also introducing features to reduce friction at checkout. TodayTix, which just notched $73 million in funding, plans to enhance the app...
The next chapter in the history of digital payments and commerce is being written in technology incubators – but not only those shops run by merchants and brands, or even in Silicon Valley. Smaller towns keep trying to up their game, and could provide fresh...