Innovation

Innovation
Glamping Goes Worldwide With Marketplaces
July 06, 2018

Property owners offering unique lodging options such as treehouses, yurts, safari tents and beach casitas have a challenge: how can they get the word out about their properties? Traditional home share sites such as Airbnb and VRBO have a variety of properties, but they often...

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Why Playing In The Sandbox Is Good For FIs
July 06, 2018

Sandboxing, though a beloved buzzword in the developer community, didn’t get its start in the context of programming or computers at all. Sandboxing was originally a military term — and it involved a literal sandbox. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Mid-Year 2018: Payments Execs Map Out What’s Next
July 02, 2018

The calendar shows 2018 is half over – but, of course, innovation within the payments space follows no timetable. We asked several stakeholders across processing, banking, digital payments and other areas to share with us what trends shaped the first half of the year, and...

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Toyota Plans To Turn Millennials Into Car Owners
June 29, 2018

When it comes to connected cars, Toyota is betting on youth. That bet could complicate, in a positive way, some of the general ideas out there about the preferences of millennial consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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NEW DATA: Why 80 Percent of Top FI Performers Put User Engagement First
June 27, 2018

What does offering top-notch customer experience mean in the digital age? 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...

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AiFi’s Plans To Scale Checkout-Free Grocery Stores
June 22, 2018

It’s a stamp of approval and financial reward in an increasingly competitive field: AiFi, a U.S.-based company about to launch major tests of its cashier-less grocery store technology, took home the top honors in Visa’s Everywhere Initiative contest in the United States. Get the Full Story...

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The Race To Build Technology For Connected Cars Speeds Up
June 15, 2018

As cars and trucks become “smarter” (deeper connections to the web, improved self-driving capabilities), the technology required to keep those vehicles connected to the digital world is becoming more important. An example of that came this week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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I2c: Why Innovative FIs Think Inside The Sandbox
June 13, 2018

Speed to market and making decisions on the fly – no easy task when it comes to payments innovation. But the times have changed, and reaching for scale in new markets is critical. The process is smoothed a bit with sandboxes, as i2c VP of...

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The Surprisingly Monetizable World Of Voice Gaming
June 12, 2018

Building games for voice platforms is somewhat harder than it seems. Concepts that seem simple and obvious, such as “voice-friendly,” have been known to flame out quickly when let loose in the real world. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...