One: Companies monetize certainty as businesses and consumers prize predictability. Two: Shopping shifts from buying to editing as replenishment models change retail dynamics. Three: GenAI becomes a feature, and everything has a conversational front end. Four: Platforms gain power as point solutions seek distribution, businesses...
The traditional look back at the end of the year that was begs the question: What have we learned? Specifically, for 2023, the question might also be: Was it all about AI? Hardly, although you’d be forgiven for thinking that artificial intelligence was the sole...
Looking for analysis of everything from the digital economy to consumers’ instincts about inflation? Let Monday be your guide. “Monday.” It comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Mōnandæg, meaning “the moon’s day.” And long before the Anglo-Saxons, the Babylonians believed the same. Not much for moon-worshipping...
Project Breakout is said to be Apple’s now-not-so-secret plan to turn itself into a full-fledged payments and financial services company by building its own acquiring, payments processing, risk management, fraud and credit underwriting capabilities. As reported last week by Bloomberg, this move is intended to...
The vintage pop song says, “Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be …” No disrespect to The Mamas & The Papas, but I do that nearly every Monday (morning). Perhaps not warnings, but notices, alerts, signposts as to...
Looking back, when we take stock of what happened and sift through the chaos and heartbreak of the year that was, we’ll see the seismic shifts that took place in 2020. I’d written back in January that “the 2020s promise to bring about a convergence...
Mondays have a bad reputation, and that’s understandable. The magic of the weekend is fading into memory, and sometimes even the strongest coffee has a hard time sparking the engine needed for the workweek ahead. But Mondays have a different meaning here at PYMNTS —...
Hi everyone! Astrologists say that people born on Mondays have the psychic ability to understand others — making them better able to see what’s next. Executive coaches say Monday is the most productive day of the week, since it represents a fresh start and an...
No year in payments is exactly alike – perhaps conversation is the only constant. 2017 was epic, from Amazon to bitcoin to hillbillies to Walmart, as the following eBook pages prove. Here’s to a 2018 filled with more food for thought, across the realms of...
