Opinion

Opinion
In 2024, Open Infrastructure Can Solve Complex Problems — and Simplify Commerce
January 04, 2024

PYMNTS asked industry executives across the payments and digital commerce landscape to give us their take on the pivotal shifts, technological advancements and strategies that have shaped business in 2023. Their responses show critical trendlines to watch in the new year. Rob Cameron, global head of...

David S. Evans
Platform Ignition Not Going Well? Call in the Volcanos
January 03, 2024

 In early 2010, as winter turned to spring in Iceland, one of the many volcanos, Eyjafjallajökull, erupted. Beginning in mid-April, the volcano ejected about 250 million cubic meters of ash. An ash plume reached almost 5 miles above its peak. Get the Full Story Complete...

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21 Payments Execs Reflect on 2023’s Strategic Shifts
December 29, 2023

Amid economic turmoil, technological leaps and evolving consumer behavior, the payments and digital commerce landscape experienced unprecedented transformations that rippled across sectors in 2023. These changes demanded adaptability and innovation, shaping strategies in response to evolving consumer preferences and the complex web of macroeconomic dynamics....

Karen Webster
52 Mondays 2023: The Year of Acronyms, AI and the Connected Everything
December 27, 2023

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A PYMNTS Holiday Poem
December 25, 2023

To the tune of “White Christmas”    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, you agree...

David S. Evans
Can the EU Get Its Digital Act Together?
December 06, 2023

Where’s the European Union when it comes to AI? 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,...

David S. Evans
Humanity to OpenAI Board: You’re Fired!
November 22, 2023

Governance is back in the news with the OpenAI debacle. 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...

David S. Evans
Platform Economics: How Instacart Leverages Time Into Profits
November 16, 2023

Time is our most precious asset. Each day, we get just so much. Twenty-four hours, 1440 minutes, 86,400 seconds. If we don’t use it, we lose it. We try to make the most of it. We can do lots of things with it and increasingly...

David S. Evans
What Lighting a Fire Tells Us About Igniting Threads and the Billionaires’ New City
October 31, 2023

It never hurts to brush up on basic skills, like how to make a roaring campfire in the woods before taking that next backpacking trip. How you make one also provides some timely reminders for Silicon Valley heavyweights who may be off on their next platform...