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Opinion
Embracing Emerging Technology as Payment Options Take Stage
January 05, 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. NCR Voyix President of Digital...

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New Realities of Global Compliance Demand a New Approach
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. Alice Katwan, president of revenue at Sovos, predicts that this year, businesses will start to...

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New Product Development, Payment Modernization Will Accelerate Faster in 2024
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. Mark Smith, head of...

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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

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

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