Emaar Properties PJSC, a real estate developer in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has adopted a virtual card solution from Visa and Mashreq to facilitate the digitization and automation of its B2B payments. By adding this solution through a direct enterprise resource planning (ERP) system integration, Emaar...
Every week we scan our interviews, opinion pieces and news stories for the quotations that give us a sense of where we are as a connected economy in the payments and banking business. Here’s our notable quotables, Fourth of July version, for the week that...
It was a flat week at the end of a flat month for Wall Street as well as the CE 100 Index. The week ending June 28 saw a slight gain in value with a 0.4% uptick led by gains in the “Move,” “Banking” and...
Access to the connected economy is the first step in contributing to it. And with the news last week that Starlink, a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has launched a new, low-cost WiFi satellite, there’s a growing impact that Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites —...
The 2,000 members of the Marubo tribe were among the most disconnected people on Planet Earth. A people whose roots span many centuries, they live in a part of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil so remote that it is said to take a week or...
The CE 100 Index was 0.5% higher this past week, boosted by the fortunes of the “Have Fun” group, which jumped 3.3%. Within that segment, DraftKings surged 7.9% and Flutter Entertainment was 6.2% higher. DraftKings rebounded from volatile trading seen in recent weeks in the...
As so many people learned back in 2020, digital platforms provide a wide range of amusements that can be enjoyed from the comforts of one’s home when going on an in-person adventure is not feasible. For midweek holidays, these tech-enabled staycations can be just what...
The headlines moving the CE 100 Index this week were dominated by Apple’s announcements at its developers conference that covered everything from AI to payments. And yet the tech behemoth’s rise was blunted by declining names in other areas of the CE 100 roster, leaving...
As technology and the connected economy march onward, the boundary between the digital and physical worlds is becoming increasingly blurred. New opportunities are emerging — with geolocation technology at the forefront. The ability to tailor digital experiences based on physical location has moved from a...