German automaker Mercedes-Benz and Visa recently announced the rolling out of in-car payments technology, a move that is poised to usher in the next frontier of digital payments. Read more: Why Mercedes Benz Is Building the Operating System for In-Car Payments In an interview with...
A Taylor Swift ticketing dustup late last year has put an unwelcome spotlight on the event ticketing sector at a time when changes are coming to an industry that’s effectively been dominated by one name for over a decade. Think about this: In January, The...
The connections already forged between consumers, their mobile devices, home speakers and voice assistants will forge the connections between conversational AI, cars and commerce conducted from behind the windshield. At the end of last year, PYMNTS research noted a growing embrace of smart home technologies,...
No surprise – this past week was all about the banking sector. Investors fled banks, worried about how bad the contagion would get in the wake of the collapses of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank. To that end, the banking group housed within the...
How consumers at different income levels behave around and interact with the connected economy diverges considerably, as new PYMNTS data shows. For example, the study “The ConnectedEconomy™ Monthly Report: Digitally Divided – Work, Health and the Income Gap,” based on surveys of over 2,700 U.S....
Digital commerce has long relied on personalization, so everyone from Amazon to Zillow knows what to show you from a universe of possible choices. That’s all moving up a notch with the Weds. (March 15) launch of the Element solution from Dynamic Yield. Marrying Dynamic...
SpaceX and T-Mobile will start testing satellite-to-cell service this year. So said SpaceX Vice President of Starlink Commercial Sales Jonathan Hofeller Monday (March 13) during a Satellite 2023 conference in Washington, D.C., Seeking Alpha reported Monday. With satellite-to-cell service, users will be able to send text messages and images from areas that are currently...
The Netherlands may not always be top of mind when considering digital connectedness or online enforcement, but PYMNTS’ research has detailed the country’s above-average digital engagement — with global fraud-fighting likely part of the equation. The steadily increasing adoption of digital tools and online conveniences...
The CE 100 Stock Index lost 6.7% as Silicon Valley Bank collapsed during a dramatic week that raises questions about FinTechs and startup funding. It remains unclear what the ripple effects will be from SVB’s failure — and how widespread they will be. All pillars tracked by...