Connected Economy

The innovations in technology, connected devices, software, payments and cellular technology make it possible for people and businesses to connect with each other and do business via any device, an in any digital or physical location safely, securely, and in real time. This integration of the digital and physical worlds will transform the economy across the ten pillars that today represent its key cornerstones – pillars that are already experiencing the impact of disruptive innovation as new blended, digital-first experience-driven ecosystems are now taking shape.

SeatGeek Says Game-Day Playbook Built Around the Mobile Wallet

SeatGeek Says Game-Day Playbook Built Around the Mobile Wallet
SeatGeek Says Game-Day Playbook Built Around the Mobile Wallet
May 19, 2026  |  Connected Economy

Live entertainment is being rebuilt around the same principles that transformed eCommerce, theme parks and travel. “The fan’s journey now extends so far beyond that...

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Banks Face New Gen Z Credit Test as BNPL Use Spreads
Banks Face New Gen Z Credit Test as BNPL Use Spreads
May 19, 2026  |  BNPL

Generation Z now holds the lowest average credit score of any generation, 676 according to FICO, down three points in one year. That number dropped...

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Demand for Always-On Commerce Strains Legacy Credit Platforms
Demand for Always-On Commerce Strains Legacy Credit Platforms
May 19, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Change is endemic to payments. But that doesn’t mean legacy environments can always keep up. Findings in the inaugural “ABCs of AI Credit: A Playbook...

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Discovery Bank Shows How AI Could Change App Engagement
Discovery Bank Shows How AI Could Change App Engagement
May 18, 2026  |  Banking

A Discovery Bank client does not need to ask their banking app a question to get a financial recommendation. The app is already watching. It...

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Financial Data Aggregators Get Pulled Into the AI Finance Race
Financial Data Aggregators Get Pulled Into the AI Finance Race
May 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

For years, aggregators such as Plaid, MX and Finicity have occupied a central position in digital finance by connecting banks, FinTechs and consumer applications to...

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After Claude Design Launched, Figma Raised Its Full-Year Outlook
After Claude Design Launched, Figma Raised Its Full-Year Outlook
May 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

When Anthropic released Claude Design in April, one assumption spread quickly through design and tech circles: a prompt-to-interface tool would make interface design platform Figma...

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Andon Labs Handed an AI a Café and Business Boomed
Andon Labs Handed an AI a Café and Business Boomed
May 15, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Andon Labs signed a café lease in Stockholm, handed it to an artificial intelligence (AI) agent and told it to run it. Two weeks later,...

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Fiserv and OpenAI Bring Frontier AI to Banks
Fiserv and OpenAI Bring Frontier AI to Banks
May 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Fiserv has announced an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) operating system designed for banking and a collaboration with OpenAI to put frontier AI to work for financial...

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