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.

Most Banks Wait Six Years for AI Payback. Discovery Didn’t.

Most Banks Wait Six Years for AI Payback. Discovery Didn’t.
Most Banks Wait Six Years for AI Payback. Discovery Didn’t.
September 02, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Banks have a lot of data on their customers, but most of it sits unused. The customer gets flooded the same generic offer everyone else...

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Spreedly Sees Good Bots Becoming an Agentic Commerce Channel
Spreedly Sees Good Bots Becoming an Agentic Commerce Channel
September 02, 2026  |  eCommerce

Watch more: Digital Shift With Spreedly’s Adam Hiatt Bots are bad. That, at least, has been digital commerce’s operating assumption since the category’s inception. Automated...

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AI Agent Security Startup AIR Raises $50 Million to Guard Enterprise Supply Chains
AI Agent Security Startup AIR Raises $50 Million to Guard Enterprise Supply Chains
September 01, 2026  |  Investments

Artificial intelligence (AI) security startup AIR publicly debuted Tuesday (Sept. 1) with $50 million in seed financing to help businesses monitor and secure the software...

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Jackson Hole and G20 Map a Future of 24/7 Payments and AI
Jackson Hole and G20 Map a Future of 24/7 Payments and AI
September 01, 2026  |  Payments Innovation

A financial market that trades around the clock can’t wait until the next banking day to settle. A business selling digital services overseas has a...

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The Hardest Job in Logistics Is Going to Robots
The Hardest Job in Logistics Is Going to Robots
September 01, 2026  |  Shipping

Warehouse automation has always been easiest where a company can build the environment around the machines: standardized bins, fixed conveyor paths, predictable inputs. The harder...

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Rundoo Bets Independent Supply Stores Are Vertical Software’s Next Big Market
Rundoo Bets Independent Supply Stores Are Vertical Software’s Next Big Market
September 01, 2026  |  Retail

Watch more: Need to Know With Rundoo’s Nick Hershey Independent supply stores like to do things their own way, which gives them competitive strength. However,...

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ISO 20022’s Next Phase Stalled by Corporate Data Gaps
ISO 20022’s Next Phase Stalled by Corporate Data Gaps
August 31, 2026  |  Global Payments

The payments industry has largely converted its cross-border messaging infrastructure to ISO 20022. Its next challenge is getting structured address data to match the new...

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AI Opens a New Distribution Channel for Credit
AI Opens a New Distribution Channel for Credit
August 31, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Economic pressure is incentivizing consumers more reason to compare the cost of a purchase, the possibility of financing behind it and the alternatives before committing....

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