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Burgeoning EV Market Lacks Data Standardization As OEMs Go It Alone

Burgeoning EV Market Lacks Data Standardization As OEMs Go It Alone
Burgeoning EV Market Lacks Data Standardization As OEMs Go It Alone
February 23, 2022  |  Connected Economy

There’s a moment in most innovation waves where standardization becomes the missing step to reaching mass-market penetration. It’s why the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)...

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Embedded Banking, Digital Payments Help SMBs Hedge Inflation, Boost Cashflow
Embedded Banking, Digital Payments Help SMBs Hedge Inflation, Boost Cashflow
February 23, 2022  |  SMBs

Generally speaking, businesses are feeling optimistic about their prospects as economies reopen — and they have incentives to invest in the technologies and initiatives that...

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Cities Turn to AI-Powered Solutions to Tackle Traffic Challenges
Cities Turn to AI-Powered Solutions to Tackle Traffic Challenges
February 23, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Ninety-nine percent of the traffic lights in the world use technology that hasn’t been improved in more than a century. Add up all the ones...

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Security, Trust Key to Consumer Adoption of Open Banking
Security, Trust Key to Consumer Adoption of Open Banking
February 23, 2022  |  Banking

Americans have opened new accounts, taken out additional loans and carried balances in the past year, and many showed preferences for managing all of this...

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Travel Rebound Helped by Business Use of Virtual Credit Cards
Travel Rebound Helped by Business Use of Virtual Credit Cards
February 23, 2022  |  Travel Payments

There is no question about the severe impact the pandemic has had on the travel industry, and that includes the mayhem it caused travel businesses...

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24% of Consumers Don’t Trust Digital Account Opening Tech
24% of Consumers Don’t Trust Digital Account Opening Tech
February 22, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Fifty-nine percent of consumers have opened new financial accounts in the past year, according to Account Opening And Loan Servicing In The Digital Environment, a...

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Linking Networks Key to Delivering Instant Payments Ubiquity
Linking Networks Key to Delivering Instant Payments Ubiquity
February 22, 2022  |  Disbursements

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Eligibility Verification Tech Turns Plain Old Promos Into ‘Invited Personalization’
Eligibility Verification Tech Turns Plain Old Promos Into ‘Invited Personalization’
February 22, 2022  |  Innovation

The creepiness of web cookies was enough to scare off Big Tech (mostly). Invasive data collection and ad targeting aren’t only the height of annoyance,...

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