platform economy

Payment Orchestration Platforms Conduct Business

Payment Orchestration Platforms Conduct Business
Payment Orchestration Platforms Conduct Business
May 04, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Payment orchestration platforms (POPs) are suddenly everywhere as solution-shopping for the great American reopening gets underway in earnest. The inaugural edition of the Payments Powering...

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Platforms Dance To The Gen Z Tune
Platforms Dance To The Gen Z Tune
February 04, 2020  |  Platform Payments

By the end of 2020 four in 10 shoppers worldwide will belong to Gen Z, the consumer group born more or less between 1996 and...

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Care.com Deal Offers A Premium, But (Trust) Issues May Linger
Care.com Deal Offers A Premium, But (Trust) Issues May Linger
December 23, 2019  |  Gig Economy

This is a platform that will take some, well, care. As reported Friday, Dec. 20, IAC, which operates several media brands, announced a pact to...

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Crowdshipping May Be The Next Sharing Economy Frontier
Crowdshipping May Be The Next Sharing Economy Frontier
October 25, 2019  |  Delivery

From swimming pools to parking spots to storage spaces, there are no goods or services that can’t be adapted to the sharing economy. One of...

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How Platform Economy Innovators Aim To Reduce eCommerce Friction
How Platform Economy Innovators Aim To Reduce eCommerce Friction
October 15, 2019  |  Retail

In the platform economy, marketplaces and their partners want to satisfy shoppers who are comfortable with eCommerce and expect seamless payments experiences. The last thing...

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Online Marketplaces Vie For The Shared Parking App Crown
Online Marketplaces Vie For The Shared Parking App Crown
October 15, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Many startups desire to be the Ubers or Airbnbs of their respective industries, but taking these crowns means facing fierce competition from other services. Becoming...

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The Rise of Shared Parking In The Platform Economy
The Rise of Shared Parking In The Platform Economy
October 14, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

With 225 million U.S. drivers, parking can be a tight squeeze. Of course, marketplaces are vying to solve the parking problem — but enticing drivers...

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What Parking Marketplaces Can Learn From Airbnb
What Parking Marketplaces Can Learn From Airbnb
October 11, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

The value of online payments for all transactions is set to blow past $6 trillion by 2024, and much of this money will be spent...

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