Digital Economy news and trends

2025 Isn’t Just Another New Year
Karen Webster // January 10, 2025

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The Five Not-So-Obvious Things That Will Change the Digital Economy in 2025
Digital Payments // January 06, 2025

It’s only been for the last 443 years that the start of the new year was celebrated on January 1st.  For millennia before that, it wasn’t until late March and on the day when the number of hours between darkness and light was the same....

How 15 Pivotal Events Impacted the Digital Economy in 2024
Karen Webster // December 30, 2024

There are 52 Mondays in a year. For the last 15 of those years, I have published a piece of content on as many of those Mondays as I could. My all-time record was 56. This year I clocked in at 15. Get the Full...

Visa Redefines Small Business as Millions of Global Creators Gain Access to Capital and Financial...
VISA // November 12, 2024

The next generation of small businesses just might be the current generation of micro-businesses. They’re the creators. The 200 million plus community that populates sites like OnlyFans, Patreon, YouTube and Amplify with talent and skills from musicianship to fashion advice to stand-up comedy. And like...

Interviews & Exclusives
Fifth Third Covers the Hidden Costs of Cash’s Last Mile

October 06, 2025
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Visa Redefines Small Business as Millions of Global Creators Gain Access to Capital and Financial...

November 12, 2024
The next generation of small businesses just might be the current generation of micro-businesses. They’re the creators. The 200 million plus community that populates sites like OnlyFans, Patreon, YouTube and...

Real-Time Payments in India, Indonesia Expected to See Largest Growth

April 04, 2023
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Retail, Manufacturing CFOs Report Efficiency Is Their New Payments Priority

February 07, 2023
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Quick Reads
Riskified and Plaid Collaborate on Secure ACH Transactions

October 23, 2023
Riskified, an eCommerce fraud and risk intelligence firm, has partnered with financial data network Plaid to enhance risk protection for ACH bank payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By […]

FIFA World Cup Kicks Off in the Upland Metaverse

November 09, 2022
Upland, a mirror metaverse that replicates real-world locations in virtual reality announced on Wednesday (Nov. 11) that it has begun a multiyear partnership with FIFA that will start with the...

PYMNTS Launches TechREG™ Platform to Offer Regulatory and Public Policy Intelligence on the Digital Economy

December 06, 2021
When I announced the acquisition of the leading global media and content platform on antitrust and competition policy, Competition Policy International (CPI), six weeks ago, I hinted that it was...

Westfield Valley Fair Teams With Kitchen United For Multi-Restaurant Ordering

February 02, 2021
Westfield Valley Fair, a shopping center in Silicon Valley, is partnering with Kitchen United, a ghost kitchen company, to deliver a streamlined, multi-restaurant ordering solution. Get the Full Story Complete...