Digital has reshaped the universe, but connection remains an issue. Participation in modern society requires access to vital services, including healthcare and education, which are increasingly being provided through digital platforms and methods. That’s why the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced May 30 the approval of...
In a week that saw major indices in the U.S. rally on jobs growth and on the seeming resolution of the debt ceiling debate, the CE 100 Index outpaced its broader market peers. To that end, the CE 100 Index gained 3.3% as all pillars...
Parkopedia has teamed with Valtech Mobility to offer drivers “vehicle-centric digital services.” Announced Friday (June 2) in an email to PYMNTS, the partnership combines Parkopedia’s parking, charging and payment processing expertise with the app creation, integration and back-end development experience of Valtech Mobility, a joint...
Consumers not physically employed in offices are spending in locations that are more convenient to them than the city. One man’s meat is another’s poison goes the old saying, which it may be as applicable as ever when it comes to workers returning to the...
All AI. All the time, it seems. The CE 100 Index headed into a shortened holiday week with only slight gains, up 0.5%. And as has been seen in recent weeks, excitement over AI helped drive some familiar names higher — in many cases, significantly...
PYMNTS recently studied the digital transformation of 11 countries, discovering that France is a growth leader among the countries examined. Consumers in France are 10% more digitally engaged than one year ago, but growth is even higher in some categories, such as travel, eating, well-being...
Google-owned self-driving vehicle firm Waymo has teamed with Uber to expand its service. The partnership, announced Tuesday (May 23), is set to launch later this year in Waymo’s newly-expanded operating territory in Phoenix, Arizona and will include local delivery and ride-hailing. “Since both companies were founded in 2009, Waymo and Uber...
On Jan. 27, the Federal Communications Commission published a report and order expanding access to digital healthcare tools in rural America. The report acknowledged that digital and telehealth options have grown increasingly critical to providing healthcare to consumers in sparsely populated communities with limited brick-and-mortar...
Inflation, economic uncertainty, and a generalized sense of instability are not holding back the world’s digital transformation, which clicked up meaningfully in the first quarter of 2023. A landmark research project, the PYMNTS ConnectedEconomy™ Index (CE Index), which for the past few years has measured...
