Today in the connected economy, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg offers a small preview of his company’s smart glasses project. Also, Pinterest tries to tap into the $400 million livestream shopping market, and Western Union forms a partnership with PagaPay to support cross-border money transfers. Zuckerberg...
When benchmarking the progress of the world’s digital transformation, one of the ways PYMNTS categorizes online activities is by those that are “transactional” activities and those that are “engagement” activities. Transactional activities are those that are only about making a purchase, such as shopping and...
Contactless shopping at portable shops, untethered internet access at pop-up locations and backup connections for wired connections are three 5G use cases promoted by carriers recently. As they continue to expand their 5G networks, three major carriers highlighted those as ways the technology can be...
Logistics as an industry seems to be lacking some logic. At least when it comes to payments. Supply chains are still being roiled by the pandemic. Stockouts were common even as late as last year before inflation truly took off, and restrictions and lockdowns still...
Today in the connected economy, Meta rolls out a series of tools to help Black and Hispanic-owned small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Meanwhile, Mastercard works with Galileo to promote financial inclusion in Latin Amercia and the Caribbean, and payments platform Papaya works with Applied Innovation...
Diligently tracking the movements and metrics of consumers in the connected economy, we’ve identified four important new consumer personas and facts about their buying behaviors. Based in a census-balanced survey of nearly 2,800 consumers, PYMNTS’ new study ‘The ConnectedEconomy™ Monthly Report: 3 Ways Consumers Are...
Today in the connected economy, Samsung makes a deal with Dish to sell equipment for its soon-to-launch American 5G network. Also, restaurant software firm Toast launches a tool for hotel restaurants, and Paysafe expands its ongoing partnership with Visa. Samsung Agrees to Supply Dish Network...
Today in the connected economy, real estate management firm Jamestown teams up with BitPay to accept cryptocurrency-based rent payments. Plus, Fingerprint Cards and Transcorp collaborate to bring biometric cards to India, and payments technology firm Payix offers online cash payment acceptance — or eCash —...
We begin to think buying and selling are the main point of digital transformation, while payments and commerce in a broader sense are crucial functions of a more varied ecosystem. For “Benchmarking The World’s Digital Transformation,” a PYMNTS and Stripe collaboration, we surveyed over 15,100...
