March 30, 2022
Google Adds Direct-Booking Feature for Hotels as Travel Rebounds
Calling integration of travel content into site and portal a success worthy of expansion, Google is adding direct booking features, including into Google Maps, to help fill hotel rooms in...
March 29, 2022
Next 3 Years: Converting a Stranger in 3 Clicks With...
Google tried to get ahead of web cookies in 2020, announcing that its Chrome browser would stop supporting them in 2022. That’s been pushed to 2023, but the end of...
March 25, 2022
Restaurant Roundup: Sweetgreen to Open Drive-Thru Location; McDonald’s Drives Mobile...
Since the start of the pandemic, restaurants that never thought they would open drive-thru locations have been changing course in response to widespread demand for the channel. Fast-casual burger brand...
March 24, 2022
Big Data Markets and Competition Law in Asia
The sheer size of e-commerce markets in Asia and their projected growth are remarkable. South Korea’s projected e-commerce revenues in 2025, for example, are comparable to France and Italy, and...
March 24, 2022
Consumers Want, Expect Interconnected Banking and Embedded Finance
Not all that long ago, at the dawn of the millennium, money movement was no easy task. Netspend President Kelley Knutson told Karen Webster that much has changed in two...
March 21, 2022
Commerce Department’s NIST Unit Seeks Comment on Draft AI Rules...
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) by financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs is growing exponentially, and regulators are closing in on rule making for advanced systems that power decisioning at scale...
March 21, 2022
Weee Leverages Automation to Drive Affinity Amid Grocery Inflation
Today’s online grocers are in a difficult position, with two competing trends pulling them in opposite directions. On the one hand, rising demand for digital convenience provides a powerful tailwind...
March 17, 2022
Grocery Roundup: Getir Valuation Rises to $11.8B; Instacart Announces Shoppable...
Funds continue to pour in for ultrafast grocery in spite of the economic challenges of the model. On Thursday (March 17), Turkish 10-minute grocery delivery company Getir announced that it...
March 14, 2022
Restaurants Invest in Voice Ordering Technology Despite Slow Adoption
Restaurants on the leading edge of voice commerce may have to expect consumer hesitancy. Research from PYMNTS’ The 2022 Global Digital Shopping Index: The Digital Transformation of Retail and the...
