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New Data-Trust Relationship Forms In The Digital Economy
Data // September 07, 2018

Call it the Great Trade-Off, perhaps: Consumers give up data to online merchants and marketers in exchange for free services, targeted offers, discounts and other benefits. The people and companies who receive the data use it for a variety of profit-enhancing tasks. However, part of...

Digging Deeper Into The Digital Power Of Trust
Innovation // August 27, 2018

“Trust” is a bedrock concept of human relationships and civilization — yet it is also flexible, able to change, and be changed, according to the specific needs of the moment. For the world of payments and commerce, that boils down to finding ways to earn the...

Navigating The New World Of Digital Trust
Data // August 27, 2018

It is often a flexible, rarely precise concept, around which centuries of philosophical, political and artistic debates have revolved: trust. In business (specifically digital business that relies on consumer data), trust is something that commerce and payment providers and consumers can use as a means...

UL: The Trucking Industry, Aided By Digital Tech, Is About To Get Smarter
Innovation // August 08, 2018

Less than a year from now, more data — and the “smart” gear that collects and transmits it — will come to European roadways, part of an effort to increase the safety of truck driving. Specifically, the technology that will start deploying in June 2019...

Interviews & Exclusives
IoT Needs An Injection Of Trust — As Much As It Can Get, In Fact

November 28, 2018
It’s being built with every new car and truck on the road, every smart speaker sold this holiday season, every time a new TV is connected to the web, every time a cutting-edge thermostat or refrigerator is installed, and every time a person gives a command to Amazon’s Alexa or another form of voice-assisted technology. […]

New Data-Trust Relationship Forms In The Digital Economy

September 07, 2018
Call it the Great Trade-Off, perhaps: Consumers give up data to online merchants and marketers in exchange for free services, targeted offers, discounts and other benefits. The people and companies...

Navigating The New World Of Digital Trust

August 27, 2018
It is often a flexible, rarely precise concept, around which centuries of philosophical, political and artistic debates have revolved: trust. In business (specifically digital business that relies on consumer data),...

UL: The Trucking Industry, Aided By Digital Tech, Is About To Get Smarter

August 08, 2018
Less than a year from now, more data — and the “smart” gear that collects and transmits it — will come to European roadways, part of an effort to increase...

Quick Reads
Digging Deeper Into The Digital Power Of Trust

August 27, 2018
“Trust” is a bedrock concept of human relationships and civilization — yet it is also flexible, able to change, and be changed, according to the specific needs of the moment. For the world of payments and commerce, that boils down to finding ways to earn the trust of consumers, which not only results in winning more […]

UL Deploys Bots To Test Payment Terminals

October 18, 2017
Payment software company Abrantix announced news that it has partnered with UL to launch the UL Brand Test Robot for a quicker and more efficient way to automate payment terminal brand...