Winter Olympics news and trends

Alibaba Plans Tech-Driven Winter Olympics 2022
Merchant Innovation // February 12, 2018

Chinese eCommerce company Alibaba has big plans for the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, envisioning a more technology-driven event through which all stakeholders make more money. According to a report in Reuters, Alibaba Founder Jack Ma said Saturday (Feb. 10) that his company would launch an...

The Anything is Possible Edition: Pot, Bitcoin And Bank Branch Closing
Data Dive // February 12, 2018

On Friday, the Olympics kicked off in Pyeongchang – and the world got a chance to see there is no such thing as impossible. Lots of impossible things happened on Friday. The headline, of course, was the unified Korean team entering the stadium under a...

Medaling, Outside The Olympic Arena
International // February 10, 2018

The Winter Olympics are in full swing in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Opening ceremonies took place Friday night, local time (early Friday morning for the U.S.) as athletes and spectators from 92 nations came together to kick off the two-and-a-half-week Games. Events will continue through Feb....

Visa’s New Payment-Enabled Wearable Fits Like A Glove
Wearables // November 09, 2017

Visa, the payments company, announced news on Wednesday (Nov. 8) of the introduction of three commercially available wearable payment devices for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. In a press release, Visa, the exclusive payment technology partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, debuted three...

Quick Reads
Olympic Officials Mum On Cyberattack

February 12, 2018
Winter Olympic Games organizers have confirmed that while there was a cyber attack during the opening ceremony on Friday, it didn’t affect any critical elements of the event or its broadcast. According to Reuters, both internet and television services were impacted by the attack. Organizers have refused to give any specific data about the hack. […]

Alibaba Plans Tech-Driven Winter Olympics 2022

February 12, 2018
Chinese eCommerce company Alibaba has big plans for the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, envisioning a more technology-driven event through which all stakeholders make more money. According to a report...

Visa’s New Payment-Enabled Wearable Fits Like A Glove

November 09, 2017
Visa, the payments company, announced news on Wednesday (Nov. 8) of the introduction of three commercially available wearable payment devices for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. In a press...