PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

There is no longer much tolerance, or enthusiasm, on the part of consumers for digging into one’s pocket to find money or a payment card, or doing the mental math (well, OK, a smartphone has a calculator) to figure out how much to tip a driver. Nowadays, one’s card is on file with the ride-hailing service.

Retail 59

Retail Math Communication eCommerce 59

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Laundering operations may attempt to go this route because the onboarding process is faster if the acquirer doesn’t have to review an eCommerce site. Finally, make a point of consistent internal communication. Communicate perpetually, whenever there is a suspicious event. That is where profits come from.

Math 46

Math Communication Sales Transportation 46

PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2017

When we launched in India, it was exclusively on eCommerce site Flipkart. All in all, we get a huge share of traffic and a great deal of customer data on the mobile app, which helps us in sending out targeted communications. PYMNTS: Describe the customer shopping experience today, and how has that changed over the last five years?

Manufacturing 40

Manufacturing Math Numbers Data Analysis 40

PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

And lest we be remiss about what all this digital safeguarding might be about, one underpinning is that it serves to let us communicate, interact and transact in peace and relative safety. People like to believe algorithms are neutral — and purely rational mathematical deductions — when, in fact, they are man-made models codified by math.

Math 41

Math Securities Auditing Communication 41

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

He didn’t think much of math and science — rather unusual given his choice of a profession that uses complicated math formulas to communicate. The same media that had declared Walmart a lethargic, brick-and-mortar victim to Amazon’s nimble, eCommerce prowess is now Walmart’s biggest fan.

Retail 54

Retail Math Leverage Economics 54

PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

But to understand how that thinking and those behaviors will influence the direction of the connected economy over the next decade, we need to start with a little math. Something very different can happen, though — something that math geeks (and I am not one of them) call a jump discontinuity. Take a look at eCommerce.

Math 76

Math eCommerce Technology Communication 76