PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We dive into PayPal's installment options, consumer trust in digital banking, and Walmart and Amazon's battle for the digital consumer. Walmart+ And The Changing Digital Commerce Landscape. New Data: How Online Merchants Build Consumer Trust In The Digital 3.0 Economy (Inspiring Trust In The New Digital Economy Report).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Ghana says it plans to eliminate paper from most services and transactions by next year as it aims to become Africa’s most digitalized economy. The government claims that it will have “electronically tagged” every home, including informal housing in slums, via GPS by early 2020. No one can hide.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Ghana said in October that it was planning to eliminate paper from most services and transactions by next year, as it aims to become Africa’s most digitalized economy. The government has claimed that it will have “electronically tagged” every home, including informal housing in slums, via GPS by early 2020.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2020

This time around, in the midst of the pandemic, the tipping point to life lived digitally has been reached because of two factors: We have the technology in hand … and because, as the coronavirus rages on, there really is no other way to get things done, especially when it comes to shopping, to getting the goods and services we need to live.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

But a new report from cloud accounting firm Sage has put a price tag on this burden: a whopping $600 billion for firms across the globe. Sage warned that the actual impact on the economy could be worse than what’s estimated. Overall, though, Sage said there is a general reduction in costs as digitization increases.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

And, to meet their day-to-day needs, more consumers are tapping into digital platforms seeking top-notch customer support and seamless service. million – consumers will be participating in the digital platform ecosystem, per the PYMNTS and the Platform Economy Playbook. and European workers participate in the gig economy.

Communication 63

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

To help improve their operations, consumer services companies appear to have some very specific ideas about digital technology. Special tags can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app. percent – of firms are interested in digital receipt applications for consumers. More than half – or 57.1

Entertainment 44

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Digital payments form a critical facet of the world’s economy, facilitating the flow of tens of trillions of dollars among individuals and businesses each year. Handling such investigations costs banks up to 35 times more than payment processing itself.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2020

That’s a big price tag, but it’s not so bad when one considers that doing that using humans to perform that kind of plant surveying work would cost roughly $300,000. If you find yourself looking at Boston Dynamics’ digital dogs and wishing you could have such a technologically-oriented pet yourself, we have some good news for you.

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2019

Thanks to eCommerce and digital payments, the global travel industry is undergoing significant disruption. At the same time, more consumers are living as so-called digital nomads — or otherwise finding new ways to see and experience the world. Rise Of Rentals.

Manufacturing 57

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

With Mastercard putting a 49 percent tag on the eCommerce spike for the holidays, this year will be the toughest on record for handling what is a resource- and capital-intensive task. Now as the digital-first economy gains traction, returns need to be thought through as a customer strategy.

Retail 86

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Digital payments volume is increasing as emerging technologies enable more seamless online transaction experiences for consumers and businesses. trillion from the worldwide economy last year, a problem that will become only larger as transfer speeds increase. . Fraud takes many shapes and forms and comes with a hefty price tag.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

Goldman, for its part, may see impact from loan losses should the economy falter, according to Nomura on CNBC. Nomura estimates a price tag of $350 per consumer in terms of acquisition costs, which means breakeven is several years away.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

Cook blamed the ongoing trade war , and said the Chinese economy is weaker than expected. That may be tough for the company that seems to be looking toward a services strategy – an approach we spotlighted in these digital pages only a few short months ago.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2019

counterfeit goods, software piracy and the theft of trade secrets cost the American economy as much as $600 billion year, according to a report from the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property. Even if Amazon manages a miracle and runs them all off, there are plenty of other digital marketplaces to try. In the U.S.,

Manufacturing 67

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

economy all but shut down to slow that pandemic’s spread. economy would imply, and were unlikely to ever attain their parents’ earnings potential. For instance, millennials as an age group are the most partial to making some of their recent digital changes into permanent shifts.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak, Kakkar noted, has more or less strapped a rocket onto that growth, as consumers have rerouted their commerce, working and social lives onto digital channels as they ride out social distancing in their homes.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

To make things easier for shoppers, Walmart is also introducing a gift finder on its website and will launch a digital toy catalog on Nov. That figure is compounded by data that indicated fewer consumers are reporting stronger financial health than 12 months ago and that fewer believe the economy is still improving.

Retail 40

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Imagine a business that has overcome the headwinds of digital adoption: the cost of implementing new technology, the corporate culture that fights change, the investment required to pick the right solutions. You have more companies adopting digital solutions from the get-go, and saying, ‘this is how commerce is being done.

Healthcare 43

Healthcare Transportation Manufacturing Technology 43

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

The American economy is reopening for business and consumers are starting to head back toward their lives in the physical world. But shopping will likely see much of the great digitization wave that’s swept over it in recent weeks stay in place because shoppers like the speed and convenience, as PYMNTS consumer surveys indicate.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The latest Payments and the Platform Economy study examines how marketplaces are responding to the counterfeit threat as well as how they are continuing to innovate the customer experience. In the U.S. and worldwide, counterfeiting is a huge business worth between $1.2 trillion and $1.5 Online Resale.

Sales 40

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Generation CFO

JANUARY 31, 2022

We often speak about digital transformation and what it means here at Generation CFO – but what’s really driving organisations to change? I wanted to go through with you the main factors we believe are pushing many into initiating a digital transformation. This is why customer centricity drives digital transformation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

I think that is why we are starting to see a turn toward digital compliance,” he said. Singapore, Germany and France), regulation is trending toward digitization and automation powered by AI and machine learning, Adjaoute told Webster. I think regulators are beginning to understand that technology must step in to help here.

Banking 76

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2018

million just in taxes from ticket sales, comprising 5 percent of the city’s general fund, while its overall economy enjoys a $106 million boost thanks to the festivals. Here are just a few of the expenses that festivalgoers are tacking on to their weekend price tag (and who’s making money off it). The nearby city of Indio takes in $3.18

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

the price tag for buying its competitor was $36 million, the firms said. The analysis clears any doubt that procurement is going digital. The takeover, announced last week, will aid Basware’s expansion across the U.S.; That’s up from 57 percent in 2013.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Every brand has learned over the last several months that the future is going to be digitally enabled and omnichannel. Those that want to stay in the market and remain relevant to their customers' lives, said Bogosian, must find ways to accompany their consumers on those digital journeys — or risk being left behind.

Retail 116

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. There’s a whole bunch of infrastructure investments, infrastructures for building digital businesses. And I believe we need to bring that type of model to many, many more parts of the economy and parts of activity.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

And it’s kind of funny, if you, and now you see it in New York City, but if you showed up in a meeting in a coat and tie, post the dot-com era and coming into the more recent stuff, you were viewed as sort of the old economy. You can put those tags in there but still take a professionally managed strategy… RITHOLTZ: Right.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

We hope the tax regime is simple and uniform so that millions of small and medium businesses can go online, digitize their operations and continue to contribute to growing the economy.”. Facebook had been sued over the use of “tag suggestions,” and had allegedly broken the law by collecting the imagery without asking for permission.

eCommerce 70

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

The latest Payments And The Platform Economy Playbook examines how marketplaces are using technologies like AI to innovate the customer experience. This would use AI to properly tag and categorize items while also relying on customers’ mobile cameras for more engaging experiences. “I

Retail 43

Retail Technology Securities Marketing 43

PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

And Webster wondered if perhaps Second Chances are “ticking time bombs” threatening to detonate on lenders, merchants and the economy as a whole if something doesn’t intervene. It is a subject she took up when she sat down with Unifund VP Steve Ashbacher to talk over the results, and what it means for the future of the consumer economy.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Given its hefty price tag and IT requirements, the technology was installed in conference or board rooms and not individual offices. After the initial shock and awe of the pandemic and lockdown of the physical economy in March of 2020, it was this technology that helped keep businesses moving and remote workforces productive.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

billion to the price tag, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden Secretary told Parliament on Tuesday. “It It has not been an easy decision but it is the right one: for the UK’s telecoms networks, for our national security and our economy — both now and in the long term,” Dowden said in a statement.

Securities 69

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The year opened with the stock market crashing for a month on the slowdown in the Chinese economy, and then, at the halfway mark, the U.K. PayPal has spent the year working hard to bring an ever-larger number of collaborators to the global digital financial platform it has built over the last 17 years.

Securities 60

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Tough sell, maybe, as comp-store sales were down double digits in the fourth quarter and visits may have been down double-digit percentages. In light of digitization and increasingly tough competition from WesternUnion, MoneyGram has reportedly been considering a sale since 2013. or the world economy,” he noted.

Economics 40

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

But banning deals also would shut off a common exit strategy that pushes entrepreneurs to make the leap from concept to corporation — selling to larger firms for what they hope is a hefty price tag. PYMNTS reported this year that the connected economy is seeing a tailwind from the emergence of online platforms. Temper Of The Times.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

They talk about economies of scale. You could probably build better digital tools. But my deal is I use one of these services where anything I find interesting, I just tag it as a “to watch.” RITHOLTZ: Your bucket list, which most people don’t tag. We joked around about synergies before. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 60

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