Connected Economy

The innovations in technology, connected devices, software, payments and cellular technology make it possible for people and businesses to connect with each other and do business via any device, an in any digital or physical location safely, securely, and in real time. This integration of the digital and physical worlds will transform the economy across the ten pillars that today represent its key cornerstones – pillars that are already experiencing the impact of disruptive innovation as new blended, digital-first experience-driven ecosystems are now taking shape.

Disney Names SVP for Its Entry Into the Metaverse
Disney Names SVP for Its Entry Into the Metaverse
February 15, 2022  |  Metaverse

The Walt Disney Co. has named an executive specifically to look into its metaverse strategy, Reuters reported Tuesday (Feb. 15). Disney CEO Bob Chapek sent...

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Coinbase Offers Crypto Remittances to Mexico, Challenges Western Union
Coinbase Offers Crypto Remittances to Mexico, Challenges Western Union
February 15, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase is getting into international money transfers, joining a mammoth market dominated by big companies like Western Union, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Feb. 15)....

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Fixed Wireless Access Is ‘First Killer 5G Application’
Fixed Wireless Access Is ‘First Killer 5G Application’
February 15, 2022  |  Technology

Fixed wireless access (FWA), the technology that enables 5G home internet, was among the stars in the Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 13), as it was...

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Today in the Connected Economy: H&R Block Taps Galileo for Mobile Banking
Today in the Connected Economy: H&R Block Taps Galileo for Mobile Banking
February 15, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, H&R Block turns to FinTech Galileo to power its Spruce mobile banking platform, and China’s Tencent joins forces with Korea’s...

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The CE100™ Index Identifies Top Performing Enablers Behind the Connected Economy
The CE100™ Index Identifies Top Performing Enablers Behind the Connected Economy
February 15, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Cars need roads, trains need tracks, and the connected economy relies on an invisible layer of technology that lets systems securely communicate and make new...

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‘Telehealth 2.0’ Will Blur Lines Between Virtual and In-Office Care
‘Telehealth 2.0’ Will Blur Lines Between Virtual and In-Office Care
February 15, 2022  |  Healthcare

Starting a healthcare practice is a costly, protracted process that takes 15 months and $15 million by some estimates just to get up and running....

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Ranks of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Expected to Swell in 2022
Ranks of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Expected to Swell in 2022
February 15, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

The data is sobering. Research by PYMNTS and LendingClub found that 61% of consumers were living paycheck to paycheck in December, a figure that has...

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Privacy Coin Monero May Be Facing Security Concerns of its Own
Privacy Coin Monero May Be Facing Security Concerns of its Own
February 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

As the most effective of the so-called privacy coins, Monero is designed specifically to make it impossible for anyone to trace by breaking the chain...

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Peloton Operations, Supply Chain Execs Exit
Peloton Operations, Supply Chain Execs Exit
February 15, 2022  |  Personnel

Peloton has overhauled its operations, bringing in new management and making layoffs, according to a Monday (Feb. 14) Bloomberg report. That includes the leaving of...

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