digital economy

2025 Isn’t Just Another New Year
2025 Isn’t Just Another New Year
January 10, 2025  |  Karen Webster

Just as 2024 delivered more than originally advertised, we now stand at the midpoint of a transformative decade in which the digital economy continues to...

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The Five Not-So-Obvious Things That Will Change the Digital Economy in 2025
The Five Not-So-Obvious Things That Will Change the Digital Economy in 2025
January 06, 2025  |  Digital Payments

It’s only been for the last 443 years that the start of the new year was celebrated on January 1st.  For millennia before that, it...

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How 15 Pivotal Events Impacted the Digital Economy in 2024
How 15 Pivotal Events Impacted the Digital Economy in 2024
December 30, 2024  |  Karen Webster

There are 52 Mondays in a year. For the last 15 of those years, I have published a piece of content on as many of...

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Visa Redefines Small Business as Millions of Global Creators Gain Access to Capital and Financial Tools
Visa Redefines Small Business as Millions of Global Creators Gain Access to Capital and Financial...
November 12, 2024  |  VISA

The next generation of small businesses just might be the current generation of micro-businesses. They’re the creators. The 200 million plus community that populates sites...

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Big Tech’s Undersea Cable Empire is Building Tomorrow’s Digital Economy
Big Tech’s Undersea Cable Empire is Building Tomorrow’s Digital Economy
October 01, 2024  |  Connected Economy

Innovation can’t exist without foundational infrastructure networks to support it. Last week, PYMNTS reported that the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership, which is spearheaded by Microsoft, BlackRock...

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Why the Connected Economy Isn’t
Why the Connected Economy Isn’t
June 24, 2024  |  Connected Economy

The 2,000 members of the Marubo tribe were among the most disconnected people on Planet Earth. A people whose roots span many centuries, they live...

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The Eight Pivotal Strategies for Payments and the Digital Economy in 2024
The Eight Pivotal Strategies for Payments and the Digital Economy in 2024
January 08, 2024  |  Karen Webster

One: Companies monetize certainty as businesses and consumers prize predictability. Two: Shopping shifts from buying to editing as replenishment models change retail dynamics. Three: GenAI...

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Mastercard Partners MoonPay to Incorporate Web3 in Experiential Marketing
Mastercard Partners MoonPay to Incorporate Web3 in Experiential Marketing
October 25, 2023  |  Partnerships

Mastercard is set to incorporate additional Web3 technologies into its experiential marketing efforts. The company has joined forces with Web3 infrastructure company MoonPay to explore how these tools...

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Riskified and Plaid Collaborate on Secure ACH Transactions
Riskified and Plaid Collaborate on Secure ACH Transactions
October 23, 2023  |  Partnerships

Riskified, an eCommerce fraud and risk intelligence firm, has partnered with financial data network Plaid to enhance risk protection for ACH bank payments. This collaboration aims...

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