platform economy

UK Financial Regulator Grants Mangopay E-Money Banking License
UK Financial Regulator Grants Mangopay E-Money Banking License
November 01, 2023  |  Commercial Payments

Luxembourg-based FinTech Mangopay has been granted an electronic money institution (EMI) license by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the company announced in a Wednesday (Nov....

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Payments And Platforms Play Well Together
Payments And Platforms Play Well Together
July 29, 2020  |  Payments Powering the Platform Economy

As virtual marketplaces displace (and replace) the physical variety at a dizzying pace, payments speed and security are paramount concerns. When transactions and payments occur...

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Platforms And AI Are Powering Real Estate Investing’s Digital 3.0 Shift
Platforms And AI Are Powering Real Estate Investing’s Digital 3.0 Shift
June 25, 2020  |  Real Estate

Stock markets are whipsawing. Bond yields, gyrating. Crypto? Bouncing around, to put it mildly. The pandemic has sent any number of investments tumbling, soaring, then...

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Payment Orchestration Platforms Conduct Business
Payment Orchestration Platforms Conduct Business
May 04, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

Payment orchestration platforms (POPs) are suddenly everywhere as solution-shopping for the great American reopening gets underway in earnest. The inaugural edition of the Payments Powering...

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Platforms Dance To The Gen Z Tune
Platforms Dance To The Gen Z Tune
February 04, 2020  |  Platform Payments

By the end of 2020 four in 10 shoppers worldwide will belong to Gen Z, the consumer group born more or less between 1996 and...

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Care.com Deal Offers A Premium, But (Trust) Issues May Linger
Care.com Deal Offers A Premium, But (Trust) Issues May Linger
December 23, 2019  |  Gig Economy

This is a platform that will take some, well, care. As reported Friday, Dec. 20, IAC, which operates several media brands, announced a pact to...

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Crowdshipping May Be The Next Sharing Economy Frontier
Crowdshipping May Be The Next Sharing Economy Frontier
October 25, 2019  |  Delivery

From swimming pools to parking spots to storage spaces, there are no goods or services that can’t be adapted to the sharing economy. One of...

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How Platform Economy Innovators Aim To Reduce eCommerce Friction
How Platform Economy Innovators Aim To Reduce eCommerce Friction
October 15, 2019  |  Retail

In the platform economy, marketplaces and their partners want to satisfy shoppers who are comfortable with eCommerce and expect seamless payments experiences. The last thing...

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