platform economy

Online Marketplaces Vie For The Shared Parking App Crown
Online Marketplaces Vie For The Shared Parking App Crown
October 15, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Many startups desire to be the Ubers or Airbnbs of their respective industries, but taking these crowns means facing fierce competition from other services. Becoming...

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The Rise of Shared Parking In The Platform Economy
The Rise of Shared Parking In The Platform Economy
October 14, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

With 225 million U.S. drivers, parking can be a tight squeeze. Of course, marketplaces are vying to solve the parking problem — but enticing drivers...

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What Parking Marketplaces Can Learn From Airbnb
What Parking Marketplaces Can Learn From Airbnb
October 11, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

The value of online payments for all transactions is set to blow past $6 trillion by 2024, and much of this money will be spent...

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EBay’s CEO Resignation A Pyrrhic Activist Victory?
EBay’s CEO Resignation A Pyrrhic Activist Victory?
September 26, 2019  |  eCommerce

In the “week of the CEO resignation,” eBay’s Devin Wenig is out, amid clashes with activist investors and the board. Amid slowing sales and rougher...

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How To Trust And Verify In The Platform Economy Age
How To Trust And Verify In The Platform Economy Age
September 25, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

Not all friction is bad when it comes to payments.  As Stephen Ritter, CTO at Mitek, tells Karen Webster. The sharing economy presents easy and...

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Online Marketplaces And The $1.8T Counterfeit Problem
Online Marketplaces And The $1.8T Counterfeit Problem
September 19, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Fraudsters sold counterfeit products worth $323 billion last year, and are projected to make off with $1.8T by 2020. Kimberly Gianopoulos, director at the U.S....

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Why The GAO Thinks PSPS Can Help Fix The Marketplace Counterfeit Problem
Why The GAO Thinks PSPS Can Help Fix The Marketplace Counterfeit Problem
September 18, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Online marketplaces need to meet higher standards if they want to keep customers from the competition. For third-party marketplaces, that means supporting transactions in local...

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Marketplaces Bet That A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Sales
Marketplaces Bet That A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Sales
September 04, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

In eCommerce, the right visual images pay dividends  when it comes to inducing shoppers toward impulse buys (or at least impulse browsing) across online platforms...

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How Secondhand Marketplace thredUP Is Using AI To Personalize Shopping
How Secondhand Marketplace thredUP Is Using AI To Personalize Shopping
August 27, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

Today’s shoppers can find eCommerce niches for just about anything for which they are hunting, whether they are searching for the lowest price tags or...

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