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GE HealthCare Spinoff Planned for January 2023
Healthcare // September 12, 2022

GE announced Monday (Sept. 12) that the previously-declared spinoff of its health unit into a freestanding company, GE HealthCare, is scheduled for January 2023. The Boston-based conglomerate also identified the new company’s top leadership and board of directors in a press release. H. Lawrence Culp...

Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy
Data // January 01, 2021

This year, the PYMNTS data and analytics team published 252 reports that tracked the data, innovations and disruptive thinking that are reshaping the payments and commerce business. The Trackers use a number of creative methodologies and frameworks that measure and benchmark an ever-changing landscape. As...

Today In B2B: NeweggBusiness Adds Payment Terms; Deutsche Expands Cash Management Business
B2B Payments // November 12, 2020

Today In B2B payments, NeweggBusiness integrates business financing and payment terms via Behalf, while Deutsche Bank expands its cash management offering into Australia. Plus, GE shutters its staff audit program, and Park Place Payments partners up for small business B2B payments. Newegg Chooses Behalf For...

GE On Why The Road To Growth Runs Through Cross-Border Payments
Omnicommerce // October 22, 2020

General Electric (GE) is the one of the world’s oldest and largest industrial manufacturers with roots that can be traced back to the late 1800s and Thomas Edison’s lab. The 142-year-old company touches nearly every aspect of today’s economy, from healthcare and aviation to energy...

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Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy

January 01, 2021
This year, the PYMNTS data and analytics team published 252 reports that tracked the data, innovations and disruptive thinking that are reshaping the payments and commerce business. The Trackers use a number of creative methodologies and frameworks that measure and benchmark an ever-changing landscape. As part of our special year-end coverage, here’s a sampling of […]

GE’s FX Payments Chief On Optimizing FX And Supply Chain Efficiencies

October 21, 2020
At the start of this year, online commerce trends were following a similar trajectory to 2019: eCommerce sales were steadily growing, but they were still a fraction of those at...

Commanders in Chief: Merchant Link’s CIO Keeps Data Security on Its Toes

June 30, 2017
Security in payments — it’s what consumers and retailers alike need to have successful interactions. With connected devices within arm’s reach of most consumers, secure payments have moved over to...

Hacker Tracker: U.S. Most Willing To Pay On Ransomware

April 28, 2017
The U.S. was the number one target for ransomware last year. Its end users were also the most willing to pay. This according to the latest volume of the Internet...

Quick Reads
GE HealthCare Spinoff Planned for January 2023

September 12, 2022
GE announced Monday (Sept. 12) that the previously-declared spinoff of its health unit into a freestanding company, GE HealthCare, is scheduled for January 2023. The Boston-based conglomerate also identified the new company’s top leadership and board of directors in a press release. H. Lawrence Culp Jr., GE’s chairman and CEO and the chief executive of […]

GE Offers New Smart Home Controls; Grants Third-Party Access

January 02, 2020
Appliance maker GE has introduced new products to its smart home family of C for GE products, which is comprised of smart switches, bulbs and dimmer technologies, according to a...

Madoff Whistleblower Has GE On The Defense

August 19, 2019
Boston-based General Electric (GE) is defending itself against accounting fraud alleged by the same whistleblower who called out Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, Reuters reported on Monday (Aug. 19). Fraud investigators...

Bitcoin Daily: Hackers Steal $2.4M In Crypto Via SIM Cards; GE Uses Blockchain In Aircraft...

May 13, 2019
GE Aviation is working with Microsoft Azure to launch an aircraft parts blockchain. TRUEngine, as the project is known internally, would monitor and collate data regarding the manufacture and life...