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When Social Networks Become ‘Diversity-Aware’ Research Platforms
Mobile // January 03, 2020

Bigger, better, faster — those are often the guiding principles for innovation, disruption and change in the digital and mobile worlds. What about smarter, and more diverse? Those traits could find their way into more social media and online research interactions — and the payments...

Google Shares Plans For More Instant Chrome Experience
Google // November 12, 2019

Google revealed its latest plans for the web at the Chrome Dev Summit in San Francisco on Monday (Nov. 11), including offering its users instantaneous experiences. Dion Almaer, Google director of engineering, said the company wants to “make loading disappear, for all our users,” according...

Alexa: From Voice To A Conversation About Commerce
Voice Activation // December 18, 2017

Dan, like many millions of Americans this time of the year, is traveling for the holidays. Three weeks ago, he logged onto his favorite airline bookings site and snagged a [pricey] round-trip plane ticket from San Francisco to Saginaw, Michigan to see his family. If...

3D Secure 2.0’s Six Pillars
Mobile Payments // August 24, 2017

Like Web 2.0, Mobile 2.0, and Vegetables 2.0 (And, yes, that’s a thing. Have you ever had fried brussels sprouts?), 3D-Secure 2.0 is also taking something in need of an upgrade and making it better. In this case, though, that upgrade comes to a security...

Interviews & Exclusives
FinTech IPO Index Surges 8.8% as Earnings Start to Roll In

August 04, 2022
Earnings are rolling in, and for the FinTech IPO group, a relief rally may be in the works. To that end, the FinTech IPO Index was up 8.8% on the week, driven by double-digit percentage point gains for several names tracked by PYMNTS. Just a few trading days into August, and the group is up […]

When Social Networks Become ‘Diversity-Aware’ Research Platforms

January 03, 2020
Bigger, better, faster — those are often the guiding principles for innovation, disruption and change in the digital and mobile worlds. What about smarter, and more diverse? Those traits could...

3D Secure 2.0’s Six Pillars

August 24, 2017
Like Web 2.0, Mobile 2.0, and Vegetables 2.0 (And, yes, that’s a thing. Have you ever had fried brussels sprouts?), 3D-Secure 2.0 is also taking something in need of an...

Quick Reads
Google Shares Plans For More Instant Chrome Experience

November 12, 2019
Google revealed its latest plans for the web at the Chrome Dev Summit in San Francisco on Monday (Nov. 11), including offering its users instantaneous experiences. Dion Almaer, Google director of engineering, said the company wants to “make loading disappear, for all our users,” according to VentureBeat. With that in mind, the tech giant unveiled […]

Jack Ma Backs eCommerce As Means For Global Development

April 26, 2017
Taking some time away from constructing a global eCommerce empire, Jack Ma, executive chairman of Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba, recently aligned himself with other philanthropic executives and a UN initiative...