CEOs lack confidence in 2020 earnings growth, InsurTech players turn attention to startups, How alt payments alter Black Friday spend | | Hey Alexa, Do You Get Me? No, machines donât have feelings, at least, not yet. But Amazon and others are working hard to boost the emotion-detection powers of Alexa and similar devices â powers that could play a major role in accelerating their use in payments and commerce in the 2020s. Hereâs our very emotionally sensitive dive. |
Physical To Digital Fitness |
SoulCycleâs CEO Ouster Comes Amid More Digital Fitness Muscle-Flexing The race to win the hearts â and sweat, increased muscle mass and cardio capabilities â of consumers is decidedly an uphill climb as fitness goes digital. And, it seems, the industryâs workout has just begun. As bikes become the latest connected device, hereâs our look at the fitness landscape, in light of a leadership change at SoulCycle and Pelotonâs first earnings report as a public company. |
InsurTech Players Turn Their Attention To Startups To grow and thrive, high growth, high tech startups need vision, capital — and insurance. Sam Hodges, CEO of Vouch, tells PYMNTS why traditional insurance doesn’t cut it for early stage companies and how digital insurance platforms are filling the gap. |
| The Week In Payments | AfterPay CEO: How Alt Payments Are Altering Black Friday Spend Black Friday is a drastically different holiday than it was even as recently as five years ago. Shoppers are younger and far more inclined to shop on mobile. And, as Afterpay CEO and Co-founder Nick Molinar tells Karen Webster, theyâre much more likely to reach out and tap an alternative credit product, than use a traditional credit card. Hereâs why. | | |
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