| Mastercard: Driving The Gig Economy's Future Through Pay Advance A third of the American workforce gets some or all of their income from gig work, but to really evolve forward, Mastercardâs Jess Turner told Karen Webster, instant and advance pay must become the rule, not the exception. Turner and Webster dig into the findings from a new PYMNTS Mastercard study that shows why. |
| CBD Products Offer Glimpse Of Retailâs Regulatory Future The growing CBD industry offers one of the more interesting retail and payments stories for 2019 â and lessons for merchants who want to stay on the right side of the regulators. In a new PYMNTS interview, Matt Fields, vice president of age verification service AgeChecker.net, unpacks what retailers need to know. |
| Keeping SCA From Becoming The Subscription Commerce Kill Switch Friction is a commerce-killer in all types of businesses, but the risk is especially elevated when it comes to subscriptions and recurring payments. In a new PYMNTS interview, Ethan Teng, head of growth at payments services provider, Recurly, offers a way for businesses to come out ahead of the game. |
| The Hackers Hiding In Hotel Rooms Connected devices and new tech is transforming the guest experience at hotels — and upping the ante for hackers who’ve already shown a fondness for the payments data and consumer information they have on file. Here’s all you need to know about hotel hack attacks and what hotel operators are doing to stop them. And to think you only used to worry about touching the remote control. |
| | Commerce Connected Playbook™ | | Connected Tech Gives Sports Venues An All Star Opportunity To Fill The Stands With fan attendance down 10 percent or more, MLB teams like the Texas Rangers have an empty seat problem that hits the bottom line of sports venues hard. So, with more fans choosing at-home viewing, how can they use connected tech to enhance the live sports viewing experience? In the latest Commerce Connected Playbook, PYMNTS examines how mobile tickets and in-seat ordering can get the fans back in the stands. |
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