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PYMNTS’ Labor Day Reading List (Without The Labor)

Reading lists should cut to the chase — and point to what’s most urgent or cutting-edge. PYMNTS publishes hundreds of reports, trackers and playbooks throughout the year, touching on everything from the gig economy to faster payments to fraud to cross-border commerce. It’s all a lot to take in … so here’s a list of essentials to get up to speed between Labor Day burger flips.

The Summer Of Retail

Retail’s Voice-Assisted, Meatless Summer

So much for the lazy, hazy days of summer. Consumers were spending — and retail was using innovative methods to capture more of that spend. We saw big moves in subscription commerce and voice-assisted retail (even Nike got involved) as well as fulfillment and delivery. Here’s how what happened this summer will impact the holiday shopping season and beyond.

Best Of B2B Payments

B2B's Summer Of Faster, Integrated Payments

PYMNTS research reveals that the majority of accounts payable execs are eager to innovate payables. But how do we move the needle from wanting tech to actually using it? From the Fed's faster payments announcement to the launch of Visa B2B Connect, this summer was full of FinServ players looking at faster, integrated payments to do just that. Here’s our summer B2B retrospective.

Apple 2019 Launch

Looking Into The Apple Crystal Ball: Separating Safe Bets From Wild Speculation

With Apple’s (next) big event set for Sept. 10, the rumor mill is buzzing (in HD). Along with the new iPhone (or iPhones?), a next-gen smartwatch is coming, as well as a big MacBook upgrade. But the reality is that the iPhone no longer drives the majority of Apple's business, and speculation is wilder than it has been in recent years — with high expectations to see big things when the party starts. What’s Apple got up its tree?

What 10 Top CEOs Said About Payments This Summer

It’s been a big summer for payments and all that’s connected to it: New York City and Miami transit went contactless, Facebook went crypto with Libra, iPhones went to less than half of Apple’s sales, Prime Day went through the retail sales roof and Elon Musk and Jack Ma went toe-to-toe over whether AI will be humanity’s future or its end — among other things. Here’s our look at what 10 top CEOs said to help us figure out where we are now, how we got here and what’s coming next, as summer packs its (unofficial) bags.

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