| B2B Fashion Marketplace Taps New Sales With Virtual Trade Shows The pandemic has given B2B marketplaces an opportunity to engage their buyer/supplier communities in a whole new way â pop up virtual trade shows. Paul Lee, CEO of NHN Global, told Karen Webster that creating virtual events inside of their fashion marketplace gives their 756,000 buyers and 1,400 suppliers a unique and more cost-effective way to do business. |
| Breaking The Black Box Around Healthcare Payments Healthcare is expensive and consumers often donât know exactly what theyâre paying for. As Sidecar Health Co-founder and CEO Patrick Quigley told PYMNTS in a recent conversation, that lack of transparency can be clarified through a direct and up-front payment system. |
| Work From Here Movement Transforms Long-Term Rental Market It used to be a reliable formula. Professionals on a long-term but temporary assignment needed housing, and they usually had no trouble finding it. But the pandemic has changed that. As Nestpick CEO Omer Kucukdere told PYMNTS, the long-term rental customer did not disappear, they just changed form. |
| Tovala Disrupts The Meal-Kit Space With Connected Technology The connected economy has produced a lot of innovative business models, and Tovala is one of them. The combo platter of smart oven, meal-kit subscription and preassembled food service has just locked up $30 million to bring the concept to the masses. CEO David Rabie told PYMNTS that his next challenge is in improving the product experience. |
| Digital Issuance Presents Card Upgrade Opportunity For Banks And CUs Contactless payment methods are on the upswing, yet plastic cards are still the primary credit instrument. According to Ondot Head of Product Management Prasanna Narayan, the goal should be meeting the needs of the digital consumer and finding ways to transition out of the high-touch environment. |
| | ResTech | | Restaurants Look Back At 2020 to Write 2021âs Playbook The overall take on 2020 for restaurants was that it was a year of great disruption and innovation. As Paytronix Co-founder and CEO Andrew Robbins told PYMNTS' Karen Webster, the important issues for the upcoming year range from the new market phenomenon of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and the changing economics of delivery to the new restaurant recovery strategy. |
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