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| NEW REPORT: How Faster Payments Put Caregivers On The Fast Track To Full-Time Benefits
Can faster payment tools put on-demand caregivers on the same economic footing as full-time workers? In Juneâs Faster Payments Trackerâ¢, powered by NACHA, Bryan OâMalley, Care.comâs VP of payments, talks with PYMNTS about how faster payments are transforming the market by offering caregivers of children, the elderly, pets and homes, among others, as well as access to benefits like health care and tuition. Plus, the latest news on bitcoin, payments infrastructure and other developments across the faster payments landscape, inside the Tracker. Read More... |
| GoPetie And Building The Tinder For Pets
People love their pets, but keeping them fed, walked and amused while their parents are working or out of town can be a chore. GoPetie's founder and CEO Diego R. Alves has a new take on how to solve it, having built the platform to do it. Itâs part social, part meet-up, and part on-demand â with, well, one of the most unusual business models weâve heard. Karen Webster got the scoop in this week's Matchmakers interview.
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| Mercedes-Benz's Connected Car Ambitions
Timing is everything. A little over 25-years ago, the team at Mercedes developed a car that could steer, brake and control its speed autonomously â but it was shelved as impractical. But the world of 2017 is very different and, these days, Mercedes is ready to reclaim leadership in a field it pioneered decades before anyone was even talking about it. Read More... |
| | IoT and Payments | | Visa Study Shows 83 Percent Of Consumers Want New, IoT Ways To Pay
A new study commissioned by Visa (and conducted by PYMNTS) finds that almost a quarter of American consumers own six or more connected devices, and 75 percent of them have at least one â in addition to their smartphones, computers, or tablets. But thatâs just the warm-up act. More than 80 percent of consumers see using iOT devices as a way to eliminate the frictions that make todayâs online and in-store shopping experience, they say, unproductive, and time-consuming. At the top of their new connected ways-to-pay wish list? Devices that enable auto-pay in-stores and at-the-pump. So, what might get in the way â and who do they trust to deliver it? Guess youâll have to read â and download the study â to find out. Read More... |
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