The Business & Technology Network
Helping Business Interpret and Use Technology
«  

May

  »
S M T W T F S
 
 
 
1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21
 
22
 
23
 
24
 
25
 
26
 
27
 
28
 
29
 
30
 
31
 
 

Feed Items

Creativity is inherent to the media industry and crucial to understanding the industry’s openness to and enthusiasm for experimentation and innovation. Its mission to offer engaging content also drives it to explore ways of enhancing creative capabilities while simultaneously streamlining elements of production processes, reflecting an industry culture that seeks rather than avoids disruption....
In the world of cybersecurity, there’s no prize for being fashionably late with updates. And in today’s evolving technology and authentication landscape, if organizations aren’t at the tip of the spear with their authentication protocols, they are likely on the receiving end of a fraud attack. “It’s not just about having a strong defense against fraud, but also having an easy sign-on,” Olympe...
The launch of the FedNow® Service last year has transformed the instant payments landscape, unlocking real-time settlement capabilities 24/7/365. But according to Pradheep Sampath, chief product officer at Entersekt, “we’re at a tipping point here in the U.S. and also globally,” and it’s important to employ strategies that help customers and businesses overcome their existing habits and...
As the payments landscape continues to advance and evolve, the central tenet of authentication remains the same. Let the right users in and keep the fraudsters out. “Authentication practices have been in place for quite some time, and we’ve gotten pretty good at enforcing them. But we’re starting to see an evolution,” Kyle King, director of product management at NCR Voyix, told PYMNTS for the...
“If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it,” British mathematician and scientist Lord Kelvin said long ago.   The 19th-century statement is especially relevant for corporate executives in 2024 — particularly when it comes to working capital.  At a high level, working capital is defined as current assets minus current liabilities — a balance sheet-dependent formula that can serve as a proxy...
It’s lights out for Apple’s dream of entering the electric vehicle (EV) marketplace. A Tuesday (Feb. 27) report reveals that the Cupertino, California, personal computer and smartphone pioneer is abandoning its EV plans, sunsetting what was referred to internally as Project Titan. The effort, first started in 2014, spent billions of dollars in pursuit of a fully autonomous EV product featuring...
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to an eCommerce economy, with historically high sales in 2020 and 2021. As a result, most Main Street small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United States now recognize the importance of eCommerce for their business growth and sustainability.   In fact, nearly eight in 10 Main Street SMBs are currently leveraging online channels such as...
Korean eCommerce giant Coupang announced fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday (Feb. 27), reporting a year of accelerated growth, record profits and a strong cash balance of over $5.5 billion dollars. “We believe that creating moments of ‘Wow’ for customers across selection, price and service form the foundation for long term growth, profitability and ultimately free cash flow, which serves as the...
UnitedHealth Group, owner of the biggest U.S. health insurer, is reportedly facing an antitrust investigation by the Justice Department. This probe is focusing on UnitedHealth’s various sectors, including its UnitedHealthcare insurance unit and its Optum health services arm, which owns physician groups and other assets, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Feb. 27). The investigators...
Gone are the days of static office cubicles and inflexible organizational structures. Today, traditional notions of space and operations are giving way to dynamic, interconnected hubs promising enhanced communication and seamless interactions for remote and hybrid workers. This transformation, powered by the integration of technology and connected devices, is enabling employees to communicate and...