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January 8, 2018

The Digital Drive

NEW REPORT: Car Commuters Drive $212B In Commerce Spend
 

Every morning, 135 million Americans get in the car and drive to (and from) work. And they power $212B in commerce using connected devices to order coffee, food, parking, gas and even groceries on those now very digital drives. The Digital Drive™, a PYMNTS/Visa collaboration, examines the order ahead payments patterns of these car commuters, including what happens when commerce becomes integrated directly into the car.

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The Sharing Economy

Using Cars To Build A Better Billboard
 

WaiveCar was founded on an idea that even sounded outlandish to one of its co-founders — a car rental company that didn't charge drivers. WaiveCar co-founder Zoli Honig told Karen Webster how he and his co-founder turned a crazy-sounding idea into one that snagged a Shark Tank investor. The trick? Turning a rental car into a mobile, digital billboard that charges advertisers, not drivers. Here’s how it works.
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PYMNTS Data Dive

Data Dive: The Yes, No, Gotcha! Edition
 

Holiday vacations are officially over, and the payments and commerce news cycle is back in high gear. Bitcoin turned nine. FICO could (finally) face some competition, China cracked down on the cross-border exodus of funds and Forever 21 got hacked. That was just Tuesday. The rest of week that was awaits. Dive in.

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What’s Next For Payments: 2018

Payments 2018: Think This — Not That
 

In 800 BC, if people wanted to know the answer to what’s next, they trekked to the Oracle of Delphi and asked her. Today, predicting the future doesn’t involve a trek to a mountain, but it does require a solid understanding of the frameworks that define the dynamic ecosystem we call payments and commerce. Karen Webster offers her take on what’s next for 2018 — and the power shifts that are in store. And she suggests that success this year will mean thinking differently about six key areas where innovation will flourish. Are you ready to think this and not that about what’s next for payments and commerce in 2018?

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