| Levchin: Why The Affirm-Walmart Partnership Is More Than POS Credit In one of last weekâs big industry moves, Walmart announces it will offer point-of-sale (POS) financing in-store and online via a new partnership with Affirm. Karen Webster discusses the deal with Affirm CEO and Founder Max Levchin, who explains what it means today, and its impact on consumers and their relationships with credit in the future. |
| Marketplaces: The Difference Between Fail And Scale Dropping the ball on trust can mean the difference between success and failure for both B2C and B2B marketplaces. YapStoneâs Chief Product and Technology Officer Sanjay Saraf tells PYMNTS how marketplaces keep the trust balance in check, particularly when they literally have the keys to the consumers' castle in the sharing economy. |
| How Voice Is Turbocharging The Autonomous Vehicle Ecosystem The growth in commerce behind the wheel is giving rise to new business models that marry capital with product development. P97 CEO Don Frieden talks with PYMNTS about how his work with Accenture Ventures on voice-enabled payments is helping to fast-track the path to purchase in the car. |
| | Restaurant Innovation | | The Greatest Innovation In Eating Since The Menu A French entrepreneur created an innovation 300 years ago thatâs remained the bedrock of the restaurant industry ever since. Today, Karen Webster says matchmakers are using new tech and business models to take that innovation to a whole new level, putting in play not just the consumerâs budget for eating out, but their total spend on food. Hungry to know more? |
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