It may be obvious that the massive credit card company Mastercard is heavily involved in big data. They have over 1.9 billion credit cards world wide that do over 65 billion transactions per year. They have over 32 million online and offline merchants that accept credit cards from Mastercard and 22.000 issuers and their credit cards are accepted in 210 countries. They use … [Read more...] about MasterCard Helps Retailers Perform Better with Big Data
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7 Ways Big Data Could Revolutionize Our Lives by 2020
We know that big data is changing the way we life and work. It is changing societies and changing businesses. On this platform we have included many self-driving cars. Source: Who Is Hosting This.com … [Read more...] about 7 Ways Big Data Could Revolutionize Our Lives by 2020
How The Financial Services Industry Should Use Big Data To Regain Trust
If there is any industry that can benefit from big data, it is the financial services industry. Of course the first use case that comes to mind is the ability to reduce risks, whether it be credit risk, default risk or liquidity risk. The industry that has lost the trust of its customers a lot since the crisis of 2008 can turn to big data to understand customers better and … [Read more...] about How The Financial Services Industry Should Use Big Data To Regain Trust
How Placemeter’s Real Time Data Source Can Change Marketing As We Know It
Last October a New York based start-up called Placemeter won the Alpha pitch competition at the Dublin Websummit. It seemed like a fair winner considering the team has the potential to disrupt the way that we make daily decisions on what places to visit. Would you still walk for five minutes to the nearest Starbucks if you know beforehand that it will take 20 minutes before you … [Read more...] about How Placemeter’s Real Time Data Source Can Change Marketing As We Know It
The Big Data Startups Investment Infographic – Big Data means Big Bucks
The Big Data ecosystem is growing rapidly and there is a lot happening. Big Data means Big Bucks. Massive investments in big data startups, large big data IPOs, many acquisitions and new big data venture capital funds popping-up constantly. The big data ecosystem is evolving and changing rapidly. Therefore we have decided to put it all together in this big data startups … [Read more...] about The Big Data Startups Investment Infographic – Big Data means Big Bucks
