{"id":74380,"date":"2019-01-11T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interac1.wpengine.com\/content\/%content-category%\/top-tech-trends-were-watching-in-2019\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:58:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:58:30","slug":"top-tech-trends-were-watching-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/stage.interac.ca\/en\/content\/business\/top-tech-trends-were-watching-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tech Trends We\u2019re Watching in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Debbie Gamble,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chief Officer, Innovation Labs and New Ventures, Interac Corp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The speed of technological and business change has held to its blistering pace this year, and with the turn of the new year, it\u2019s time for us to highlight some trends we\u2019ve been watching closely as 2019 unfolds and 2020 approaches.&nbsp; From our perspective as one of Canada\u2019s leading payments platforms, we see these trends in particular that will have an impact on how our customers live and do business in the near future.  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