Abstract: A method and system for providing a distributed, digital ecosystem incorporating a plurality of platforms, including merchant processing, accounting, POS, CRM, marketing, analytics, currency exchange, and others. The distributed, digital ecosystem is remotely accessed by a data processing device (DPD) under the control of a user, typically on a WAN. Applications incorporated into the ecosystem are installed on a remote DPD, or server, which is shared in all instances via video streaming with the user such that installation of applications directly on the user's DPD is unnecessary, providing said user with the ability to access the ecosystem remotely from any DPD and any location, even when DPDs are lost or destroyed.