Abrigo

OCTOBER 7, 2016

If you’re like most Americans , you have, and you likely were grateful for the time saved in traffic and at the store, or for the time or money saved in booking a trip. Technology can also provide tangible benefits to a business, and in many cases, those benefits are financial. Assisting with compliance.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Hong Kong’s chief securities regulator is calling on the world regulators to get on the same page when it comes to Facebook’s Libra to avoid the “real risk of regulatory arbitrage.”. “If He added that even if Libra never comes to fruition, it has already put a spotlight on the crypto market. “In

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

The phrase “what you see is what you get” is becoming particularly relevant to the growing homesharing market. Homesharing platforms must make more traditional rental assurances and double down on user verification if they want to stay compliant, said Hugo Monteiro, co-founder and technology advisor for homesharing platform Spotahome.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Commercial card startup Brex, which recently secured funding that propelled it into unicorn status, is augmenting its platform with the introduction of corporate travel booking capabilities. ” “Startups have a disadvantage when booking corporate travel,” added TravelBank CEO Duke Chung in another statement.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Human beings have been saying the above, or some variation on it, for approximately three thousand years since it was first written down in the Book of Ecclesiastes in 935 BCE. No matter how advanced we get, no matter how innovative technological advances we add on — there is always a little bit of history repeating in there.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

After a 20 percent stock price decline last week, that price hit a 52-week low on Monday – a drop that reportedly sucked $1 billion from Lyft’s market cap. In our opinion, the battle for market share will be balanced going forward.”. By 1:55 p.m. EST) on Monday, Lyft’s stock price stood at $56.44. Different Models.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

Travel industry services are catering to the thousands of millennial and Gen Z travelers who are booking big trips by augmenting their platforms with online and mobile support. Travel platforms are enabling more online bookings than ever, and 83 percent of U.S. Merchants Need To Rethink Booking.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The Montreal-based payment technology company was valued at $2 billion at the close of 2019. If approved by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), the country’s equivalent of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock would be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the “NVEI” ticker. Nuvei Corp.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Perry, and new fund Bramalea Partners, launched by Andrew Boyd, former head of global equity capital markets at Fidelity Investments. Chromo Capital co-led the deal. Also participating were Perry Capital, founded by Richard C. Loadsmart’s financial adviser on the deal was Goldman Sachs, while Paul Hastings handled the legal work.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In fact, Gobaud believes blockchain is just getting started – and the cryptocurrencies that everyone’s so excited about are simply the most basic application of the technology. The technology is still developing. With a fresh $39 million ICO on the books, said Gobaud, “We are trying to make it easy.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Consumers are beginning to express more preferences regarding their buying and selling experiences on online marketplaces, which are seeing an increased amount of competition in the market as they attempt to hold onto their customer bases. Technology and social media company Facebook is also growing more involved in the sharing economy.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Stitch Fix Kids , for example, sends out a selection of kids’ clothing each month, while GiftLit focuses on curated children’s books. Such boxes represent a small segment of the broader subscription market, but they face the same challenges, including fraud attempts like card-and-wallet tests and account takeovers (ATOs).

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Executives are quickly finding, however, that rather than gaining valuable efficiencies from their vendor partnerships, technology options represent a huge execution risk. In fact, leaders are faced with navigating a perfect storm of suboptimal technology choices. Take Cisco , the long-reigning market share leader.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS, Marie Perrin-Largilliere, senior manager of global product marketing at HomeAway, got a bit more granular on how the firm seeks to engage both sides of the transaction. Compliance and regulatory issues remain top of mind, of course, but so does the overall experience of both buyers and sellers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The travel industry is a highly fragmented, complex web of suppliers, distributors, tourism companies and online travel agents (OTAs), all hustling to keep pace with the changes occurring in how travelers — both for pleasure and business — plan, book and pay for their trips. The Business Travel Impact.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Startups headquartered in Ontario dominate the table, with over 40 fintech companies from this market map headquartered in the Greater Toronto Area.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Looking at how industries in your area perform allows you to see trends and assess potential market opportunities. By gauging an industry’s health as a whole, you could decide that the restaurant market in your area has remained stagnant while the technology industry is booming. Are there high capital or technological costs?

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Travala.com CEO Juan Otero said in the announcement, “We couldn’t be more excited to join forces with TravelbyBit, which is backed by Binance and have constantly been achieving and pushing crypto adoption by providing blockchain-based online travel booking services.” Meanwhile, Luno, a digital currency platform backed by Naspers Ltd.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

The shares are forecasted to trade with the “VRM” ticker symbol on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Allen & Company, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo Securities and BofA Securities are working as underwriter representatives and book-running managers. L Catterton, T. Rowe Price Associates and others participated.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Trust is essential for consumers booking a stay at an Airbnb or a Lyft to the airport. They must reassure customers they are safe from viral contagion in sharing economy spaces while ensuring their personal data is secure from rising incidents of fraud. They want peace of mind knowing their service providers are who they say they are.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

” In its release, Brex pointed to inventory, marketing, software and other business spend categories that are key for eCommerce companies and require access to capital. When Brex first launched its initial commercial card solution last year, the company targeted technology startups. billion and securing its status as a unicorn.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Online travel booking platforms, which promise to provide travelers with a simpler way to book and pay for reservations, aren’t immune to these pain points. Going forward, HomeAway plans to explore emerging payment technologies, including cryptocurrencies. Building An Intuitive And Secure Experience.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Investors continue to fuel the growth of the B2B technology startup community with another busy week in funding. Despite a slowdown in corporate travel, expense management and travel booking technology provider SalesTrip still managed to impress investors, which pumped $1.4 Malaysia's microLEAP has secured $3.3

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Fortunately, it appears the recreational market is getting some much-needed innovation to help organizations and associations process payments and participant registration. By some accounts, the recreational activity market is valued at over $250 billion each year. Getting Recreational Programs to Act Like Businesses. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Online firms and their banking partners have both the means and motives to stop fraudsters from accessing personal information, but today’s connected economy encompasses markets and customer service channels around the world. Omnichannel commerce needs omnichannel security.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Consumers who rent an Airbnb , book a pet care provider with Rover or request an Uber need to be sure that the service providers on the other end are who they say they are and will provide what the user is paying for. Seamless, Secure Onboarding . adults using sharing services feel insecure when it comes to these services.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The new product will be marketed as a “KlaytnPhone,” named after a South Korean blockchain platform, sources told the WSJ. The tablet-sized phone folds like a book and will cost about $2,000. Blockchain relies on encryption to cloak a range of transaction data, but the technology is largely misunderstood.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

At the same time, Gandhi noted the product and quality of apartments have grown so rapidly that the market has facilitated a true boutique experience, a concept he doesn’t think was available even 10 years ago. To book one of the company’s apart-hotel units, travelers can use a few different channels. The Apart-Hotel Market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Today, however, the rise in artificial intelligence-powered digital assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa make the use of similar technologies in the corporate space not only a possibility, but in many cases, already a reality. Take the monthly book close, for example. Balancing Risks.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades. Digital Security. in the most recent quarter.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

To provide consumers with less expensive and more flexible booking options, eCommerce innovators are taking new approaches to hotel reservations. While the technology could allow consumers to save money on their trips, the platform isn’t all about the cost savings. The Hotel Market.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has granted the first “banking and securities licenses” to two blockchain companies: SEBA Crypto AG and Sygnum AG. The firms will be the first registered in Switzerland as broker-dealers with a blockchain focus. The exchange is already live in California, Washington and Illinois.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

In total, more than $1 billion was raised this week, with funds landing at an array of technologies from B2B payments to payroll to eProcurement. In its oversubscribed series A funding round, OnPay , a Georgia-based payroll software startup, secured $6 million, the company said this week. AvidXchange.

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Bobsguide

JULY 21, 2022

• The financial technology firm expands bookings by 300% in H1 2022 versus prior period. A key aspect of the growth is the market dynamic that prefers multi-asset class trading and investment administration, simplifying front office operations, while meeting enterprise-wide best execution and financial control objectives.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

USA Technologies, the payment technology service provider of integrated cashless and mobile transactions in the self-service retail market, announced news Tuesday (July 25) of the closing of its underwritten public offering of 9,583,332 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $4.50

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2017

Emirates Islamic is reportedly planning on using a combination of QR codes and blockchain technology to enhance protection from fraud of paper checks. According to a report , Emirates Islamic plans to issue new check books, dubbed Cheque Chain, that include a unique QR code on each page as well as a string of 20 characters that are random.

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