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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Loadsmart features an online portal designed for those in the shipping business to move freight through ports and across rail lines and highways on land. Loadsmart said it has instead focused on what its online shipping platform can do for companies in the transportation business on a value-added basis, “coupled with API integrations.”.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

“This partnership will help us bolster our payments and ticketing technology solutions for bus operators and enable us to provide a more seamless booking and post-booking experience to our growing base of online bus ticketing customers.”. million to expand its travel sector.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

India-based hotel and booking startup OYO has been on a tear lately, landing $1.5 Now, the fast-growing operation is tapping into one of the growing trends in payments and commerce by offering online financing for its many partners. market share as this new decade looms. market share as this new decade looms. properties.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

1) said Serko and digital human technology company FaceMe created the virtual assistant that is a digital, visual representation of a human assistant. The digital human will integrate with Serko’s existing Zeno online travel booking platform. Reports in CIO on Thursday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

As he told PYMNTS in an interview done through written exchange, the hospitality industry has long been marked by ever-increasing booking volume; high margins; and relatively high trust between stakeholders. This made the need to optimize operational inefficiencies secondary,” he said.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

The Supreme Court’s order, according to reports , essentially opens the door to other such lawsuits – and could serve to increase the pressure on eCommerce operators to make their online and mobile stores accessible to consumers with disabilities. That’s a 181 percent increase over 2017.

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JUNE 25, 2019

When it comes to retail, general commerce and online payments, the increasingly powerful middle class in India will probably get major credit in future textbooks for shaping the global digital economy. Look no further than an India-based hotel operation called Oyo for further evidence of that. Winning Formula.

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JULY 3, 2017

Even in the quiet seasons, the online travel market is susceptible to the trade winds, and they don’t always blow in agents’ favor. It can be buffeted dramatically by shifts in the global economy, emerging technologies and even factors as arbitrary as the weather. The End of Excessive Card Surcharges.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Those can include fake and legitimate online travel sites, for starters, allowing fraudsters to pretend to be travel agencies and steal consumers’ hard-earned money. . The scheme is essentially an online version of shifting: going back to the very stores that were victimized and returning the stolen goods for cash.

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MAY 23, 2019

The function operates in Google Maps and Google Search through an “Order Online” button that shows up when consumers look for a supported restaurant. This latest feature is one of many that the technology company has brought to its lineup of services and apps.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Tour operators who offer a wildlife adventure or a skydiving experience may face a common challenge: How can they market their activities to the right travelers? Vendors can choose to offer booking and reservations directly to customers through the platform, enabling consumers to see a vendor’s live availability.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

consumers are expected to be shopping online by 2021. The ruling meant that online retailers could be mandated to collect sales tax — and taxes can be levied by states on firms that do not have physical presence in those states. As it stands now, the number of states with economic nexus laws on the books is 43, plus Washington, D.C.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

The online marketplace has disrupted any number of verticals, changing the way we shop and spend, and where we grab must-have items — from books to rugs to lamps, and sometimes from across international borders. As the company claims in the F-1: “Farfetch is the leading technology platform for the global luxury fashion industry.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Speaking at a news conference with leaders of six major international economic and financial groups, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Li said the country's economy “this year can achieve positive growth, and we expect next year (economic) operations can recover to a reasonable range,” Reuters reports. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

The 2020 holiday season was one for the history books, drastically different due to the pandemic limiting consumers’ in-person shopping experiences. Experts predicted that up to $190 billion would be spent online this year, a 35.8 Phishing scams were on the rise all year, while a survey of online shoppers found that 40.3

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In case you haven’t heard: Apple and the famous Oprah Book Club have announced a partnership to, in the words of the technology company, “build a vibrant, global book club that has the power to both transport and transform people – turning every book into an opportunity for self-discovery, and bringing the world together through reading.”.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

7) noted Certify is acquiring nuTravel in a deal that will see Certify able to launch a new solution using nuTravel technology. That new offering, Certify Enterprise Travel, will complement Certify’s existing Certify Travel booking solution, the company said. “We Reports Thursday (Sept.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In case you haven’t heard: Apple and the famous Oprah Book Club have announced a partnership to, in the words of the technology company, “build a vibrant, global book club that has the power to both transport and transform people – turning every book into an opportunity for self-discovery, and bringing the world together through reading.”.

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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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JUNE 19, 2018

Peek , the startup that wants to overhaul the travel activities industry with technology, has raised $23 million in venture funding and unveiled a partnership with Google. According to the report, Peek says every review is verified because users can only leave reviews after they have booked, paid and completed the activity.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The report also showed that gross bookings at HomeAway grew 15 percent, down from 47 percent growth in the Q4 of 2017. Expedia acquired HomeAway in 2015, and has spent the last three years improving the site’s technology, and increasing its online offerings. Yet, while HomeAway has 1.7

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

ApartmentJet, by contrast, enables operators and owners to rent out units that are not occupied. In an interview, according to Bloomberg , Okerstrom said that “phase one was just getting the platform working and getting people online. Phase two is about property acquisition.”. I think that’s the beginning,” he said.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

According to Elena Ionenko , co-founder and chief operating officer of loan Software-as-a-Service provider TurnKey Lender , this is one area in which banks have a leg up on their FinTech rivals. FinTechs, on the other hand, built on a digital-first foundation, found their footing amid the PPP deluge. "In

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JUNE 5, 2018

Prettier pictures lead to more sales for airlines — that’s the philosophy behind a growing bookings system that offers what Reuters called on Tuesday (June 5) a “more engaging visual approach to marketing” of tickets. carriers, and, of that, almost 100 percent is from baggage charges and booking changes.”.

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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 PYMNTS rounds up all the latest deals below.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts are urging small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to take a strategic approach to their fundraising efforts — often by combining a variety of funding sources to mitigate risk. Flutterwave.

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Rather, the difference could be seen in just how significantly technology disruption has slammed its way into bankers’ discussions regarding shareholder value. While the term “accretive to book value” is still the best bet for buzzword bingo at AOBA, the real talk centered around digital transformation and fintech disruption.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

That story is the subject of a terrific book written by economist Marc Levinson , “The Great A&P And The Struggle For Small Business In America”. There was one wholesaler for every 43 mom-and-pop operations. A&P operated 16,000 locations in all but nine states in the U.S. It operated 70 factories and 100 warehouses.

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MAY 1, 2019

To book one of the company’s apart-hotel units, travelers can use a few different channels. They can book through Airbnb , and most of the company’s units are Airbnb Plus. Alternatively, they can find the company through online travel agencies (OTAs) such as Expedia, Hotels.com and Booking.com by searching for a particular property.

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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. Businesses need to devise fraud protection methods for each market and channel in which they operate.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Take, for example, Italy, where Amazon has been operating since 2010 with what The New York Times describes as rather “muted success” since selling its first children’s book in the nation nearly a decade ago. Unfortunately, our country was one of those where technological understanding and tech culture is low.”.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

“We did some research and found out that the majority of businesses in the beauty industry operate offline, without any software at all. still manage their bookings with pen and paper,” Shedul co-founder and CEO William Zeqiri said in an interview. Shedul’s offering is deeper than just appointments and bookings.

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MARCH 15, 2019

In a move that strengthens the battle for control of information that diners provide online, OpenTable is preventing restaurants from providing competitors with access to data from its platform. With the updated agreement, restaurant operators cannot access and copy data without the consent of the platform, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

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? Technological advances boot out products over time—cars replacing horses, for example.

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JUNE 7, 2017

“BAM has built its business on providing a scalable, cloud-based platform which allows our customers to access both our technology and our capital so they can grow faster,” said Todd Ehrlich, BAM’s chief executive officer, in the press release. BAM provides technology, payments processing and working capital loans to the U.S.

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MARCH 27, 2020

The publication pointed to commentary from angel investor and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, who predicted “that 50-80 percent of the venture-backed startups currently operating will shut down or go on life-support.” Even so, an impressive $114 million was raised by U.S. Even so, an impressive $114 million was raised by U.S.

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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. It currently does business via a total of 50 websites and platforms around the world, operating in 23 languages and offering rentals in 190 countries.

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