Abrigo

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Have you purchased anything online recently? 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.

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APRIL 25, 2019

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. Security and the Homesharing Platform. GDPR and the Future of Home Rentals.

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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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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. For payments, the site accepts credit cards and PayPal.

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MARCH 6, 2019

The company claims that it doubled in size last year and has secured contracts to double in size again this year to arrive at 12 locations. And, for security, the suites come with solid woodgrain doors with deadbolt locks. Minute Suites is encouraging travelers to download the app, which lets them reserve a suite online.

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JULY 16, 2019

A security lapse at a hotel management startup has exposed hotel bookings and guests’ personal information. Aavgo , a hospitality tech company based in San Francisco, secured a server it had left online without a password after TechCrunch reached out to the firm. million bookings a year.

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MARCH 5, 2019

The executive said that among the most important factors in both sides of the relationship – that is, travelers and home owners – are “trust, protection and reliability,” noting that “every traveler should trust that their payment is secure, and every homeowner should feel confident that they receive payments on time.”.

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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. is a new program that has OYO partnering with Biz2Credit , a small business online lending platform.

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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 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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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. Box-of-the-month services constantly struggle to secure their payment processes and remain a step ahead of bad actors. The only customer-facing security measure KiwiCo currently utilizes is passwords.

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APRIL 27, 2016

Goldman Sachs has officially entered the world of online retail banking. The platform was reportedly inherited by Goldman Sachs after its recent acquisition of a $16 billion book of deposits from GE Capital. The minimum account balance needed to start a GS Bank account is only $1 and is open to anyone with an Internet connection.

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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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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. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Within that, how much is online?

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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.”

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DECEMBER 6, 2020

The collaboration aims to "increase firms’ revenue, save time and resources, boost productivity, and provide world-class support and service," combining ImagineTime’s own secure file sharing and eSignature services with Mango Billing’s features for tracking, invoicing and scheduling, the release stated.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. Bank client preferences have moved toward self-service technologies over branch visits in recent years because of ease of use and improved convenience. FICO’s Take on Debit Security.

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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. Omnichannel commerce needs omnichannel security.

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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. Broader Costs.

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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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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The card bridges companies in the eCommerce space, including online brands and eRetailers, to 60-day payment terms, interest-free financing and no foreign transaction fees. 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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OCTOBER 9, 2018

Microsoft and Grab , the on-demand transportation, mobile payments, and online-to-offline services platform in Southeast Asia, announced Monday (October 9) a strategic partnership in which Grab will tap Microsoft’s machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities.

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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 . percent of users who presented IDs online and 67.5 More than 111 million U.S.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Online business travel booking and expense management company Serko is entering the “world of virtual card payments,” the company said this week, announcing a partnership with virtual card company Conferma. ” Conferma has brought its virtual card technology to the corporate travel and expense management space before.

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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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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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JANUARY 29, 2021

In this week's news, we saw Quevos secure funding, new data on loyalty and rewards programs, and research on how nonprofits are using digital payments. Quevos recently secured an approximately $400,000 investment on the ABC TV reality show “ Shark Tank ” from the inventor of Kind Bars, Daniel Lubetzky.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

If it cannot be resolved, the lifestyle manager will book the customer at a comparable hotel. If a cardholder books a hotel with Mastercard but then finds a lower price online, the difference will be completely refunded, the company said in the blog post.

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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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JANUARY 22, 2019

We all remember cramming — all that coffee and/or soda, all those books, notes and ink stains. Maybe one day, quick-service restaurant ( QSR ) operators will look back upon 2019 as their cramming experience when it comes to digital security and fraud prevention. Digital Progress. The progress is easy to see.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

If it’s more than 10 minutes for an online/website process or more than five minutes for a mobile process, the abandonment rate impacts account openings as much as 40%. How many clicks does it take to open an online account? What information is easily obtainable via social media, making it less useful for KYC and security purposes?

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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. AvidXchange.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

and Europe, with half of its bookings coming from U.S. million , news reports this week said, from Grotech Ventures, Middleland Capital, the Center for Innovative Technology and Charlottesville Angel Network. Apica said it will use the funds to expand across the U.S. The company raised $2.5 SMB Lending. B2B eCommerce.

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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 Malaysia's microLEAP has secured $3.3

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Abrigo

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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DECEMBER 12, 2019

Players in the sharing economy must contend with an increasingly complex online payments ecosystem as they move into new regions and attract participants to their platforms. Outdoorsy users looking to rent their RVs list them on the online platform for local renters to book. I view [Outdoorsy] as the sharing economy 2.0.

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JULY 29, 2019

Digital banking players worldwide — including those in India — are turning to advanced learning technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to personalize their offerings and draw users onto their platforms. conversational technology to answer users’ questions and interact with them across a variety of channels.

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