PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2017

In Seattle, Amazon is reportedly opening its tenth bookstore operation. “We We are excited to be bringing Amazon Books to Bellevue Square in 2017, and we are currently hiring store managers and associates,” an Amazon spokesperson told Recode. That’s not all. For those who are not Prime members, they pay the list price at the bookstore.

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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

JULY 6, 2020

Travala.com , the Binance-backed online trading agency, will be allowing travel bookings through Expedia paid for in cryptocurrency for the first time since 2018, according to CoinDesk. has now been approved to operate its derivatives platform, CoinDesk reported. In other news, a subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

As a result, the company can architect all the elements of its operation from technology to process and its people from the ground up with insight from the current day. When it comes to booking the units, the company takes a multichannel approach. “We We meet the guest where they’re most comfortable,” DePinto said. The Market.

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Insights on Business

JULY 11, 2018

Technological innovation is a reality that is impacting every facet of society. No area of human endeavour from retail, to transportation, to banking has not seen some form of disruptive technology replace the long-established modus operandi. This is accomplished through the disruption of established norms and with a lot of luck.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The same is true of financial institutions when they consider technology investments to transform their lending and credit operations. Many banks and credit unions are operating with legacy systems – whether legacy IT or legacy processes. Book the right loans at the right price.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Business payments company Bottomline Technologies released its FY Q2 earnings data late last week, posting $63.2 Our product leadership is evidenced by the strong bookings we recorded in the quarter. million in subscription and transaction revenues. Overall, revenues for Q2 hit $95.2 million, up 10 percent. million in net income. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Most of these chargebacks are legitimate requests — especially in the travel industry, where the pandemic canceled an untold number of travel plans — but some consumers might come up with elaborate excuses to avoid paying for something, like claiming fraudsters used their credit cards to book plane tickets when they just want to score free flights.

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Bobsguide

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Traditional IT architecture involves segregated front-office and operational systems. Furthermore these systems can be specific to individual asset classes; equities, fixed income, derivatives and structured products. Products are increasing in complexity, and tighter regulations are requiring.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Hong Kong’s travel and leisure booking platform Klook has closed a $200 million Series E funding round led by Aspex Management , with participation by Sequoia Capital China , SoftBank Vision Fund, Matrix Partners China and Boyu Capital , according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2016

A key part of business life is getting the books closed on time, with clean financial reporting that allows a high-level and granular view of what needs to be done next. Data accuracy — especially data flow between departments or far-flung operations — the survey found, remains among top concerns.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In addition, Trinity Technology has reportedly received an operational license for mobile money in South Sudan , and Thailand’s Bangkok Bank (BBL) is predicting that 90 percent of transactions will be completed by mobile apps over the next three years. .

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BankUnderground

JUNE 16, 2021

In part this reversal responded to another historical lesson drawn from Reinhart and Rogoff’s 2009 book This Time is Different about the threshold of debt/GDP beyond which risks of further financial instability increased. Pandemics, finance, technological change. But it was not completely new. What’s next?

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Perhaps the only certainty in the landscape today is that business will look different than it has in the past, and indeed, industry shifts are already becoming evident as companies explore technologies to help maximize spend and safeguard employees. Keeping Spend In Check. The first, said Sikora, is in SMBs’ lack of buying power.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

According to Loadsmart, examples include “truckload instant pricing and booking in 2015; server-to-server autonomous truckload booking via API and TMS integrations in 2016; and drayage and transload digital services in 2019.”. Loadsmart’s financial adviser on the deal was Goldman Sachs, while Paul Hastings handled the legal work.

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PYMNTS

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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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Long-neglected contact center operations are finally getting attention from the C-suite. Executives are quickly finding, however, that rather than gaining valuable efficiencies from their vendor partnerships, technology options represent a huge execution risk. Pulling basic management reports requires a phone book-sized manual.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

Gett purports to bring together the worlds of ride-hailing companies and corporate fleets, incorporating needs for booking, riding, invoicing, analytics and more so companies can order ride-hailing services. With the proceeds, the company plans to speed up its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform and expand worldwide, according to the post.

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Perficient

JULY 13, 2022

Most of the current repossession inventory stems from loans booked during the pandemic; loan-to-value ratios are around 140%, versus a more acceptable 80%; and many of these loans were extended to buyers who had temporary pops in income during the pandemic. Now is the time for auto lenders to address their debt collection operations.

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PYMNTS

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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Abrigo

OCTOBER 17, 2022

and in bank technology nationally. Through organic growth and strategic M&A, Abrigo has grown to be a leading player in the bank technology market, serving over 2,300 financial institutions across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

At least, that’s what commercial card technology players believe, with this week’s rundown of the latest initiatives in corporate card solutions placing a focus on returning business trip volume. Expensify Links Cards To Booking. It may not look like it yet, but business travel is headed for a comeback.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2019

Regulators want to have a greater stake in the way sharing platforms operate. In India, Google Pay is up against t he New Delhi High Court over its operations in the region, facing a debate over how the payment service should be regulated. That’s why Hostelz.com no longer accepts them, according to Owner and Founder David Orr.

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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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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Financial technology innovation has opened the doors to massive transformation of corporate finance departments. Inaccurate or incomplete data not only bogs down operations, it elevates the risk of errors in financial reports. It’s only very recently that we have embraced technology as a game-changer for us.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

Corporate travel booking firm Deem is closing down its expense management platform. According to a statement, Deem plans to maintain its “intense focus” on business travel, and therefore cannot allocate resources to the expense side of operations. Certify is part of Deep’s Open Expense Alliance, reports noted.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

To that end, ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies is branching out into software — specifically, software as a service (SaaS). The end game, it seems, is to build a platform that uses logistics to scale into any number of verticals, without having to boost much of its operational costs as the firm continues to add new features.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

It’s also about the client experience — from before any service is booked, to their experience within the salon itself, and through to payment and rebooking. That means sitting seamlessly within the customer interaction from booking, through to payment and repeat booking. Wookey told Karen Webster in a recent interview.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

Not only that, but criminals operating in the general travel space will use stolen payment credentials to book a trip online before trying to resell that booking somewhere else at a lower price. Sure, as PYMNTS research has shown, some big, famous travel operators are pushing the frontier of fraud detection and prevention.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The company said the new funding will “provide capital, as well as access to KKR’s operational resources and global network.” RVshare, which is essentially an Airbnb for RVs, said its bookings surged more than 50 percent in advance of the Labor Day weekend.

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PYMNTS

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

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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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

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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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Experiences marketplace Groupon is teaming up with tours and activities technology firm Redeam to expand local and global experiences, Groupon announced on Monday (March 2). . Customers will gain the ability to easily find, book and redeem a wider range of activities wherever they happen to be. “By

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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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