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EVO Payments Expands Partnership With Oracle
November 16, 2021

The payments technology company EVO Payments has expanded its partnership with Oracle to offer Oracle’s enterprise payment solutions to EVO’s retail and hospitality merchants. The company announced the new arrangement in a news release Tuesday (Nov. 16), saying it would also offer acquiring services to...

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Airbase Offering Free Access To Spend Management Tools Plus More Cash Back
November 09, 2021

Spend management platform Airbase is expanding its corporate card offerings with a new Airbase Essentials package, the company announced in a press release Tuesday (Nov. 9). Through Airbase Essentials, the company is offering cash back rates for corporate cards, ranging from 2.25% for a pre-funded...

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About 5% of Sotheby’s, Christie’s Contemporary Art Auctions Are NFTs
November 08, 2021

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have taken off in 2021 and so have auction houses’ sales of them, with Sotheby’s and Christie’s respectively selling $65 million and $100 million of NFTs this year, Reuters reported Monday (Nov. 8). These sales account for roughly 5.5% of the houses’...

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Transact Debuts Contactless Tech for Colleges: Delivery Robots, Food Lockers
October 07, 2021

Transact has rolled out new software integrations for a sweeping slate of improvements to college campuses, a press release says. Transact works in credential and payment solutions. The new partnerships include software integrations with Apex Order Pickup Solutions and Panasonic Smart Lockers for better automated,...

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New RV Lending Model Offers Big Drop In Borrowing Costs For Owners Who Rent Them...
October 04, 2021

For owners who list their recreational vehicles (RVs) on Outdoorsy, a global online RV rental and outdoor travel marketplace, the monthly note for the loan value is the most expensive part of owning the vehicle, even those most owners don’t comparison shop before they buy. A typical owner with...

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LinkedIn Explores Hosting Paid Events on Its Platform
September 27, 2021

LinkedIn is deciding whether it will let users charge for virtual events hosted on the social media job site, Bloomberg reported. A test will incorporate a small group of users, and the company doesn’t know yet if it will be rolled out on a larger...

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FedEx Goods to be Hauled by Autonomous Big Rigs in Pilot Program
September 22, 2021

Driverless trucks have begun hauling freight this week down the I-45 between Dallas and Houston, marking the start of a two-year autonomous shipping pilot program that’s being called an industry first.   Although a safety driver will be on board during the initial testing period, the so-called “Class 8” big rigs will...

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Nuula CEO Sees Data-Fueled Super-App That Re-Bundles the Best of Unbundled Banks
September 21, 2021

Fintechs got big by unbundling old-school banking and financial services — money transfers, for example — and building entire businesses around discrete functions. It’s what brought forth Zelle, Venmo and other popular finance apps that are now household names. In digital shift phase two, disintermediation...

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Merchants Can Mitigate Supply Chain Woes With Extended Warranties? Clyde CEO Says Yes
September 17, 2021

When thinking about supply chain issues, extended warranties are probably not the first thing to come to mind — in fact, the two subjects seem to have little correlation. But Brandon Gell, CEO and co-founder of Clyde, said supply chains actually play “a serious role...