Hopper Now Offering Direct Hotel Booking
Hopper Now Offering Direct Hotel Booking
June 21, 2019  |  Mobile Applications

Hopper has announced that more than 270,000 hotels in over 200 countries and territories across 1,600 major cities are now available to book directly through...

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Waymo Partners With Renault, Nissan For Driverless Mobility Services
Waymo Partners With Renault, Nissan For Driverless Mobility Services
June 21, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Waymo has announced that it is partnering with Renault and Nissan to explore all aspects of driverless mobility services for passengers and deliveries in France...

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Credit Unions Find Friendly Ground With FinTech Firms
Credit Unions Find Friendly Ground With FinTech Firms
June 21, 2019  |  Credit Unions

Consumers’ lives are becoming more digitally focused, which means it’s natural and expected that credit unions (CUs) are feeling the pressure to raise the level...

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Can Legal Pot Thrive With Closed-Loop Payments?
Can Legal Pot Thrive With Closed-Loop Payments?
June 21, 2019  |  Payment Methods

People can say what they will about the wisdom of legal retail sales of marijuana (we here at PYMNTS take no position), but the payments...

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For FI Account Openings, Serving The ‘Segment Of One’
For FI Account Openings, Serving The ‘Segment Of One’
June 21, 2019  |  Banking

A disconnect looms in financial services, one that can doom relationships between financial institutions (FIs) and customers from the beginning. Studies have shown that 70...

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Payment Apps For When The Marriage Is Over
Payment Apps For When The Marriage Is Over
June 21, 2019  |  Faster Payments

It’s not enough to build a real-time payment system if financial institutions (FIs) don’t implement the offering, and extend instant payment services to customers. Getting...

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PayPal COO Bill Ready Announces Departure
PayPal COO Bill Ready Announces Departure
June 20, 2019  |  Digital Payments

Big news from PayPal — the payments firm on Thursday afternoon (June 20) that COO Bill Ready is leaving the company. According to a statement...

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BoE Gov: Facebook’s Libra Will Need Regulation
BoE Gov: Facebook’s Libra Will Need Regulation
June 20, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney said Facebook’s newly-announced cryptocurrency, Libra, can’t be the same unregulated type of service that Facebook is, according to...

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Brazil Bribery Charges Cost Walmart $282M
Brazil Bribery Charges Cost Walmart $282M
June 20, 2019  |  Legal

Walmart will pay a total of $282 million to settle with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on charges...

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