Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Standard Chartered Bank’s unveiling of instant digital credit issuance in Singapore. In addition, Google has debuted a rewards points program for Google Play customers in South Korea, and UnionPay International...
Corporate travel and expense management software provider Expensify is expanding its reach in Southeast Asia through a new collaboration with the region’s leading ridesharing company, Grab. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Now, when you like your credit card rewards … you can really “like” them. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...
Allied Irish Banks (AIB) and First Data have teamed up to buy a majority stake in card payment company Payzone for an enterprise value of up to 100 million euros ($113 million), according to a news release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Intellimize, a startup that relies on artificial intelligence (AI) to autonomously personalize web pages for visitors, raised $8 million in venture funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
No, you still cannot easily buy a cup of coffee with bitcoin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...
Alt Thirty Six, a digital payment and compliance platform designed to help the cannabis industry go cashless, announced Tuesday (April 23) it raised $10 million in venture funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
In the digital age of hospitality technology, restaurants have a trove of tools to help serve customers in their stores. Innovations run the gamut from promo codes to coupons and quick-response (QR) scans in addition to other features such as delivery tracking. Overall, merchants in...
There are any number of digital travel portals that offer consumers some variation of a luxurious vacation. Hotel suites, yachts, private islands — if money is no object the sky is pretty much the limit in terms of what one can hope to reasonably purchase....
