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Ridesharing
Uber Rolls Out Branded Card For Drivers, Delivery Partners
April 04, 2018

Uber, the ride-hailing company, announced news on Tuesday (April 3) of the launch of its Uber Visa Debit Card from GoBank. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Banking
Goldman Sachs Gearing Up To Enter Commercial Banking Market
April 04, 2018

Goldman Sachs has hired a senior engineer at JPMorgan to develop cash management tools as it eyes an entrance into the commercial banking market. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

Ridesharing
Urgent.ly To Offer Roadside Assistance To Uber Drivers, Delivery Partners
April 04, 2018

Urgent.ly, the roadside assistance platform, announced news on Tuesday (April 3) that it partnered with Uber to provide roadside assistance to its drivers at a discounted rate. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Artificial Intelligence
Apple Poaches Google’s AI Chief As It Aims To Beef Up Its Offering
April 04, 2018

Apple, aiming to catch up in the artificial intelligence front, has poached Google’s John Giannandrea, chief of search and AI, in what is seen as a major win for its AI efforts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Payment Methods
Russian Payments Service Yandex.Checkout Launches Credit Service For Online Shoppers
April 04, 2018

Russia’s largest payments service, Yandex.Checkout, announced that online stores can now subscribe to a new service that allows merchants to sell goods and services on credit or by installments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Mobile Payments
Square’s Cash App Comes To The UK
April 04, 2018

Square announced on Tuesday (April 3) that its peer-to-peer (P2P) Cash app is now available in the U.K. According to news from MarketWatch, the U.K. is the first international market for the Cash app. Like in the U.S., users across the pond can now send and receive...

Fast Royalty Advances Keep The Music Playing
April 04, 2018

The global music industry is expected to generate $57 billion in 2021. But those artists creating the songs can struggle to stay afloat while waiting for royalties. In the Faster Payments Tracker, Lyric Financial explains how it quickly provides royalty advances to cut the wait, with Same-Day ACH transfers in the U.S. and integrations...

Security & Fraud
Another Cloudless Day: IntraNext Software Saves Call Centers From Migrating
April 04, 2018

Everyone talks about moving to the cloud, and doing so can certainly deliver benefits in a contact center environment. It creates ease of scalability and heightens the security of callers’ personally identifiable information (PII) against external threat actors, such as fraudsters, as well as internal...

Financial Inclusion
Petal CEO: Using Cashflow — Not FICO — To Issue Credit Cards
April 04, 2018

For the 47 percent of Americans with prime credit scores, getting and using a credit card isn’t much of a problem. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...