Airbnb Inc. is looking for ways to further wire itself into its customers’ travel experiences. Sure they’ve already disrupted the lodging part of every vacation — by offering an alternative to hotels — but now their eyes are turning skyward for their next opportunity: Airbnb Flights. Get...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Monday (Dec. 19) that it took action against four Virginia pawnbrokers for what it said was deceptive practices in terms of the actual annual costs of loans. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Ransomware may get all the attention, but phishing scams are alive and kicking with one recently targeting staffers at the County of Los Angeles. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Financial regulators in Europe are concerned about the impact Big Data techniques may have on consumers and their access to products and services, prompting regulators to mull new rules in that area. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
MetLife announced Monday (Dec. 19) that PNB MetLife, its joint venture partnership in India, launched conVRse, an on-demand virtual reality (VR) customer service platform that it claims is first of a kind. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Chevron Products Company, a unit of Chevron U.S.A., announced Monday (Dec. 19) it inked a long-term agreement with WEX Bank, a unit of WEX Inc., to issue and operate Chevron- and Texaco-branded commercial fleet cards. The cards will be issued starting in January 2018, Chevron...
Brazil is taking steps under President Michel Temer to do something about the large spread between Brazil’s benchmark Selic rate and the average annual interest rate on credit cards, which is more than 450 percent and is stopping Brazilians from shopping. Get the Full Story...
Kaspersky Lab announced that the mobile banking Trojan known as Faketoken has now modified to include a data encryption capability. The Trojan is estimated to be attacking more than 2,000 financial applications across the globe. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Taxi-hailing app Careem, which is a competitor to Uber in the Middle East, has raised $350 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 logins required....
