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B2B Payments
Airbase Adds Touchless Expense Reports to Procure-to-Pay Platform 
November 14, 2023

Airbase has added touchless expense reports and improved international payment capabilities to its procure-to-pay platform.  These new global expense management capabilities are enabled by generative artificial intelligence (AI), Airbase said in a Tuesday (Nov. 14) press release.  Managing expense reports and processing reimbursements has traditionally been a...

Payment Methods
Venmo Debuts Feature for Managing Group Expenses
November 14, 2023

Venmo has unveiled a new in-app feature that aims to streamline splitting and managing expenses among groups. The new Venmo Groups provide users with a convenient way to divide and settle multiple or ongoing expenses among friends, family, roommates, partners and other groups, the peer-to-peer payment...

Investments
Blockchain Payments Firm Fnality Raises $95.2 Million
November 14, 2023

Blockchain-based wholesale payment systems firm Fnality has raised $95.2 million in a new funding round. The round, as reported Tuesday (Nov. 14) by Bloomberg News, was led by Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas. CEO Rhomaios Ram told Bloomberg the company will use the investment to fund the operations and...

Payments Innovation
FinTechs Focus on Customer Experience, Users Want Faster Transactions
November 14, 2023

FinTechs issuers have revolutionized the banking and lending sector, enabling consumers to get easier access to their finances and allowing them to manage their money more effectively. Through the introduction of various personal finance management tools, such as saving pots, in-app budgeting capabilities and virtual...

News
Worldline Offers Tap to Pay For Merchants in France
November 14, 2023

Worldline says its large merchant clients in France can now offer Apple’s tap-to-pay. The payments firm announced Tuesday (Nov. 14) that merchants can use the iPhone-based payment method to collect payments via contactless credit and debit cards, Apple Pay and other digital wallets. “We are very proud...

B2B Payments
ADP and Convera Partner on Payroll and Payments Solution
November 14, 2023

ADP, a global technology company specializing in human capital management solutions, has formed a collaboration with Convera, a B2B payments FinTech, to provide an end-to-end payroll and payments solution to ADP clients. This collaboration aims to simplify and streamline the payroll and payments process for...

Retail
Consignment Shops Diversify to Boost Sales as Consumers Pull Back 
November 14, 2023

As the impact of inflation reverberates through consumer spending, luxury consignment shops feel the pinch, experiencing a surge in haute couture stress.  In a recent development reported by PYMNTS, The RealReal has embarked on an overhaul, aiming to reap the benefits in the first half...

Biometrics
Mastercard Launches Biometric Payments Partnership With NEC
November 14, 2023

Mastercard has teamed with NEC to bring biometric checkout to the Asia Pacific region. The partnership, announced Tuesday (Nov. 14), combines NEC’s facial recognition and liveness verification technology with Mastercard’s payment operations, and comes as consumers and businesses are increasingly embracing biometrics. “As retailing environments continue to evolve and choices...

Artificial Intelligence
Use of AI in the Legal Industry Faces Challenges
November 14, 2023

The legal industry’s widespread adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI) will necessarily involve recalibrating workforce roles and skills and reckoning with varying degrees of readiness and trust among professionals within and across industries. Coupled with the challenges of this reboot are the thorny issues surrounding...