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Faster Payments
Lower Costs, Easier Integration Could Boost Instant Ad Hoc Payments
April 22, 2024

The use of ad hoc payments by large enterprises to pay small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and individuals is on the rise — and exclusive data from PYMNTS Intelligence suggests lower costs and easier integration could be making them even more popular.  Ad hoc payments...

Investments
Rippling Raises $200 Million to Enhance Workforce Management Platform
April 22, 2024

Workforce management platform Rippling has raised $200 million in new financing in a Series F round that values the company at $13.5 billion. Rippling has also signed agreements with investors to repurchase up to $590 million in equity from current and former employees and early investors, Rippling...

Retail
Express Files for Bankruptcy as Gen Z Shoppers Redefine Fast Fashion
April 22, 2024

With young consumers’ fashion habits rapidly evolving alongside quickly changing social media trends, Express has not been able to keep up. The fast-fashion company, which in addition to its self-titled retail chain also owns Bonobos and UpWest, announced Monday (April 22) that it has filed for...

Wearables
AR and VR Have Potential to Reshape Wearable Tech Landscape
April 22, 2024

Frequently integrated into wearable devices such as smart glasses and headsets, extended reality (XR) technology — encompassing augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) — is unlocking new levels of immersive experiences across sectors such as healthcare, retail and beyond. Take, for instance,...

Regulation
FI Operational Resiliency Goes Proactive as UK Regulations Loom
April 22, 2024

Bad things can happen to good companies. And with the news Friday (April 12) that instant money movement platform TabaPay is acquiring Synapse’s assets following the latter’s bankruptcy, operational resilience is increasingly top of mind for firms. Against a macro backdrop embattled by global pandemics and geopolitical tensions, the...

Investments
Payflows Raises $26 Million for All-In-One Finance Platform
April 22, 2024

French FinTech Payflows has raised $26 million for its all-in-one platform for finance teams. The company announced the funding on LinkedIn as it emerged from stealth Monday (April 22), saying that its platform would “set finance teams free from boring manual work.” In less than 18 months, Payflows said,...

B2B Payments
Zil US Enables Swedish Businesses to Open US Payment Accounts
April 22, 2024

Zil US said Monday (April 22) that its B2B payment platform facilitates global business growth by allowing Swedish entrepreneurs and freelancers to open U.S. payment accounts remotely. The platform also makes it easier for Swedish businesses to pay U.S. vendors, affiliates, employees and partners, the...

B2B Payments
GoCardless Integrates A2A Payments App With Intuit QuickBooks in US
April 22, 2024

Global bank payment company GoCardless has launched an integration with Intuit QuickBooks in the United States. This regional integration builds on the existing relationship the two companies have in the United Kingdom, GoCardless said in a Monday (April 22) press release. The GoCardless app allows...

Payment Methods
Tink Teams With Splitwise to Offer Pay-by-Bank
April 22, 2024

Visa-owned payments platform Tink has launched an open banking partnership with expense-sharing app Splitwise. The collaboration, announced Monday (April 22), brings Pay by Bank to Splitwise users, letting them make direct payments from within the Splitwise app, starting in the U.K. “We have always believed that...