Link Money and Alternative Airlines have joined forces to offer U.S. travelers a new and convenient way to pay for flights. This partnership aims to provide a seamless open banking payment experience, allowing customers to make payments directly from their bank accounts, the companies said in a Tuesday...
A massive data breach has shuttered Discord.io, an online messaging platform used by Discord members. “On the night of the 14th of August, Discord.io suffered a major data breach, resulting in content from our database being leaked to unknown actors,” said a message on the website Tuesday...
Small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) help economies across the world go ’round. But despite their significant contributions to global commerce, local SMEs have long been underserved by traditional financial institutions when it comes to their own cross-border payments and international expansion goals. “Most of the companies in...
At first glance, it might seem incongruous to mention the PYMNTS FinTech IPO Index and banks and M&A in the same sentence. The index itself is up 32% year to date. And so the logic might follow that if stock is currency on Wall Street —...
Petco has teamed with dog nutrition brand Ollie to bring human-grade dog food to Petco customers. The partnership, announced Tuesday (Aug. 15), offers pet parents access to a service previously available only via online, direct-to-consumer subscription, making Petco the first nationwide pet retailer selling Ollie’s...
Google is ready to launch its next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model, Gemini, this fall. The tech giant aims for Gemini to become the force that powers chatbot Bard, which competes with the likes of ChatGPT from Microsoft-backed OpenAI, as well as enterprise applications such as Google Docs and Slides, Seeking Alpha reported Tuesday (Aug. 15), citing...
X, formerly known as Twitter, is ending its promoted accounts offering. Promoted accounts, which are also known as “Follower Objective” ads, are one of the platform’s oldest ad formats and generate $100 million of its annual revenue, Axios reported Tuesday (Aug. 15), citing an unnamed...
America’s banking sector is creeping closer to a wide-ranging downgrade. That’s according to Fitch Ratings analyst Chris Wolfe, who told CNBC Tuesday (Aug. 15) that such a downgrade could even touch seemingly untouchable giants like JPMorgan Chase. Wolfe said Fitch lowered its assessment of the banking sector’s health in June,...
7-Eleven Australia is gearing up to roll out frictionless checkout in an effort to meet convenience store customers’ need for speed. In an emailed press release, the Australian branch of the global convenience retail giant shared that it is partnering with checkout technology company Grabango....
