AOL, a titan of dial-up internet’s heyday, could reportedly be up for sale. The company’s private equity firm owner Apollo Global Management, is considering a sale after hearing interest from a buyer, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Sept. 16), citing sources familiar with...
Affirm has announced partnerships in which it will power pay-over-time options for two software platforms for service providers: ServiceTitan, which serves commercial and residential trades, and Vagaro, which serves beauty, wellness and fitness businesses. The integration of Affirm with ServiceTitan’s digital payments solution will enable contractors to...
Cryptocurrency company MoonPay says it has acquired payment firm Meso. “This acquisition represents a major milestone in our evolution to a global payments network connecting banks, card networks, stablecoins and blockchains under a unified regulatory framework,” the company said in its announcement Monday (Sept. 15)....
Microsoft and OpenAI are getting close to an agreement on the future of their partnership. The companies said in a joint statement released Thursday (Sept. 11): “Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the next phase of our partnership. We are actively...
Specialist payments orchestration platform Paytently launched an open banking partnership with Mastercard. Paytently Open Banking is an account-to-account payment option powered by Mastercard Open Finance, the company said in a news release Thursday (Sept. 11). Customers who use the option at checkout can pay directly...
American Express and UPS are launching offers aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). “UPS and American Express have both been trusted for over a century. Bringing our expertise together creates a powerful ecosystem for small businesses,” UPS Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer Matt Guffey said in a Wednesday...
Uber has launched a restaurant industry-focused partnership with embedded capital products FinTech Pipe. This collaboration, announced Wednesday (Sept. 10), is designed to help restaurants access working capital in a time of increased pessimism in the hospitality sector. According to a news release, the partnership lets eligible U.S. restaurants access...
Human capital management company Paychex has launched a partnership with BILL. This collaboration, announced Wednesday (Sept. 10), combines BILL’s Bill Pay tool with Paychex Flex, providing small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) an integrated service for payroll, human resources and accounts payable. “During a time when...
Agentic commerce company firmly.ai has launched a partnership with affiliate marketing provider CJ. The collaboration will offer CJ’s network of publishers and merchants turnkey access to “seamless shopping experiences” for consumers and thus open “new revenue streams, real‑time attribution, and frictionless checkout across every emerging...