March 01, 2024
Auto Loans Go Green to Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption

Following a record-breaking 2022, marked by the sale of over 10 million electric cars worldwide, the electric vehicle market has hit a speed bump in the United States, experiencing a downturn in recent...

March 01, 2024
How D2C Brands Can Harness GenAI for Laser-Targeted Searches

As direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands look to improve the digital experience to drive conversion, children’s sleepwear brand Bellabu Bear is seeing generative artificial intelligence (AI) open up new avenues to boost...

March 01, 2024
Mastercard and Loop Partner on Credit Cards, Payments in Saudi...

Mastercard partnered with Loop, a digital payments technology company licensed by the Saudi Central Bank, to launch credit card and payment solutions in Saudi Arabia. Loop will use Mastercard’s technology and expertise to...

March 01, 2024
Mastercard and MTN Group Partner on Mobile Payments in Africa

Mastercard and MTN Group Fintech have partnered to help consumers and small businesses across Africa transact through mobile payments. With this partnership, Mastercard’s technology will support MTN’s FinTech platform, which...

March 01, 2024
FIs Reckon With Rising Fraud Rates in Run-Up to Real-Time...

Financial institutions are beset on all sides. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “New Data: FIs Cooling on Open Banking but Still on Course for Real-Time Payments” found that more than a...

March 01, 2024
Volkswagen Expects Slower Growth Amid Macroeconomic Challenges

Volkswagen Group expects its sales revenue growth to slow in 2024. The automaker said in a Friday (March 1) press release that it expects sales revenue to grow “up to”...

March 01, 2024
This Week in AI: A Battle for Humanity or Profits?

There’s some in-fighting going on in the artificial intelligence (AI) world, and one prominent billionaire claims the future of the human race is at stake. Elon Musk is taking legal...

March 01, 2024
Carvana Revises Lending Rules Amid Industry-Wide Rise in Delinquencies

Online car retailer Carvana is tightening its lending standards in response to higher delinquency rates. The company is requiring higher down payments from customers and placing limits on maximum payments,...

March 01, 2024
Ocado CEO: ‘It’s Amazing’ How Many eGrocers Botch the Basics

As digital merchants compete for consumers’ growing online grocery spending, Ocado Group said one of the biggest challenges to driving penetration across the industry is key players’ ongoing failure to deliver items...