November 17, 2022
National Retail Solutions, Uber Partner on Delivery for Neighborhood Stores

Point-of-sale (POS) platform operator National Retail Solutions (NRS) and Uber Technologies have partnered to facilitate delivery from participating NRS local retailers and bodegas.  The partnership will offer Uber Direct’s same-day...

November 17, 2022
Qatar World Cup Boosts Ride-Hailing, Food Delivery Demand Across MENA

Ahead of the World Cup opening ceremony on Sunday (Nov. 20), soccer fans from around the globe have been arriving in Qatar, giving an economic boost to the country’s tourism...

November 17, 2022
Mandated Interoperability: The Cure is Worse than the Disease

Interoperability is an essential mechanism of modern communication. However, not all interoperability is benign or efficiency-enhancing. Interoperability has an alternative role as a tool of regulatory policy for granting access...

November 15, 2022
Digitization of Rail Transport Enables Seamless Journeys for Europe’s Passengers

Just like consumers now expect to be able to book a single journey with multiple airlines in one transaction, rail booking platforms like Trainline and Omio have become essential tools...

November 14, 2022
Uber Travel Expands to 10,000+ Cities

Uber has expanded its Uber Travel service to 10,000 cities, part of a suite of new services, as the company and its competitors look to diversify their offerings. The service...

November 12, 2022
US Judge Blocks Albertsons’ $4B Payout In Kroger Fight, Again

Albertsons’ investors hoping for their share of a promised $4 billion payment must wait at least another week for a payout bound up in a controversial merger with rival Kroger.  On Thursday,...

November 12, 2022
Faster Pay, Faster Food, Faster Checkout; A Quick Read on...

The need for speed. It’s everywhere these days.    From 5G cell phones to high-speed internet, from nano-second stock trading to instant Venmo payments to friends and more.  The “want-it-now” culture...

November 09, 2022
Aggregators Step Up Efforts to Offer Everything On-Demand

Leading U.S. food delivery service DoorDash is expanding its selection of cosmetics, a lightweight, high-cost category that racks-up large order values while taking up minimal space in drivers’ cars. In a...

November 09, 2022
Payments Experts Say Embedded Finance Still in Early Innings

Say the term “embedded payments,” and thoughts typically wander to the consumer side of commerce to such things as the invisible transactions in the background of an Uber ride or...