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August 31, 2023
Visa Canada Appoints Dan Iwachiw as Head of Products

Visa Canada announced in an email Thursday (Aug. 31) to PYMNTS that Dan Iwachiw is now the vice president and head of Canada Products. An industry veteran with 20+ years in the financial...


August 31, 2023
Ivy Secures $20 Million in Funding to Expand Global Open...

Berlin-based startup Ivy has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its global network for open banking payments. “Ivy is building a network of networks for instant bank payments,” Ivy...


August 31, 2023
Australian Antitrust Watchdog Sues Qantas Over Ticket Sales

Australian airline Qantas has been hit with a lawsuit from the country’s competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), for allegedly selling tickets for flights it had already...


August 31, 2023
Temporary Employment Declines as Workers Migrate to Permanent Roles

Temporary employment is reportedly experiencing a decline in the United States as workers and employers alike shift to permanent positions. Although a decline in temporary employment was once considered a...


August 31, 2023
5 Things to Know About the US Consumer as Spending...

We’re spending money as fast as we can make it — and even faster, it seems. The latest government release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on personal income and outlays...


August 31, 2023
Inlogik and Conferma Pay Partner on Solution for Business Travelers

Inlogik and Conferma Pay have partnered to introduce a solution for business travelers that aims to simplify and automate the reconciliation of hotel expenses using virtual card technology. By leveraging this service, businesses...


August 31, 2023
Streaming as an Indulgence Sees Spend Across Financial Lifestyles

Despite budgetary constraints, extra spend in certain discretionary categories may go a long way for the consumer mindset. When faced with decisions about which services stay and which go, consumers...


August 31, 2023
Nibblers Beware: Antitrust on Site

The DOJ and FTC have shown renewed interest in probing the potential anticompetitive effects of a series of acquisitions by an individual company. Once a focus of judicial attention, as...


August 30, 2023
FinTech Upgrade Expands Services to Include Consumer Auto Loans

Upgrade is expanding its services to include consumer auto loans. To kickstart its auto lending business, the San Francisco-based FinTech company will initially make its offering available to a group of...


Global Merchants' Guide To Latin America
QR Code Payments Woo LatAm Region's Mobile-First Travelers Latin American consumers are ready to tour and travel once again, only now they insist on taking digital and mobile payments along for the ride. In the Global Merchants’ Guide To Latin America, a PYMNTS and EBANX collaboration, Jessy Caiado, co-founder of Peruvian dining tour company Exquisito Perú, explains how travel merchants can satisfy the region’s increasingly mobile-first consumers with QR code-based payments.
2023-2024 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index: LAC Edition
Middle Market CFOs in Latin America See Working Capital as Strategic Tool The 70% of CFOs in Latin America who used working capital report being better able to meet customer demand and capitalize on new opportunities. The 2023–2024 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index: LAC Edition,” a collaboration with Visa, details what sets these CFOs apart from their peers in other regions.