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The RealReal Taps Personalized Messaging to Drive Loyalty
The RealReal Taps Personalized Messaging to Drive Loyalty
February 29, 2024  |  eCommerce

Amid ongoing consumer belt-tightening, The RealReal is seeing personalized messaging go a long way toward incentivizing spending. John Koryl, CEO of the luxury resale marketplace, shared...

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Barclays Veteran Marc Page to Join Metro Bank as CFO
Barclays Veteran Marc Page to Join Metro Bank as CFO
February 29, 2024  |  Personnel

Metro Bank has appointed Barclays veteran Marc Page as chief financial officer. Page will join the U.K. bank and its board Sept. 2, subject to regulatory approval, Metro Bank said...

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Frontsteps Adds Edenred Pay Invoice Processing to Community Management Platform
Frontsteps Adds Edenred Pay Invoice Processing to Community Management Platform
February 29, 2024  |  Partnerships

Edenred Pay and Frontsteps teamed to enhance the invoice approval experience and streamline the processing and payment of vendor invoices for community management companies. The partnership was announced by Edenred...

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Expanding Boundaries in Publishing: When Authors Collaborate with AI
Expanding Boundaries in Publishing: When Authors Collaborate with AI
February 29, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

A startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create books has raised $37 million in the latest sign of how machine learning is transforming the...

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G20 Lays Out Cross-Border Payments Roadmap
G20 Lays Out Cross-Border Payments Roadmap
February 29, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

In 2020, the G20 leaders endorsed a roadmap to improve cross-border payments experiences and infrastructure.  The goal was to make cross-border payments cheaper, faster, more transparent, and...

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Financially Secure Consumers Splurge on Travel
Financially Secure Consumers Splurge on Travel
February 29, 2024  |  Travel Payments

Travel is one of the top ways consumers with healthy financial safety nets treat themselves, PYMNTS Intelligence research finds, and airlines are reaping the benefits....

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Microsoft Updates Copilot to Bring AI to Finance Teams
Microsoft Updates Copilot to Bring AI to Finance Teams
February 29, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Microsoft has debuted a new offering for finance teams via its Copilot AI assistant. Copilot for Finance, announced Thursday (Feb. 29), joins the company’s Copilot for Sales and...

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CFPB Says Financial Product Comparison-Shopping Tools Must Present Unbiased Results
CFPB Says Financial Product Comparison-Shopping Tools Must Present Unbiased Results
February 29, 2024  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is working to crack down on companies that operate comparison-shopping tools for financial products and manipulate the results. The CFPB issued...

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PayCargo and Rippey AI Partner to Automate Payments in Logistics Industry
PayCargo and Rippey AI Partner to Automate Payments in Logistics Industry
February 29, 2024  |  Partnerships

PayCargo and Rippey AI have partnered to connect artificial intelligence (AI) with both payable and receivable invoices in the logistics industry. By doing so, they aim to connect...

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