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Cities Say Business Travel Revenue Has Yet to Return

Cities Say Business Travel Revenue Has Yet to Return
Cities Say Business Travel Revenue Has Yet to Return
October 16, 2022  |  Travel Payments

Tourist-heavy cities have seen more revenue from taxes on overnight hotel stays compared to other cities relying on business travel. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Digital Wallets Account for 20% of All In-Store Payments in Germany, Highest in EU-5
Digital Wallets Account for 20% of All In-Store Payments in Germany, Highest in EU-5
October 16, 2022  |  Payment Methods

With nearly 29 billion debit and credit cards in circulation worldwide, cards power the digital economy. But as consumers warm up to alternatives, other payment...

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FinTech One Finance Debuts BNPL Solution In Egypt
FinTech One Finance Debuts BNPL Solution In Egypt
October 16, 2022  |  BNPL

Integrated financial services platform One Finance has announced that it is rolling out a new buy now, pay later (BNPL) product for the Egyptian market,...

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Today in Crypto: High School Hacker to Pay $22M in AT&T Case
Today in Crypto: High School Hacker to Pay $22M in AT&T Case
October 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Twenty-year-old crypto hacker Ellis Pinsky will have to pay $22 million to the victim of his scheme, crypto investor Michael Terpin, Coindesk wrote. Get the...

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Meta’s Horizon puttering as Consumers Reportedly Don’t Return
Meta’s Horizon puttering as Consumers Reportedly Don’t Return
October 16, 2022  |  Meta

Meta is having some trouble selling its metaverse concept, facing headwinds including glitches, uninterested users and not much clarity on what it will take to...

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CFTC’s Romero Wants New Definitions for Retail Investors
CFTC’s Romero Wants New Definitions for Retail Investors
October 16, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero said the agency needs to look at how it sets rules for retail investors, as it...

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Bahrain Pins Digital Leader Hopes On New Telecoms Innovation License
Bahrain Pins Digital Leader Hopes On New Telecoms Innovation License
October 16, 2022  |  Mena

Having pioneered one of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s first FinTech regulatory sandboxes, the Gulf state of Bahrain has recently moved to...

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3 Food Trends That’ll Never Be the Same
3 Food Trends That’ll Never Be the Same
October 15, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

You could call it the rise of the super-duper market, but however you choose to frame it, the proposed tie-up between Kroger and Albertsons is...

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Metaverse VP Bails to Lead Stripe’s Revenue and Financial Management
Metaverse VP Bails to Lead Stripe’s Revenue and Financial Management
October 14, 2022  |  Personnel

A vice president of Meta’s virtual reality (VR) social platform Horizon Worlds is now over at Stripe working with a new product team. Get the...

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