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Expedia Aims to Capture Travel Planning in Addition to Booking
Expedia Aims to Capture Travel Planning in Addition to Booking
December 18, 2023  |  Travel Payments

Personal travel website Expedia aims to use artificial intelligence (AI) to change the way people plan their trips and vacations. The company is looking to...

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Treyd Expands Inventory Financing Solution to Ireland 
Treyd Expands Inventory Financing Solution to Ireland 
December 18, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Swedish-based FinTech company Treyd has expanded its “sell first, pay suppliers later” service to Ireland.  “This marks a fantastic opportunity for Irish SMEs [small- to medium-sized enterprises]...

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IBM Pays $2 Billion for Software AG’s StreamSets and webMethods
IBM Pays $2 Billion for Software AG’s StreamSets and webMethods
December 18, 2023  |  Acquisitions

IBM will pay $2 billion to purchase Software AG’s enterprise technology platforms StreamSets and webMethods. “Together with IBM’s watsonx AI and data platform, as well as its application...

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Open Banking Acceptance Varies Across Generations
Open Banking Acceptance Varies Across Generations
December 18, 2023  |  Disbursements

Open banking is on the rise. By enabling the sharing of customer financial data between banks and third-party service providers through application programming interfaces (APIs),...

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AI’s First Year: How Voice Reshaped the Conversational Ecosystem
AI’s First Year: How Voice Reshaped the Conversational Ecosystem
December 18, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

We live during one of the most connected periods of human history. And that is a trend that is only set to accelerate, particularly now...

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Adobe and Figma Jettison $20 Billion Deal Amid Regulatory Pressure
Adobe and Figma Jettison $20 Billion Deal Amid Regulatory Pressure
December 18, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Adobe abandoned its $20 billion purchase of designer platform Figma over regulatory roadblocks. The decision, announced Monday (Dec. 18), came hours after reports that Adobe...

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Gen X Has the Most Debt at 4X Their Disposable Incomes
Gen X Has the Most Debt at 4X Their Disposable Incomes
December 18, 2023  |  Debt

Consumers often feel pressured to maintain a standard of living, which can be difficult in uncertain economic times with higher prices and interest rates. Keeping...

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Alternative Payments Adds Collections Support for B2B Payments
Alternative Payments Adds Collections Support for B2B Payments
December 18, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Alternative Payments has launched a product designed to improve the accounts receivable (AR) collections process for services companies.  The new Collections Assist product joins the company’s B2B...

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Lawmakers Say EU Regulations Unfairly Target US Tech Companies
Lawmakers Say EU Regulations Unfairly Target US Tech Companies
December 18, 2023  |  Regulation

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers reportedly wrote a letter to President Joe Biden expressing concerns that the European Union’s digital regulations unfairly target American...

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