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Affirm Teams With American Airlines to Bring BNPL Option to Travelers

Affirm Teams With American Airlines to Bring BNPL Option to Travelers
Affirm Teams With American Airlines to Bring BNPL Option to Travelers
October 27, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup Affirm is partnering with American Airlines to bring flexible payments to eligible travelers so they can pay for flights...

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Donning Many Hats, the CFO Must Play a Vital Role in Business Digitization
Donning Many Hats, the CFO Must Play a Vital Role in Business Digitization
October 27, 2021  |  CFO

Alongside Virta Health’s work in trying to cure type 2 diabetes, the CFO of this virtual healthcare startup keeps busy finding solutions for a range...

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The Technologies That Are Transforming AP and AR
The Technologies That Are Transforming AP and AR
October 27, 2021  |  Digital Payments

In “The Way Payments Are Now Done,” 33 payment executives discuss what payments’ “new normal” looks like. Anthony Venus, chief strategy and product officer, accounts...

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McDonald’s Aims to Leverage Loyalty to Grow Its Known Customer Base 8X
McDonald’s Aims to Leverage Loyalty to Grow Its Known Customer Base 8X
October 27, 2021  |  Loyalty & Rewards

About four months after the nationwide rollout of MyMcDonald’s Rewards, the quick-service restaurant (QSR) giant is seeing a bump in customer frequency where the program...

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Blockchain Platform Partior Begins Supporting Cross-Border Payments 
Blockchain Platform Partior Begins Supporting Cross-Border Payments 
October 27, 2021  |  Global Payments

Partior, the blockchain-based clearing/settlement platform backed by JPMorgan and the government of Singapore, has begun supporting cross-border payments.  Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Google Health Revamps With 3-Pronged Focus on Doctors, Diagnostics and Data
Google Health Revamps With 3-Pronged Focus on Doctors, Diagnostics and Data
October 27, 2021  |  Healthcare

The connected healthcare ecosystem is coming together in fits and starts, with Big Tech players increasing efforts to grow into the sector with new cloud,...

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Swiss Re Grabs 23% of Paytm Insuretech for $122.6M 
Swiss Re Grabs 23% of Paytm Insuretech for $122.6M 
October 27, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Digital payments and financial services firm Paytm on Wednesday (Oct. 27) announced that Switzerland-based reinsurance platform Swiss Re will purchase a 23% stake of Paytm...

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Mastercard Earnings: Credit Growth Points to Consumer Confidence Beyond Spending ‘Cash on Hand’
Mastercard Earnings: Credit Growth Points to Consumer Confidence Beyond Spending ‘Cash on Hand’
October 27, 2021  |  Earnings

On the heels of Visa’s latest earnings report, payments network Mastercard is on tap to deliver earnings on Thursday morning (Oct. 28) that will likely...

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Retailers Push Curbside, In-Store Pickup to Fight Delivery Inefficiencies
Retailers Push Curbside, In-Store Pickup to Fight Delivery Inefficiencies
October 27, 2021  |  Retail

As retailers gear up to get people their orders throughout the holiday season — hopefully without the delays experienced last year — many are tacitly...

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