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Google Hires Headspace Exec Megan Jones Bell for Mental Health Focus

Google Hires Headspace Exec Megan Jones Bell for Mental Health Focus
Google Hires Headspace Exec Megan Jones Bell for Mental Health Focus
October 26, 2021  |  Personnel

Google has hired Megan Jones Bell, former Headspace chief strategy and science officer, to lead its push into the mental health space as clinical director...

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Citi Offers Digital Bill Payment Through RTP Network
Citi Offers Digital Bill Payment Through RTP Network
October 26, 2021  |  Faster Payments

Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) division has begun to allow digital bill payment through the RTP network, The Clearing House’s (TCH) real-time payment network,...

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62% of Firms That Automated Accounts Receivable Report DSO Improvement
62% of Firms That Automated Accounts Receivable Report DSO Improvement
October 26, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Managing accounts receivable (AR) struggles in a remote working environment is not without its challenges, as many companies have learned during the pandemic, but automation has helped...

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Fleet Operators Tap Connected Solutions to Speak Efficiency, Safety to Drivers 
Fleet Operators Tap Connected Solutions to Speak Efficiency, Safety to Drivers 
October 26, 2021  |  Transportation

Efficiency and safety are always important to commercial fleet operators, but increasingly busy schedules triggered by supply chain challenges and a shortage of drivers have...

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Latest Provider Ranking of Telemedicine Apps Takes Temperature of a Sector
Latest Provider Ranking of Telemedicine Apps Takes Temperature of a Sector
October 26, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

You can’t be too healthy, nor can you be too “tele-healthy.” Allow us to explain. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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UAE’s Mashreq, Visa Collaborate on Corporate Expense Platform
UAE’s Mashreq, Visa Collaborate on Corporate Expense Platform
October 26, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The United Arab Emirates’ Mashreq Bank is working with Visa on a digital reconciliation platform that can track, trace and analyze company expense accounts, The...

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Meal Delivery Service RealEats Wraps $16M Series A
Meal Delivery Service RealEats Wraps $16M Series A
October 26, 2021  |  Investments

RealEats has just raised some real money. The meal delivery service announced on Tuesday (Oct. 26) that it had concluded a $16.3 million Series A...

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Today in Healthcare: Prime and Synchrony Expand Relationship; Online Billing Helps Senior Living; Anomaly Grabs $17M
Today in Healthcare: Prime and Synchrony Expand Relationship; Online Billing Helps Senior Living; Anomaly Grabs...
October 26, 2021  |  Healthcare

Today in healthcare, 23andMe buys Lemonaid Health for $400 million, and Prime and Synchrony expand healthcare financing offering. Plus, online billing makes things easier for...

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Gearing up to Go Public, Sweetgreen’s Aggressive Digital Efforts May Be Misdirected
Gearing up to Go Public, Sweetgreen’s Aggressive Digital Efforts May Be Misdirected
October 26, 2021  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Sweetgreen may be making major investments in digitizing its restaurants, but for a restaurant chain so focused on technology, it has made some odd choices...

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