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Report: Digital ID’s Role In Boosting Trust In The Sharing Economy

Report: Digital ID’s Role In Boosting Trust In The Sharing Economy
Report: Digital ID’s Role In Boosting Trust In The Sharing Economy
September 15, 2020  |  Authentication

More than 32 million U.S. consumers move every year, with the major moving season ending in September. Consumers who use storage sharing platforms to stash...

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What To Expect From Apple’s Big Tuesday Event
What To Expect From Apple’s Big Tuesday Event
September 15, 2020  |  Apple

Fall is here, a fact made obvious if not by the weather than by the rapid proliferation of pumpkin spice-flavored products, the legion of cottage...

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New Funding For Custom Spreadsheets Puts Airtable At $2.5B Valuation
New Funding For Custom Spreadsheets Puts Airtable At $2.5B Valuation
September 14, 2020  |  Investments

Airtable, a spreadsheet startup, ended a funding round with a new valuation of $2.5 billion, according to Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Hotels.com Debuts Loyalty Program Visa Card
Hotels.com Debuts Loyalty Program Visa Card
September 14, 2020  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Hotels.com has launched a credit card to help users access rewards, according to CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Ex-Uber Jump Manager Joins Amazon’s eBike Unit
Ex-Uber Jump Manager Joins Amazon’s eBike Unit
September 14, 2020  |  Personnel

Amazon has poached former Uber manager Alex Vickers and Justin Ginsburgh, known for starting New York’s Citi Bike bikeshare service, to helm its eBike delivery...

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Liberia’s Lonestar Cell, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittances
Liberia’s Lonestar Cell, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittances
September 14, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

Liberia-based mobile financial services firm Lonestar Cell is partnering with WorldRemit to offer customers mobile remittances straight to their Lonestar Cell MTN Mobile Money (MoMo)...

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Gaming Platforms Betting On ‘The Metaverse’ As Next Internet
Gaming Platforms Betting On ‘The Metaverse’ As Next Internet
September 14, 2020  |  Omnicommerce

Our first glimpse of the not-so-distant future of handheld tech was ‘the communicator’ on TV’s “Star Trek” in the late 1960s, providing science fiction’s vision...

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Klarna Valued At $10.65B After $650M Funding Round
Klarna Valued At $10.65B After $650M Funding Round
September 14, 2020  |  Investments

Private equity firm Silver Lake is leading a group in a $650 million investment in buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Klarna, according to a...

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