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Today In Payments Around The World: UK’s Taster Lands $37 Million; Finland’s Oura Health Eyes Possible $800 Million Valuation
Today In Payments Around The World: UK’s Taster Lands $37 Million; Finland’s Oura Health Eyes...
April 30, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, Taster has notched a $37 million cash infusion from several outside investors, while Oura Health Oy is...

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Travel Apps ‘Move It Or Lose It’ In Latest Provider Ranking  
Travel Apps ‘Move It Or Lose It’ In Latest Provider Ranking  
April 29, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Travel Apps traverses the known digital world, occasionally going off-road and off-the-grid in rating apps that take us to wondrous places...

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TravelPerk Raises $160 Million Series D To Accelerate Global Growth
TravelPerk Raises $160 Million Series D To Accelerate Global Growth
April 29, 2021  |  Investments

Global travel management platform TravelPerk said on Thursday (April 29) that it has raised $160 million in Series D debt funding and equity to fuel the...

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Wyndham First-Quarter Earnings Led By Rooms-Only Operations
Wyndham First-Quarter Earnings Led By Rooms-Only Operations
April 29, 2021  |  Earnings

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts posted mixed results for the first quarter of this year, with a decline in overall revenue, but an increase in its...

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Today In Payments: Visa Teams With Airbnb On Faster Host Payments; Fiserv Delivers POS QR Codes With PayPal And Venmo
Today In Payments: Visa Teams With Airbnb On Faster Host Payments; Fiserv Delivers POS QR...
April 28, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Airbnb hosts can now use Visa Direct to up their cash flow, and Fiserv is teaming with PayPal and Venmo to...

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Visa Teams With Airbnb To Facilitate Faster Host Payments
Visa Teams With Airbnb To Facilitate Faster Host Payments
April 28, 2021  |  VISA

 Visa and Airbnb are teaming up to help hosts improve their cash flow with the ability to get paid and move funds into their bank...

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Vaccine Passports Uncertain As Travel Enthusiasm Remains High
Vaccine Passports Uncertain As Travel Enthusiasm Remains High
April 27, 2021  |  Coronavirus

While SARS-CoV-2 has stolen most of the headlines for the past year, there’s another bug that’s beginning to spread amongst Americans: the travel bug. According...

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Icelandair, Cover Genius Team To Provide Travelers With ‘Covid Plus’ Medical Cover
Icelandair, Cover Genius Team To Provide Travelers With ‘Covid Plus’ Medical Cover
April 27, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Icelandair has collaborated with InsurTech firm Cover Genius to provide an embedded “Covid Plus” Cover for their global customers, according to an announcement emailed to...

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JetBlue Sees Step-Up In Demand For Leisure Travel Amid Pandemic Recovery
JetBlue Sees Step-Up In Demand For Leisure Travel Amid Pandemic Recovery
April 27, 2021  |  Earnings

JetBlue Airways Corporation reported that its first quarter 2021 revenue was down 61 percent from the first quarter of 2019 because of the pandemic’s impact. Get...

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