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What Will It Take To Get Back To A Pre-COVID-19 Economy? A Vaccine
What Will It Take To Get Back To A Pre-COVID-19 Economy? A Vaccine
April 06, 2020  |  Coronavirus

For technologists and those in the payments arena, a fast-moving world is standard operating procedure. Today’s shiniest innovation will be old hat in six months –...

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How Yogo’s BNPL Offerings Cater To Younger Consumers’ Shopping Preferences
How Yogo’s BNPL Offerings Cater To Younger Consumers’ Shopping Preferences
April 06, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

The COVID-19 outbreak and resulting social distancing mandates are driving gyms to close and citizens to take their exercise indoors. But with unemployment skyrocketing, financing...

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Airbnb Drops Internal Valuation 16 Pct Amid Pandemic
Airbnb Drops Internal Valuation 16 Pct Amid Pandemic
April 03, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Short-term rental site Airbnb has lowered its internal valuation to $26 billion, a 16 percent drop, as business continue to be hammered by lockdowns, Reuters...

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Marriott Data Breach Exposed Data Of 5.2M Guests
Marriott Data Breach Exposed Data Of 5.2M Guests
March 31, 2020  |  Safety and Security

Marriott International experienced a massive data breach in an “incident” that involved a property system. The hotel firm said in a notice that it “at...

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ReloQuest Expands On-Demand Business Travel Housing Tool
ReloQuest Expands On-Demand Business Travel Housing Tool
March 26, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Temporary housing solution ReloQuest’s new RQ PRO automated platform aims to boost the company’s ability to offer temporary business housing with a host of new...

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Groupon Names Interim CEO
Groupon Names Interim CEO
March 25, 2020  |  eCommerce

Groupon‘s board of directors replaced CEO Rich Williams Wednesday (March 25), just a month after the eCommerce company posted a lackluster earnings report and vowed...

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Airbnb Hosts Turn To Long-Term Rentals To Stay Afloat
Airbnb Hosts Turn To Long-Term Rentals To Stay Afloat
March 25, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Airbnb hosts looking for alternatives to their usual operations while the coronavirus stalls the economy have begun listing their properties on other sites, according to...

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PE Firms Look For Investments Among Hard-hit Travel Sectors
PE Firms Look For Investments Among Hard-hit Travel Sectors
March 25, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Despite the massive upheavals in the world economy and droves of people laid off, private equity companies are looking to swoop in and invest in...

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How Emerging Travel Group Uses AI To Weather Fraud Turbulence
How Emerging Travel Group Uses AI To Weather Fraud Turbulence
March 23, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

With the global travel industry expected to lose $11 billion to fraud this year, online travel agents (OTAs) must safeguard against threats across multiple channels....

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