In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, the U.K. restates its wish to become a global crypto hub, while an EU official calls on Europe’s parliament to adopt new crypto trading regulations. Also, pan-African VC fund Launch Africa raises $36.3...
For business travelers, 2019 is looking more and more like a high-water mark. We may all be looking forward to being face to face in the age of vaccinations, as COVID-19 case counts are well off peaks. Companies want to keep vendor relationships intact, and...
When employees must pay their expenses out of pocket and get reimbursed later, the process isn’t just tedious — it’s expensive too. As a result, there’s a continuing transition away from legacy solutions. Providing a better solution is the challenge Torpago set out to solve...
FinTech infrastructure platform Jeeves raised $180 million in a Series C funding round led by China’s Tencent that puts the startup’s valuation at an estimated $2.1 billion, according to a blog post on Tuesday (March 22). Additional backers in the round include GIC, Stanford University,...
March 09, 2023
The viral success of ChatGPT points to the huge potential of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools to be a major game-changer for businesses. In the spend management space, for example, Jamie Anderson, chief revenue officer at U.S.-based global spend optimization firm Emburse, said AI could be transformative, helping firms that have gathered years’ worth of […]
May 13, 2022
For business travelers, 2019 is looking more and more like a high-water mark. We may all be looking forward to being face to face in the age of vaccinations, as...
March 22, 2022
FinTech infrastructure platform Jeeves raised $180 million in a Series C funding round led by China’s Tencent that puts the startup’s valuation at an estimated $2.1 billion, according to a blog post on Tuesday (March 22). Additional backers in the round include GIC, Stanford University, a16z, CRV, Silicon Valley Bank, FT Partners, Clocktower Ventures, Urban […]
January 17, 2019
Square announced Thursday (Jan. 17) the Square Card, a business debit Mastercard aimed at helping businesses manage cash flow. In a press release, the payments company said Square Card users get...
November 08, 2018
American Express announced on Thursday (Nov. 8) the launch of its new Business Gold Card, which comes with four times Membership Rewards points on the top two categories that the...
July 31, 2018
It’s been 50 years since the U.K. got its first commercial card product, and to celebrate, Barclays released a report highlighting how business spending has evolved in the last half-century....
