In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, Poland investigates Apple; a U.K. buy now, pay later (BNPL) startup for car repairs snags $12 million from Porsche and Jaguar; the omicron variant triggers restrictions in Norway; Pecunpay is the first Spanish issuer of...
Subscriptions are retaining their strength as “everything-as-a-service” (XaaS) joins the post-COVID chorus of business models that seem tailor-made for these strange days. PYMNTS’ July 2020 Subscription Commerce Conversion Index, done in collaboration with Recurly, shows how well subscription services are performing during the pandemic. Our July Index, which measures merchants’...
Roadside assistance startup Urgent.ly has raised $21 million in a Series B round that included venture arms of BMW, Porsche and Jaguar Land Rover. Urgent.ly’s platform supports roadside assistance services in North America, Europe and Asia, using artificial intelligence and geo-location to connect drivers, service...
The CEO of Jaguar Land Rover has warned that key industries will be destroyed by a hard Brexit. Last month it was reported that the U.K. is making preparations in case a Brexit deal doesn’t go through by the March 2019 deadline. In July, Brussels rejected the U.K.’s...
July 04, 2023
According to estimates from the American Automobile Association (AAA), a record number of Americans — 43.2 million people — are expected to be traveling by car this July Fourth weekend. And as connected and autonomous vehicles gain in popularity, the greater is the chance that more of these connected cars will hit the road this […]
July 10, 2020
Subscriptions are retaining their strength as “everything-as-a-service” (XaaS) joins the post-COVID chorus of business models that seem tailor-made for these strange days. PYMNTS’ July 2020 Subscription Commerce Conversion Index, done in collaboration...
January 28, 2019
Roadside assistance startup Urgent.ly has raised $21 million in a Series B round that included venture arms of BMW, Porsche and Jaguar Land Rover. Urgent.ly’s platform supports roadside assistance services in North America, Europe and Asia, using artificial intelligence and geo-location to connect drivers, service providers and automotive manufacturers in order to provide the fastest […]
October 22, 2018
The CEO of Jaguar Land Rover has warned that key industries will be destroyed by a hard Brexit. Last month it was reported that the U.K. is making preparations in...
March 28, 2018
Waymo, the self-driving vehicle unit of Alphabet, and car maker Jaguar Land Rover announced news on Tuesday (March 27) of a new partnership to create what they are calling the world’s first...
February 15, 2017
Owners of a new Jaguar have an additional reason to feel superior to other drivers. Going forward, with a tap of the touchscreen on their cars’ digital dashboards, they will...
