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Today in the Connected Economy: TikTok Debuts New Ad Features
Connected Economy // August 18, 2022

Today in the connected economy, TikTok rolls out new features to help brands advertise their wares on the popular social media platform. Plus, PYMNTS looks at the prevalence of Apple Pay, and Grubhub teams with Bank of America to offer cardholders free Grubhub+ membership. TikTok...

Ongoing Apple Pay Outage Stops Users From Accessing eWallet, Paying Bills
Apple Pay // April 27, 2020

An outage at Apple prevented users from paying their bills and accessing other features on Sunday, April 26. However, the tech giant said the issue had been solved by the end of the day Sunday. The outage started at around 8:45 a.m. Users couldn’t lock...

Apple Will Pay Contracted Janitors And Bus Drivers During Shutdown
Coronavirus // March 31, 2020

Contractors with Apple who work in janitorial, bus driving and other such fields will be paid during the coronavirus shutdown, in a reversal from the tech giant’s previous position. A company spokesperson said the hundreds of contract workers who perform essential jobs on the tech...

Uber CEO To Trump: Gig Workforce Needs Relief
Coronavirus // March 23, 2020

Gig economy workers suffering from lost wages due to the coronavirus are seeking relief from the federal government, as they are independent contractors and aren’t eligible for unemployment. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote a letter to President Donald Trump on Monday (March 23) asking him...

Interviews & Exclusives
Push to Card Offers Cost, Speed Benefits For Global Money Transfers

September 14, 2023
In the quest to make end-to-end money movement faster, secure and frictionless across borders, Ruben Salazar, Global Head of Visa Direct and Abdul Abdulkerimov, Paysend chairman and co-founder, say simplicity is key. That shared goal is a key part of the reason why Visa and Paysend are strengthening their strategic collaboration to enable Paysend’s customers globally to send money in […]

Eyeing Bad Behavior and Stopping Payments Fraud

June 08, 2017
Behavioral analytics and machine learning can combine to root out fraud that is getting ever faster and harder to detect— even as payments go global and of course, are ever...

Quick Reads
Ongoing Apple Pay Outage Stops Users From Accessing eWallet, Paying Bills

April 27, 2020
An outage at Apple prevented users from paying their bills and accessing other features on Sunday, April 26. However, the tech giant said the issue had been solved by the end of the day Sunday. The outage started at around 8:45 a.m. Users couldn’t lock or unlock their physical cards and couldn’t request new numbers […]

Apple Will Pay Contracted Janitors And Bus Drivers During Shutdown

March 31, 2020
Contractors with Apple who work in janitorial, bus driving and other such fields will be paid during the coronavirus shutdown, in a reversal from the tech giant’s previous position. A...

Uber CEO To Trump: Gig Workforce Needs Relief

March 23, 2020
Gig economy workers suffering from lost wages due to the coronavirus are seeking relief from the federal government, as they are independent contractors and aren’t eligible for unemployment. Uber CEO...

BankLabs Launches +Pay To Speed Up Payments

February 21, 2018
BankLabs, a firm providing mobile technology products for community banks, announced Tuesday (Feb. 20) that it had launched its +Pay offering. In a press release, BankLabs said the new product...