Новости за 15.02.2021

The concept of the B2B marketplaces is nothing new — in fact, it’s an idea that had its roots in the late 1990s and early 2000s when Ariba and Commerce One and many others took a shot at organizing buyers and suppliers online for the purpose of discovering each other and doing business. Like many […]

Paying for healthcare is a unique experience for many reasons. But at the top is the fact that for the majority of patients, price is never something they are quite clear on until long after they’ve had the service and it comes time to pay the bill. No other experience in commerce is quite like […]

Before the pandemic, the long-term rental market’s demographic was fairly well defined. It was made up of business travelers on location for an extended but temporary period. Consultants, corporate travelers and people relocating for business needed a place to stay while they found more permanent accommodations. That all changed quickly as national borders started to […]

There are plenty of meal solutions out there to make home dining more convenient — microwave meals, meal kit subscription services, ready-to-cook meals from restaurants. However, with some exceptions, they tend to offer a tradeoff between convenience and quality. Microwave dinners sacrifice freshness for immediacy while cooking from meal kits can often be almost as […]

High-touch experiences are less than desirable in most any area of commerce in the pandemic era. In fact, PYMNTS research shows more than three-quarters of United States consumers are now aware of contactless payments, representing a 25 percent year-over-year increase. Of the consumers who are now willing to use them, 83 percent say they would […]

For almost a year now, restaurants have been struggling. Amid widespread closures and job losses, there were times when it seemed difficult to have hope for the industry. Now, however, as vaccines roll out across the country, key players are placing big bets on the future of restaurants — $2 billion bets, specifically. Andrew Robbins, […]

A California resident, Calvin Cheng, is suing T-Mobile USA, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York over a SIM attack that purportedly led him to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in digital currency, according to the complaint. “Plaintiff lost in excess of $450,000 in cryptocurrency due to […]

In today’s top digital-first banking news, Carol Nelson will head up American expansion for Monzo as its first female chief executive, while Figure is launching a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to raise $250 million. Plus, Opportunity Financial (OppFi) has entered into an agreement with a SPAC to become a public firm. UK FinTech Monzo’s […]