Новости за 31.01.2024

Rectangle Health, a provider of patient engagement, payments and office compliance solutions for healthcare providers, has launched an all-in-one platform. The new Practice Management Bridge aims to drive the growth of healthcare providers by seamlessly integrating patient engagement, revenue acceleration, and practice compliance management into a single hub, the company said in a Tuesday (Jan. 30) press release. […]

For Alphabet, the artificial intelligence (AI) boon has helped boost subscriptions. But advertising sales for the parent company of Google, having fallen just short of expectations despite surging 11%, were in focus. And as a result, investors took the shares down 3% in after-hours trading. Sundar Pichai, CEO, said that subscriptions reached $9 billion in quarterly […]

Block is reportedly cutting jobs as part of its previously announced effort to limit the size of its workforce to 12,000 employees. The company announced that goal in November during an earnings call, saying it aimed to boost earnings by reducing costs, and it started cutting jobs on Tuesday (Jan. 30), Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Block did not immediately […]

Three members of Congress have urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to reopen and extend the public comment period on its proposed rule that would allow it to supervise large nonbank companies that offer services like digital wallets and payment apps. They also urged the CFPB to reconsider finalizing the rule as it is current proposed, “given its […]

Starbucks is seeing its artificial intelligence data efforts boost its rewards program effectiveness, incentivizing consumers to spend more and visit more often. On a conference call Tuesday (Jan. 30) accompanying the coffeehouse giant’s first-quarter fiscal 2024 earnings report, CEO Laxman Narasimhan discussed the company’s successful efforts to drive greater value from Starbucks Rewards members. “In […]

If you’re hesitating about leaving your job, you aren’t alone these days. Data released Tuesday (Jan. 30) in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report showed the number of people quitting their jobs dropping to 3.392 million, the lowest level in three years.  Meanwhile, the number of job […]

Amazon has expanded the availability of Consult-a-Friend, its mobile shopping feature that is designed to add a social and collaborative element to shopping on the platform. This mobile shopping feature was announced in October, when it was being tested by select customers in a number of countries, PYMNTS reported at the time. Now, as of Tuesday […]

PayPal will eliminate about 2,500 positions, or about 9% of its workforce, this year. The company aims to “right-size” its workforce by cutting jobs and by not filling open roles, PayPal CEO Alex Chriss said Tuesday (Jan. 30) in a letter to staff. Affected staff will be notified this week. “While I have been encouraged by […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Citi of failing to protect fraud victims. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday (Jan. 30), the state’s top prosecutor alleged that the banking giant has no protections against account takeovers, misleads customers about their rights when their accounts are hacked, and unlawfully denies fraud victims reimbursements. “Banks are supposed […]

Consumers’ device portfolio has changed significantly over the years, largely due to technological breakthroughs and evolving consumer preferences in a world dominated by digital transformation. These changes have affected everything from smartphones and smartwatches to smart TVs and cars with connected capabilities. PYMNTS Intelligence data shows that although customers’ usage of connected devices hasn’t changed […]