Новости за 05.06.2024

SAP plans to acquire WalkMe to add that company’s digital adoption platforms (DAPs) and expand its own solutions that help customers on their digital transformation journeys. The two companies entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition, and subject to customary closing conditions, the acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter, SAP and […]

Women who are responsible for children are more likely than single women to sacrifice their own healthcare needs. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “2024 Women’s Wellness Index,” based on surveys with more than 10,000 U.S. consumers, found that women tend to prioritize the healthcare of their loved ones over their own. For instance, women who live […]

Sandwiched between millennials and Generation Z are the zillennials, those born between 1991 and 1999 who have emerged as conscientious consumers.  As PYMNTS Intelligence reveals in “The Zillennial Paradox: Big Debt, Big Spending and a Conscience to Rule It All,” a report based on surveys with nearly 3,100 U.S. consumers, this sub generation displays unique […]

Ripple and Clear Junction have partnered to facilitate instant payout coverage in British pounds and euros for Ripple’s payments customers. This collaboration will bring together Clear Junction’s cross-border payments solutions and Ripple’s enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, the companies said in a Wednesday (June 5) press release. Beyond pounds and euros, the companies plan to […]

Retail shoppers making purchases using digital wallets have shifted from favoring PayPal to Apple Pay, PYMNTS Intelligence reveals, and the latter only continues to gain share. By the Numbers A PYMNTS Intelligence survey of 1,730 consumers in April who had purchased non-grocery retail items in last 30 days examined how consumers are paying for those […]

Job creation in the U.S. is demonstrating signs of slowing as wages remain flat. That’s according to the monthly report on private sector employment released Wednesday (June 5) by ADP. It showed the private sector adding 152,000 jobs in May, down from 188,000 the month before. The trend was driven, the report said, by a […]

Fiserv and Monex USA will work together to help financial institutions complete international wire transfers. The companies said in a Wednesday (June 5) press release that Monex USA, a partner in global payment, corporate foreign exchange (FX) and currency risk hedging services, plans to integrate with Fiserv’s Payments Exchange. Via the integration, financial institutions that […]

OpenAI had restored its ChatGPT Wednesday (June 5) following a “major” outage the prior day. As Tom’s Guide noted in a report Wednesday, while ChatGPT will sometimes have minor outages when generating text or images, this was the first significant outage for the artificial intelligence (AI) company’s flagship product in some time. “We experienced a major outage impacting […]

With artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly advancing and permeating various aspects of society, lawmakers and government agencies are grappling with the challenges of regulating this technology. In Illinois, a flurry of bills aimed at addressing AI risks recently passed, while California emerged as a key player in AI regulation at the state level. Meanwhile, the Equal […]

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will caution financial institutions on Thursday (June 6) about risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). While AI is already used in the financial services sector for forecasting, fraud prevention, customer support and other use cases, the technology’s rapid evolution presents risks along with opportunities, Yellen will say in […]

SensePass partnered with Affirm to enable SensePass merchants to offer their customers the option to pay over time. Via the collaboration, Affirm’s offerings are available on SensePass’ retail payment orchestration platform, effective Wednesday (June 5), the companies said in a Wednesday press release. “The SensePass + Affirm solution enables merchants to easily and seamlessly offer […]

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken another step in its push to accelerate open banking. The U.S. consumer watchdog on Wednesday (June 5) announced it had finalized a rule outlining the qualifications to become a recognized industry standard setting body. An entity like that, the agency said, would be able to issue standards […]

For as long as cars have existed, entrepreneurs have chased the dream of autonomous vehicles. Self-driving vehicles, across commercial, personal and industrial use, have the potential to transform — and connect — nearly all facets of commerce and the digital economy. But with news reported Tuesday (June 4) by CNBC that Elon Musk is diverting […]

The respective online “walls of shame” that U.S. and U.K. regulators have proposed to erect — spotlighting companies under various investigations — may have a chilling effect on competition and innovation. As has been reported in recent days, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule to establish a registry of nonbank financial companies […]

Global payments platform Thredd has launched a partnership with Discover® Global Network. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (June 5), is in response to demand from Thredd customers seeking flexibility when creating new card programs, especially those who need the option for cross-border card issuance. “Our recent integration into the Discover Global Network will allow us to […]

Kanastra raised $21 million in a Series A funding round to continue to improve its tech-driven back office for private credit funds and securitizations in Brazil. With the new funding, the company aims to continue its “strong growth” after growing more than 10 times in the past 12 months and gaining 130 clients, Kanastra said […]

As consumers seek more convenient buying options for even the most historically on-site trial-based categories, the beauty industry is transforming to meet shoppers’ increasing Click-and-Mortar™ expectations. Ulta Beauty, for instance, discussed this demand for shopping journeys that combine the digital and physical at the William Blair Growth Stock Conference. “We really think about our business […]

Twelve members of Congress are calling on the Biden Administration to work to free Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan from detention in Nigeria, saying he is being wrongfully detained and may have contracted malaria. The lawmakers made this request in a Tuesday (June 4) letter addressed to President Joe Biden and other administration officials, according to […]

United Kingdom neobank Starling reportedly does not plan to reapply for a European Union banking license. Instead, the company will try to expand internationally via its software business, incoming CEO Raman Bhatia told CNBC Wednesday (June 5). “I am very bullish about this approach around internationalization of what is the best of Starling, the proprietary […]

Rising investment income, high household wealth and strong employment rates are keeping Americans spending. It’s a phenomenon chronicled Wednesday (June 5) in a report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which notes that the changing economy is placing “unprecedented” amounts of money into consumers’ wallets, driving asset values to records and helping high earners avoid inflation. The […]

GroupSync has partnered with Spreedly to expedite value delivery and revenue growth for the hotel groups and event planners using its platform. With this collaboration, the GroupSync platform that provides online booking for group hotel rooms and meeting spaces will integrate Spreedly’s open payments platform, the companies said in a Wednesday (June 5) press release […]

Arguing its fees are too steep, eBay is dropping American Express (Amex). The online marketplace will stop taking Amex as a payment option beginning Aug. 17, the company said in a statement provided to PYMNTS Wednesday (June 5). “At a time when payment processing costs should be declining because of technological advancements, investments in fraud […]

Tax season might be over. But then again, there’s always next year. As Wendy Walker, solution principal at Sovos, told PYMNTS, the complexities of tax reporting will still demand that organizations of all sizes gear up for changes in the tax code and rigorous reporting requirements that will always be fluid and complex. But one […]

It’s been quite a year so far for FinTechs in general and neobanks in particular. However, Jason Wilk, CEO of digital banking app Dave, doesn’t view the volatility rocking the FinTech sector in the wake of the Synapse bankruptcy as a long-lived seismic shift. “I think it’s a one off,” he told Karen Webster, “with […]

Today’s CFOs have their task cut out for them. From managing and mitigating historic levels of uncertainty to striking the right return on investment (ROI) from the crowded field of digital innovations and solutions promising to transform work, all the way to monitoring macroeconomic trends and surging geopolitical risk — it has never been more […]