Partnerships

Partnerships
Florida-Based Liberty Savings Bank Taps Upstart to Provide Personal Loans
March 21, 2024

Florida-based Liberty Savings Bank has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace Upstart to provide personal loans.  The bank, which serves Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee County and has over $1.2 billion in assets, will provide these personal loans to both new and existing customers, the companies said in...

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Zelis and Availity Partner to Streamline Healthcare Payments
March 21, 2024

Zelis and Availity have partnered to streamline the end-to-end process between healthcare payers and providers. This new strategic alliance will cover everything from administrative workflows through payments, the companies said in a Thursday (March 21) press release. The alliance brings together the healthcare financial solutions of Zelis and the...

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Airtel and Noise Launch Smartwatch That Enables Contactless Payments
March 19, 2024

India’s Airtel Payments Bank partnered with smartwatch company Noise to launch a smartwatch that enables users to tap to pay. The Payments Bank Smartwatch enables hassle-free payments, Airtel Payments Bank said in a Tuesday (March 19) post and video on X, formerly known as Twitter. The wait is over! Introducing #ANewWayToPay...

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Mastercard Expands Cross-Border Offering With Alipay Partnership
March 19, 2024

Mastercard is expanding its cross-border payment solutions by connecting to China’s Alipay. The collaboration lets Mastercard’s bank, FinTech and corporate clients offer customers a connection to an e-wallet that has more than 1 billion users in China, Mastercard said ina Tuesday (March 19) press release. “China is already one...

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Thredd Enters US Card Issuing Market With B4B Partnership
March 19, 2024

Payments processor Thredd has entered the U.S. debit and prepaid card issuing market. The company announced this milestone Tuesday (March 19), saying it was happening via an extension of its partnership with B4B Payments. “Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, B4B, who has operated in the U.S. since...

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DoorDash Expands Sephora Beauty Offering; Teams with Sally and MAC
March 18, 2024

DoorDash is moving further beyond its restaurant roots and deeper into the beauty sector. The company announced in a Monday (March 18) press release a pair of new partnerships with Sally Beauty and MAC Cosmetics, as well as an expanded collaboration with Sephora. Customers can get beauty, hair, makeup and nail products...

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Universal Music Group and Partners Monetize Music on Roblox
March 18, 2024

Universal Music Group (UMG), Republic Records and Styngr partnered on a solution that helps music labels curate, distribute and monetize music across the Roblox platform. The new solution, Boombox, helps music labels launch playlists and integrate them into the gaming space, the companies said in a Monday (March 18) press release. “As we...

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FIS and Stratyfy Team to Combat Card Fraud
March 18, 2024

FIS joined forces with software firm Stratyfy to combat fraudulent card transactions. The collaboration employs the FIS SecurLOCK card fraud management solution to spot and prevent fraudulent transactions, according to a Monday (March 18) press release. “With sophisticated fraudsters using new technologies to increase fraud attacks, both businesses and consumers...

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BMO Taps Elavon to Add Payment Solutions for Business Clients
March 15, 2024

Elavon, a global payment processor, has partnered with BMO, North America’s eighth-largest bank, to introduce a payment solutions platform for BMO’s U.S. clients.  The collaboration aims to optimize credit, debit and digital payment transactions, offering secure and scalable payment capabilities tailored to BMO’s diverse client base,...