June 27, 2024
Publix Debuts Virtual Care Services via WellSync
Grocery chain Publix is the latest company to bring healthcare to the retail space. The company’s customers can now access virtual care services through digital healthcare firm WellSync, according to...
June 27, 2024
Amazon Merges Clinic and Amazon One Medical Into Single Brand
Amazon’s pay-per-visit telehealth service and its One Medical program are now a single brand. The company announced Thursday (June 27) that Amazon Clinic, introduced in 2022, was being renamed Amazon...
June 27, 2024
Insured Unemployment Number Reaches Highest Level Since 2021
The number of people receiving unemployment benefits reached its highest level in over two years. The insured unemployment number for the week ended June 15 was 1,839,000, which was 18,000...
June 27, 2024
Massachusetts Top Court Clears Way for Voter Decision on Gig...
Massachusetts’ top court has paved the way for voters to decide the classification of gig drivers for app-based companies such as Uber Technologies and Lyft. On Thursday, the Massachusetts Supreme...
June 27, 2024
Are Stablecoins Winner-Take-All?
Stablecoins have the potential to significantly increase competition in payments and financial services, although achieving this is not certain. Success hinges on fostering a diverse ecosystem with multiple issuers and...
June 26, 2024
GoodRx Debuts Tracker to Monitor Out-of-Pocket Prescription Costs
GoodRx aims to give consumers a better handle on prescription affordability. The prescription savings platform introduced its Prescription Cost Tracker to monitor out-of-pocket prescription spending trends in the United States,...
June 26, 2024
One Inc Partners With Zurich to Digitize Claims and Payouts
One Inc has teamed with insurer Zurich North America to help digitize claim payments. The insurance industry payments network announced Wednesday (June 26) that Zurich — which provides commercial and...
June 25, 2024
Pennsylvania Introduces New Bill to Tackle Gig Worker Misclassification
A new bill introduced in the Pennsylvania State House aims to address the growing issue of gig worker misclassification and strengthen the enforcement of labor laws. The legislation seeks to provide more...
June 24, 2024
Most US Consumers Would Pay a Fee to Get Instant...
Overpayment disbursements — rebates, rewards, refunds, etc. — may not come to mind when considering a consumers’ overall cash flow, but, when these overpayments are issued, consumers want them quickly....
Instant insurance payouts benefit both customers and carriers by enhancing both speed and efficiency, but barriers such as costs and complexity are blocking the way to their adoption — especially for smaller insurers. The latest “Money Mobility Tracker®,” a collaboration with Ingo Payments, explains how insurance companies are jumping these hurdles by collaborating with FinTechs to facilitate instant payments implementation.
Three-quarters of consumers who’ve purchased insurance from their bank want to buy more. But here’s the rub: Many bank customers are unfamiliar with their bank’s insurance offerings. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest report, “Increasing Enthusiasm: The Effects of Purchasing Bank-Provided Insurance,” a collaboration with Franklin Madison, makes the case in five charts why banks would be well served to boost awareness of their insurance offerings.