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New Airline Refund Requirements Put Spotlight on Instant Digital Disbursements
New Airline Refund Requirements Put Spotlight on Instant Digital Disbursements
April 24, 2024  |  Travel Payments

Air travel is a complicated business — and those complications can get passed down to travelers. From extended delays when waiting for refunds after abrupt...

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Advanced Tech Expands TV eCommerce Horizons
Advanced Tech Expands TV eCommerce Horizons
April 24, 2024  |  Technology

Gone are the days when watching TV was simply a passive pastime, a one-way street where viewers absorbed content without any direct interaction. In today’s...

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EasyKnock and Piñata Partner on Credit Building Programs for Renters
EasyKnock and Piñata Partner on Credit Building Programs for Renters
April 24, 2024  |  Partnerships

EasyKnock has partnered with Piñata to offer EasyKnock’s customers access to credit building programs. EasyKnock helps homeowners convert the trapped equity in their homes into cash and remain in their...

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DoorDash and Walgreens Team to Offer SNAP/EBT Payments
DoorDash and Walgreens Team to Offer SNAP/EBT Payments
April 24, 2024  |  Partnerships

DoorDash has teamed with Walgreens to offer SNAP/EBT payments at nearly 7,800 locations. According to its announcement Wednesday (April 24), DoorDash is the first platform that enables SNAP customers to...

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78% of High-Income Women Spend Money on Their Own Medical Care
78% of High-Income Women Spend Money on Their Own Medical Care
April 24, 2024  |  Healthcare

Independent research reveals that women have been underrepresented in many healthcare studies. PYMNTS Intelligence recently set out to dive more deeply into the subject of...

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Parents Are Buying Their Kids Experiences, Not Toys
Parents Are Buying Their Kids Experiences, Not Toys
April 24, 2024  |  Retail

Toy and game companies are seeing sales declines, as parents opt to spend on making memories for their children rather than on new products for...

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Nvidia to Acquire Run:ai to Help Customers Manage AI Computing Resources
Nvidia to Acquire Run:ai to Help Customers Manage AI Computing Resources
April 24, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Nvidia plans to acquire Israeli startup Run:ai, a Kubernetes-based workload management and orchestration software provider. The chipmaker said in a Wednesday (April 24) blog post that it has...

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TikTok Suspends Rewards Program Amid EU Pressure
TikTok Suspends Rewards Program Amid EU Pressure
April 24, 2024  |  Social Commerce

TikTok has suspended a rewards program on TikTok Lite amid a dispute with European Union (EU) regulators. “TikTok always seeks to engage constructively with the EU Commission and...

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CFPB Targets Mortgage Servicer ‘Junk Fees’
CFPB Targets Mortgage Servicer ‘Junk Fees’
April 24, 2024  |  CFPB

America’s consumer finance watchdog is targeting “junk fees” in the mortgage industry. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published findings Wednesday (April 24) showing that mortgage servicers — the...

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