transportation

Flight, Hotel Travel Credits Set To Expire For Pandemic Cancellations
Flight, Hotel Travel Credits Set To Expire For Pandemic Cancellations
March 17, 2021  |  Travel Payments

Credits and IOUs for trips are poised to lapse in the near future, creating an upcoming conundrum for travelers, The Wall Street Journal reported. A...

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Bird’s Scooter-Sharing Platform Invests $150 Million In Europe
Bird’s Scooter-Sharing Platform Invests $150 Million In Europe
March 16, 2021  |  Investments

Silicon Valley scooter and vehicle sharing platform Bird is launching an expansion across Europe and is earmarking $150 million to make it happen, according to...

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PayPal Joins Uber’s Effort To Provide Transportation To US Vaccination Sites
PayPal Joins Uber’s Effort To Provide Transportation To US Vaccination Sites
February 26, 2021  |  Coronavirus

PayPal Holdings, Inc. has become a part of Uber Technologies, Inc.‘s initiative to offer free or discounted trips to inoculation sites in the United States to...

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Comdata Unveils B2B Payments Card For Small Fleets
Comdata Unveils B2B Payments Card For Small Fleets
February 23, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Comdata Inc. has introduced its new Comdata Fleet Card, which was created for fleets that have under 50 vehicles. The card comes with fuel savings,...

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Google Maps Integrates Parking, Transit Payments
Google Maps Integrates Parking, Transit Payments
February 17, 2021  |  Mobile Wallets

Google Maps is integrating with Google Pay to give users the ability to cover parking, highway tolls, public transportation and more, according to a Google...

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Crypto Targets The Underbanked Independent Trucker
Crypto Targets The Underbanked Independent Trucker
February 17, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Local economies cannot underestimate the value that small businesses bring to their markets. In the logistics space, whether it is building new highways, transporting produce...

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Pandemic Cut US Airline Passenger Numbers By 60 Pct In 2020
Pandemic Cut US Airline Passenger Numbers By 60 Pct In 2020
February 16, 2021  |  Pandenomics

U.S. air traffic passengers fell to their lowest numbers since 1974 as the number of scheduled passengers dropped 62 percent from December 2019 to December...

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GM’s Electric Vehicle Makeover Reverberates Far Beyond Detroit
GM’s Electric Vehicle Makeover Reverberates Far Beyond Detroit
February 01, 2021  |  News

Beneath a banner proclaiming “Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, Zero Congestion,” General Motors’ CEO Mary Barra announced her company’s plan to produce 100 percent electric vehicles...

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Competition Concerns Spark UK Probe Into Uber’s Autocab Deal
Competition Concerns Spark UK Probe Into Uber’s Autocab Deal
January 29, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Uber’s planned acquisition of Autocab is being investigated by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for suspected anticompetitive behavior, Reuters reported on Friday (Jan....

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