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Stasher Snags $2.5M To Help Travelers Stow Their Luggage

Stasher Snags $2.5M To Help Travelers Stow Their Luggage
Stasher Snags $2.5M To Help Travelers Stow Their Luggage
January 22, 2020  |  Investments

Popular luggage storage app Stasher has secured another $2.5 million in financing thanks to Venture Friends and other investors, including former hotels.com president Johan Svanstrom....

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How kimkim Uses Faster Payments To Win Gig Worker Loyalty
How kimkim Uses Faster Payments To Win Gig Worker Loyalty
January 22, 2020  |  Gig Economy

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Tourism Data Hack Leads Greek Banks To Cancel Thousands Of Their Cards
Tourism Data Hack Leads Greek Banks To Cancel Thousands Of Their Cards
January 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

All four of Greece’s main banking institutions enacted security protocols after a data breach, and consequently cancelled 15,000 consumer cards, according to reports. After consumer...

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Travel Stocks Drop Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Travel Stocks Drop Amid Coronavirus Concerns
January 21, 2020  |  International

Less than a month ago, the outbreak of a new virus in the city of Wuhan centered on a cluster of consumers who had been...

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Amid Innovation And Disruption, Travel And T&E Strive Toward An Omnichannel Ideal
Amid Innovation And Disruption, Travel And T&E Strive Toward An Omnichannel Ideal
January 21, 2020  |  Travel Payments

The first part of 2020 has brought some significant activity in the world of travel — activity that could, in the coming months and years, further...

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How Shutterstock Fast-Tracks Royalty Disbursements For Its 1 Million Contributors
How Shutterstock Fast-Tracks Royalty Disbursements For Its 1 Million Contributors
January 21, 2020  |  Disbursements

More than 90 percent of U.S. consumers now prefer to receive digital payments over paper checks. Cash and checks persist as the disbursement methods for...

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Does Hipmunk’s Demise Signal Larger Changes In Travel?
Does Hipmunk’s Demise Signal Larger Changes In Travel?
January 16, 2020  |  Travel Payments

As the travel industry shifts into higher digital gear, and increasingly responds to the needs and desires of new consumer groups — millennials and Gen...

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SAP Concur Shutters Travel Search Site Hipmunk
SAP Concur Shutters Travel Search Site Hipmunk
January 15, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Less than three years after acquiring travel search startup Hipmunk, SAP Concur has announced that it will shutter both the consumer- and corporate-facing operations of the...

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Catering To Millennial And Gen Z Travelers With Digital Innovation
Catering To Millennial And Gen Z Travelers With Digital Innovation
January 15, 2020  |  Retail

Consumers have always wanted to explore and see the world, but they have had a constant need for comfortable transportation as well as accommodations. However,...

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