In early 2010, as winter turned to spring in Iceland, one of the many volcanos, Eyjafjallajökull, erupted. Beginning in mid-April, the volcano ejected about 250 million cubic meters of ash. An ash plume reached almost 5 miles above its peak. The ash spread. Soon, an...
In today’s top payments news around the world, BlaBlaCar plans to utilize its $115 million funding round to bolster its travel app, while FIS is expanding its payment processing functionalities into Malaysia, Nigeria and South Africa. Plus, Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Payments Network is teaming with...
BlaBlaCar, a travel network enabling users to share rides, plans to use its $115 million funding round announced Tuesday (April 20) to boost its travel app, according to a company blog post. The money will be used to help the company expand as the platform...
In the ride-sharing world, the money just keeps coming in. Citing multiple sources, TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Sept. 8) that French long-distance ride-sharing tech company BlaBlaCar is raising $160 million, roughly a year after raising $100 million. The latest funding round, in which money is being...
April 03, 2024
BlaBlaCar has raised $108 million in credit as it awaits a better IPO market. CEO Nicolas Brusson told Bloomberg News — in an interview published Wednesday (April 3) — that the French carpooling company enjoyed its first profitable year in 2023 following a “pretty rough” pandemic, with net sales up 29% and 80 million passengers […]
April 20, 2021
BlaBlaCar, a travel network enabling users to share rides, plans to use its $115 million funding round announced Tuesday (April 20) to boost its travel app, according to a company...
September 09, 2015
In the ride-sharing world, the money just keeps coming in. Citing multiple sources, TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Sept. 8) that French long-distance ride-sharing tech company BlaBlaCar is raising $160 million, roughly...
