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Balance, Hokodo Partner on B2B BNPL in North America, Europe
B2B Payments // October 23, 2023

Balance, a United States-based company, and Hokodo, headquartered in Europe, joined forces to establish a one-stop shop for flexible payment terms across North America and Europe. The partnership aims to create new opportunities for B2B buyers and sellers by helping global B2B firms offer flexible...

Robust Leisure Travel Demand Drives Booking Holdings’ Q2 Performance
Earnings // August 03, 2023

Online travel company Booking Holdings reported strong results for the second quarter, driven by robust leisure travel demand and a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) technology. “I am pleased to report that in the second quarter, we continued to see robust leisure travel demand, which helped drive...

Serko Rolls Out Expense Management Tool In North America
B2B Payments // November 01, 2020

Corporate travel and expense management solution provider Serko has launched its Zeno Expense tool in North America, giving customers a new option for B2B travel management, a press release on the company website stated, alongside the company’s Zeno Travel tool that was already available. In...

Australia Gets Taste Of Digital Food Delivery With DoorDash 
Delivery // September 04, 2019

San Francisco-based DoorDash is moving beyond North America and is now taking orders in Melbourne, Australia, taking on UberEats, Menulog and Deliveroo, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. 4).  DoorDash will start out delivering in Melbourne’s central business district and inner suburbs and expand to the...

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Balance, Hokodo Partner on B2B BNPL in North America, Europe

October 23, 2023
Balance, a United States-based company, and Hokodo, headquartered in Europe, joined forces to establish a one-stop shop for flexible payment terms across North America and Europe. The partnership aims to create new opportunities for B2B buyers and sellers by helping global B2B firms offer flexible payment terms across multiple regions, the companies said in a […]

Robust Leisure Travel Demand Drives Booking Holdings’ Q2 Performance

August 03, 2023
Online travel company Booking Holdings reported strong results for the second quarter, driven by robust leisure travel demand and a focus on artificial intelligence (AI) technology. “I am pleased to report that...

Australia Gets Taste Of Digital Food Delivery With DoorDash 

September 04, 2019
San Francisco-based DoorDash is moving beyond North America and is now taking orders in Melbourne, Australia, taking on UberEats, Menulog and Deliveroo, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. 4).  DoorDash will...

Samsung, Apple Dominate $2B Wearables Market

August 15, 2019
New data revealed that the North American wearables market hit $2 billion in the second quarter of 2019, with a 38 percent increase year-over-year. Numbers from Canalys showed that the...