pandemic

A pandemic is a disease outbreak that spreads across countries or continents. It affects more people and takes more lives than an epidemic.

Airbnb Revives Plans To Go Public With Management Shakeup
Airbnb Revives Plans To Go Public With Management Shakeup
July 16, 2020  |  IPO

It could be the right time for Airbnb to go public. As the San Francisco-based vacation rental online marketplace has seen bookings rebound after coronavirus...

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Uber Looks At $500M Investment In Freight Division, Report Says
Uber Looks At $500M Investment In Freight Division, Report Says
July 16, 2020  |  Investments

Uber is said to be in talks with investors to take stake in its freight business and raise $500 million to boost it to a...

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Stimulus Package May Be Unveiled Next Week
Stimulus Package May Be Unveiled Next Week
July 15, 2020  |  Economy

More relief could be on the way for Americans hurting from the economic impacts of COVID-19. A new stimulus package may be introduced as early...

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Deem Rolls Out New Search Engine With More Options For Travelers
Deem Rolls Out New Search Engine With More Options For Travelers
July 15, 2020  |  Travel Payments

Mobile and cloud tech provider Deem, which works with travel companies, announced a new search engine with better speed and more functionality, a press release...

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Fed’s Harker Warns Of Economic Fallout Of Increased COVID Cases
Fed’s Harker Warns Of Economic Fallout Of Increased COVID Cases
July 15, 2020  |  Economy

Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker says the mass spikes in coronavirus cases across the U.S. will likely dampen the economy as well, Reuters reported....

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More SMBs Throw In The Towel After Lockdown Restrictions
More SMBs Throw In The Towel After Lockdown Restrictions
July 14, 2020  |  Economy

The resurgence of the COVID-19 has delivered a crippling blow to many small businesses, The New York Times reported. In places that had reopened such...

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Machine Learning Stabilizes Business Continuity During COVID
Machine Learning Stabilizes Business Continuity During COVID
July 14, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

“Organizations may have had to engage in relaxation strategies, which could inversely impact their fraud appetite, as they had to let more transactions through without...

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The Four COVID Personas, Part 4: ‘Office Shifters’
The Four COVID Personas, Part 4: ‘Office Shifters’
July 14, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Over months of research in which we surveyed more than 18,000 U.S. consumers, PYMNTS has identified four distinctly new shopper personas emerging from the pandemic...

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Data Unlocks Digital Onboarding For A Real Estate Recovery
Data Unlocks Digital Onboarding For A Real Estate Recovery
July 14, 2020  |  Digital Onboarding

With existing home sales tumbling by almost 27 percent in May 2020 year over year, the pandemic has walloped real estate on several fronts and...

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