Companies like Unilever are driving innovation in the ice cream business. As part of the U.K. firm’s latest freezer innovation, artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to optimize the ice cream supply chain by automating restock orders and providing real-time demand intelligence, with the goal of...
Sustainable FinTech platform CarbonPay has launched a prepaid corporate card designed to help businesses offset their carbon footprint. According to a company news release Monday (April 4), CarbonPay Business Ctrl. allows businesses to have 1 kilogram of CO2 offset for every £1 / $1.50 they...
Bitcoin will be facing more criticism over its environmental footprint, Bloomberg wrote Tuesday (March 29), and climate action groups have launched a new campaign to pressure the crypto community to change its ways. Called “Change the Code, Not the Climate,” the groups will pressure the...
Mastercard Inc. is promoting the use of sustainable credit cards, helping issuers in more than a dozen countries offer cards made from recyclable, bio-sourced, chlorine-free, degradable and ocean-safe plastics. The New York-based, multinational financial services (FI) company said the industry currently produces 6 billion cards...
January 02, 2023
In this article, PYMNTS analyzes trends shaping the banking sector in the EMEA region. Zooming in on the different subregions shows that the EMEA banking sector remains at different stages of growth and development, despite the acceleration in the digitization of financial services across the regions. 1. UAE and Saudi Arabia Lead MENA Neobank Wave […]
March 29, 2022
Bitcoin will be facing more criticism over its environmental footprint, Bloomberg wrote Tuesday (March 29), and climate action groups have launched a new campaign to pressure the crypto community to change its ways. Called “Change the Code, Not the Climate,” the groups will pressure the Bitcoin community to change the way it orders transactions. The […]
July 22, 2020
Mastercard Inc. is promoting the use of sustainable credit cards, helping issuers in more than a dozen countries offer cards made from recyclable, bio-sourced, chlorine-free, degradable and ocean-safe plastics. The...
December 23, 2019
The leaders behind Klarna, Minecraft and Candy Crush Saga are joining other startup founders and H&M’s founding Persson family to fund firms that are trying to solve the world’s biggest...
December 10, 2019
Doconomy and Mastercard are partnering to combat climate change by giving any Mastercard issuer the ability to enable their cardholders to monitor the carbon footprint of their purchases, as announced...
