Google Maps introduced Gemini artificial intelligence features for its growing user base as HotelPlanner announced its automated voice assistant handles 10,000 daily hotel bookings, and Booking.com launched natural language search across its platform. The three companies added capabilities from location recommendations to automated reservations and...
Mastercard and NatWest partnered to introduce a mobile virtual card payment tool for businesses in the United Kingdom. Approval2Buy is the first service in Europe to use Mastercard’s mobile virtual card app, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 5) news release. “New payments technology presents new...
Booking Holdings is seeing early results from growth initiatives while also recording better-than-expected gains in the third quarter. The company’s efforts to advance its “connected trip” vision, to continue developing its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and to grow alternative accommodations all saw progress during the...
Digital travel platform Booking.com is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features. The expansion, announced by the Dutch company Wednesday (Oct. 30), is part of a larger embrace of AI tools within the travel sector. Among the new features is Smart Filter, which lets travelers describe their ideal property in...
November 08, 2024
Teamwork makes the dream work, especially when that dream is better B2B payments. With FinTech innovators increasingly pairing up with secure and reliable financial institutions, the future looks bright. Tribh Grewal, head of FinTech partnerships at Discover® Global Network, and Jonathan Vaux, head of propositions and partnerships at Thredd, discussed with PYMNTS how FinTechs and […]
October 11, 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, and as evidenced by management remarks and data in the latest earnings results from JPMorgan Chase, posted on Friday (Oct. 11), consumer spending, in...
September 23, 2024
Data is the fuel driving today’s world toward a more connected, digital tomorrow. The right data can be valuable to businesses interested in driving results and efficiencies when it comes...
September 23, 2024
The travel and hospitality sectors have long been anchored in traditional payment methods, like cash and credit cards. As consumers and employees voice their frustrations with outdated systems, adopting real-time...
November 04, 2024
Mastercard and NatWest partnered to introduce a mobile virtual card payment tool for businesses in the United Kingdom. Approval2Buy is the first service in Europe to use Mastercard’s mobile virtual card app, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 5) news release. “New payments technology presents new ways for businesses to progress and grow,” NatWest Managing Director […]
October 30, 2024
Booking Holdings is seeing early results from growth initiatives while also recording better-than-expected gains in the third quarter. The company’s efforts to advance its “connected trip” vision, to continue developing...
October 30, 2024
Digital travel platform Booking.com is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features. The expansion, announced by the Dutch company Wednesday (Oct. 30), is part of a larger embrace of AI tools within the travel sector....
October 24, 2024
FinMont partnered with The Payments Group (TPG) to provide more flexibility and improved payment capabilities for FinMont’s global network of travel industry merchants. With this collaboration, FinMont’s global payment orchestration...
