| NEW REPORT: Travel Insurance Gets Upgrade With Faster Claims
Between lost luggage, bad weather and guys getting dragged off planes, thereâs plenty that can go wrong with vacation plans. For the July PYMNTS Disbursements Trackerâ¢, powered by Ingo Money, PYMNTS checks in with Joe Mason, Allianz Global Assistanceâs chief marketing officer, about how disbursement solutions help exasperated travelers correct course on disrupted vacation plans. Plus, a deep data dive on corporate travel and 10 new additions to the provider directory, inside this monthâs Tracker. Read More... |
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| Visaâs Long-Term View On Klarna
Visa just took an equity stake in Klarna with strategic intent as a motivator. Hereâs what lies behind the nascent partnership, looking toward Europe, digital payments and even the Internet of Things, as Bill Gajda, Visaâs SVP of Innovation and Strategic Investments, tells Karen Webster.
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| Corporate Travelâs $1.25T Rewards Opportunity
Companies spend $1.25T, yes trillion, annually on business travel. So itâs no wonder that they want to find ways to cajole employees to spend less on their business trips. In the latest Topic TBD, Rocketrip CEO Dan Ruch explains how some of the biggest companies in the world are using an unusual rewards play that helps them do that, while answering the age-old question: Whatâs in it for the employee if they play along? Read More... |
| | Innovation and Regulation | | Confused EU Regulators Slam Google
Does anyone else find it even mildly ironic that Google was just fined $2.7 billion in the EU for dominating an area that it doesnât dominate? Karen Webster does, and she says the European Commission was so focused on the online search for products over the last seven years they failed to see consumers increasingly donât start their product searches there anymore. Missing that forest for the trees, she says, has some sobering lessons for all innovators â and should for regulators. Read More... |
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