Hertz\u00a0plans to expand beyond its car rental business and serve \u201cthe next era of mobility\u201d with a new affiliated operating company that will provide fleet management solutions for autonomous robotaxi and driver-led rideshare fleets.
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\n", "content_text": "Hertz\u00a0plans to expand beyond its car rental business and serve \u201cthe next era of mobility\u201d with a new affiliated operating company that will provide fleet management solutions for autonomous robotaxi and driver-led rideshare fleets.\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\nThe new company,\u00a0Oro Mobility, said\u00a0in\u00a0a Thursday\u00a0(April 30)\u00a0press release\u00a0that its first major partner is\u00a0Uber.\nOro and Uber have formed strategic fleet partnerships in which Oro will provide operational and maintenance services for Uber\u2019s autonomous and driver-led operations in key U.S. markets, according to the release.\nFor Uber\u2019s autonomous robotaxi program, Oro will provide charging, maintenance, repairs, cleaning, depot staffing and other day-to-day vehicle asset management services. The companies plan to launch this collaboration in the San Francisco Bay Area by the end of the year and then consider expanding it in 2027.\nFor Uber\u2019s driver-led operations, Oro will provide a fleet of vehicles maintained by the company and operated by Oro-employed drivers. The companies successfully piloted this partnership in Atlanta last year, later expanded it to Los Angeles and San Francisco, and now plan to extend it to Northern New Jersey this spring.\n\u201cThis partnership with Uber establishes Oro as an integrated solution that connects demand with scalable fleet management services,\u201d Hertz CEO\u00a0Gil West\u00a0said in the release. \u201cThrough this work, we\u2019re deepening our capabilities across diverse mobility use cases, and positioning Hertz to play a significant role as the industry evolves.\u201d\nUber President and Chief Operating Officer\u00a0Andrew Macdonald\u00a0said in the release that the partnership with Oro will help Uber transition to a network that includes both driver-led and autonomous rideshare operations.\n\u201cBy combining Uber\u2019s global platform and marketplace leadership with Oro\u2019s dedicated fleet management expertise, we are well-equipped to meet increasing rideshare demand and deliver a seamless, high-quality rider experience across the entire mobility ecosystem,\u201d Macdonald said.\nUber and carmaker\u00a0Rivian\u00a0announced in March that they have teamed up to deploy 10,000 fully autonomous Rivian R2\u00a0robotaxis, starting in Miami and San Francisco in 2028 and then expanding to 25 cities by 2031. The companies aim to have thousands of robotaxis deployed across 25 cities in the U.S., Canada and Europe by the end of 2021.\n\r\n\r\nThe post Uber Taps Hertz Subsidiary to Scale Robotaxi Program appeared first on PYMNTS.com.", "date_published": "2026-05-01T19:34:19-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-05-01T19:34:19-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Hertz.jpg", "tags": [ "Hertz", "News", "Oro", "PYMNTS News", "transportation", "Uber", "What's Hot", "Partnerships" ] }, { "id": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=3691339", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/m0-and-anchorage-digital-team-to-support-stablecoin-builders/", "title": "M0 and Anchorage Digital Team to Support Stablecoin Builders", "content_html": "Cryptocurrency firm Anchorage Digital has launched a partnership with stablecoin infrastructure company M0.
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\n", "content_text": "Cryptocurrency firm Anchorage Digital has launched a partnership with stablecoin infrastructure company M0.\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\nThe collaboration is designed to merge M0\u2019s infrastructure capabilities with Anchorage\u2019s regulated issuance experience to serve a \u201cgrowing universe of stablecoin builders,\u201d the companies said in a news release Thursday (April 30).\n\u201cStablecoin adoption is expanding across a wider range of use cases and platforms,\u201d said Nathan McCauley, Anchorage co-founder and CEO. \u201cBy partnering with M0, we\u2019re extending our issuance platform to support that growth, while maintaining the regulatory, operational, and security standards our partners rely on.\u201d\nThe release noted that in the last several years, institutions have embraced stablecoin adoption with use cases across trading, treasury and payments, backed by regulated infrastructure for custody, issuance and redemption.\n\u201cAt the same time, fintechs, payment platforms, and application developers are increasingly embedding digital dollars directly into their product, bringing new demand for regulated issuance infrastructure that is built for how they operate,\u201d the companies said.\nWith this partnership, M0 will offer a \u201cmodular infrastructure layer\u201d that lets businesses create and deploy stablecoins, while Anchorage Digital provides the issuance and compliance required to scale these assets in a regulated environment.\nThis model lets companies move faster, from concept to issuance, while upholding the operational and regulatory requirements needed to scale.\n\u201cM0 was designed to give stablecoin builders and financial institutions a modular infrastructure to launch and scale digital money more efficiently,\u201d said Luca Prosperi, M0 co-founder and CEO. \u201cBy partnering with Anchorage Digital, we\u2019re combining that flexibility with a regulated issuance layer, making it easier for a broader range of companies to bring stablecoins to market.\u201d\nIn other stablecoin news, PYMNTS wrote last week about the limitations these tokens face in areas like treasury operations, supply chain finance and cross-border corporate payments, even as they enjoy growth in trading, remittances and decentralized finance.\nThe reasons can tie back to the crypto sector\u2019s volatility, regulation or even infrastructure, but it is privacy above all that deters greater adoption in a corporate world that operates on controlled disclosure and layers of confidentiality.\n\u201cStablecoins invert that model,\u201d PYMNTS wrote. \u201cThey offer settlement speed and global reach, but at the cost of exposing transactional data to a public audience. On public blockchain rails, large stablecoin movements are immediately visible. Market participants monitor flows in real time, using them as signals to anticipate trades, front-run positions or adjust pricing. This creates a feedback loop where visibility increases slippage, which in turn discourages large transactions.\u201d\n\r\n\r\nThe post M0 and Anchorage Digital Team to Support Stablecoin Builders appeared first on PYMNTS.com.", "date_published": "2026-04-30T11:00:45-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-29T11:19:44-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Anchorage-Digital.jpg", "tags": [ "Anchorage Digital", "digital assets", "M0", "News", "Partnerships", "PYMNTS News", "stablecoins", "What's Hot" ] }, { "id": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=3694597", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/mastercard-and-stripe-help-wizard-personalize-agentic-shopping/", "title": "Mastercard and Stripe Help Wizard Personalize Agentic Shopping\u00a0", "content_html": "Wizard, the native AI shopping platform co-founded by\u00a0Jet.com\u2019s\u00a0Marc Lore, has launched a partnership with\u00a0Mastercard and\u00a0Stripe.
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\n", "content_text": "Wizard, the native AI shopping platform co-founded by\u00a0Jet.com\u2019s\u00a0Marc Lore, has launched a partnership with\u00a0Mastercard and\u00a0Stripe.\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\nThe collaboration, announced Thursday (April 30), builds on an existing Stripe-Wizard arrangement, and will see Wizard integrate Mastercard Agent Pay via Stripe\u2019s Shared Payment Tokens while using Mastercard Insight Tokens.\nThe goal is to provide shoppers with \u201ca seamless and trusted agent-led experience\u201d from discovery to checkout, the companies said in a news release provided to PYMNTS.\n\u201cPersonalization has always been Wizard\u2019s north star \u2014 the idea that your AI shopping agent\u00a0should know you well enough to make recommendations you actually trust,\u201d said\u00a0Melissa Bridgeford, Wizard\u2019s chief executive and co-founder.\n\u201cMastercard\u2019s Insight Tokens give us a powerful new signal layer grounded in real-world spending behavior, and with Agent Pay deployed through Stripe, we can take shoppers from personalized discovery to secure checkout in a single, seamless experience.\u201d\nMastercard Insight Tokens, the release added, allow\u00a0AI agents\u00a0to access and apply\u00a0geographic-based spending insights to search and discovery, and help agents understand what consumers are looking for but how shoppers in that geography spend.\nMastercard Agent Pay adds to this intelligence by letting those agents securely initiate\u00a0and complete transactions, the companies said.\n\u201cAs\u00a0agentic AI\u00a0reshapes how people discover, decide, and pay, our partnership with Wizard demonstrates how intelligent insights and secure, agent-led payments\u00a0can come together to deliver experiences that adapt to each consumer in the moment,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Sherri Haymond, Mastercard executive vice president and global head of digital commercialization.\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t just about what commerce looks like today\u2014it\u2019s the foundation for a more personalized, intelligent next era.\u201d\nThe partnership comes amid the continued growth of agentic AI use in the eCommerce world. Research by PYMNTS Intelligence has shown that\u00a043% of retailers\u00a0are piloting autonomous AI, with 81% saying they trust AI\u2019s ability to function autonomously, provided the proper controls are in place.\n\u201cThat points to a market that is still early, but no longer sitting on the sidelines,\u201d PYMNTS wrote earlier this week.\nThe research also found that 45% of consumers would be comfortable letting AI agents\u00a0complete purchases\u00a0on their behalf, a figure that rises to 54% for Gen Z. But 95% of consumers report having at least one concern related to agentic commerce, with just 5% saying they have no concerns.\n\u201cAt the same time, 50% of U.S. consumers say they would trust agentic commerce more if they knew\u00a0fraud protections were in place,\u201d PYMNTS added. \u201cThat gives the industry a clear signal about what needs to happen next.\u201d\n\r\n\r\nThe post Mastercard and Stripe Help Wizard Personalize Agentic Shopping\u00a0 appeared first on PYMNTS.com.", "date_published": "2026-04-30T10:00:34-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-30T08:42:27-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Mastercard-Stripe-Wizard-AI.jpeg", "tags": [ "AI", "artificial intelligence", "ecommerce", "Mastercard", "News", "PYMNTS News", "Stripe", "What's Hot", "Wizard", "Partnerships" ] }, { "id": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=3692417", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/lyft-lets-passengers-pay-for-rides-with-united-airlines-miles/", "title": "Lyft Lets Passengers Pay for Rides With United Airlines Miles", "content_html": "Lyft\u00a0has announced an expansion of its partnership with\u00a0United Airlines.
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\n", "content_text": "Lyft\u00a0has announced an expansion of its partnership with\u00a0United Airlines.\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\nThe new collaboration marks the first time an airline and rideshare company have teamed to let passengers earn and redeem airline miles directly in a rideshare app, Lyft said in a Wednesday (April 29)\u00a0news release.\n\u201cEvery ride should move you forward \u2014 in more ways than one,\u201d said\u00a0Jordan Glassberg, vice president of partnerships and loyalty at Lyft. \u201cPay with miles means that the miles you\u2019ve earned on your last rideshare can help get you to your next one.\u201d\nThe program is available today for all members of United\u2019s MileagePlus program who have linked their United and Lyft accounts. It works for all eligible Lyft ride types, such as everyday rides, airport trips and premium options.\n\u201cMany MileagePlus members have already linked their account with Lyft, showing strong demand for earning miles and more flexible ways to engage with the MileagePlus program,\u201d added\u00a0Jarad Fisher, president of the MileagePlus program.\nAccording to the release, these users will find a new \u201cpay with miles\u201d option in the Lyft app when requesting a ride, viewing how many miles will be redeemed before confirming their trip.\nUnited integrated Lyft into its\u00a0loyalty program last year, letting riders who are also members of MileagePlus earn airline miles on every eligible ride. At the time, the companies said they planned to expand their partnership to let members redeem miles for Lyft rides.\nThe airline has said that it has been able to drive revenue by\u00a0promoting loyalty\u00a0rather than rewards within its loyalty program, and that it would allow cardholders to earn more miles on eligible flights than nonmembers.\nAs covered here in March, United is not alone in\u00a0deriving more revenue\u00a0from its loyalty program amid a changing approach to offering rewards. For example, American Airlines has stopped offering AAdvantage miles and Loyalty Points on basic economy tickets, while Delta allows travelers to use spending on its co-branded American Express cards to earn elite status.\nA report by Reuters on the issue cited an examination of filings by the airlines over the last four years that indicates why this trend is occurring. Banks shell out billions each year to the airlines for miles and other payments connected to loyalty programs. In some years, these payments rival the air carriers\u2019 operating income.\nThis has left airlines reconfiguring their\u00a0loyalty-program\u00a0rules to focus on credit card spending, making rewards harder to earn on the lowest fares, the Reuters report said.\n\r\n\r\nThe post Lyft Lets Passengers Pay for Rides With United Airlines Miles appeared first on PYMNTS.com.", "date_published": "2026-04-29T16:18:58-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-29T16:18:58-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/lyft.jpg", "tags": [ "Lyft", "News", "Partnerships", "PYMNTS News", "Ridesharing", "United Airlines", "What's Hot" ] }, { "id": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=3688561", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/keybank-and-qolo-team-to-launch-virtual-card-program/", "title": "KeyBank and Qolo Team to Launch Virtual Card Program", "content_html": "Treasury solutions provider\u00a0Qolo\u00a0has launched an expanded partnership with KeyBank.
The post KeyBank and Qolo Team to Launch Virtual Card Program appeared first on PYMNTS.com.
\n", "content_text": "Treasury solutions provider\u00a0Qolo\u00a0has launched an expanded partnership with KeyBank.\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\nThe collaboration,\u00a0announced\u00a0Tuesday (April 28), has resulted in the debut Key Virtual Card (KeyVC), a virtual commercial card program designed to help businesses more easily monitor and handle payments.\n\u201cManaging commercial payments can be complex, often requiring businesses to juggle multiple systems and reporting processes,\u201d Rouzbeh Rotabi, Qolo\u2019s chief operating officer, said in a news release.\n\u201cKeyVC is designed to reduce that complexity by allowing clients to use virtual cards alongside other treasury tools, with consistent reporting and simplified reconciliation across payment types. Businesses want payment tools that fit naturally into how they already operate.\u201d\nAccording to the release, the new offering lets KeyBank\u2019s commercial clients create and manage virtual cards within KeyBank\u2019s Virtual Account Management platform (KeyVAM).\nBy making\u00a0virtual cards\u00a0part of the same system clients use for treasury and cash management, the program helps businesses pay suppliers more efficiently while offering stronger spending and reconciliation oversight, the company said.\n\u201cCommercial clients are increasingly looking for simpler and more controlled ways to manage payments,\u201d said John Withrow, head of commercial cards at KeyBank.\n\u201cBy expanding our partnership with Qolo, we\u2019re making virtual cards easier to use within our existing treasury platforms, helping clients streamline accounts payable, improve visibility, and maintain better control over how and when money is spent.\u201d\nQolo and KeyBank launched KeyVAM in 2024, with the bank making an\u00a0equity investment\u00a0in Qolo last year. KeyBank has also turned to Qolo to offer clients\u00a0embedded banking solutions.\nThis extension to their partnership comes as businesses are increasingly adopting virtual cards and ACH as they shift away from payment methods like paper checks.\nThese tools \u201csupport digital onboarding, automated approvals and straight-through processing; and they are able to integrate with procurement, accounts payable and treasury systems,\u201d as PYMNTS wrote last month.\nOne of their benefits is their ability to lessen the friction that appears \u201cwhen payments live in a separate, analog universe,\u201d that report added.\n\u201cThose companies that do it right are starting to see benefits by using digital payments as a strategic tool,\u201d\u00a0Daniel Artin, head of strategic partnerships at\u00a0Boost Payment Solutions, said in an\u00a0interview\u00a0with PYMNTS earlier this year.\nResearch by PYMNTS Intelligence shows that small businesses are seeing benefits from these cards that include\u00a0dispute protection and refunds\u00a0\u2014 cited by 63% of businesses \u2014 and the ability to manage liquidity without immediate cash (59%).\n\r\n\r\nThe post KeyBank and Qolo Team to Launch Virtual Card Program appeared first on PYMNTS.com.", "date_published": "2026-04-28T13:25:32-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-28T13:25:32-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/KeyBank.jpg", "tags": [ "B2B", "B2B Payments", "KeyBank", "News", "Partnerships", "PYMNTS News", "Qolo", "virtual cards", "What's Hot", "What's Hot In B2B" ] }, { "id": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=3686174", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/retailers-and-telcos-want-to-be-the-consumers-bank/", "title": "Retailers and Telcos Want to Be the Consumer\u2019s Bank", "content_html": "Nonbanks across industries are aligning with chartered financial institutions to assemble branded financial ecosystems that have regulated balance sheets as a foundation, reshaping how consumers encounter banking products in the course of routine activity.
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\n", "content_text": "Nonbanks across industries are aligning with chartered financial institutions to assemble branded financial ecosystems that have regulated balance sheets as a foundation, reshaping how consumers encounter banking products in the course of routine activity.\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\nA current example comes from Verizon\u2019s promotion that brings wireless customers into a savings relationship with Openbank, a division of Santander.\nAs detailed here, the program ties a high-yield savings account to monthly bill credits, with incentives framed in familiar consumer terms rather than what we might liken to \u201ctraditional\u201d banking language. Customers committing minimum balances to high yield savings accounts reduce their wireless bills, with credits reaching up to $180 annually depending on balances.\nThe structure is explicit about roles. Verizon is not a bank and does not hold deposits. Funds are housed at Santander Bank, N.A., which provides FDIC insurance and regulatory oversight, while Verizon controls the customer funnel, the interface and the ongoing engagement.\nThe offer illustrates how financial services are being inserted into existing consumer relationships rather than sold as standalone products.\nBig Tech and Retail Extend the Model\nThis approach has already taken hold among large platforms. Apple\u2019s credit card and savings products, developed with Goldman Sachs and transitioning to Goldman Sachs, place a technology firm at the center of the user experience while the bank handles underwriting, compliance and balance sheet exposure.\nAmazon has worked with JPMorgan Chase on financial offerings for merchants and consumers embedded within its commerce environment, integrating payments and credit into seller and buyer workflows.\nWalmart\u2019s long-running partnership with Green Dot has enabled it to offer prepaid cards and banking services through its retail footprint, extending financial access while maintaining control over distribution at the store level.\u00a0 That joint effort was extended until 2033.\nBanks Shift Toward Infrastructure Roles\nFor banks, the partnerships offer a channel for deposit growth that does not rely on traditional branch or digital acquisition strategies. In the Verizon and Openbank model, customers are encouraged to maintain balances to qualify for bill credits, effectively anchoring deposits within the bank while customer acquisition is handled by the telco.\nAt the same time, the bank\u2019s role becomes less visible. Compliance, risk management and capital provision remain central as the primary customer relationship sits with the nonbank partner. The bank functions as a regulated backbone, ensuring that accounts are insured and transactions are processed.\nThe expansion of these arrangements leads to the assembling of interconnected ecosystems that combine commerce and communications into a single environment, underpinning financial services.\nControl of that environment brings advantages. It allows firms to shape pricing incentives, direct customer behavior and capture data that informs cross-selling and retention strategies. Financial services are being redistributed across platforms that already command consumer attention.\n\r\n\r\nThe post Retailers and Telcos Want to Be the Consumer\u2019s Bank appeared first on PYMNTS.com.", "date_published": "2026-04-27T18:02:27-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-27T18:15:21-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Verizon-Openbank-banking-1.jpg", "tags": [ "bank partnerships", "banking", "News", "nonbanks", "PYMNTS News", "Retail", "Verizon", "walmart", "Partnerships" ] }, { "id": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=3673502", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/knowbe4-automates-global-cash-flow-via-flywire-partnership/", "title": "KnowBe4 Automates Global Cash Flow Via Flywire Partnership", "content_html": "Human\u00a0risk management platform\u00a0KnowBe4\u00a0has selected\u00a0Flywire\u00a0as its preferred partner for global accounts receivable (AR) and international payments.
The post KnowBe4 Automates Global Cash Flow Via Flywire Partnership appeared first on PYMNTS.com.
\n", "content_text": "Human\u00a0risk management platform\u00a0KnowBe4\u00a0has selected\u00a0Flywire\u00a0as its preferred partner for global accounts receivable (AR) and international payments.\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\nKnowBe4, which provides a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, serves more than 70,000 organizations around the world and continues its global expansion, the companies said\u00a0in\u00a0a Wednesday (April 22)\u00a0press release.\nAs it expands, the company aims to streamline cross-border workflows by leveraging Flywire\u2019s invoice-to-cash\u00a0software and proprietary global payment network to automate the invoice-to-cash lifecycle for its customers across hundreds of countries and territories, according to the release.\n\u201cBy integrating with Flywire, we are not only providing our international customers with a more seamless and localized payment experience,\u00a0we\u00a0are also driving significant value by automating complex back-office workflows,\u201d\u00a0Vlad Kaplunsky, vice president of tax and treasury at KnowBe4, said in the release.\nBy using Flywire\u2019s software and payment network, KnowBe4 is expected to reduce the time spent on manual reconciliation by about 95%, capture millions of dollars in potential savings through optimized exchange rates and reduced global transaction fees, reduce days sales outstanding (DSO), improve cash flow reliability and save IT resources, per the release.\nRyan Frere, executive vice president and general manager of B2B at Flywire, said in the release that Flywire was built to serve high-growth, global technology firms like KnowBe4.\n\u201cBy combining our invoice-to-cash software with our proprietary global payments network, we\u2019re giving KnowBe4 the infrastructure to get paid faster, reduce operational drag and deliver a better experience to their customers worldwide,\u201d Frere said. \u201cThis is what it looks like when payments stop being a bottleneck and start being a growth enabler.\u201d\nAutomation\u00a0is proving to be a decisive competitive edge for finance leaders and companies, Frere wrote in the PYMNTS eBook \u201cHeadlines That Will Shape the Close of 2025.\u201d\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t speculation,\u201d Frere wrote. \u201cAI-powered accounts receivable (AR) solutions are delivering step-function improvements: settlement times reduced by 60%, reconciliation efforts cut by 70%, and DSO shortened by more than two weeks. These are not incremental gains; they are structural shifts that change the way finance teams operate and the way companies compete.\u201d\n\r\n\r\nThe post KnowBe4 Automates Global Cash Flow Via Flywire Partnership appeared first on PYMNTS.com.", "date_published": "2026-04-22T12:45:47-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-23T22:08:04-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Flywire.jpg", "tags": [ "B2B", "B2B Payments", "cross-border payments", "Flywire", "KnowBe4", "News", "PYMNTS News", "What's Hot", "What's Hot In B2B", "Partnerships" ] }, { "id": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=3671641", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/block-and-uber-expand-partnership-across-several-global-markets/", "title": "Block and Uber Expand Partnership Across Several Global Markets", "content_html": "Block and Uber Technologies have expanded their global partnership to launch new capabilities in different markets, they said in a Wednesday (April 22) press release emailed to PYMNTS.
The post Block and Uber Expand Partnership Across Several Global Markets appeared first on PYMNTS.com.
\n", "content_text": "Block and Uber Technologies have expanded their global partnership to launch new capabilities in different markets, they said in a Wednesday (April 22) press release emailed to PYMNTS.\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\nIn the United States, the collaboration will make Block\u2019s Cash App Pay available as a payment option across Uber and Uber Eats. This will provide consumers with greater payment flexibility and convenience across Uber\u2019s U.S. platform, access to special offers and promotions through Block, and a simplified checkout experience. For Uber, it will offer access to 59 million monthly transacting Cash App users, according to the release.\nSusan Anderson, global head of delivery at Uber, said in the release that the incorporation of Cash App Pay as a payment method on Uber and Uber Eats will \u201coffer a younger, diverse and growing set of consumers a more flexible, reliable payment option.\u201d\nNick Molnar, global head of sales and marketing at Block, said in the release that Cash App Pay enhances the customer experience and allows customers to pay how they want.\nIn Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Spain, the companies\u2019 expanded partnership will enable a planned native integration of Block\u2019s Square to Uber Eats. This integration, which is already available in the U.S., enables restaurants to manage all orders directly through their Square POS system; eliminate the need for additional tablets; control menus, modifiers and inventory across channels from one dashboard; access Instant Payouts; and reach millions of Uber Eats customers, per the release.\nAnderson said in the release that this integration will help restaurants unlock new growth.\nMolnar said in the release that Square streamlines restaurant operations and enables these businesses to operate more efficiently.\nThese new offerings will build upon the existing partnership of Block and Uber Technologies in Australia, where the companies teamed up last year to integrate Uber with Block\u2019s buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution, Afterpay. That integration offers greater flexibility for their Australian customers who shop on Uber and Uber Eats, per the release.\nWhen that partnership was announced, Molnar said in a post on LinkedIn: \u201cAfterpay x Uber brings together two customer-obsessed platforms to deliver more value and choice to millions.\u201d\n\r\n\r\nThe post Block and Uber Expand Partnership Across Several Global Markets appeared first on PYMNTS.com.", "date_published": "2026-04-22T09:00:15-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-21T22:19:29-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Block-Uber-1.jpg", "tags": [ "Block", "Cash App Pay", "delivery", "News", "PYMNTS News", "Ride-Sharing", "Uber", "Uber Eats", "What's Hot", "Partnerships" ] }, { "id": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=3670633", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/paymentology-and-change-team-to-boost-australian-fintech-growth/", "title": "Paymentology and Change Team to Boost Australian FinTech Growth", "content_html": "Issuer-processor Paymentology has launched a partnership with financial services company Change Financial.
The post Paymentology and Change Team to Boost Australian FinTech Growth appeared first on PYMNTS.com.
\n", "content_text": "Issuer-processor Paymentology has launched a partnership with financial services company Change Financial.\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\nThe collaboration, announced Tuesday (April 21), is designed to accelerate payment method adoption and FinTech growth across Australia.\n\u201cAustralia is one of the most sophisticated payments ecosystems globally, with strong consumer adoption of digital, contactless and mobile-first experiences,\u201d Minh Ha Truong, Paymentology\u2019s head of growth for the Asia-Pacific region, said in a news release. \u201cBy partnering with Change Financial, we\u2019re combining next-generation issuing infrastructure with trusted local BIN sponsorship and expertise, unlocking faster payment method adoption for fintechs and helping them scale confidently in the Australian market.\u201d\nAccording to the release, the collaboration joins Paymentology\u2019s processing platform with Change Financial\u2019s local \u201cBIN sponsorship, regulatory expertise and in-market presence,\u201d letting FinTechs, digital banks and program managers launch and scale card programs more effectively within the Australian marketplace.\nThe release noted Australia\u2019s embrace of the digital payments space, with the country\u2019s national payments market valued at $849.1 billion in 2025, and expected to reach $1.35 trillion by 2034.\n\u201cCards and mobile wallets now sit at the centre of everyday transactions, as digital adoption continues to accelerate,\u201d the companies added, with Australians making $114 billion in mobile wallet payments last year.\nPYMNTS Intelligence collaborated with Paymentology for the March edition of the Payments Innovation Tracker\u00ae Series, which showed that consumers increasingly expect credit to behave like software: flexible, responsive and designed around specific purchases or financial situations.\nCredit card holders now want the ability to split transactions into installments, change due dates to line up with their pay cycles, and access financing embedded into everyday transactions, such as travel bookings or retail checkouts.\n\u201cThis shift is forcing a structural rethink inside banks and FinTech companies alike,\u201d PYMNTS wrote. \u201cThe result is increasingly emerging as a credit infrastructure reset: a move away from fragmented, batch-based lending systems toward unified, real-time platforms that treat credit not as a static product but as programmable financial infrastructure.\u201d\nMore recently, PYMNTS spoke with Stephen Bowe, Paymentology\u2019s chief product officer, about the changing credit landscape for issuers.\nWhile credit demand may be rising, issuers face the question of whether their technology stacks can sustain how credit is now used, and not how it was once structured. Bowe characterized the environment as one where growth risks conceal deeper operational shortcomings.\n\u201cWhen issuers assess their credit capabilities, whilst demand is increasing, it can actually create a false sense of security,\u201d he told PYMNTS last week, adding that dependence on legacy systems leaves institutions out of sync with customer behavior.\n\r\n\r\nThe post Paymentology and Change Team to Boost Australian FinTech Growth appeared first on PYMNTS.com.", "date_published": "2026-04-21T14:37:30-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-21T14:37:30-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Paymentology-Change-Financial-FinTechs-Australia.jpeg", "tags": [ "Change Financial", "Digital Payments", "FinTech", "News", "Paymentology", "PYMNTS News", "What's Hot", "Partnerships" ] }, { "id": "https://www.pymnts.com/?p=3666572", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/visa-expands-payment-orchestration-pact-with-dubais-moneyhash/", "title": "Visa Expands Payment Orchestration Pact With Dubai\u2019s MoneyHash", "content_html": "Visa has expanded its partnership with MoneyHash, a payment orchestration/infrastructure platform for emerging markets.
The post Visa Expands Payment Orchestration Pact With Dubai\u2019s MoneyHash appeared first on PYMNTS.com.
\n", "content_text": "Visa has expanded its partnership with MoneyHash, a payment orchestration/infrastructure platform for emerging markets.\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\nThe expanded collaboration, the companies announced Friday (April 17), is designed to enable Visa\u2019s Cybersource across the MoneyHash platform.\nDubai-based MoneyHash first teamed with Visa in 2004 in a partnership designed to offer secure digital payments for MoneyHash clients in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region.\nAccording to a news release, the expanded partnership will see MoneyHash \u201cenhance and scale\u201d Cybersource enablement within its orchestration layer, letting merchants use Visa\u2019s global payment infrastructure along with various local and international payment methods through a single integration.\nMoneyHash said this approach simplifies payments operations and lets merchants accelerate market launches without needing to oversee multiple direct integrations.\n\u201cThis partnership reflects the natural evolution of our relationship with Visa – from collaboration to deeper infrastructure alignment,\u201d Nader Abdelrazik, CEO of MoneyHash, said in the release. \u201cBy enabling Cybersource within MoneyHash\u2019s platform, we\u2019re giving merchants in MENA and beyond the ability to access Visa\u2019s global capabilities while maintaining full control, flexibility, and performance optimization through orchestration.\u201d\nThe companies said their partnership is designed to help enterprises improve their payment success rates, lower processing costs and open up opportunities for new revenue through enhanced conversion and failure recovery.\nPYMNTS wrote earlier this year about merchants\u2019 changing attitude toward payments orchestration. At one time viewed as \u201ca necessary but largely invisible layer designed to keep transactions moving,\u201d that framing is no longer relevant.\n\u201cAs digital sales expand across borders, channels and payment types, the way payments are routed, authorized and settled increasingly shapes revenue, costs and speed to market,\u201d that report said. \u201cWhat is changing is not simply payments technology, but the role payments play inside the organization. Once viewed as a back-office function, payments are now being examined as a source of competitive advantage and operational leverage.\u201d\nThe chief appeal of payments orchestration is control. Merchants can get visibility into how payments perform across providers and regions, as well as the ability to make adjustments in almost real time.\nAs Andrew Gordon, eCommerce payments strategist from Discover\u00ae Network, said in an interview with PYMNTS, payments orchestration lets merchants enjoy greater control over their payment ecosystem, offering more flexibility in how they monitor/manage payment performance.\nGordon added that \u201cby making strategic decisions about authorization routing, cost management and payment choice, businesses can [identify] opportunities for sales [performance] and operational efficiency.\u201d\n\r\n\r\nThe post Visa Expands Payment Orchestration Pact With Dubai\u2019s MoneyHash appeared first on PYMNTS.com.", "date_published": "2026-04-20T13:43:00-04:00", "date_modified": "2026-04-20T13:43:00-04:00", "authors": [ { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" } ], "author": { "name": "PYMNTS", "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/author/pymnts/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/679fcf5c2ed5358e99e8e23b22e3b5d761e37bdb76fa7b0e13d8ecd9ff01bf88?s=512&d=blank&r=g" }, "image": "https://www.pymnts.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Visa.jpeg", "tags": [ "MoneyHash", "News", "orchestration", "Partnerships", "payment orchestration", "PYMNTS News", "Visa", "Visa CyberSource", "What's Hot" ] } ] }