Mastercard‘s new Recovery Insights tool will attempt to help businesses and governments assess data during the pandemic in order to make smarter decisions, according to a press release. The tool will attempt to help an array of businesses, including airlines, restaurants, banks, governments and other types of money-making and governing...
Unemployment Fraud In Michigan Could Bump Legit Jobless Claims
Unemployed Michigan residents ought to be wary of a scam in which fraudsters are using stolen personal information to apply for unemployment benefits, according to Michigan-based news site MLive.com. The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) has since instituted more steps to verify peoples’ identities and make sure an application was...
What Legacy FIs Miss About The Need For Cloud-Based Infrastructure
Financial institutions (FIs) have been adapting their platforms and technologies to better suit the needs of more digital consumers for decades, but the coronavirus has placed new importance and pressure on accelerating these efforts. Allowing customers uninterrupted access to their online financial accounts and processing digital payments quickly is critical...
Charting The Travel Industry’s Next Adventure
The first half of 2020 has been particularly grueling for the travel industry. Jeff Cavins, CEO of recreational-vehicle rental site Outdoorsy, likens it to the entire planet “getting hit by a meteor� in terms of what it did to consumer interest in travel. Cavins and other industry all-stars recently joined...
Saving Main Street: How A Business School Is Helping Toronto SMB Retailers
If there’s a playbook for Main Street’s migration to digital, Toronto’s Schulich School of Business is authoring a very effective chapter. It starts with a public-private partnership, has a great pizza story in the middle and ends with a feisty attitude in the face of a devastating pandemic. In an...
How Faster Disbursements Can Help Solve Patients’ Payment Pain Points
The United States healthcare system is notorious for burdening patients with hefty expenses — a reality that existed long before the COVID-19 pandemic turned a national spotlight onto the issue. Financially-strained consumers can struggle to afford medicine and treatment for a variety of conditions, and some skip on getting the...
Using Sensors And IoT To Thwart Home Invasions (Of Privacy)
To monitor a home and to make sure all is safe and secure means you have to monitor the people and the activities inside. How to do that without destroying privacy in the age of work from home, shop from home, do-everything from home? In the age of connected devices,...
QSR Orders Have Gone Digital And Fraudsters Want A Piece Of The Pie
If you were to hop into a time machine and take a look at the quick-service restaurant (QSR) space a mere five years ago, the segment would look incredibly different than it does today. Digital barely existed among QSRs, and custom demand for it was nearly nonexistent. In fact, the...
UPS Adds Peak Delivery Surcharge To Manage eCommerce Demand Amid Pandemic
Seeking to manage the overflow of cases during the pandemic, UPS is adding a new ‘peak’ surcharge similar to how they do for the busy holiday season, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (May 28). The surcharges will add an extra 30 cents to packages shipped by UPS Ground and...
USDA’s SNAP Benefits Can Used In 25 States, DC To Buy Groceries From Amazon
Amazon customers can now use Supplemental Nutrient Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in more states, according to a statement from the eCommerce giant. As of this week, customers with SNAP in the states of Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin can now...