| Taking The Adventure Out Of Paying For Adventure Travel Luxury and high-cost adventure travel in exotic locations is increasing, but payments for those cross border, multi-currency excursions often get in the way of a great experience. Colin Smyth, head of the Travel segment at Flywire, gives Karen Webster a tour of this travel landscape, and explains the role of digital payments in keeping the adventure out of booking and paying for the trip for operators and travelers. |
| Alexaâs Expanding Ecosystem With the blizzard of announcements out of Amazon at CES this week, itâs easy to get lost in the Alexa ecosystemsâ recent expansions. Weâve been keeping track of all the splashy reveals â and all the steady developments that have extended her size and reach over the last year. Because, as it turns out, Alexa is popping up everywhere, whether youâve noticed her or not. |
| Why Travel Is A Popular Destination For Fraudsters Criminals have found a new place to practice their craft and have now comfortably booked a spot onboard the digital travel industry. Yinglian Xie, CEO and co-founder at DataVisor, chats with Karen Webster about why the complexity of this segment has piqued their interest. |
| Can Refined Food Waste Give A Boost To Sustainable Commerce? Payments and commerce tech will have to play a bigger role for sustainable commerce to scale despite consumer interest in making it a priority spend. Treasure8 Co-CEO and Founder Timothy Childs tells PYMNTS how its “drying-as-a-service” tech model is helping restaurants and grocery stores turn food waste into a new revenue stream. |
| | Digital Identity Tracker™ | | NRF On PIN-less EMV Cards And POS Fraud While the expanding adoption of EMV cards in the U.S. has helped to largely eliminate card-present counterfeit fraud at the physical point of sale, some merchants believe that more can be done. In this monthâs Digital identity Tracker, Stephanie Martz, senior vice president and general counsel for the National Retail Federation talks with PYMNTS about why merchants believe that PIN verification for EMV cards is essential to further reduce fraud at the physical point of sale. |
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