Newswire Summaries
Cocodp becomes Bigo Live's first U.S. top-up partner
Friday, September 19, 2025 16:39:37 (UTC)
HONG KONG, Sept. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cocodp, a leading global platform for interactive entertainment top-ups, today announced a strategic partnership with Bigo Live, becoming the platform's first third-party top-up provider in the United States. This collaboration equips Bigo Live with one-stop localized payment options for its North American expansion and marks a significant step forward in Cocodp's worldwide growth strategy. Through this partnership, U.S. users of Bigo Live can enjoy...
Gurucul unveils AI-powered insider risk management platform
Friday, September 19, 2025 16:38:19 (UTC)
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Gurucul, a global leader in security analytics and risk management, today announced the launch of its AI Insider Risk Management (AI-IRM) product. This ushers in a new era of unified insider threat defense, extending its award-winning insider threat solution to the industry's first native AI Insider Analyst. Extending autonomous triage, bias-free risk scoring, context-rich investigation, and human and AI collaboration, AI-IRM automates response workflo...
CisionOne expands AI-powered platform, enhances instant insights, social intelligence
Friday, September 19, 2025 16:35:21 (UTC)
CHICAGO, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cision, a global leader in consumer and media intelligence solutions, today announced two major upgrades to its CisionOne platform: enhanced Instant Insights dashboards and expanded CisionOne Social intelligence. Together, these innovations deliver a more unified, AI-powered solution for PR teams to monitor conversations, manage reputation, distribute media releases, and demonstrate impact—all from one place. For years, PR teams have struggled with...
Consumer confidence slump drives shift to intentional shopping
Friday, September 19, 2025 16:09:45 (UTC)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A comprehensive new consumer study from Woo and Klaviyo uncovers how fragmented and validation-driven shopping journeys have become in 2025. The global survey of more than 6,000 consumers across the US, UK, Canada, and Australia found that 43% of shoppers research products on one platform but purchase on another. Consumers validate every purchase across channels — comparing reviews, checking multiple sources, and weighing both practical and emotion...
OpenTable launches all-in-one marketplace for private and group dining
Friday, September 19, 2025 16:08:13 (UTC)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenTable, a global leader in restaurant tech, today announced the launch of its new all-in-one marketplace for private and group dining. The product replaces scattered searches, calls, and emails with one reliable hub – making it easier for diners to plan large gatherings and for restaurants to drive revenue with less friction. OpenTable's Private and Group Dining Marketplace OpenTable's Private and Group Dining Marketplace Booking a group or...
Google, PayPal forge multiyear partnership to revolutionize commerce
Friday, September 19, 2025 16:07:00 (UTC)
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Google and PayPal today announced a multiyear strategic partnership focused on advancing several commerce solutions. The collaboration will deliver innovative solutions that transform how businesses and consumers transact across platforms and devices. Combining their expertise and scale, the companies aim to deliver frictionless digital commerce experiences and set a new standard for commerce ecosystem innovation. PayPal & Google PayPal & ...
Xplor, Clubessential to merge, creating a scaled global platform for software, payments
Friday, September 19, 2025 16:05:38 (UTC)
ATLANTA and CINCINNATI, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Xplor Technologies ("Xplor"), a global platform providing software and embedded payments solutions to businesses in "everyday life" verticals such as childcare & education, fitness & wellbeing, field services, and personal services, and Clubessential Holdings, a global SaaS and embedded payments provider for membership-based organizations, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their businesses. Terms o...
EWS, the company behind Zelle and Paze, responds to OCC, Fed, FDIC RFI
Friday, September 19, 2025 16:03:07 (UTC)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Early Warning Services, LLC, founded to unite banks and credit unions in the fight against financial fraud, submitted a comment letter yesterday responding to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Reserve Board, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Request for Information regarding potential actions to address payments fraud. Early Warning, the company behind Zelle®, PazeSM and other identity and payments products,...
Velera published September edition of Velera Payments Index
Friday, September 19, 2025 15:59:33 (UTC)
St. Petersburg, Fla., Sept. 19, 2025—Yesterday, Velera – the nation’s premier payments CUSO and an integrated financial technology solutions provider – published the September edition of the Velera Payments Index, which includes a deep dive into the Travel sector, a discretionary spending category that has softened in 2025: In August, consumer spending growth remained consistent while consumer sentiment softened. As a sign of the slowing economy, job growth in August was again much...
Viamericas, GCB team up to enhance remittance services
Thursday, September 18, 2025 16:14:19 (UTC)
CORAL GABLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viamericas, a leading provider of remittance and international money transfer services, announced a new partnership with GCB. This collaboration enables U.S.-based customers to send funds for cash pickup at 184 locations or directly to bank accounts in Ghana, complementing Viamericas’ existing network of agent locations and digital channels. "This partnership will go a long way to provide unrivalled payment solutions to Ghanaian diaspora in the U.S. to s...
