Newswire Summaries
Navan, Booking.com enhance direct connection, focus on business travelers
Thursday, January 22, 2026 20:06:03 (UTC)
Jan 22, 2026 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time Navan and Booking.com Enhance Direct Connection to Expand Inventory and Savings for Business Travelers Discounts on eligible stays for travelers, unmatched inventory for travel managers and travelers PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navan (NASDAQ: NAVN), the leading all-in-one business travel, payments, and expense management platform, today announced its enhanced direct connection with Booking.com, unlocking expanded global lodging invent...
TSG simplifies payments benchmarking for leaders and analysts
Thursday, January 22, 2026 20:04:25 (UTC)
Jan 22, 2026 9:05 AM Eastern Standard Time TSG Simplifies Payments Benchmarking for Leaders and Analysts OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TSG (The Strawhecker Group), a globally recognized analytics, intelligence, and solutions-focused firm serving the payments ecosystem, today announced the launch of its Executive Dashboard, a significant enhancement to its Acquiring Industry Metrics (AIM) platform. This new experience provides payments organizations with an immediate and intuitive view of...
JIM’s 2025 Generosity Index finds Americans are more selective with tipping
Thursday, January 22, 2026 20:02:48 (UTC)
Jan 22, 2026 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time JIM’s 2025 Generosity Index Reveals How Americans Have Become More Selective With Their Tipping A nationwide analysis of tipping transactions highlights key trends in tipping, including the top five states for highest tips and the industries with the largest tipping rates. South Carolina leads the U.S. with an average tip rate of 20.71%, the only state to surpass the 20% threshold, followed by Wisconsin (19.15%), Connecticut (18.43%), Ma...
IBM to acquire Confluent to make smart data platform for enterprise generative AI
Thursday, January 22, 2026 19:56:25 (UTC)
ARMONK, NY and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT), the data streaming pioneer, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which IBM will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Confluent for $31 per share, representing an enterprise value of $11 billion. Confluent provides a leading open-source enterprise data streaming platform that connects, processes and governs reusable and reliable dat...
Treasury Prime adds two institutions to industry-leading bank network
Thursday, January 22, 2026 19:51:54 (UTC)
Jan 22, 2026 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time Treasury Prime Adds Two Institutions to Industry-Leading Bank Network, Accelerating Embedded Finance Growth Additions of i3 Bank and Coastal strengthen Treasury Prime’s 20+ Bank Network S AN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Treasury Prime, the first AI-native embedded finance platform, announced today the addition of i3 Bank and Coastal to its industry-leading Bank Network. The expansion further strengthens Treasury Prime’s growing ecosystem of...
Atlantic Federal CU becomes first CU to go live with MANTL loan origination
Thursday, January 22, 2026 19:50:07 (UTC)
The Atlantic Federal Credit Union Becomes First Credit Union to Go Live with MANTL Loan Origination Credit union launches consumer lending on the MANTL Loan Origination Platform to scale loan growth and deliver a unified experience across deposit and loan onboarding and account opening PLANO, TX —Jan. 22, 2026 — MANTL, an Alkami solution team and a leading provider of loan and deposit account opening technology, today announced that New Jersey-based The Atlantic Federal Credit Union (The...
MIB Medical Data Solutions to provide real-time employment, income data from Equifax
Thursday, January 22, 2026 19:47:06 (UTC)
MIB Medical Data Solutions Platform Expands to Provide Real-Time Employment and Income Verification Data from Equifax January 21, 2026, Braintree, MA MIB, the life insurance industry’s trusted partner for data-driven insights and digital services, today announced an agreement with Equifax, a leading commercial source of consolidated employment data. This collaboration will enable MIB to offer access to real-time employment and income verification data, supporting improved financial...
ZBD $40M Series C set to bring real-money payments, rewards natively into video games
Thursday, January 22, 2026 19:44:56 (UTC)
ZBD ANNOUNCES $40M SERIES C TO BRING REAL-MONEY PAYMENTS AND REWARDS NATIVELY INTO VIDEO GAMES image.png HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY – 22 JANUARY 2026 – ZBD, the payments innovator powering real-money transactions for games and apps, today announced it has secured USD $40M in Series C financing commitments from Blockstream Capital Partners (“BCP”), accelerating its growth as the only fully-licensed, vertically-integrated payments provider built for gaming. ZBD uses the Lightning Network t...
New Flywire appointments designed to drive strategic growth, commercial excellence
Thursday, January 22, 2026 17:49:00 (UTC)
Flywire announces key leadership appointments designed to drive strategic growth and commercial excellence New Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Product Officer roles expected to strengthen Flywire's go-to-market execution and product innovation across all verticals David King and Sharon Butler named Co-Presidents of Global Education to help accelerate Student Financial Software adoption and deepen market leadership This week, Flywire announced several strategic leadership appointmen...
Grow Financial CU chooses MANTL to elevate the member experience
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 17:56:04 (UTC)
Grow Financial Credit Union Chooses MANTL to Elevate the Member Experience Addition of MANTL's Onboarding & Account Opening Solution will streamline retail account opening across channels PLANO, Texas, Jan. 21, 2026 -- Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) ("Alkami"), a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., today announced that Grow Financial Credit Union (Grow Financial) is advancing its digital banking strategy by expanding its partnership ...
