MoneyGram Appoints Driven Brands Veteran Gary W. Ferrera as CFO
MoneyGram International has appointed former Driven Brands chief financial officer (CFO) Gary W. Ferrera as its CFO.
Ferrera succeeds Larry Angelilli, who has retired after more than 12 years with Mon...
Sidetrade Adds AI Agent to Order-to-Cash Applications
Sidetrade has added generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) features to its AI-powered order-to-cash (O2C) applications.
The first of these features is an AI agent called “Ask Aimie,” the compa...
OpenAI Names Ex-Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar as CFO, Kevin Weil as CPO
OpenAI has named a new chief financial officer (CFO) and a new chief product officer (CPO) as it prepares for its “next phase of growth.”
Sarah Friar, former CEO of Nextdoor, has joined OpenAI a...
Court Rejects Uber’s Challenge to California Gig Worker Law
Uber said Monday (June 10) that a U.S. appeals court decision rejecting the company’s challenge to a California law that could force it to treat drivers as employees rather than independent contract...
Summer Staycations in Store as Consumers Trade Down on Travel
As we recently reported, despite steady signs of inflation, about half of U.S. consumers are planning to take summer vacations in the weeks to come — and many even anticipate spending even more this...
BNPL Users Want to Be Rewarded for Their Purchases
More consumers would use buy now, pay later (BNPL) for larger purchases if they could be sufficiently rewarded for doing so.
By the Numbers
The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Tracking the Digital Payme...
Italian AI Startup iGenius Aims to Raise $698 Million
Italian artificial intelligence (AI) startup iGenius reportedly aims to raise 650 million euros ($698 million).
This would give the startup a post-money valuation of 1.7 billion euros ($1.8 billion), ...
Consumers Splurge on Specialty Fashion Brands Amid Inflation
Amid financial uncertainties, U.S. consumers are becoming more discerning in what nice-to-have retail products they are willing to indulge in, shifting their purchasing away from major retailers towar...