Coronavirus Refunds: Goop Cruise Travelers Receive Reimbursement Option
As the pandemic continues to disrupt everyday life the world over, many consumers want compensation for things they paid for but aren’t able to use. Travelers booked for cruises that have been canceled are receiving refund options. The Goop at Sea cruise was called off because of the pandemic amid a worldwide cruising freeze, Yahoo Life reported. … Continue reading Coronavirus Refunds: Goop Cruise Travelers Receive Reimbursement Option Continue Reading
Fans of gambling in Pennsylvania will have access to a new stand-alone gambling app with FanDuel Group‘s newest product, according to a press release. The FanDuel Casino app was initially only offered through the FanDuel Sportsbook app, which partnered with Valley Forge Casino and Boyd Gaming. The new incarnation of the Casino app is stand-alone and only available in Pennsylvania thus far, … 
In what could be the start of a protracted court fight, attorneys for the state of California plan to ask a judge to order Uber and Lyft to classify their ride-hailing drivers as employees rather than contractors, Reuters reported. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said his office will file a request for a preliminary injunction in the Superior Court of California … 
After auditors for Wirecard couldn’t confirm the existence of $2.1 billion in trust accounts and Wirecard’s former chief executive was arrested, Southeast Asia’s Grab has reportedly halted a collaboration with the German payments company. “We have not begun business integration work on the Wirecard partnership and we are pausing the partnership till further notice,” a representative from Grab told Reuters. … 
French startup Memo Bank is intending to go public soon, boasting $22.5 million in new funding. And with a business bank credit license, the bank will now begin offering quick credit lines. Memo Bank aims to offer credit lines in “just a few days” without most of the cumbersome paperwork normally associated with that, according to TechCrunch. Memo … 
Just as eateries and other business begin to reopen after COVID-19-related closures, Shift4 Payments announced Wednesday (June 24) it is rolling out a tool that that lets customers pay for meals, products and services by using their mobile devices to scan QR codes. Shift4 Payments calls its contactless technology QR Pay and says it won’t cost existing … 
The Philippines has launched an investigation into the missing $2.1 billion that Wirecard said it deposited in two of the island nation’s banks, Reuters reported. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Wednesday (June 24) he told state investigators to coordinate with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the Philippines central bank, on the inquiry. On Monday, the German payment processor company said Jan Marsalek, its … 
It would probably be a stretch to say that no one could have predicted this deal. Fleetsmith, a startup that has built a platform enabling corporate IT crews to manage Apple devices, has been acquired by the tech giant, the company’s founders confirmed in a blog post. “Today we have some exciting news to share: … 
To help project managers and administrators save time, Centsoft has unveiled an accounts payable (AP) automation technology for firms in the construction industry. The software company said firms in the construction industry have special needs in terms of processing vendor and supplier invoices, and its technology tackles some of the daily challenges that project managers and administrators … 
Messaging app Telegram said a data breach has exposed a database containing the personal information of millions of users, according to a Cointelgraph report. The database, which was exposed on a darknet forum, included users’ phone numbers and unique Telegram user IDs, according to the report. Telegram told Russian tech publication Kod.ru, which originally reported the information on Tuesday …