Planet, a global software, payment, and technology solutions firm, today announced the findings from its latest guest sentiment poll conducted across 19 countries.

The report provides important data and insights to hoteliers as to what domestic and international guests want from their stay, from booking through to check-out, including their payments preferences.

Even before booking, hotels need to do more to make themselves an attractive option

iDenfy, a global RegTech startup offering AI-based ID verification and fraud prevention solutions, partnered with ECNG Digital, a Lithuania-based fintech company offering virtual currency exchange services and modern payment tools for merchants. iDenfy’s identity verification solution will enable ECNG Digital to reduce drop-off rates and simplify the identity verification process. 

TangoPay an Authorized Payment Institution based in the UK, and ThetaRay, the leader in next-generation AI-powered secure global payments, today announced they will collaborate to protect TangoPay’s global payments platform from financial crimes as the UK-based business grows.

Aro, the UK’s go-to embedded finance partner for brands, has today announced it will be adding open-data lender, Plend, to its market-leading lending panel.

In recent years, the digital landscape has witnessed a remarkable evolution, which has brought forth an urgent demand for secure and private communication. The proliferation of data breaches and mounting privacy concerns has led individuals to actively explore alternative solutions that can effectively protect their sensitive information. It is in this context that FortKnoxster (FKX) emerges as a pioneering force, capitalizing on the transformative capabilities of blockchain technology to redefine the very essence of privacy paradigms.

Infront, the European market leader in financial market data solutions, is combining decades of experience delivering data for financial markets into a modern API by launching its Data Manager API. This key offering gives important players including wealth and asset managers, banks, brokers, and fintechs access to a comprehensive, high-quality universe of financial data. Infront provides firms with streamlined onboarding, access, and alignment, and customizable data solutions.

Peppercorn the world's first Conversational AI platform built specially for insurance has chosen next-generation reconciliation software specialists Aurum Solutions to automate their reconciliations. 

Thunes, the global cross-border payments infrastructure network, today announced the expansion of its Acceptance payment network to five major Asian markets: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. This will enable European and international merchants to receive payments from consumers in Southeast Asia and settle in their currency of choice.

Akamai Technologies, Inc., the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today released a new State of the Internet report that explores existing and emerging cyberattacks against the financial services industry. The new report, The High Stakes of Innovation: Attack Trends in Financial Services, finds that financial services is the third-most attacked vector in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, with approximately 1 billion web application and API attacks, which represents a significant 119% year-over-year increase when comparing Q2 202

European consumers are in “open relationships” with brands, akin to the concept in personal interactions, according to the latest research from Twilio, the customer engagement platform that drives real-time, personalised experiences for today’s leading brands.