Mercedes-Benz is the latest automaker to launch a subscription service that gives customers access to a variety of cars for a single monthly fee. Multiple subscription tiers are available, with a broad array of Mercedes-Benz offerings including SUV, sedan, coupe, cabriolet, roadster, and wagon models, as well as high-performance AMG models....
Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers is doubling down on it’s commitment to employee health and wellness with a $45 million-dollar investment into its wellness program. Specifically, the wellness bonuses will help new families and emphasize PwC’s commitment to work-life balance. For new parents, PwC is now allowing staff members to...
Tech has taken the world of payments by storm, especially in China, where citizens are increasingly relying on digital payments instead of cold hard cash. This is transforming the country and helping it leapfrog ahead of the competition to become the world’s first cashless economy. According to latest figures from the Ministry of Industry and...
One in five jobs that were created globally in 2017 were in the travel industry, according to World Travel & Tourism Council’s data. Some 119 million jobs worldwide last year were directly attributed to tourism, and the industry created two million new jobs. Many travel industry executives are optimistic that new technologies such as...
They don’t need a corner office or a gold watch. They need their freedom, a new study of American workers says. Millions of workers are happily leaving corporations and becoming self-employed, according to FreshBooks’ second annual Self-Employment Report. And, the report added, this revolution in how Americans work will only grow over the next...
Nationwide Building Society, a major financial institution in the U.K., tapped design agency Dalziel & Pow to reconfigure its branch interiors into something a lot more homey. Unlike most other banks, the new Nationwide stores will do away glass walls to separate staff from clients. The community-facing spaces will even include a venue for...
Retailers could soon be faced with a “returns tsunami” thanks to the emergence of new try-before-you-buy schemes for online consumers. With returns already costing UK retailers £60 billion a year, a new report released today highlights the hidden dangers of online and multichannel retailers introducing try-now-pay-later options for customers....
The Marshall Islands, a Pacific island republic nestled between Hawaii and Australia, is launching the world’s first sovereign cryptocurrency that can be used as legal tender. Aptly called Sovereign (SOV), the digital currency was developed in partnership with Israeli startup Neema. The cryptocurrency will be the nation’s second federally...
According to Google: You can now ask your Google Assistant to pay your friends back with Google Pay, so you can spend more time having fun and less time dealing with the hassle of paying each other back. You can easily send or request money from your contacts—for free—using the Assistant on Android and iOS phones in the U.S. In the coming...
Denizen has announced the first true global, borderless account that allows customers to receive money in one country and pay it out without excess fees or delays. Co-founded by Joaquin Ayuso, the former co-founder and CTO of Tuenti (known as “the Spanish Facebook”), Denizen’s initial funding round was provided by BBVA’s New Digital Businesses...