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Travel Industry Revitalized by Seamless, Secure Payment Options

CIO

With a travel resurgence already well under way, it’s essential for industry organizations to ensure they are offering consumers payment options that are not just convenient, but that also reduce risk and instill confidence with every transaction. To help boost confidence there are many security tools that organizations can leverage.

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Travel startup GetYourGuide secures $97M revolving credit facility

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Now, a promising travel startup that saw its growth arrested by the arrival and persistence of the pandemic is announcing a $97 million financing facility to help it stay the course until it can finally resume normal business. GetYourGuide closes $133M convertible note as travel startups continue to weather the COVID-19 storm.

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Enhancing customer care through deep machine learning at Travelers

CIO

New York-based insurance provider Travelers, with 30,000 employees and 2021 revenues of about $35 billion, is in the business of risk. On the role of the Chief Data Officer: Due to the nature of our business, Travelers has always used data analytics to assess and price risk. s SVP and chief data & analytics officer, has a crowâ??s

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Fixed wireless access (FWA) is a secure networking option

CIO

When making decisions about network access, businesses need to be aware of and assess the security implications associated with network technology to help keep their digital assets protected. Cyber hygiene best practices include device security , cyber security education , and secure networking strategies.

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Do you need another app to discover beautiful places when you travel?

TechCrunch

In the summer of 2019, Timilehin Ajiboye became intrigued with the idea of building a travel app after conversations with a circle of friends. And while social media, growing exponentially over the past decade, has changed the way we communicate and connect, it has also changed how we travel. Social media and travel.

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Elude secures additional funding as it aims to improve travel booking experience

TechCrunch

Travel app Elude is on a roll, announcing an additional $3 million on the heels of a $2.1 Alex Simon, CEO, and Frankie Scerbo, CMO, got the idea for the Los Angeles-based startup three years ago after bonding over a love of spontaneous travel, but not finding enough options within their budget. Elude raises $2.1M

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Grip Security raises $6M to improve SaaS security

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Many large enterprises now rely on hundreds of third-party SaaS applications to do business, but their security organizations can barely keep pace. Right now, the state of the art for SaaS enterprise security are cloud access security brokers (CASBs) that act as intermediaries between users and the actual service.