Israeli solution targets credit card payments' 'black hole'

Israeli solution targets credit card payments' 'black hole'

‘Technical declines’ cause large numbers of credit card transactions to fail even when customers have sufficient funds and available credit. Fintech company BridgerPay says its AI system reroutes transactions among hundreds of payment providers to overcome the problem. CEO: “This is money that would have gone to waste because of technical failures.”

In first, police inaugurates bulletproof ambulances
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In first, police inaugurates bulletproof ambulances

"We have only recently finished debriefing the events of Oct. 7," Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai says. "There were officers evacuated in private vehicles that were exposed to gunfire. Armored ambulances are especially necessary for special units operating in difficult areas."