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Cariqa launches Connect API, the world’s first direct payment API for EV charging

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For the first time, embedded EV charging is built on direct payments rather than resale. Drivers pay the CPO directly and partners generate revenue from every charging session, with direct access to over 900,000 European charge points.

BERLIN, Jun 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cariqa, the direct payment infrastructure for EV charging, today launched Cariqa Connect API: a fully embedded charging product that lets mobility platforms, OEMs, fleets and navigation apps integrate public EV charging into their own services.

Unlike reseller or white-labelled embedded charging solutions, Cariqa Connect API connects the platform, also known as a demand partner, directly to the Cariqa CPO network so they can enjoy and direct and transparent commercial relationship with the CPO, their drivers can pay the operator-set tariff, and the demand partner makes a share of revenue from every charging session. 

The API is live from today, with demand partner integrations open at cariqa.com/products/connect.

Connect API turns charging from cost into revenue:

Cariqa Connect API’s commercial model is the first structural change. In conventional embedded charging, the demand partner pays the integration partner a per-transaction or per-user fees, making charging a cost line.

Cariqa Connect API treats demand partners more like affiliates in digital advertising: those who drive demand to the network are rewarded with a share of the revenue they generate. There are no per-transaction fees and no integration cost for the demand partner; instead, the demand partner earns from charging instead of paying for it.

CPO prices pass through unchanged to demand partners:

The second structural change is in how tariffs reach demand partners and their drivers. Conventional embedded charging integrates via a reseller API, a layer that typically inflates tariffs before they reach the driver. Cariqa Connect API removes that layer entirely by connecting the demand partner directly to Cariqa’s partner CPOs. This enables the CPO-set tariff to pass through to the demand partner unchanged via Cariqa Connect, which can then surface those tariffs to their drivers.

This is critical for brand trust as drivers increasingly compare charging tariffs. When tariffs on the demand partner come in higher than expected, the partner takes the blame, not the reseller sitting behind the integration. Cariqa Connect API removes that exposure: the tariff the driver sees is the tariff the operator sets, with no markup on top.

The direct connection also unlocks dynamic pricing at scale. CPOs increasingly want to vary tariffs by time of day, grid load or station utilisation, but reseller layers typically settle on fixed wholesale agreements that strip those signals out before they reach drivers. Cariqa Connect API passes the CPO’s live tariff through unchanged, so demand partners can surface dynamic pricing to drivers exactly as the operator publishes it.

One API, direct CPO relationships:

Cariqa Connect API is one technical integration that can be completed in a matter of days. Demand partners integrate once and maintain the commercial CPO relationships, while Cariqa handles the operational stack: payments, VAT compliance, e-invoicing, and network connectivity to virtually every CPO on the network.

In effect, Cariqa Connect API does for embedded charging what Stripe did for embedded payments, collapsing months of bank negotiations, PCI compliance and tax handling into a single API integration.

Extending the payments network behind A Better Routeplanner, Chargeprice and Eco-Movement:

Cariqa Connect API extends the same underlying network that already powers Cariqa Connect Links, the company’s low-code embedded charging product. The API provides demand partners with a deeper, fully embedded integration and access to more than 900,000 charge points across Europe through a single technical integration.

Existing demand partners across the Cariqa Connect network include A Better Routeplanner, Chargeprice and Eco-Movement. Cariqa has direct integrations with more than 30 CPOs including Pfalzwerke, EWE Go, Qwello, enercity, Mer, TEAG Mobil and CITYWATT.

Closing the gap in embedded charging:

The launch comes as platforms across the mobility stack – in-car navigation, OEM software, fleet management, route planning – are increasingly expected to offer charging natively, but have lacked a way to do so without either reselling the network at a markup and absorbing significant operational cost. Connect API is built specifically to remove that trade-off. Germany and Austria are the initial focus markets, with broader European rollout to follow.

Issam Tidjani, CEO of Cariqa, said:

“Embedded EV charging has been built on incentives that don’t align. Platforms pay to integrate, drivers pay above the operator’s actual price, operators lose control of their own commercial relationships, and resellers extract value from all sides. Cariqa Connect realigns those incentives. Platforms earn a share of the revenue they help generate, operators stay in commercial control with payments flowing directly to them, and drivers pay what the operator intended.”

Demand partner integrations are open from today. To explore embedding Cariqa Connect API into a mobility platform, OEM application, fleet tool, navigation app or routing service, check out cariqa.com/products/connect, or contact the team at sales@cariqa.com.

About Cariqa

Cariqa is the direct payment infrastructure for EV charging, enabling charge point operators and the platforms, apps, and vehicles drivers use to transact directly. Operators retain commercial control of their network, and payments flow directly to the operator. Cariqa’s network covers more than 900,000 charge points across Europe, with CPO partners including Pfalzwerke, EWE Go, Qwello, enercity, Mer, TEAG Mobil and CITYWATT. Cariqa Connect, the company’s embedded charging product, is powering charging and payments inside navigation and routing platforms including A Better Routeplanner, Chargeprice, and Eco-Movement. Headquartered in Berlin, see its LinkedIn page for more information.

 

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Moonlock by MacPaw Wins Red Dot Award 2026

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Moonlock earns recognition in the Interface & User Experience Design category, proving that thoughtful design belongs in cybersecurity as much as anywhere else.

BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — MacPaw is proud to announce that Moonlock, its antivirus and protection app for Mac users, has been named a winner of the 2026 Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design, recognized in the Interface & User Experience Design category. The award is an international mark of design excellence, judged on the strength of an idea, its execution, and its real-world impact.

Since launching in October 2025, Moonlock has taken a different approach to cybersecurity, reflected in every detail of the app. Its intuitive interface, plain-spoken copy, and hand-drawn illustrations replace the cold, technical tone common to security software. The result is a security app making protection feel easy and stress-free for everyone, expert or not.

Clear, human, beautiful products are a core MacPaw value, and the company pays attention to every detail, from aesthetics to user experience. Moonlock is no exception: it was built to make cybersecurity accessible to everyone, whatever their background — and design is central to that mission.

“Cybersecurity has a reputation for being intimidating — all alerts and jargon, with the sense that you need to be an expert just to stay safe. We built Moonlock to change that,” said Oleg Stukalenko, Head of Product Management at Moonlock by MacPaw. “From the start, we wanted it to feel human and welcoming, so that online protection becomes a natural part of everyday life rather than something people worry about. We think of design as everything someone actually experiences with us, not just the screen in front of them. Having the Red Dot jury recognize that work means a lot to the whole team.”

The Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design celebrates the craft behind how a product looks, feels, and speaks to the people who use it. Held since 1993, the competition is open to established and emerging designers, agencies, and companies across 18 categories. Each year, an international jury of 30 experts from design, science, media, and consultancy evaluates the entries, bringing a wide range of professional and cultural perspectives to every decision.

With this win, Moonlock continues MacPaw’s legacy of design excellence. It is the company’s fourth Red Dot Award: in 2017, Gemini 2 became the first macOS application to win the honor, followed by CleanMyMac in 2021 and CleanMy®Phone in 2024.

About Moonlock

Moonlock is a part of the MacPaw ecosystem that offers simple, approachable, and stress-free Mac protection and antivirus capabilities.

About MacPaw

MacPaw is a global technology company founded in Kyiv, Ukraine, with offices in Boston, MA and the EU, creating a digital ecosystem for Mac users. Combining capabilities such as system care, cybersecurity, app discovery, and more, the ecosystem aims to unite MacPaw’s suite of software, third-party tools, and AI solutions to collaborate on behalf of the user. Through Eney, an AI-powered assistant and the interface of the ecosystem, MacPaw aims to help users and developers within their workflows, driving the next generation of human-computer interaction.

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pr_team@macpaw.com 

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DBGallery Delivers “AI Knowledge Layer for Visual Assets,” Bringing Automated Enterprise DAM to Organizations of All Sizes

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Automated AI metadata converts photos and videos into structured organizational knowledge, transforming digital chaos into a strategic advantage without the manual effort.

TORONTO, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — DBGallery today announced the expansion of its visual intelligence capabilities, formally positioning its platform as an AI Knowledge Layer for Visual Assets for organizations and teams of all sizes. By replacing manual keywording with automated AI metadata analysis, DBGallery converts raw photos, graphics, and video into rich, structured organizational knowledge the moment they are uploaded.

For years, visual assets lost value because nobody had the bandwidth to tag them. With an automated metadata layer, that changes completely. Visual media becomes instantly discoverable, creating compounding, multi-year value, and puts DAM within reach of more organizations.

Historically, Digital Asset Management (DAM) was reserved for large media organizations with dedicated archiving staff. Resource-constrained teams across tourism boards, municipalities, higher education, non-profits, and marketing teams across numerous industries were locked out by the sheer labor required to manually tag thousands of files—turning vast digital asset libraries into unsearchable “file graveyards.”

DBGallery’s AI Knowledge Layer changes that economic equation by shifting DAM from a labor-intensive requirement into an automated, accessible workflow hub.

“For years, visual assets lost value over time because nobody had the bandwidth to tag them properly,” said Glenn Rogers, Director of Product and Project Management at DBGallery. “When you introduce an automated metadata knowledge layer, that changes completely. Visual media becomes instantly discoverable through structured context, custom prompt targeting, embedded OCR text, and interactive video transcripts. The metadata doesn’t just solve today’s search, it creates compounding, multi-year value for the entire organization, and brings DAM within reach to more organizations.”

Key Capabilities of the DBGallery AI Knowledge Layer include:

Automated Auto-Enrichment: Extracts OCR text from images and PDFs, identifies objects and faces, and summarizes photo and video content upon upload or subsequent batch analysis.Custom AI Description Prompts: Admins and users can tailor global or image-specific prompts to extract structured domain data—ranging from architectural style identification and brand compliance to social media captions and emotional tone analysis—and can be outputted as HTML or JSON for direct ingestion into websites or ERP systems.Interactive Video Transcription & Timelines: Generates time-stamped, sentence-by-sentence spoken transcripts aligned with video playback, allowing teams to click any transcript line to jump instantly to that exact moment in the video.Non-Spoken Scene Analysis: Automatically inserts AI visual scene descriptions into pauses in speech or non-verbal video clips, ensuring complete visual context alongside spoken transcripts.

This AI framework is integrated directly into DBGallery’s production-proven platform, capable of scaling to millions of assets and thousands of users. Designed specifically for multi-user team collaboration, the platform combines Single Sign-On (SSO) and granular action-level permissions with full audit trails, custom metadata fields, usage analytics, and cloud or on-premises deployment options.

By combining cutting-edge AI automation with a secure, highly scalable foundation, DBGallery allows organizations of any size to deploy enterprise-grade digital asset management without adding administrative headcount or compromising on data governance.

To explore the AI Metadata Value Chain or learn more about DBGallery’s enterprise AI capabilities, visit https://dbgallery.com/ai.

About DBGallery

DBGallery is a leading Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform trusted by over 100+ brands across more than 25 countries, ranging from non-profits and educational institutions to global enterprise organizations. By combining scalable SaaS or on-premises architecture with powerful AI metadata automation, DBGallery empowers teams of any size to organize, discover, and turn visual media into structured, searchable business data. Learn more at https://dbgallery.com and https://dbgallery.com/ai.

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Glenn Rogers, DBGallery, 1 8888080381, grogers@dbgallery.com, https://dbgallery.com

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Coda Launches Fresh Coda.co Website, Built for Publisher Growth

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SINGAPORE, Sept. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Coda today launched a revamped Coda.co website, creating a more comprehensive destination to explore Coda’s products, pricing, insights, and global capabilities.

The new Coda.co has been rebuilt to meet the needs of Coda’s B2B audiences, with gaming remaining at the heart of Coda’s business and expertise. The site also reflects how Coda is bringing that experience to a growing range of digital commerce businesses across entertainment, education and other verticals.

Designed to make it easier to evaluate opportunities with Coda, the site brings together practical information on market dynamics and local payment preferences alongside richer product pages, case studies and pricing.

The new Market Guides provide a country-level view of consumer behavior, payment preferences, and growth opportunities across 49 markets, while the Payment Guides go deeper on 94 individual payment methods worldwide, covering reach, adoption, and integration considerations.

Coda has also introduced a dedicated Pricing page that offers greater transparency into standard and custom pricing options, payment method coverage, and other commercial considerations. This sits alongside an expanded repository of case studies, white papers, and blog posts, providing deeper insight into why businesses choose Coda and how they use its Merchant of Record service and broader product suite to grow revenue, enter new markets, and build stronger direct-to-consumer channels with ease.

Shane Happach, CEO of Coda, said, “Publishers and brands are making decisions across more markets, payment methods and channels than ever. Our job is to bring clarity to that complexity. The new Coda.co provides a sharper view of the commercial opportunities we see and how Coda’s products and services help our partners turn that potential into meaningful growth. Gaming remains central to Coda, and the expertise we’ve built in the industry continues to shape how we help partners grow across digital commerce.”

The new Coda.co launch marks another milestone in Coda’s evolution as a global digital commerce leader, with a site designed to grow alongside its products, partnerships, and ambitions. The website will be available in Japanese, Chinese, and South Korean languages by the end of the year.

Learn more at the new www.coda.co

About Coda

Coda is a global leader in monetization, distribution, and commerce, trusted by the biggest names in gaming, entertainment, and technology, including Activision, Electronic Arts, Riot Games, Ubisoft, and Moonton. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Singapore, Coda operates with 670+ employees worldwide, with core hubs in Asia and Europe. Coda combines payments, commerce, distribution, and rewards to drive global revenue growth for brands and publishers.

Coda’s products include Codapay, which provides access to 400+ payment methods across 80+ markets through a single API integration; Coda Webstore, which powers fully customized direct-to-consumer storefronts; Coda Consumer Platforms, including Codashop, Recharge.com, and Startselect.com; Coda Distribution, which extends reach through a network of commerce partners; and Giftcloud, a UK-based rewards business serving enterprise customers across Europe.

Coda is backed by Apis Partners, Insight Partners, Smash Capital, and GIC, and has been named an APAC High Growth Company (2023) by Financial Times, one of Granite Asia’s NextGenTech 30 (2024), a payments leader on Fortune’s Fintech Innovation Asia list (2024), and listed among The Straits Times Fastest Growing Fintechs (2024). For more on Coda, visit coda.co.

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