One obstacle to American Express Global Business Travel's acquisition of CWT appears to be clearing, as the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority has reversed its position that the merger would weaken competition.In a supplementary interim report of its investigation of the $570 million mega-TMC merger published on Tuesday, the CMA said its further analysis and review of evidence submitted by Amex GBT and CWT show that CWT is "a materially weaker competitor" than it had previously assessed, citing its "financial difficulties" and that "its financial position is unlikely to improve, and it potentially faces a trajectory of losing more business than it will gain.". Get a dose of digital travel in your inbox each day

Mastercard has unveiled a tool to help financial providers service their middle-market customers. The company’s Middle Market Accelerator, announced Tuesday (Feb. 18), combines Mastercard’s digital payments technology with services to provide transparency, automation and security, Mastercard said in a news release. “There is an untapped opportunity to support the growth and digitization of middle-market companies, specifically the lower-middle market, which is broadly defined as companies with annual revenues between $10 million and $100 million, or with roughly 50-250 employees,” the release said

Brex has revamped its partnership program designed for accounting, bookkeeping and outsourced and fractional CFO firms. The Brex Accounting Partnership Program now includes new product experiences, services and dedicated programs for accounting professionals, the company said in a blog post. “We made it a priority to recommit to our accounting partnership program and help make it a growth accelerator for firms,” Pedro Franceschi, CEO and co-founder of Brex, said in the post. “This upgraded experience will extend the power of our spend and accounting solutions at scale and enable partner firms to serve their clients more efficiently.”