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Why Innovation Is Nothing Without Distribution

PYMNTS

More important, perhaps, than the innovations they made on behalf of their more famous lead players, was how their contributions accelerated those innovations’ time to market. Innovation in payments and commerce has an unsung hero, too. And who will influence how innovation happens. From Betty Crocker to Boxed.

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37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance

CB Insights

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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Facebook And Dating: It’s (Not) Complicated

PYMNTS

Before online matchmaking intermediaries like Match.com and Tinder tried their hand at increasing those odds, there was Frigyes Karinthy , SixDegrees, Friendster, not to mention village matchmakers. The basic idea occurred about seven decades before the first online social networks. That does make it seem kinda hard.

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Who Will Disintermediate The Intermediaries?

PYMNTS

Traditional acquirers are being marginalized by technology players that provide solutions — not just payments processing — to software platforms who want more control over the end-to-end payments experience for the merchants with which they do business. To name but a few. Yes, they do. We have complied a pretty compelling story.

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MX Recruits Former Intel & Fiserv CMO, Don MacDonald

Fintech Labs Insights

MacDonald has roots in the fintech industry; he served as the first CMO of Fiserv ( FinovateFall 2015 demo ) and has held executive positions at Checkpoint ( FinovateFall 2008 demo ) and Qualcomm ( FinovateFall 2009 demo ). Additionally, MacDonald worked at Intel for more than 20 years, 4 of which he served as the company’s CMO.

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Finovate Talks Payment API Security with John Canfield, VP of Risk for WePay

Fintech Labs Insights

Founded in 2009, WePay offers online marketplaces, crowdfunding platforms, and small businesses two main products: 1) A white-labeled payments processing platform, Clear. Finovate: WePay’s payment APIs are built for online marketplaces, ecommerce sites, and crowdfunding platforms. 2) A merchant account platform, Connect.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

Allowing users to “cut” by referring other users was an innovative idea, and it worked. Mint had a more internal mechanism for showing that value — an algorithm that took a user’s financial information and sorted and categorized it upon first use of the product. The more people you refer, the faster you move up.

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