PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

As the travel industry shifts into higher digital gear, and increasingly responds to the needs and desires of new consumer groups — millennials and Gen Z among them — some players are getting left behind and making their way into the history books. Back in 2014, Hipmunk said it had raised $20 million in Series C funding.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

Predicting the future is hard work, and as we come to the close of the 21st century’s second decade, it is fair to say that the science-fiction writers of the 20th century did a so-so job of predicting the technological future. A quick glance at PYMNTS Bridge Millennials data bears out the same trend. By the year 2022, voicebot.ai

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NCR

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

There’s nothing more suitable for technology disruption than traditional small business banking. And there’s no better way to target Millennial entrepreneurs than with the technology they crave to help them in their business pursuits. And 77 percent of them said that technology makes them feel “more in control.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Fraud could cost the market more than $25 billion this year, and approximately 20 percent of attempted travel-related transactions are confirmed to be fraudulent. Dallas-based busing line Greyhound is all too familiar with such problems, prompting it to implement advanced learning technologies to secure ticketing.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 5, 2022

The money market mutual fund became a formidable competitor to the bank account. In Pennsylvania, Rocket has number 1 market share. Then came this bubble generation they named millennials. Ever call your millennial child only to get a text back asking "what?" Because that is what millennials needed at the time.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

QSRs and coffee merchants have been some of the most prominent testers in the connected commerce market, likely because those are the two categories that are most active among commuter commerce users. In 2017, Starbucks launched ordering integration with Ford’s SYNC3 , the automaker’s voice-activated technology powered by Alexa.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

An idea hatched at the Burning Man desert arts festival, the experience-focused hospitality group Habitas was founded in 2014 by Oliver Ripley, Kfir Levy and Eduardo Castillo. . The startup raised $20 million to take its “3D-printed hotel” idea to new markets in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. We assemble them like Lego,” he said. .

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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Long Lasting Ideas

JANUARY 5, 2015

Believe it or not, this is a slice of the market that in some cases has never opened the doors of a bricks-and-mortar branch bank or learned how to write a check. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal states that the average Class of 2014 graduate with student-loan debt has to pay back some $33,000. Get out of the office.

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Perficient

MAY 17, 2022

million vehicles from the average of 17 million vehicles each year since 2014. The inevitable end of the chip shortage will expand the pool of vehicles to choose from and lower transaction prices as the market moves toward some semblance of normal. By September, SAAR had returned above 16 million. Sales increased 3.1% Until it isn’t.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

How millennials will accelerate innovation and technology change. You recognize one of today’s most prominent technology dilemmas for community banks: It’s the great mobile divide. Millennials, who will make up half the U.S. Millennials, who will make up half the U.S. billion in payments throughout 2014.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

But Smith was committed, and believed that among outdoor enthusiasts — particularly millennials like himself — a digitally-native brand with a story to tell and a unique way of pursuing its core mission would have an awful lot of appeal. “My Its first offerings for consumers were backpacks.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In late 2016, Kroger began testing sensor and analytics technology to let shelves and products interact with shoppers. The reality of this is especially apparent in the recent numbers from a combined Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Nielsen study that puts as many as 70 percent of U.S. Online grocery sales in 2016 represent about 4.3

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Nearly $120 million has been invested in approximately 300 startups based in Guadalajara since 2014. Mexico’s longstanding business culture resulted in the government investing $658 million to an estimated 620,000 entrepreneurs back in 2014. It’s projected that Mexico will represent the world’s fifth-largest economy by 2050.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

Oyo asks owners to upgrade them to meet some basic standards – clean linen and bathrooms, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, breakfast and properly groomed staff – and rents their rooms out at bargain-basement prices, using homegrown technology meant to optimize occupancy rates.”. Winning Formula. and Europe.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2016

The past 10 years have comprised the single most powerful and innovative time in the history of technology. Every industry is being disrupted by technology. Cloud, social and mobile technologies have transformed business models and consumer behavior. luxury consumer.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

It’s not only for consumers, though: Alternative lending firm Kabbage recently found that mobile lending is on the rise among small businesses, with a more than 360 percent increase in the number of SMB loans accessed via mobile device between April 2014 and February 2018.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

15) that it has launched a global initiative, She’s Next, Empowered by Visa, which seeks to support the advancement of women-owned small businesses around the world through shared research, experience and technologies. 30 Atlanta event will focus on digital marketing, which was identified as being among the top choices for an initial topic.

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Atlanta New York social media Community 189

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Over the past week, bots are joining the fashion industry at runway events, delivering pizza without hopping off Facebook and peeking through in cloud technology. Pointing to the cloud, Larry Ellison, Oracle’s former chief executive and current chief technology officer, presented a shiny, new platform for building and running chatbots.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

A growing group of consumers — particularly millennials and other young shoppers — are embracing connected grocery offerings. Since its launch in 2014, Instacart has attracted more than $1.6 And besides the fresh capital, other signs point to Instacart continuing to be aggressive about taking more of the grocery delivery market.

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Retail Millennials Capital Operations 197

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Will more consumers embrace mobile technology, along with its convenience, integrated rewards programs and avoidance of cash checking fees? Marketers have latched onto this idea and are ready with videos when consumers visit a website. Marketers might want to rethink. Perhaps, if doing so is convenient and hassle-free.

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Alex Jimenez

AUGUST 28, 2018

"Fintech is a dynamic segment at the intersection of the financial services and technology sectors where technology-focused start-ups and new market entrants innovate the products and services currently provided by the traditional financial services industry." -PwC PwC Fintech Report. Fintech Growth. in 2010 to $19B in 2015. $

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NCR

AUGUST 14, 2017

This is particularly true in developing markets, where services such as mobile banking reach parts of the world that were considered inaccessible or not cost-effective just a few years ago. 1 Statista: Share of Baby Boomers using digital banking in the United States from 2014 to 2019 (premium content). appeared first on Banking.com.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. It’s become a familiar story, usually with a new splash. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

While Walmart may have four times the revenues of Amazon, the market seems to be betting that it’s the younger, more nimble challenger who’s best prepared to capitalize on the digital waves that are transforming retail and commerce more broadly.”. “ Millennials Are In For Some Hard Times. Contextual Commerce 2.0.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Observing that there wasn’t an eco-conscious, conflict-free and affordable diamond option on the market spurred the creation of MiaDonna. For diamond mining companies and many traditional jewelry retailers, this technology comes as a major threat. How is MiaDonna working to stand out in that market?

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Portland Community Branding Retail 101

Banking 2020

JANUARY 15, 2015

The retail banking industry has seen major changes occurring in the industry over the last few years with the adoption of mobile banking, the rise to prominence of the millennial demographic, narrowing margins, stagnant top line revenues, the future of the branch and continued regulatory changes. Digital Banking. Cyber vulnerabilities.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

Millennials and Generation Y have grown up with cybercrime, the executive stated, and parents must have “another type of talk” with their kids: the online safety and security talk, as Volmar termed it. For businesses, 2014 was “the wakeup call” and a “banner year for internet crime.”

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Payments System Software Mobile 110

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

That’s the backdrop for the nearly hour-long conversation that Karen Webster had about the role of payments security in digital business transformation with CA Technologies Director of Payments Security James Jenkins. Of course, it’s not just the FinTech industry and tech-savvy millennials who are fueling digital change.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

Mobile order-ahead technology has changed the game for restaurants, even for those that aren’t focused on speed. But as mobile technology becomes more popular in the dining industry, casual eat-in restaurants like TGI Fridays are also embracing mobile order-ahead services with an eye toward finding new customers via digital opportunities.

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Mobile Branding Technology Online 101

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

That the middle class is bifurcating — to the have’s and mostly to the have not’s as a result of jobs that are disappearing because technology and software is eliminating them. Robotics and technology are taking jobs from people who need them the most, it’s said. The number of new businesses is at an all-time low.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2017

So, while McKelvey lost out on that $2,000 sale — he and his (friend) and Co-Founder Jack Dorsey — the founder of Twitter — did end up with a $17 billion idea (Square’s market cap at the time this piece went to press). Square has come a long way from being an mPOS solution for cash-based glass blowers and farmers market purveyors.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

And so, the brand’s recent technological push may come as a surprise to perspective car buyers. PYMNTS recently spoke with Dave Spencer, Buick’s Advertising Manager, and Rich Martinek, Global OnStar’s Senior Marketing Manager, about Buick’s efforts at breaking away from an antiquated image and embracing the future of connected living.

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Banking 2020

DECEMBER 3, 2015

This is according to a new report by InnoTribe, which stated that financial technology pioneered in the country is set to change the way consumers around the world think about banking. This is unsurprising, as the boom in technology has been one of the major transformations in the country. At the turn of the millennium, just 1.8

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

News last week that Macy’s profits would take an unexpected Q4 nosedive set off a retail stock market shock wave that wiped $34 billion in value from the sector. Here’s what that sounds like , for those who’d like to take a walk down memory lane – or for the millennials reading this who have never known anything but 3G.

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Retail Online Mobile Data 198

Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

For everyone from lazy millennials in the suburbs to disadvantaged denizens in under-developed regions, this is a game-changer. billion as of August, 2014. And then, of course, there’s the technology. Originally created for Kenya, there are now similar services in other developing markets, with many more planned.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

Median household income, which had dropped to $58,829 in June 2011, has consistently increased since the summer of 2014. May 2018’s household income numbers were up nearly 2 percent from last year, they say, due largely to increases in base compensation resulting from a tightening labor market. Are the more than a third of U.S.

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