Jessica Ellerm

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

According to the S&P Global FinLit Survey that was released in 2015, only one third of the world’s population are financially literate. But before any western nation gives itself a congratulatory pat on the back, it pays to bear in mind that the global literacy rate is 84 per cent. Our brains remain remarkably forager like.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

According to the National Federation of Retailers, 81 percent of millennials report at least aspiring to homeowners as hip, even if they aren’t there yet. And so RealEstate.com, among other innovations geared at better serving the needs of new buyers – lets users guide their searches in terms of monthly costs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Facebook moved to its new 430,000 square foot campus in Menlo Park, California 2015, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as “the largest open floor plan in the world,” but the company was largely removed from the city itself. He now owns a LOT of land in Seattle, and several of the major league sports teams in the area.

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JANUARY 27, 2016

This is among the key findings of the 2015 World Payments Report , published by Capgemini and Royal Bank of Scotland. Many nations around the world, both developed and emerging, have enjoyed strong growth in non-cash payments in the past few years, with Germany, the UK, Belgium and France all contributing to an increase of 5.1

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Tomorrow's Transactions

DECEMBER 29, 2014

A national digital money system may well be the best way to solve the big problem of small change, but beware the warnings from history! It’s badge of national vanity, just like an airline (and soon, an army) used to be. He was commenting on some of the ongoing troubles in Greece. There is no need for physical currency.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

BizFi will provide tax professionals with access to its aggregation marketplace courtesy of a new partnership with the National Directory of Registered Tax Return Preparers & Professionals (PTIN). Headquartered in New York City, Bizfi demonstrated its aggregation silo for business financing at FinovateFall 2015.

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Bankelele

DECEMBER 24, 2015

On Tuesday, December 15th , the Central Bank of Kenya issued a public notice on bitcoin in the Daily Nation: CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC ON VIRTUAL CURRENCIES SUCH AS BITCOIN – it read. For example, US tax authority IRS classifies it as an asset, with tax payable on capital gains. A guest post by Michael Kimani (@pesa_africa).

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2016

Over the past eight weeks PYMNTS has cast a weekly global spotlight on one of the many tech hubs fostering innovation and tech advancements across the world. In 2015, U.K. Tel Aviv Fuels Israel’s ‘Startup Nation’ Reputation. businesses find partners in Israel to drive their innovation agendas forward.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Ranked as one of the top 10 most promising cloud banking solutions of 2015. Named 2015 CFO of the Year (Kurt Ishaug) by Minneapolis-St. Honored as the Innovation Showcase Award winner by the attendees of the BAI Retail Delivery conference. Teamed up with WooCommerce to help online merchants manage sales taxes.

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FICO

JANUARY 6, 2019

While the National Association of State Budget Officers has reported a healthy 4.3% for the next six years, and took 100% of their current tax revenue and allocated it 100% to its pension fund, the state would still be underfunded for their promised payouts. Analytics Predictions 2019: Innovations for Ethical AI.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In 2017, US private-label food sales grew three times faster than those of national manufacturers’ products, and the competition is heating up. Today, Kroger processes all of the fresh milk it sells, after acquiring a fully automated dairy plant in Colorado in 2015. Major CPG brands have struggled to innovate.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

In tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), The Coda was awarded a rating of 5 stars out of 5 for its side-impact and rollover tests. Declared Bankruptcy: 2015. In September 2015, Quirky finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections. Founded: 2009. Total Funding: $185M. “We

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In the early 70s, See’s was able to produce about $2M a year (after tax) on just $8M in net tangible assets (including all accounts receivable.) Berkshire Hathaway bought See’s, and by 1982, it was up to producing $13M after taxes on just $20M in net tangible assets. That premium is the company’s “economic goodwill.”.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 22, 2015

Avalara will detail the Weird and Wacky World of Sales Tax. Did you know that sales-tax in the U.S. There are over 12,000 taxing jurisdictions covering millions of taxability rule combinations. The instant availability of financial transaction and account data unlocks fintech innovation and improves security.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2018

But as is typically the case, larger enterprise may be better positioned to tackle the heightened pressures of regulatory compliance – and throw resources at innovative RegTech – than small businesses. billion in 2015. “The first pebble doesn’t make much more than a ripple. .” In the U.S.,

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

2015 Second Update (12/3/2015). 2015 First Update (8/15/2015). But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. 2017 Third Update (10/31/17).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

In 2015, $582 billion was sent by migrants to relatives in their home countries. The remittance business is massive and massively important to the individuals and the countries that receive them, but in the face of other retail payments innovation, they keep a relatively low profile. billion, originated from the United States.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

and, tomorrow (July 18), Donald Trump will officially accept the nomination of the Republican Party at its national convention, where Peter Thiel is the headline speaker. We see this partnership with PayPal as a very innovative step forward for Reckon One.

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