PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The latest PYMNTS Order to Eat Tracker highlights how several major brands are embracing (or resisting) third-party delivery services, new models and new ordering solutions in an effort to win over customers. The virtual restaurant business model is becoming increasingly popular as technology improves the user experience.

Los Angeles 129

Los Angeles Branding Chicago User Experience 129

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

But mobile and other connected devices, the cloud, software platforms, new technologies, data, near-ubiquitous wireless internet and the imaginations of innovators have changed all of that. Like retail, technology alone isn’t the savior but an enabler for incumbents and innovators alike. The Commoditization Of Retail.

Retail 100

Retail Payments Mobile Innovation 100

Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), the leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, announced that its customer, AXIS Securities Limited, India, has launched voice-based trading as part of TCS BaNCS Digital, and is among the early adopters of this technology to offer such a capability to its customers.

Security 78

Security Mobile User Experience Branding 78

Filene

APRIL 28, 2017

Day two at Finovate Spring 2017 was packed with an additional 24 organizations who got a chance to demonstrate their solutions. SpeechPro it offers a unique experience for members interacting by phone with your organization. MicroBlink their goal is simple: to improve user experience by eliminating manual data entry.

social media 28

social media Big Data Case Study Analytics 28

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2016

For years, mobile payment providers had been pushing solutions for mobile pay in-store, but a few things were not there yet: mobile adoption, mobile technology and consumer sentiment. We’ve seen that evolution from brands in terms of omnichannel offerings that customers actually seem to want. UberEATS is growing in popularity.

Mobile 125

Mobile Online eBook Payments 125

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

But mobile and other connected devices, the cloud, software platforms, new technologies, data, near-ubiquitous wireless internet and the imaginations of innovators have changed all of that. But, like retail, technology alone isn’t the savior – but an enabler for incumbents and innovators alike. The Commoditization Of Retail.

Retail 100

Retail Payments Mobile Innovation 100

PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

The data collected through these online communities gives brands the insights they need to make real-time decisions that serve the commerce king: the customer. According to Forrester, brands face a 50 percent higher revenue risk in 2017. Brands must either disrupt or be disrupted. PYMNTS: Why was the company founded?

Branding 103

Branding Community Survey Data 103

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2017

The retail landscape is changing fast in the face of new technologies and shifts in buyer behavior and consumer demand. Consumers no longer want to just be transacted with—consumers want to be in relationships with the retailers and brands that know them well.”. They’re now circling your brand.

Branding 100

Branding Retail Software User Experience 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

That night, the “name that tune”-style game was given the Alexa treatment, adding voice functionality to the user experience. To hit 10,000 skills around now, Amazon’s Alexa had to gain some 3,000 in the beginning of 2017 alone — that’s a major influx of developer interest in the space.

Google 100

Google System Comparison User Experience 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

And the consensus across media was that chatbots were basically going to do everything in the mobile ecosystem: replace apps , transform eCommerce, fix B2B transactions, save shopping malls – if you can name it, someone probably at some point between 2016 and 2017 predicted that a chatbot was going to do it.

Google 168

Google Samsung User Experience US 168

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Capital One made the headlines then – a genius move, many called it at that time, for an issuer that lacked demand in deposit accounts and had no other way to provide a debit-like offering that would make their brand sticky to consumers. Just like 2012, with the launch of MCX and CurrentC merchant-branded, ACH-linked mobile payments products.

Branding 184

Branding Cards Payments New Jersey 184

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

For Fiserv, a focus on financial services innovation means a focus on the end-user experience. The nominations represent just how diverse Fiserv’s solutions are, and that variety in financial services technologies gets Fiserv President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeff Yabuki energized.

Innovation 129

Innovation Security Innovation Strategies Data 129

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

According to a Crunchbase article published in February of 2018, investments in blockchain and blockchain-related startups (excluding initial coin offerings, or ICOs) were already 40 percent of what they were in 2017. And in 2017, those investments were off-the-charts nuts. However, the reality behind the hype tells a different story.

Fintech 183

Fintech blockchain Lending Digital Banking 183

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

In an ecosystem in which success is defined by scale and time to market, it’s no longer good enough to have a great product, a well-known brand or a compelling technology. For brands like General Mills, that’s a good news/bad news story. Let’s hope, at least, they’re being eaten with organic 2 percent milk and some fruit.

Innovation 135

Innovation Online Branding El Paso 135

PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2017

For an industry where millennials are projected to spend nearly $800 billion in 2017 (that’s 7 percent more on monthly food budgets than average Americans), restaurants are hankering to pull out all the stops to get millennials to order — in or out. Kennedy said he’s seen evidence of this first hand.

Millennials 125

Millennials Mobile User Experience Survey 125

Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But I have a concern: Will the bot experience ultimately be as bad as the interactive voice response (IVR) experience is? Granted, we’re talking about different technologies here. IVRs aren’t new, though, and we all know how frustrating the IVR experience is. The Long Run Impact.

social media 60

social media Technology Survey Data 60

Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But I have a concern: Will the bot experience ultimately be as bad as the interactive voice response (IVR) experience is? Granted, we’re talking about different technologies here. IVRs aren’t new, though, and we all know how frustrating the IVR experience is. The Long Run Impact.

social media 60

social media Technology Survey Data 60

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

At the same time, we read the reports of year-over-year declines in foot traffic, see nearly 11,000 store locations shutter since 2017 and have 200 million square feet of unoccupied retail space in malls and main streets up for grabs. And it did so via a channel that was not at all conducive to a digital shopping experience.

Retail 198

Retail Online Mobile Data 198

Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

finance, culture, art, technology, media, geopolitics. As a result, financial infrastructure is just our collective solution for enabling the above activities using the latest in technology?—?whether whether that technology is language, paper, calculators, the cloud, blockchain, or some other reality-bending physical discovery.

blockchain 52

blockchain Software Capital Technology 52

CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

In 2017 alone, 21 retail chains applied for bankruptcy, including high-profile names like RadioShack, Toys R’ Us, and Aerosoles. Grabit develops robots using electroadhesion technology and machine learning. The company aims to further develop its AI technology to enable its robots to perform more complex tasks.

Retail 78

Retail Online Branding Strategy 78

CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

Key people: Chris Curtin, Chief Brand & Innovation Marketing Officer; Shiv Singh, Senior Vice President of Innovation & Strategic Partnerships. Fidelity — Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT) and Fidelity Labs. Visa — One Market Center. Founded: 2013. Founded: 1999 and 2005.

Innovation 78

Innovation blockchain Technology Groups 78

CB Insights

JANUARY 8, 2019

This is more conceivable thanks to the proliferation of FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) technology, which looks to increase interoperability among hospitals, physicians, and other relevant parties. Apple’s attention on user privacy is notable here, especially compared to other tech giants entering the healthcare space.

Apple 78

Apple Data Industry Study 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In order to carve out a niche for themselves, startups are now forming direct relationships with their customers through the use of product personalization, subscription options, and through a laser focus on user experience. See the startups and technologies transforming the ways our food gets grown, stored, shipped, and sold.

Capital 54

Capital Nebraska Examples San Francisco 54

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

But why then, you might ask, are so many pure-play eTailers, whose target audience is the millennial — like The RealReal and Rent The Runway , new marketplaces like OfferUp , deal aggregators like Groupon , alt lenders like SoFi and alt lending platforms like LendingTree — buying pricey blocks of airtime on CNN and CNBC to promote their brands?

Millennials 109

Millennials Video Maine Operations 109

PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

It was a busy year throughout the world of payments, with plenty of new technology making headlines along the way. Prpic and his team are hoping to use VR technology to transform luxury and high-end retail as we know it. McDowell said that he was not surprised to see such big names readily invest in the technology.

Retail 123

Retail Millennials blockchain Mobile 123

NCR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Many hugely successful companies and globally recognized brands have demonstrated what can be achieved when design is placed at the heart of how a business operates. This is an approach that is being embraced by the likes of Barclays, BBVA and Bank of Ireland. The case for design in business. ” Integrating design into business culture.

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Strategy Innovation Virginia 100

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Instead we need to pay serious attention to how technology is changing strategy in our industry and develop gritty tactics to address this shift. So it’s time to light a fire, grab a big tumbler of Scotch and rest up for a busy 2017 as you experience one of the holiday’s greatest traditions: the annual GonzoBanker Awards.

Utah 60

Utah System Community Marketing 60

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Instead we need to pay serious attention to how technology is changing strategy in our industry and develop gritty tactics to address this shift. So it’s time to light a fire, grab a big tumbler of Scotch and rest up for a busy 2017 as you experience one of the holiday’s greatest traditions: the annual GonzoBanker Awards.

Utah 60

Utah System Community Marketing 60

CB Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2017

In the process, these brands, spanning everything from detergent to sneakers, are radically changing consumer preferences and expectations. These well-positioned startups are not just competing with some of the biggest retail brands in mattresses, razors, shoes, and more, by launching their own brands.

Video 78

Video Branding Company Strategy 78

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Again another financial wellness platform using machine learning technology. Founded: August 2017. A TON of really old technology is being used in mortgage lending. In fact, Fiserv recently sold ALL of their mortgage technology to a PE firm. Founded: January 2017. Pretty good dashboard. Twitter: @yourfinanceapp.

Security 40

Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Mentions of chatbots in earnings calls and press releases skyrocketed, and for many, it seemed that chatbots might be the next big disruptive technology. The important chatbots of 2019 aren’t all-knowing virtual butlers; they’re highly targeted applications of conversational technology. Table of Contents. Source: CB Insights.

Industry 78

Industry Examples Tools Retail 78

CB Insights

JULY 31, 2017

So far the social media giant has made only one acquisition in 2017, with the purchase of Source3 , which offers an enterprise licensing and rights management platform for the distribution of 3D content, in Q3’17. Computer vision — Affectiva , an MIT Media Lab spin-off, focuses on emotion recognition technology.

Company 28

Company Video social media Conference 28

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 25, 2017

Pictured (left to right): banqUP’s Lukasz Chmielewski (CTO), Dimitri Leemans (Partner, Hedera Consulting), and Krzysztof Pulkiewicz (CEO) demonstrating the banqUP small business banking platform at FinovateEurope 2017. With its technology still in beta, banqUP is eagerly anticipating its official launch in the coming months.

Digital Banking 20

Digital Banking Fintech Groups Analytics 20

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 30, 2017

CEO Miron Lulic urges you to think of the “serendipity” of real-time offers provided on platforms like airline fare aggregator Kayak, and imagine the same user experience in financial services. Finovate: What problem does your technology solve? . What is SuperMoney ? Here are his responses.

UX 22

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