Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Fiserv, a leading banking technology company, has signed on as the headline Diamond sponsor of Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017 is this blog’s annual gathering on ideas and opportunities in fintech.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

It can be argued that some of the toughest buyers to keep in mind when planning out retail strategies are teenagers. While one day a teen may be into shopping strictly online, another day may see an offline preferred experience or a mixture of both, and retailers must be at the ready to transform engagement efforts at any given time.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2017

Don’t miss your chance to secure your spot at Bank Innovation 2017 for the lowest available rate, and join attendees from companies already registered, such as: BBVA Braintree Capital One JPMorgan Chase Mastercard Rabobank Concentrix Silicon Valley Bank TD Bank U.S.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2017

Edward “EJ” Achtner, Bank of America‘s Head of Digital Banking – Strategy, Platforms, Innovation, and Partnerships, has joined the Bank Innovation 2017 speaker faculty. based bank.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In a bid to serve customers through digital channels, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are rolling out new innovations. Such offerings can help QSRs bring in customers: According to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index , 62 percent of consumers said the availability of digital innovations would make them more likely to visit in the future.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Get the 54-page retail report.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

Talking about retail and not mention Amazon these days is a difficult thing to do. The eCommerce company has grown significantly in the past few decades, and we’ve started to see the physical impacts of its innovative force on other retailers. How are all of Amazon’s actions having an effect on the retail industry?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2016

As PYMNTS puts away our party noisemakers until next year and throws out our novelty New Year eyeglasses, never to be worn again, we realize that the time is nigh — resolution season 2017 has begun! Here are our 2017 resolution recommendations for our favorite key players this time around. Until mid-February, at least. Oh, chatbots.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

Berlin-based fashion retailer Lesara prides itself on thinking differently about apparel and being on trend. It calls its approach “agile retail” and it believes something different about who should set the course when it comes to deciding what is “in.” Agile retail is a model that will free us from time-consuming fashion shows.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 28, 2017

Over the past few weeks we have been previewing various content themes we will be discussing at our Insight and Innovation Day in Boston on April 4th. I would like to finish this series of posts by looking at the new Model Bank category we introduced this year – Emerging Innovation. See you in Boston!

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

At the basic level of retail industry chatter online, much of the focus is on the battle between brick-and-mortar versus eCommerce. While the closing of several big box and department stores alongside online shopping’s reshaping the retail shopping are certainly discussions worth having, it doesn’t encompass the entire retail spectrum.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The only things we can confidently say about this year, predictions-wise, is that we will spend less time watching political debates on TV and more time getting drawn into them on social media. But while we can’t tell you what will happen next, we can (and will) tell you who and what to watch when it comes to mobile payments in 2017.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2018

In 2017, for example, FactSet found that five U.S. The eCommerce retailer invested $22.6 billion in R&D in 2017, which was 41 percent more than it did in 2016. Here’s how these companies are investing in R&D — and ushering in the next generation of retail technology. billion in R&D in 2017.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2017

A byproduct of incorporating connectivity into just about any activity is how social media affects regular interactions. It can be difficult to discuss the digital effects without looping in social media. For the Chinese buyer in particular, social media engagement and online shopping activities takes on a unique avenue.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I couldn’t think of a more relevant metaphor for the tectonic shifts that have influenced the direction of the payments, commerce and retail ecosystems over the last several years. There are eight such shifts now happening quietly and forcefully beneath the surface of what we define as payments, commerce and retail today.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I couldn’t think of a more relevant metaphor for the tectonic shifts that have influenced the direction of the payments, commerce and retail ecosystems over the last several years. There are eight such shifts now happening quietly and forcefully beneath the surface of what we define as payments, commerce and retail today.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., percent CAGR since 2017, according to one recent estimate.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

To help improve the retail shopping and shipping experience, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) is catching on with big-box retailers in the U.S. AR could be on the cusp of having its moment, as a large brick-and-mortar retailer has fresh plans to appeal to shoppers willing to test out the technology.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Since the dawn of the internet in the mid-90s, there have been some genius ideas and some completely innovative business models. New companies now aim to be used as a verb by creating an innovative way to buy goods – such as: “I floated it.”. For the students who don’t win, that $40 can be used as discounts at local retailers.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2017

More fintech is coming to Austin. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others. The event is the 9th annual pitch session for SXSW’s accelerator.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

According to the company, JoyRun connects consumers through a social feed that matches buyers with runners planning to make the runs to local eateries, coffee shops, hardware stores and more in the area. For instance, JoyRun runners could complement Walmart’s SPARK delivery program and other third-party delivery partners.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Retailers in China are taking sides in the rivalry between Alibaba and Tencent , and the latest battle ground is coffee: Chinese upstart Luckin Coffee is teaming up with Tencent on the heels of a partnership between Starbucks and food delivery service Ele.me , which is a unit of Alibaba. The Race to Reach Retailers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Despite the rather sobering results — and a dearth of retailers specializing in Billabong’s vertical — Fiske believes the firm is actually demonstrating signs of turning a corner this quarter, and that it has many “opportunities for sustained earnings growth” ahead of it. “We RVCA goodwill value was cut from $78.1 million to zero.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2017

Within these emerging markets, we’ve seen retailers make large bets on luxury. While the luxury industry has seen its fair share of ups and downs over the years, research from Bain & Company shows that 2017 is the year that is primed to help make a high-end purchases comeback.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

“The questionnaires, which are to be returned in the next two months, were sent based on the commission’s own market observations and the results of its eCommerce sector inquiry completed in 2017,” the Financial Times stated, adding that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, at a recent event, accepted the inevitability of such probes. European Tone.

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Bobsguide

JULY 7, 2022

Winning projects of Finance and Innovation for Good competition include initiatives focused on green finance, financial inclusion and ESG investing. 2 nd place: Yam , a digital banking app focused on improving financial inclusion in Africa, including the illiterate population, with some unique digital accessibility innovations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

With the new functionality, users can register a credit or debit card and make payments within the social media platform after setting up a security PIN, TechCrunch reported. Instagram had mentioned in 2017 that it would “roll out the ability to book a service with a business directly from their profile later this year.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

The change in behavior is due, in part, to social media sites such as Instagram. Overall, the sale of personal luxury items rose 8 percent in 2017 from €260 billion to €280 billion. These platforms bring urgency to fashion and serve as a newsfeed for brands.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

The latest Payments And The Platform Economy Playbook examines how marketplaces are using technologies like AI to innovate the customer experience. Visual search has held promise for online retailers for some time, especially since offering more visual content can engage tech-savvy millennial and Gen Z consumers. AI For Visual Search.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Its areas of focus include cable TV, telecom and retail, and many analysts have said STARTEK is exactly the type of firm a player planning to go into cable home shopping might buy. It has been a fairly dramatic piece of the retail landscape for the last few years — albeit a quiet one. Evine is getting ready to expand.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

years in 2017, up from 6.9 Among the most anticipated are IPOs that will impact the mobility-as-a-service and ride-hailing ecosystems, social media, and data analytics. Tech companies are taking more time to reach their initial public offerings, with the median gap between their early financing and their IPOs hitting 10.1

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Meanwhile, retailers are scrambling to develop and translate the personalized experience consumers desire into digital features for these devices, using data as well as artificial intelligence and augmented reality. Buyers are increasingly moving away from shopping on their desktops and are instead using their smartphones.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

The app brings together messages from social media, a merchant’s storefront and email — among other channels — into one interface. The news comes as Shopify rolled out Instagram integration to its merchants in October 2017. Shopify already has integration with Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Buzzfeed and others.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Digital retailer QVC is going after the fast-growing beauty market with the launch of its Beauty iQ network, a cross-platform beauty shopping experience that will launch on Oct. The beauty category represented 17 percent of QVC’s global sales in 2017, but the hope is that its new beauty program will help to increase that number. “We

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The Minneapolis-based bank ran an employee pilot over the summer and initiated work on the Alexa skill earlier in 2017, said Gareth Gaston, executive vice president and head of omnichannel banking at U.S. […]. Bank has become part of a select group – banks that allow customers to access their accounts via voive with Amazon Alexa.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2018

The social media site’s Marketplace platform is rolling out a new feature designed to make it easier for users to find contractors, carpenters, plumbers and house cleaners, according to news from Engadget. Search volume increased threefold as of October 2017.

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