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

MAY 11, 2018

That’s one of the driving ideas behind a new service that Marriott International recently launched for Chinese travelers going overseas — a service that also helps to demonstrate how the country’s growing tourist class is changing payments and retail. Marriott began working with Fliggy in August 2017. Last year, the U.S.-based

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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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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. And these are just the numbers Amazon itself chooses to put out into the retail sphere.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2017

Improving the online experience for shoppers could make 2017 a very good financial year for online businesses. To meet that goal, the shopping software company is focusing on improving the customer shopping experience through embeddable buy buttons and social media tools. Taking social media seriously.

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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

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Increasingly, it seems retailers need not only ask what they can do for their consumers, as those consumers want to be doing it on their own. Data: 96 percent: Share of social media-based merchants that attribute their success to digital payments. 75 percent: Share of online bill payments done on bill payer sites in 2017.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

According to a report in Fintech Futures , HSBC started the beta test with 15 retailers in Hong Kong. In the early part of 2017, HSBC announced the new payment app, geared toward millennials in Hong Kong who also wanted social media built in. bank plans to add more retailers to the beta test in the next few months.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki has joined the speaker faculty of Bank Innovation 2017, taking place March 6-7 in San Jose. Yabuki joined Fiserv in 2005. Under his leadership, the company has grown revenue to exceed $5 billion annually, and serves more than 13,000 institutional clients. Fiserv also supports this site’s Read More.

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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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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

While online commerce has allowed eRetailers to source consumer data and to deliver targeted, personalized advertisements, physical retail has often lacked these capabilities. Los Angeles-based tech company Bridg is closing the loop for brick-and-mortar restaurants, and soon for retailers, by providing them with key consumer insights.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Despite that fact, however, eight of the retailer’s top 10 best-selling brands are Revolve private label, which according to its latest SEC filing provide 27 percent of the firm’s revenue. the site added over 1,000 new styles each week in 2017, from emerging, established and owned brands.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The direct-to-consumer movement will be the replacement for the retail issues and commerce issues that are going on because of the platforms,” said Armstrong, who founded a DTC company with the aim of changing how people shop online. Nike launched a limited program to sell with Amazon in 2017, but the company confirmed the program will end.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2017

Avin Arumugam, senior vice president of the Internet of Things at Visa, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2017, which takes place March 6-7 in San Jose. Arumugam was at JPMorgan Chase for four years prior to his starting at Visa in May 2016. Recent video footage also Read More.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail. FinTech threats and distractions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The China Securities Regulatory Commission , China’s security watchdog, is setting up a technology regulation bureau and will announce Yao Qian as its new department chief, the Chinese business publication Caijing said on Wednesday (Dec. 11), as reported by Coindesk. Yao was the head of China’s central bank digital currency initiative. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

Apple reportedly said that the service will not allow advertisers to track what subscribers are reading, which means no targeted ads based on consumed news stories, as is the case with social media. As PYMNTS has regularly documented, subscription eCommerce is among the hottest areas of digital retail.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Consumers in Kenya are increasingly turning to eCommerce retailers to purchase their Valentine’s Day gifts. 11 and 14 from 2015 to 2017, the company said in a press release. Spending related to travel increased by 90 percent in 2017, accounting for 28 percent of total spend during the Valentine’s Day period.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to reports, the social media giant has launched “Dynamic Ads For Real Estate,” a new advertising feature that might just challenge Zillow’s supremacy in the digital retail arena. All in all, the stocks price is up 10 percent in 2017. I think there’s a lot of ways that we can help the industry in general.”.

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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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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2017

The ABA has a new report out on how banks are using social media, and much of the report focuses on using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the like to boost customer service, make connections in the community and recruit staff. 10) @CU_Times – Credit Union Times magazine has Tweets on regulatory changes, awards and technology.

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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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Retailers are starting to tap into the camera,” said Ted Mann, CEO of visual search technology provider Slyce. They expect the retailers to be able to support it.”. Target has incorporated Pinterest’s visual search tool since 2017. Consumers like being able to visually try on shoes or makeup with the camera.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

We launched our first distributed ledger technology in trade finance as early as 2017. Our decision to take part in the pilot project was prompted by our intention to optimize the process of interaction with partners based on blockchain technology.

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. Once they made their Blue Apron meals, he says they couldn’t stop talking about it and sharing photos of what they made on social media.” Back to 2012.

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2018

As reported, the social media giant was hacked through a vulnerability in the Facebook source code, which gave the attackers the ability to steal access tokens, which they in turn used to keep Facebook subscribers logged in. That document focuses on budgets and regulatory efforts across the region. Banking, Eyed by the Fed.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Jeff Marsilio, the NBA’s senior vice president of new media distribution, said the tracks will also be on the organization's website, on its app and featured on social media game highlights. While Apple will operate the playlist, a startup label called UnitedMasters , founded in 2017, will provide much of the music.

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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.

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