Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes. Third, read and enjoy the 2019 edition of the GonzoBanker Awards, our 18 th. The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. annual list. We may not be good, but we’re persistent!

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Mastercard is partnering with CleverCards and Appreciate Group to offer gift cards directly to mobile wallets, Mastercard announced in a press release on Monday (Dec. The Select Digital Gift Card can be sent immediately by email, text or messaging app, and is available now as a last-minute Christmas present. billion in 2019.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Once upon a time in the 1960s, banks were building a series of one-off card-based solutions, much the way today in the ending days of the 2010s we see global digital banking, mobile wallets and alternative underwriting schemes building one-off tech-based solutions for financial services products. So today (Sept.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

But before we shut the door on 2019, it bears taking a moment to note how much the world of retail has changed in the last year, a fitting capstone on a decade that has seen retail as the American consumer commonly knew it taken to the ground and rebuilt nearly from the foundations.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

14) that it is rolling out tap-to-pay functionality across its Chase Visa card portfolio, an initiative that will begin late this year and extend into 2019. said the rollout will be done on an ongoing basis, spanning when customers open up new accounts or have cards that are renewed. 1 card issuer in the U.S. –

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Capital One ’s domestic card loans increased 8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 , the bank said on Tuesday (Jan. 22) as company executives gave an update of its card deal with Walmart. The financial institution (FI) said that, as of the end of Q4, the domestic card loans ending balance stood at $107.4

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MARCH 31, 2020

The partnership enables CoinEx users to buy cryptocurrencies like bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and USDT with their Visa or Mastercard credit cards directly. Enabling fast and secure credit card payments is a key step to mass crypto adoption. USD, EUR, CAD and other fiat currencies are supported. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

If there was any stigma left about used clothing it may have been erased last week as Nordstrom put its high-end brand on what it calls “re-commerce.”. While “reselling” or “secondary market” are more likely to keep ownership of this burgeoning market, the reselling market is reinventing itself for 2020. It says some 57.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

percent as of 2019 — PYMNTS’ 2019 numbers are historic, trailing 12-month numbers based on data from Q4 2018 through Q3 2019. percent as of 2019 data. Its curbside grocery-pickup program has been a breakout success for the company — and a main driver of its eCommerce growth during 2019. Webster added. population.

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MAY 29, 2020

While pointing out that it ended calendar 2019 in solid condition, the chain logged positive results in February in-store sales and ongoing growth of its $5 billion eCommerce business. He led with his strong card: eCommerce. “We He said spend among customers who shop both brands increases four to 11 times on average.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In addition, Razer ’s mobile wallet dubbed Razer Pay may come to tens of thousands of point-of-sale (POS) terminals in Singapore , and a Worldpay study has found that consumers in Singapore still prefer to make payments with credit cards over eWallets. But consumers who have high scores from Sesame Credit may not have to pay the deposit.

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The Financial Brand

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Feeling the competitive heat, fresh data shows credit card marketers shifting gears with new offers, different rewards and changes to fees. The post Key Trends Reshaping Credit Card Marketing in 2019 appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Mastercard’s results continued a string of double-digit gains in transaction count, growth in card count and, of particular note, continued traction in cross-border activity. billion, while the number of cards outstanding by the company was up 7 percent to 2.5 billion, better than the $3.8 billion that had been expected.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Welcome to the first Monday of 2019. According to the Chinese calendar, 2019 is the “Year of the Pig” – which may not, at first blush, inspire much excitement for the 358 days ahead of us. Pigs are considered practical, yet fun-loving and blessed with good fortune – as measured by their very generous girths.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

This marks a change for Target — a retailer that had, up to this point, enabled mobile pay only for its own mobile wallet app and the Target-branded REDcard linked to it. That is consistent with what we have seen around the world when it comes to contactless card adoption,” Sanford said.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

When Sabre and Visa announced a new partnership in April to pair Visa virtual commercial cards with the Sabre Virtual Payments gateway , the goals were fairly big: create a virtual B2B travel payments solution that was faster, more secure and more transparent for buyers and suppliers. Securely Streamlining Payments .

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AUGUST 27, 2019

According to an early 2019 study from 70 percent of U.S. but my wife and I weren’t carrying cash as frequently as we used to because we were making all of our purchases with our debit cards and credit cards. ,” Sheehan said. Greenlight doesn’t have a minimum age requirement for children to be able to use the cards.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

According to Bloomberg , the retailer’s current website showcases a store locator, gift cards and some photos and other features – but no merchandise for sale. TJX-owned Marshalls is launching an eCommerce business later this year. While most retailers have seen sales suffer due to the rise of Amazon , TJX’s chains Marshalls and T.J.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The project is expected to be co-branded. In March of 2019, Goldman and Apple joined forces to form a co-branded credit card, the Apple Card. Executives at Goldman have pointed to the Apple Card as the “most successful credit card launch ever.” subscribers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The growth is slowing , to be sure — to roughly 8 percent as of the latest stats through the first several months of 2019 — but it is still significant. The Chinese eCommerce market has indeed proved buoyant, even in the face of geopolitical tension. You really need to get into these digital ecosystems such as Alipay or WeChat.”.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

European fashion firm Benetton Group is collaborating once more with EDITED, the retail market intelligence company, as a “necessary platform” for its future three-year plan. EDITED Retail Market Intelligence provides live data on more than 140,000 brands and retailers. CarLotz Reports 12 Pct Rise In Net Revenues. CarLotz Inc.,

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APRIL 21, 2019

Venmo, the digital payments company, is reportedly considering launching credit cards as a way to profit from its large customer base. Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, is reportedly settling on Synchrony Financial to issue the Venmo credit card. Venmo isn’t the only one that is eyeing the credit card market.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. million in the same 2019 period. “We

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Robinhood , the investment app that upended its market by elimination of commissions on stock trades is bringing its brand of disruption to the United Kingdom. Since November 2019, about 60,000 UK users have signed up for the service, according to the Financial Times Thursday (Feb.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Silicon Valley credit card startup Brex has begun a points transfer partnership for its rewards program with JetBlue Airways , Brex announced in a press release on Tuesday (Sept. 24, 2019, and Oct. 24, 2019. . Since rolling out its first credit card for startups last year, Brex has expanded into new markets.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

billion in 2019. billion in 2019. In Q2 2019, it took in $10.9 percent in 2019. In Q2 2019, it clocked in at 38.7 1; in 2019, its take was $710 million. Its 2019 revenue was $318 million – not bad, but not Amazon. It’s also worth looking at Amazon’s take from Prime as Walmart+ flies out to the market.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

millennials have a credit card – which is to say a single credit card – and why one-third of all Americans today have never even applied for one. That last part is important, as nearly 80 percent of users of the BNPL service Afterpay used a mobile phone for their transaction during the 2019 shopping season. The concept has legs.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

As the newest traditional merchant to try the expanding resale market on for size, Nordstrom is intending to sell secondhand clothes at its New York flagship and through eCommerce. It works on resale for Eileen Fisher, Patagonia and other brands. It is scheduled to run for half of a year, which could last longer.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

As the newest traditional merchant to try the expanding resale market on for size, Nordstrom is intending to sell secondhand clothes at its New York flagship and through eCommerce. It works on resale for Eileen Fisher, Patagonia and other brands. It is scheduled to run for half of a year, which could last longer.

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The Financial Brand

JANUARY 22, 2019

With an upbeat consumer credit forecast, more lenders will be exploring new marketing strategies, new products, and new technologies. The post Six Major Trends in Lending for Financial Marketers in 2019 appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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OCTOBER 2, 2020

It was the wild card category for back-to-school, and it will be the wild card category for the holidays. percent by 2019. million by 2019. It has also been reasonably Amazon and Walmart-proof, with many estimates putting its market share at around 15 percent of the electronics and appliance business.

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JUNE 6, 2019

don’t rely on swiping or chip card readers. cards use chip-and-signature and chip-and-PIN methods. Card issuers have been slow to release contactless cards due to limited acceptance at the point of sale. But EMV chip cards are more secure than magnetic stripe transactions, and newer versions of contactless cards use EMV.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

He will continue reporting to Krish Iyer, President & CEO Walmart India, and oversee operations, merchandising, people, marketing, real estate, kirana development program, digital, eCommerce and strategy,” a company spokesperson said. Within eight months, he became chief business officer in December 2019.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

This collaboration will expand UnionPay’s market penetration and further a Chinese government initiative for same-sector partnership. Ant Financial’s Alipay and other brands owned by Tencent currently dominate China’s mobile financial payment digital market.

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AUGUST 25, 2019

The fashionistas posting on Facebook have the attention of Kohl’s , which is looking to create a curated clothing line based on the brands people are wearing most, the Motley Fool reported Sunday (Aug. Kohl’s is teaming up with the social media giant to uncover emerging brands that millennial shoppers consider cool.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

million in discounted bitcoin in exchange for gift cards — an amount that a report from Arcane Research says is half Paxful's trade volume, Cointelgraph reports. Trade of bitcoin for gift cards, the report says, comes out to 48 percent of Paxful's revenue. On P2P marketplace Paxful , traders are selling up to $16.2

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In recent years, cybercriminals implanted malicious skimming code directly on e-commerce shops and online content management and payment platforms as a way of stealing payment card data at scale. Their goal is to compromise the merchant’s payments processing account and steal all of the payment card data processed by the merchant.

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