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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

has said that it was chosen to be ByteDance’s “trusted technology provider” that will take over TikTok's American operations, and Alibaba is considering an investment in Grab. Plus, new regulations in China will make Ant Group support any payments, lending or finances with substantial funds. Technology Provider’.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

To enable customers to shop from the complete selection of multiple mall offerings and retrieve their purchases from one place, European mall operator Citycon is creating a buy-online-pick-up-in-store (BOPIS) service. The core Lazada business is focused on online shopping technology, which has been brought to LazMall.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

As Uber Technologies Inc. Bloomberg News reported that Transport for London (TfL) will stay neutral and let the court decide whether Uber can operate in its biggest European market. Citing that Uber was unfit to hold a license, TfL suspended the company’s operations last November. In a filing for a court hearing on Friday (Aug.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

Retail and hospitality technology firm NCR Corporation is looking to acquire ATM operator Cardtronics for $39 per share, or about $1.7 Other investors include Blackrock Institutional Trust and Vanguard Group. 11) press release. . Cardtronics’ biggest backer — Hudson Executive — owns a 19.44

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

CIT Group Inc. Technology and equipment vendors can be live in a matter of minutes, offering real-time POS lending with little or no integration needed. “As has debuted a new version of its B2B point-of-sale (POS) lending platform to help enable real-time lending for business purchases, the company said in an announcement.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

The Hudson Group plans to add Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology to some of the popular convenience stores the chain operates at more than 1,000 North American airports, train stations and other landmarks and tourist destinations. . Checkout-Less Retail Is Becoming A Reality .

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JANUARY 27, 2021

26) compiling and analyzing data elicited from 6,000 restaurant operators and 1,000 adult consumers. The report looks at sales expectations for the coming year, operational changes in the industry, consumer behavior, menu trends, employment statistics and more.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Many carmakers have softened their stances on driverless technology because they’re not sure if the tech is quite ready for the mainstream. Major car manufacturers like Ford, Toyota and Volvo say they’re skeptical about Level 3 tech, and say it’s safer to wait for better technology that wouldn’t require human intervention.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Blockchain firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) has bought the Luno cryptocurrency exchange, which it will keep running as an independent subsidiary, according to a Wednesday (Sept. based company offers digital asset instruction, investment technology and information for people in Europe, Asia and Africa. 9) announcement.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 1, 2017

Bank Innovation is launching a Meetup group, where we plan to organize networking events, with insightful panels and (of course) happy hours. We guide innovation professionals to better results, and highlight new technologies that deserve attention. A developer, or a blockchain champion? We want to meet you! And […].

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I am pleased to share with our blog readers that Kristen Larson, an attorney with almost two decades of in-house experience advising midsized and large national banks on financial services matters, has joined Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group. She is resident in the firm’s Minneapolis office.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 6, 2020

Addressing common loan and deposit operations process inefficiencies can help financial institutions deliver optimized value to customers and stockholders. In recent years, many financial institutions have been focused on improving their digital delivery capabilities, often at the expense of their operational groups.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

16) that merger talks with TCS Group Holding (Tinkoff) have fallen apart. . TCS Group Holding is the parent company of the Russian lender Tinkoff Bank. “We Yandex is considered Russia’s Google and its technology offerings and capabilities include a 15-minute grocery delivery service that was launched in January.

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MAY 29, 2018

is looking to buy NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells military-grade technology, for around $1 billion. At the time, an NSO spokesman said that NSO doesn’t operate its systems and requires customers to use them lawfully “for the prevention and investigation of crimes.”. software company Verint Systems, Inc.

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The Paypers

JULY 2, 2021

The Germany-based retail and tourism co-operative group REWE Group has announced the introduction of its new payment technology subsidiary ‘ paymenttools ’ which will develop a B2B payment platform for customers and partners.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

FairFX, a subsidiary of international payments firm Equals Group, has acquired Hermex International Limited (HermexFX) for £2 million ($2.4 million), Equals Group said in a press release on Friday (Aug. This acquisition further demonstrates the ambition of the Group to be a dominant force in the payments market.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

The platform said that “suspicious activity” that its Sentry workforce found and examined in conjunction with Ukraine’s Cyber Police brought about the identification and detention of a purported cybercriminal group behind alleged ransomware activities and laundering of over $42 million in digital currencies during the past two years. “We

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Sberbank is going to purchase a 35 percent stake in MF Technologies, which has ownership of 58.9 Gazprombank is a financial group that’s owned by the state. MF Technologies is a collaboration between Megafon, Rostec, Gazprombank and USM holdings. Group, as well as the control of most of its voting rights.

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MARCH 3, 2020

With a round led by ACA Investments, comparison shopping platform iPrice Group has notched $10 million in Series B funding. The round also came with participation from Daiwa PI Partners as well as returning investors Asia Growth Fund, Mirae Asset-Naver, and Line Ventures, according to reports. It now purports to bring together over 1.5

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

Sberbank is going to purchase a 35 percent stake in MF Technologies, which has ownership of 58.9 Gazprombank is a financial group that’s owned by the state. MF Technologies is a collaboration between Megafon, Rostec, Gazprombank and USM holdings. Group, as well as the control of most of its voting rights.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

New Chinese finance rules will force Ant Group to comply with regulations to back up any payments, lending or other finances with substantial capital, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). 1, and will have to apply for a license to do so. trillion) in the year leading up to June 2020, according to WSJ. billion yuan ($10.4

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JANUARY 19, 2021

National Australia Bank (NAB) has chosen Eedenbull to integrate its payment and spend management technology for SMB customers. Italy’s BNL , part of BNP Paribas Group , has debuted its multi-banking solution developed in conjunction with open banking FinTech Tink , according to a press release. Absa Group Collabs With Surecomp.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 22, 2017

Bank wants to revamp its Innovation group with a new artificial intelligence leader. Bank Innovation group,” including overseeing strategic product development, product innovation, and strategy efforts within the AI space, […]. The job posting is vigorous, to say the least.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

According to the NPD Group , COVID-19 brought the year’s good start to a halt, with March athletic shoe sales down about 40 percent compared to 2019 and taking a 50 percent hit in April. Fleet Feet has come up with proprietary technology to address that. More than one million Fleet Feet customers have used the technology.

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APRIL 1, 2020

Restaurants are tough businesses to operate, even in the best of times — 60 percent fail within their first year, and 80 percent within their first five. Yi said the impact of COVID-19 caught Zoku Sushi “completely flat-footed” by the nearly overnight shutdown that came to its base of operations in Midtown Manhattan.

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Perficient

JANUARY 25, 2023

Banks are focused on efficiency initiatives to optimize their operations and lower costs. As the use of technology continues to increase, it should not get more difficult to use. While institutions want to increase their technology play, they are weary of overcomplicating operations. User experience.

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Bobsguide

JUNE 13, 2022

– Group EBT up by 91 percent compared to first quarter of 2021, revenue up by 40 percent. – Group revenue guidance for 2022 upgraded from EUR 680 million to around EUR 720 million and EBT guidance from EUR 54.5 GFT Technologies SE (GFT) is exploiting this digitalisation wave and continuing its dynamic growth.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 17, 2021

The round drew participation from Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management, General Atlantic, SoftBank Group, and Dragoneer Investment Group. California-based Chime collaborates with regional banks to create member-centric financial products, coining itself as a financial technology firm rather than a bank. Want the full post?

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Ride-hailing firm Be Group in Vietnam is launching two delivery services to compete with Grab and Go-Viet, Deal Street Asia reported on Monday (Aug. Unlike Grab and FastGo, Be Group has also registered itself as a transportation business. The company’s beExpress is designed to be a delivery and postal service for eCommerce enterprises.

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JUNE 28, 2019

But operators of some of those shopping destinations continue to wield investment power as malls undergo remakes for the 21 st century. Among the latest examples of that trend comes from Simon Property Group, the largest mall operator in the United States, which, according to Reuters , “will invest $5 million in Allied Esports.”.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Coverage includes Hong Kong-based Tappy Technologies ‘ collaboration with the Timex Group. Tappy Technologies, a solution provider for wearables and digital payments based in Hong Kong, is teaming up with Timex Group, the companies said in an announcement.

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MAY 22, 2018

Wells Fargo announced on Tuesday (May 22) that Steve Ellis, head of the innovation group, will retire after nearly 31 years with the company. Before that, he started and ran the wholesale internet solutions group, which launched Wells Fargo’s Commercial Electronic Office (CEO) portal in 2000 and CEO Mobile in 2007.

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The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

US-based cybersecurity and risk management company RSA has announced it has begun operating independently after being acquired by Symphony Technology Group.

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NCR

JANUARY 30, 2018

The German bank was confirmed as the latest business to join the group at the WEF’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland this month. Kim Hammonds, group chief operating officer at Deutsche Bank, said digital innovation is central to the organization’s growth and the services delivered to its clients.

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JULY 2, 2018

According to reports, the group is taking a cautious approach to the technology. But the group also acknowledges that blockchain technology is not yet sufficiently developed to actualize its effect in the corporate finance space.

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JULY 17, 2018

In a statement on Tuesday (July 17), Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said, “Walmart’s commitment to technology is centered around creating incredibly convenient ways for customers to shop and empowering associates to do their best work.”. The news comes as Britain’s Marks & Spencer Group (M&S) is collaborating with Microsoft.

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