PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2018

Small but mighty, German discount grocer Lidl — a brand known for not only its low prices, but also its innovative store layouts and private labels, including clothing — has already gobbled up 3 percent of local market share since the chain came to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in June 2017. jobs in the next year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

But there are also gaps: consumers unbanked , and places where the pace of innovation is pricing out those who can’t afford to be cutting-edge. Data: $10 billion: Current value of the global digital identity market. The challenge for the digital economy is to find ways to fill those gaps as efficiently as they expose their existence.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 26, 2019

In Richmond, Virginia, finance job openings grew 31.3% Demand for bankers and financial services workers appears to be waning following a wave of cutbacks at the start of the year. But a few cities are bucking the trend with double-digit growth in finance employment opportunities.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Virginia-based FinTech firm Far Point closed a $2.6 Global Blue is the clear market leader in the attractive and growing Tax Free Shopping ecosystem worldwide,” said Farley. He said the company is looking forward to “accelerating our strategic collaboration with Ant Financial as a showcase of such innovation.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

has been a wholesale coffee roasting merchant in Richmond, Virginia, for years, but has recently started to include direct-to-consumer sales. The company’s director of sales and marketing, Stephen Robertson, told PYMNTS in an interview that the company has a “striking amount of walk-in customers” who buy coffee from the company directly.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

As a result, banks are investing in and engaging with FinTech startups to grow their customer base and their market share. To help drive innovation, 25.5 percent of financial institutions are focused on new products, according to the PYMNTS Bank Innovation Readiness Index. To help drive innovation, 25.5 A whopping 42.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

They are sold in major retailers such as Wegmans and Whole Foods Market in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, as well as online. Mama Biscuit’s Gourmet Biscuits (MBGB) produces flavored gourmet biscuits that “bridge the gap between” sweet cupcakes and savory tasting treats.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

has been a wholesale coffee roasting merchant in Richmond, Virginia, for years, but has recently started to include direct-to-consumer sales. The company’s director of sales and marketing, Stephen Robertson, told PYMNTS in an interview that the company has a “striking amount of walk-in customers” who buy coffee from the company directly.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2016

Today, in McLean, Virginia, guests of the local Hilton can have their questions answered 24/7, 365 days a year by what is likely the world’s first robot concierge, Connie (named for Conrad Hilton, the patriarch of the Hilton brand), which is powered by IBM’s Watson AI. Which leaves retailers with one of two choices.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Chief Executive Officer Allison Guidette is responsible for setting the strategic direction and driving customer-centric innovation and growth at G2 Web Services. Previously, Allison served as SVP of Product Management & Marketing at Merrill Corporation. degrees from the University of Virginia. CEO, Market Platform Dynamics.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Attending to the unattended retail space: USA Technologies buys Cantaloupe Systems , boosting cloud and mobile functionality for vending. Amazon (not so) Fresh in the ‘burbs: It’s a rare misstep for the eCommerce giant, which stated that it is phasing out grocery service in some markets, ranging from New Jersey to Virginia.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The market has evolved from the days of doorstop deliveries of meat, dairy and newspapers to include media streaming services, software and themed boxes packed with a range of products, including clothes, fragrances, food and alcohol, to name just a few. Subscription commerce isn’t what it used to be. Notable Headlines from the Space .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

When Amazon launched Prime Now delivery for groceries out of its Whole Foods Marketpalce subsidiary, the company turned some heads — and heard some minor complaints, since the service was only initially only available in four markets: Virginia Beach, Austin, Dallas and Cincinnati.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

The biggest story this week in grocery came, as it often does, care of the new Whole Foods Market as operated by Amazon. Curbside delivery is coming to the grocery chain, starting with two test runs — one in Virginia Beach one in Sacramento. Walmart wasn’t the only retailer trumpeting its efficacy in its last earnings report.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

Last year, the company unveiled a Blendid station at Plug and Play, which an announcement at the time described as “the world’s largest startup innovation platform in Sunnyvale.” USF, however, is not the only campus to become home to robotic innovations in recent times. . The Robotics Market.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

From ticketing platforms such as Gametime to payments companies such as Visa , innovators are harnessing the power of mobile. legal sports betting market following a 2018 Supreme Court Decision to legalize such activities is $150 billion. And consumers are forecast to spend $23 billion on mobile tickets by 2023.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. For the past four-plus years, Chesler has guided Glacier through continued growth and successful acquisitions across the West, all while staying true to Glacier’s local market culture. GonzoBanker of the Year – Bank.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A cluster of states in the northeastern US accounted for an additional 29%, and included New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Learn how Customer Communications Services for Fraud helps protect customers from fraud in real time Learn more about FICO’s award-winning Retail Banking model 3.0

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

But luckily, where there is a problem, there is typically an innovative entrepreneur selling a solution – and in the case of sleep, there are a lot of solutions out there. The mattress market alone is worth a whopping $15 billion. billion globally by 2020. For years, these have been bubbling under the surface.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

But Facebook got the jump on the news cycle this week with the big news that it was opening up Facebook Canvas for retailers and other marketers on the site, as opposed to just advertis e rs. So, providing retailers with a new storefront in an ecosystem of 1.5 billion people a month who visit it. Tech is back.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

cities – Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach – but nationwide rollout is scheduled by the end of the year. Even if Amazon is only delivering groceries – and a big fat benefit to its Prime members – as Karen Webster noted, that might just be enough to start a whole new retail death spiral, spinning off a whole new Amazon flywheel.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Kroger has been amping up its technology game over the last several years, expanding its omnicommerce offerings as it seeks to remain competitive in a crowded market. In addition to digital innovations, Kroger has dramatically upped its home delivery from virtually no stores — more than a year ago — to close to 900 stores today.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

It delivers to homes and businesses in 24 metro markets and has more than 200 pickup locations. Launching ‘Ask Peapod’ on Alexa was a natural innovation for Peapod as we continue to create real meal solutions that fit into normal at-home behaviors,” said de Merode. “We Put them together and what do you get?

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2024

These books span a range of banking topics but emphasize second-order thinking, productivity, building client relationships, and innovation. Elizabeth is the Chairwoman of First Bank in Virginia and provides a formula for writing notes to clients, prospects, and employees to create an emotional connection.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

Heal accepts all the major forms of insurance in the markets in which they operate, which today is 70 percent of California, Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. If 10 years ago, I had told you retail was going to fully reset and all these brands were going to disappear, you wouldn’t have believed me,” Desai said.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 1, 2016

Offering Associate, Financial Markets & Wealth Management) demonstrating IBM’s Client Insight for Wealth Management solution at FinovateSpring 2016. FJRC currently provides both commercial and retail banking services by way of 67 rural credit unions; 1,800 outlets; and more than 11,000 micro-payment locations. Virginia M.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2020

Some are developing meal kits or food market concepts to replace their dine-in facilities. A restaurant in Virginia may have come up with something even stranger to keep people coming through their doors in the era of recovery: Mannequins. The world has changed forever, and Momofuku needs to change with it.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

Amazon/Whole Foods is the newest district in the Grocery Hunger games – the combination of two smaller efforts (Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market) made possible by Amazon’s $13.7 online grocery sales since 2017, the largest share of any single retailer and double its closest competitor. District 1: Amazon/Whole Foods.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Few places are more receptive to new ideas and innovative business models than Silicon Valley. Mozido had ambitious plans to revolutionize mobile payments in key markets including India, Africa, and southeast Asia. But the model doesn’t always work perfectly. want to know THE TOP 20 REASONS STARTUPS FAIL? Total Funding: $240M.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

But a few common threads do emerge, such as an inability to generate sustainable revenue, bad product-market fit, losing to competitors, and (of course) simply running out of money. If making money on operations was a near impossibility, Kozmo seemed perpetually on the precipice of tapping into the public equity markets. via Forbes.

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