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AUGUST 22, 2018

As it makes its way to South Africa and continues to amass impressive partnerships with the likes of Alipay and PayPal, Samsung Pay might have completed three years in the mobile payments market, but its numbers still lag its main rival, Apple Pay. Samsung revealed yesterday that it had completed 1.3

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

Samsung Electronics smartphone sales will increase in the holiday shopping season, with the general trend lasting into 2019, the company said when announcing its Q3 results. AI-based automation will enable Samsung to introduce new services in the 5G era, such as industrial Internet of Things (IoT) and connected cars.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In the connected age, consumers have more ways to interact with retailers than ever before. The executive also said the retailer saw an “1,000 percent increase” in purchases of pizza slices made through the SmartPay service since January 1. And if a customer uses Samsung Pay to buy those offers.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

So-called Generation Z is also driving much of the innovation when it comes to retail. To reach consumers on the hunt for offerings that are “clean and natural,” the retail chain rolled out its Everspring household brand. And six in 10 shoppers said it factored into their decision of where to transact, Retail Dive reported.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. Sometimes those innovations disrupted old models and players; other times they made them better and more efficient. The Invisible Innovators .

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JULY 29, 2020

(and a can-do spirit), a country that rewards ambition and innovation — and where individual success stories of, say Google and Amazon customers are folded into the testimony in efforts to show how tech can help smaller firms pivot and embrace the great digital shift. More than 80 retailers in the U.S. Experiments — And Trust .

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AUGUST 22, 2019

The Sock Spot CEO Ben Williams, for instance, worked for a manufacturer in eCommerce and decided to start his own online shopping company. The completely cashless machine also offers Apple Pay and Samsung Pay as digital forms of payments. The Sock Spot is part of a larger trend of digital innovators tapping into automated retail.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. operations. These projects range from less visible, but equally important, system upgrades on the back-end and more visible ones like installing Softbank’s robot Pepper in its New York flagship.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Samsung’s global march added another stopping point this week, as Thailand became the latest nation to come online for Samsung Pay. That announcement comes as most of the global payments-watching community was watching Samsung Pay’s imminent foray into India. Samsung Pay In Thailand.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

But we will know how Square is raising the in-store payments game for SMBs, how Samsung is changing the topic and how Google is (finally) proudly welcoming Gmail to the year 2010 with mobile upgrades. Samsung Goes Retinal. According to recent reports, Samsung Pay version 2.3 Will it work? Eye-scanning — and hold the eye-rolls.

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AUGUST 3, 2017

The evolution of the retail industry is well underway, and it’s becoming more evident (perhaps as a response to eCommerce giants like Amazon) that retailers are looking for innovative ways to enhance their offerings. As eCommerce continues to shape the future of the industry, the retail landscape is constantly changing.

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APRIL 12, 2016

That’s the mantra of innovators everywhere. It’s what’s turned the retail word upside down as consumers with their mobile devices have decided they’d rather buy from their couch with their mobile phone than schlep to the mall. In other words, kick the door wide open to remote retail. Meeting the consumer where they are.

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MARCH 4, 2020

For too long consumers have had to endure non-intuitive, boring and overly complex services when shopping both online and offline. Alipay, and the wider Alibaba Group, have truly set the global pace on retail innovation and the app economy. Klarna added over 75,000 new merchants last year.

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MAY 4, 2018

It’s tough to echo what we do in person online because it’s an art gallery,” Six Hundred Four Founder and CEO James Lepp told PYMNTS in an interview. Six Hundred Four is hardly the only retailer to embrace VR technology. And while it works for his concept, he’s not sure it will work for every retailer.

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MAY 15, 2018

Nana Murugesan, vice president and general manager at Samsung Electronics America, said this is what Samsung has been building up to in recent years, continually tucking new value-add features into its ecosystem. The more that consumers interact across Samsung’s ecosystem, the more change they get to throw into that digital piggy bank.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Faced with this up-and-coming generation, retailers and brands, as well as payment providers, are already preparing for the arrival of Gen Z as adult consumers. And it was also found that digital devices from the likes of Samsung as well as Apple are forecast to be popular with this demographic along with food and beverage brands.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

I, Shopper, take thee, Online Retailer, to be my faithful partner in commerce. Today, fewer than a third say that membership in loyalty programs drives their choice of retailer. Today, fewer than a third say that membership in loyalty programs drives their choice of retailer. THE MOVE FROM PHYSICAL TO ONLINE TO MOBILE.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

The top five vendors ( Samsung , Xiaomi , Vivo , Oppo and Lenovo ) now account for 75 percent of total shipments in India. Samsung shipped 9.4 Xiaomi’s growth is a clear example of how a successful online brand can effectively enter the offline market while maintaining low overheads,” said Canalys Analyst Rushabh Doshi.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

The solution, Pay Direct , allows corporates to more seamlessly accept online payments directly from the sender’s bank account using the U.K.’s Accounts payable (AP) and receivable (AR) technology firm Bottomline Technologies announced its open banking-powered service in the U.K. ’s Faster Payments real-time payments system.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

According to the press release, the Kroger app will be compatible with “Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Fitbit Pay, mobile banking apps and contactless chip cards, underpinned by near-field communication (NFC) technology.” So far, the contactless pay app has been introduced in 61 QFC stores.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Even with technology’s increasing influence on retail banking, it’s not typical for a community bank to have one of its most senior and trusted executives concentrate primarily on leading consumer product and payments innovation. Retail offices: 85. The bank now also offers online and mobile chat options. “A Alex Jimenez.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

Until now, and particularly on the retail side, payments have been shepherded through batch processing, making the shift a fundamental one. From customers’ point of view, the biggest innovation has been mobile devices and the attendant ability to pay by phone via card transactions or mobile wallets.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Here is the response from Florin Arghirescu, SVP of business relationships and innovation at Synchrony Financial …. Use of technology in retail is no longer a trend, evidenced by a proliferation of solutions in 2016. Payments 2016: The Year Of The “Ecosystem,” Redefined. The point of sale (POS) is also changing the engagement model.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

Coverage includes France’s Natixis Payments bringing Apple Pay to users of Apetiz at restaurants and retailers. France’s Natixis Payments is bringing Apple Pay to users of Apetiz for payments at affiliated restaurants and retailers, Natixis said in an announcement.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 23, 2018

Payments fintech PayPal will be expanding its in-store payment offerings this year, now offering users the ability to deposit money onto a prepaid debit card or use their service via a partnership with Samsung Pay, it was reported today, and as the Wall Street Journal noted earlier this month. The payments company will now allow […].

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The biggest dilemma facing innovators isn’t whether what they’re doing will cannibalize what makes them money today but rather getting enough people to try their innovations so that they become mainstream and can make money tomorrow. That’s the problem that Samsung set out to crack with the Samsung Rewards program launched a week ago.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 25, 2016

Google has signaled that Android apps will soon run on Chromebooks — yet another sign that “mobile” and “desktop” experiences are converging, and that a single online experience will operate across different devices (including your refrigerator.)

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AUGUST 21, 2020

Mastercard: Inside The Samsung Pay ‘Super Card’. With digital commerce and digital payments growing their penetration among both merchants and individuals, the increased usage is accelerating the cadence of innovation. Keeping Online Tutors From Saying ‘Au Revoir’ To eLearning Platforms. Fun, Cool and Otherwise Interesting.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Some retailers say they don’t want to jump on the latest techy bandwagon just to jump on it. The luxury specialty retailer announced its spring campaign “Mantle” this week: a virtual reality experience with the Martha Graham Dance Company and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. It would seem that other major retailers agree.

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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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MAY 5, 2016

Like any hotbed of technological innovation, many competitors have emerged and crowded the marketplace with options. have divided into three main camps: Android (Google), Apple and, most recently, Samsung. One way they’re trying to entice consumer adoption is through loyalty and rewards programs with major retailers. initiative.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

What we do know, however, is that efficiency-driving innovation will have its place, come whatever market environment,” Joshua Kempf, cofounder and CEO of online B2B industrial products distributor Gaveteiro.com.br , explained in his TechCrunch piece. It looks like it’s no harm, no foul for Apple. Hackers Go For Gold In Rio.

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JUNE 16, 2016

Samsung Pay Now In Singapore. While this news has been well known for a few months now, Samsung Pay arrives in Singapore today (June 16). And as of today, users of Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge+ and the S7/S7 Edge phones can use Samsung Pay in the region. Samsung Pay’s Vision Beyond Just Tap And Pay. In the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

The online retail giant announced yesterday (Nov. Amazon’s DRS allows participating connected devices to utilize Amazon’s retail platform to automatically reorder physical goods from Amazon when supplies are running low. Amazon’s Internet of Things endeavor continues to pick up speed.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

To solve this problem, many retailers are looking to utilize augmented reality (AR) to enhance the shopping experience. Home improvement giant Lowe’s , for instance, recently began leveraging AR to address timeless consumer problems, according to Josh Shabtai, director of lab productions at Lowe’s Innovation Lab.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Samsung Gets Rewarding. Samsung certainly won the headlines this holiday season with its very big push to integrate its payments platform — Samsung Pay — now upgraded in a big way with Samsung Rewards. Samsung Rewards works just like a points-based credit card rewards program. Apple Offers The Rare Reward.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

CEO Robert Davis said in a press release : “ECommerce is attracting customers who appreciate the new option to shop and complete sales transactions online and then have products delivered to their homes. As of now, Rent-A-Center’s online rental solution currently offers 73 products, primarily in the consumer electronics sector.

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