PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2017

Today’s connected universe has seen its fair share of innovative technologies to help make consumers’ lives easier. Behind the scenes, however, businesses have been slow on the uptake to adopt and integrate new technologies into their businesses. The latest company to join the chatbot game from a retail standpoint is Samsung.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2017

A new report by Global Market Insights reveals that the market size for mobile POS terminals will gain significant growth in the coming years, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 19 percent from 2016 to 2023. According to a press release , the POS Terminal Industry is expected to be valued at $103.52

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. Bottomline Rolls Out Open Banking Service. ’s Faster Payments real-time payments system.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Millennials have been practically handed a smartphone as they emerged into the neonatal world and have grown up with touch technology. Here’s the latest news on the mobile + payments + commerce front.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

The increase during what has been a volatile time for financial markets tells a “tale of two cities,” he told the network on Wednesday (May 27), as COVID-19 has wreaked economic havoc in addition to its health toll. Last month, SoFi inked a deal to buy Galileo Financial Technologies, a digital payments platform for $1.2

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Samsung Electronics, the South Korean consumer electronics giant, and BBVA, the Spanish bank, announced Monday (Nov. 20) a new iris scanning feature that will enable BBVA customers with Samsung-compatible smartphones to log on to the bank’s mobile app simply by looking at their smartphone’s display.

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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 the wake of the outbreak, everything from doctors appointments to schooling to workouts went online. Telehealth technology. Remote learning technology. Online courses & content.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2017

The past few weeks have seen several players around the globe invest in payments-as-a-service (PaaS) solutions as a way to improve efficiency and expedite the pace of business in several markets. Recent moves by several companies in the PaaS space worked to expand new payment options and broaden financial inclusion in various global markets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

market, launching its Mi 8 Pro handset in the country on Thursday (Nov. is one of the important global centers for technology,” Wang said in the interview before the Mi 8 Pro was launched. Xiaomi , which is currently the fourth-place player, has a market value of around $44 billion. to the lineup.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

Predicting the future is hard work, and as we come to the close of the 21st century’s second decade, it is fair to say that the science-fiction writers of the 20th century did a so-so job of predicting the technological future. Despite much complaining on Twitter, we have neither flying cars or hoverboards. By the year 2022, voicebot.ai

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

With the two-headed Facebook-Instagram giant now bustling online marketplaces and not just social sharing platforms anymore, stakes are getting higher faster. Within four years there will be 800 million smartphones in-market with facial recognition scanning capabilities. Smartphone and Registration, Please. Add those to the 4.6

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2017

Which means regardless of the ultimate fate of Samsung’s newest flagship phone — the Galaxy S8 — Samsung has already won a pretty major victory. The star of the show was the Galaxy 8 phone — and on the whole distinctly “Samsung” looking infinity edge, all curved side-design. inch screen. That was just the warm-up act.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

PayPal, Venmo, Google Wallet, Apple Pay, IBM Pay, Walmart Pay, Samsung Pay—the mobile wallet market just keeps on going and going, but according to Visa’s new CEO, that’s not necessarily what consumers want. Kelly, Visa’s new CEO, said on the company’s earnings call on Feb. 2: My personal view Read More.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

In an new PYMNTS interview, Reinhard Hochrieser, vice president of product management at authentication services provider Jumio , provided an overview of the global state of ID verification and authentication, along with access management — and how improving those processes and technology can lead to gains for merchants and financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

And what better way to mark that milestone than with a monthly recap of the Top 12 news items in one major market in the payments ecosystem: mobile payments. Samsung Pay’s European Debut. On June 2, Samsung Pay officially launched in Spain, bringing the mobile wallet into its first European country.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

In the March mPOS Tracker , PYMNTS explores the new mPOS uptake, as well as how mPOS providers are launching solutions into new markets, boosting their presence where they already operate and partnering to expand their reaches. Around the mPOS World. For more on the latest mPOS headlines, download the Tracker. Inside Reebok’s mPOS Approach.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Samsung Pay was the first international competitor to plant its flag in 2017, followed by Alipay, with Apple Pay expected to make its official entry into the market before the ball drops on December 31. My concern would mostly be the new third parties: the global players, the Apples, Samsung Pay,” Wraa-Hansen admitted.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Engagement Labs, the data and analytics company that assists marketers, says the group of people born between 1997 and 2016 are 86 million strong, and influence $600 billion of spending by families. This group is also big on conversations, both online and offline: Engagement Labs finds that they drive 19 percent of purchases.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

This week, Samsung Electronics announced Bixby , its entrant into the virtual assistant games. Bixby will be the new smart interface across Samsung’s devices and applications — eventually. Bixby will be gradually applied to all our appliances,” Samsung wrote in a company statement. “In Google knows this, for one.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

The two collaborated on a payments solution designed to enable MegaFon subscribers to make purchases or pay bills via their smartphone using Apple Pay or Samsung Pay and a linked virtual Mastercard. And speaking of Samsung Pay , the electronics giant recently rolled out a rewards and cash back program for users of its mobile payment service.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The cloud is nowhere near a “new” technology, but it did take the enterprise a few years to trust the tool — particularly amid the rise of public clouds. The funding — led by Third Point Ventures with participation from Battery Ventures, JA Mitsui Leasing and Samsung NEXT, as well as existing backers SoftBank Corp.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

Once big companies use their power, they can very, very quickly push markets beyond the tipping point where competition turns into monopoly,” EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told reporters, according to Bloomberg. “If Vestager said the goal is to prevent private voice ecosystems from hijacking the market. “We

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The move comes as part of a larger targeting of Southeast Asian markets, according to TechCrunch , starting with beginning selected regional services in Singapore in the first quarter of 2017. Google, Apple and Samsung contactless payment options are all already available in Singapore. Singapore, it turns out.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

Drilling down into market competition, Pichai said global markets are marked by prices that are “free or falling” and said the landscape looks nothing like it did five years ago, let alone 21 years ago, when Google’s search offerings debuted. Experiments — And Trust . More than 80 retailers in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We pride ourselves on technology, payment execution, exceptional customer service and being a great partner,” AscendantFX’s President and CEO Jason Mugford said in a statement. “We We are very pleased to bring this new app to the market. Bank enabling their commercial cards for mobile wallet use, like Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

AR/VR technology itself is not all that new. As observed in the inaugural edition of the Digital Consumer Report , a PYMNTS and Samsung Pay collaboration, the underlying concept of AR/VR has been floating around for over a decade. There’s a lot of estimating you’d have to do in store — even more so online.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

And while giving active thanks for mobile probably won’t make main pre-dinner prayer at many dining room tables outside of Northern California, the technology and commerce it enables will likely be very near to the mind of grateful consumers. Samsung Gets Rewarding. When customers want to redeem those points, they have a few choices.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Mastercard: Inside The Samsung Pay ‘Super Card’. One of the most recent developments in this space was the announcement of the Samsung Pay Card , which is powered by Curve and Mastercard technology. Keeping Online Tutors From Saying ‘Au Revoir’ To eLearning Platforms. Walmart ’s U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2017

Samsung managed to take up most of the oxygen in the mobile room this week — and the big show included the world’s introduction to the new Galaxy phone, Bixby, VR, Samsung Pass, and Samsung Pay’s and Visa Checkout’s partnership to bring Samsung Pay to the online world. The move into the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

CES is one of the year’s biggest and most important global events for those interested not only in consumer technology, but associated trends in payments and commerce. Success is bred there, to use the terminology of the inspirational marketing industry. 10, and what to expect in the months and years after. 5G and Automobiles.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

But while the payments and mobile industries themselves are eager to get their technology into the hands of consumers, those consumers seem reluctant to adopt the new platforms. Like any hotbed of technological innovation, many competitors have emerged and crowded the marketplace with options. So, what’s the disconnect?

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Gonzobanker

JULY 31, 2017

Are mobile wallets a threat to PayPal’s online payment dominance? This strategic shift — what I’ll call the PayPal Pivot — is the result of PayPal seeing the threat of mobile wallets to its online payment dominance. PayPal has significant market share in digital payments (some sources put it at more than 70%).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

TPV, or about 20 percent of online retailing, according to FDC estimates. This is essential to keep in mind as providers compete with both online content platforms — like the ever-present Netflix — and those like YouTube, which has long relied on a “freemium” model to capture users and boost subscriptions.

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NCR

JULY 20, 2016

Biometric technology is becoming an increasingly important part of the payments industry, as organizations look for reliable, fast and convenient methods of authentication. But which biometrics technologies are likely to have the biggest impact on the payments industry? Fingerprints. Ear acoustics .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Passwords could soon become a thing of the past if Ant Financial succeeds in its efforts to bring new authentication technology to market. The acquisition will further the firm’s biometric technology, which will be used to authenticate online transactions using pictures of the human eyeball.

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