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How Gift Certificates Evolved From Paper To Wearables

PYMNTS

That bit of technology came in handy for, say, deducting the amount of a purchase from a card’s value. We produced a small sampling for the stores in Salt Lake City,” Ron Goade, president of SSI Technologies , said on its website. They flew off the shelves, and the market was born. The cards were an instant hit. “We Between Nov.

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Bain MD On New $1B Fund And Why Seed Rounds Are Sprouting           

PYMNTS

The fund will be focused on AI, cloud technology, commerce and healthcare among other avenues. Bain Capital Ventures traces its genesis back to 2001, and has invested more than $3.6 There’s a clarity about market leadership that is good for everyone and in this environment it is hard to come by.”.

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Digital Banking Veterans Join i2c Leadership Team

PYMNTS

is rounding out its leadership team to include four payments industry veterans, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (Sept. She formerly held executive leadership positions at Visa Inc. She has held executive leadership positions at both Visa Inc. Global digital banking firm i2c Inc. and iPayment (now Paysafe).

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Payments At The Edge: Innovators Take Center Stage

PYMNTS

That’s why the 2016 PYMNTS Innovator Awards were announced during a live Ceremony and Awards dinner to celebrate the conclusion the two-day, thought-leadership event. Gold, Silver and Bronze awards were distributed across 16 categories, including Most Innovative, Most Disruptive and Best Technology. AKA: The Oscars for payments.

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Product Profitability Anyone? The JFB Pro-Growth Matrix

Jeff For Banks

His topic: Leadership. This style of decision making was romanticized by Jack Welch in his popular 2001 book: Jack Straight from the Gut. One such firm is the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), creator of the Growth-Share Matrix that depicts the potential for a company''s products based on growth prospects and market share.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

In a deal that aimed to open the Chinese coal markets, US heavy-equipment behemoth Caterpillar paid $677M in 2012 to acquire ERA Mining Machinery Ltd. The Chinese coal market is one of the biggest in the world and this deal looked like easy money. a leading producer of hydraulic coal-mine roof supports in China. Google and Motorola.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

It also owns 50 subsidiary companies that have 200 more subsidiaries themselves, including Geico (acquired in 1996), Dairy Queen (1997), and Fruit of the Loom (2001). You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” ( 2001 ). Market volatility. In spring 2001, Cisco’s shareholders had lost a total of 28.6%

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