PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2019

The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. In the modern digital era of QSR, it is almost impossible not to mention Starbucks and its myriad contributions to innovation — including the first really successful launch of a mobile wallet product in the U.S.

Innovation 134

Innovation Los Angeles New York City Course 134

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

And, in retail, wellness innovators are personalizing vitamin subscriptions for better self-care, while disruptors are aiming to replace heavy parking structures with automated towers. 2004: The year Piggly Wiggly began piloting a fingerprint scan-based payments system. In disbursements news, a sizable portion of U.S.

Retail 148

Retail Payments System Fraud 148

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

The firm previously said the dual China listings back its goal to accelerate digitization of the country’s service industry and fuel domestic demand, while positioning the firm to create global markets with partners and grow investment in innovation as well as technology. Ant started talks with banks to bring back plans for an IPO in January.

Groups 262

Groups Security Report Regulation 262

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Instead, the majority actually said accounting software was the most important innovation in their industry. Forty percent reported they are willing to embrace technology as early adopters, and added they are committed to investing in emerging innovations and apps — including the cloud. Embracing The Cloud. Unexpected Trends.

Trends 108

Trends Innovation Survey Software 108

Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Synchrony Bank has been PayPal’s banking partner since 2004. Yesterday, the San Jose, Calif-based PayPal said it agreed to sell $5.8 billion in consumer credit receivables to Stamford, Conn-based Synchrony Bank, a unit of Synchrony Financial. In addition to selling its credit […].

San Jose 199

San Jose Payments Company Operations 199

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

But prosecutors said Credit Suisse had known about the deficiencies since around 2004. All those things could help, rather than banks making innovation and speed their sole focus.

Compliance 203

Compliance Regulation Report Innovation 203

PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2020

Eurobits, founded in 2004 with headquarters in Madrid, works in connectivity and has operated with many banks and institutions in the past. Tink is undoubtedly one of the most innovative companies within open banking,” said Eurobits CEO Arturo Gonzalez Mac Dowell.

America 241

America National Company Innovation 241

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

The executive started with Mastercard in 2004 and has served in multiple roles, including sales, customer management, services and product development. In past roles, she was responsible for creating the strategy at Mastercard to grow the business and provide payment innovations to consumers and merchants.

Operations 122

Operations Innovation America Payments 122

Let's Talk Payments

JANUARY 14, 2018

YES BANK, India’s fifth-largest private sector bank, has been a pioneer of several key technology innovations since its inception in 2004. YES BANK continues to be at the forefront of.

Meeting 81

Meeting Fintech Innovation Technology 81

Perficient

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Google Trends shows a marked rise in “empathy” searches, peaking recently at levels six times that of 2004. It takes a plan that outlines how business objectives align with capabilities to deliver innovative experiences. This collective yearning should be no surprise, of course, with COVID laying bare so many of our vulnerabilities.

Digital Strategies 405

Digital Strategies Strategy Customer Experience Leadership 405

Let's Talk Payments

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

YES BANK, India’s fifth-largest private sector bank, has been a pioneer of several key technology innovations since its inception in 2004. YES BANK continues to be at the forefront of.

Fintech 82

Fintech Innovation Technology US 82

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Last month, PYMNTS reported Japan’s history of mobile payments progress dates back to 2004 when the DotCoMo mobile wallet was introduced, one of the world’s first mobile commerce innovations. Still, Japan remains a heavily cash-based economy, Darren Abrahamson , managing director of Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, told PYMNTS.

Mobile 201

Mobile Payments New York Survey 201

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below). Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago. I will update with milestones from 2014 to today and publish next month. I’m taking suggestions here (so far: crypto, BNPL, earned-wage access, chatbots, deposit networks).

Innovation 15

Innovation Fintech Online Mobile 15

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

The executive started with Mastercard in 2004 and has served in multiple roles including sales, customer management, services, and product development. In past roles, she was responsible for creating the strategy at Mastercard to grow the business and provide payment innovations to consumers and merchants.

Operations 100

Operations Innovation America Payments 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The nation is embracing faster payments and FinTech innovation, while the market is being shaped by everything from the payments Modernization initiative of Payments Canada to the legalization of marijuana. Researchers found more than a fifth of CFOs had taken up the post of CEO in 2014, compared with just 14 percent who did the same in 2004.

Leadership 108

Leadership CA Survey Innovation 108

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Ant, formed in 2004 as Alibaba's payments processor, also works to connect China's borrowers and lenders and can secure short-term loans in minutes. The IPO is being led by tech teams at most of Ant's underwriter banks, rather than by finance teams, Reuters writes, meaning that the classification as a tech company has merit.

Groups 196

Groups Regulation Report Security 196

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The grocery chain Piggly Wiggly launched a pilot program in 2004 that used a fingerprint scan for payments called Pay By Touch. . The Amazon One device is secured by multiple controls and palm images are encrypted and sent to a “highly secure area we custom-built in the cloud” where the customer’s unique palm signature is stored.

Seattle 207

Seattle Tools Security Retail 207

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Toyota has been at work on service robots since 2004, with “a number” of models in development, per the report. Toyota is looking to transform itself as well as adapt to innovations that are disrupting the auto space. However, Reuters noted that the “HSR is the one it sees as closest to being ready for commercial applications.”

Software 116

Software Innovation Report Groups 116

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

s chief financial officer since 2004. Prabhu continued, “The payments industry is growing and changing every day, and I look forward to being part of a team that is driving innovation throughout the industry.”. Before joining NBCUniversal in 2014, Prabhu was Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.’s

Leadership 123

Leadership Chicago Industry Technology 123

PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

We look forward to working with Synchrony to double down on our innovative consumer credit experiences for our customers and profitably grow the portfolio over time.”. PayPal and Synchrony have been partners since 2004 when they teamed up to offer a PayPal-branded credit card.

Leadership 101

Leadership Cards Branding Customer Experience 101

PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

“She is immensely respected within the payments industry and has a deep familiarity with our company from years of working together which are tremendous assets as we strive to deliver People-Centered innovation in this rapidly evolving payments industry.”. Bancorp’s payment services division, which she held since 2004.

Leadership 100

Leadership Innovation Industry Payments 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Smartphone sales worldwide fell in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016, marking the first decline Gartner has seen since the firm started tracking sales in 2004. A little more than 400 million smartphones were sold to consumers in the last three months of 2017, which marks a 5.6

Apple 118

Apple Samsung Analysis Survey 118

Perficient

MAY 26, 2020

Typically, Build is held in-person with 15,000+ of your closest developer friends – it’s Microsoft’s big yearly showcase of all the innovation they’ve been doing for software development, and given Microsoft’s renewed focus on developers, lots of good things tend to come from Build.

Resources 348

Resources Management Software System 348

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

However, in another sense, it is surprising that Amazon is pushing innovation in the biometrics payments arena at all, given its high historical correlations to failure. By 2004, most American consumers were dedicated card users — and fingerprint scan plus ACH transfer was a harder transition from swipe and PIN than initially anticipated.

Payments 191

Payments Cards System Chicago 191

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Our strategy to drive continued cereal growth is centered on launching compelling innovation that offers taste, convenience and health benefits, while investing in brand-building,” CEO Jeff Harmening said at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) investor conference on Tuesday (Feb. The new cereal is more nut-based and probiotic.

Trends 160

Trends Branding Strategy New York 160

PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2016

“This new phase in Hostess’ evolution and partnership with the Gores Group and our broader investor partners will continue to propel Hostess into a growing and innovative company with significant reach and potential long into the future,” Metropoulos said in a statement announcing the deal.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Groups Company Innovation 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Alipay was founded in 2004. Alibaba is looking to expand Alipay into other regions and territories. Ant Financial is valued at $60 billion and, besides Alipay, also offers wealth management and insurance products. Bloomberg reported that Ant Financial is eyeing an IPO in Hong Kong for next year.

Leadership 100

Leadership Regional Strategy Groups 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Yet, the broader perception of smaller financial institutions (FIs) in the industry is that these banks lack the resources that larger banks offer, as well as the agility of emerging FinTech firms, to promote product and service innovation to their SMB clients. has dropped from 8,000 in 2004 to about 5,400 in 2018.

Community Bank 123

Community Bank Community Payments Fintech 123

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Mall developer James Rouse was known for many innovations, but his best known might have arguably been the food court. Rouse’s communications director, Robert Rubenkonig, said in a 2004 Shopping Centers Today story that the developer sought to create “community picnics” with the concept.

New York City 115

New York City Los Angeles New York New Jersey 115

PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

Trezeo , a FinTech startup that seeks to smooth out income for self-employed workers, is one of the innovators that call Dublin home. In 2004, Google arrived and other firms such as Facebook and Twitter came on the scene. The city is home to European offices for multinational technology companies, as well as banks and startups.

Fintech 101

Fintech Taxes Google Policies 101

Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

responded to Google’s innovation quite awkwardly, first partnering with Google, then walking away from the partnership in 2004 as it sought to exploit the technology of acquired businesses such as Inktomi (2002) and AltaVista (2003). It’s very simple: innovation is a game that is played for a full 9 innings.

Google 100

Google Innovation Taxes Marketing 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2016

Lab126 was created by Amazon in 2004 for the purpose of creating the Kindle eReader. In that regard, the future of what the Echo is capable of has yet to be written … and tech innovators from all over the place are jumping at the chance to contribute to that story. have until April 27, 2016, to submit their ideas via this link.

Innovation 100

Innovation Online Retail Community 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In 2004, financial institutions around the world had had enough. The data underlying payments in this ecosystem can be interpreted, translated, truncated, enriched and corrected multiple times in the course of remitting funds from debtors to creditors.

Community 261

Community Compliance Data Payments 261

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Providence Bank and Trust in South Holland, Illinois also pledged to tithe since its founding in 2004. Capitalist economies tend to generate greater innovation, efficiencies, and profit. Are There Others? There are likely others like ASB, although only one comes to mind. In 2018, they gave over $600 thousand to charity.

Illinois 78

Illinois Community Capital Company 78

PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2016

I Can’t Help It That I’m So Popular.” (“Mean Girls,” 2004). I Don’t Hate You Because You’re Fat, You’re Fat Because I Hate You.” (“Mean Girls,” 2004). “On Wednesdays We Wear Pink” (“Mean Girls,” 2004). ” (“Mean Girls,” 2004).

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Meeting Video Course 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Although it is credited with being one of the first companies to offer wedding and bridal party dresses online, J.Crew’s e-store is ending its love affair with the bridal business, which was among the first of its kind when it launched back in 2004. How did J.Crew go from innovating the space to pulling the plug? So what happened?

New York 159

New York New York City Retail Online 159

Insights on Business

JANUARY 10, 2017

And Blockbuster, which in 2004 had about 60,000 employees and more than 8,000 stores, was in bankruptcy by 2010 because Netflix and other on-demand video providers figured out how to deliver a much more convenient and rewarding experience. Many major hotel chains are aware that their market valuation has been eclipsed by Airbnb.

Customer Experience 87

Customer Experience social media Video Innovation 87