PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2020

European open banking platform Tink will now have more room to expand with the acquisition of Eurobits , which works in account aggregation technology, according to a press release. Eurobits, founded in 2004 with headquarters in Madrid, works in connectivity and has operated with many banks and institutions in the past.

America 241

America National Company Innovation 241

Perficient

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Google Trends shows a marked rise in “empathy” searches, peaking recently at levels six times that of 2004. But becoming digital is not just about adopting the latest technology. It takes a plan that outlines how business objectives align with capabilities to deliver innovative experiences. It takes empathy.

Digital Strategies 405

Digital Strategies Strategy Customer Experience Leadership 405

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.

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Meeting Fintech Innovation Technology 81

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

“And with the Olympics pushed back to 2021, we can expect the Japanese government to continue to invest in mobile payment technology as part of its measures to keep the games safe,” Liu added. 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

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

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 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

MAY 24, 2019

Chief Financial Officer Vasant Prabhu will take on the vice chairman role for the global payments technology company. s chief financial officer since 2004. Prabhu was responsible for all financial, information technology and a range of corporate functions at Starwood. With an expanded position at Visa Inc.

Leadership 123

Leadership Chicago Industry Technology 123

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

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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Or at least that is the end game for the technology. 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. The other, more significant issue was its technology — which at the time was one-of-kind and revolutionary.

Payments 191

Payments Cards System Chicago 191

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.

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Resources Management Software System 348

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

AUGUST 2, 2018

Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is a burgeoning hub for startups in the technology sector. The city is home to European offices for multinational technology companies, as well as banks and startups. Trezeo , a FinTech startup that seeks to smooth out income for self-employed workers, is one of the innovators that call Dublin home.

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

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. RBS soon will deploy a chat bot using IBM’s Watson technology to answer customers’ questions.

Customer Experience 87

Customer Experience social media Video Innovation 87

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

William Mills

MAY 23, 2017

Sugg has been with William Mills Agency since 2004 and has worked with some of the industry’s largest and most innovative technology companies. She also serves in a business development role for the agency, identifying and prospecting new and growing areas of financial technology.

Management 56

Management Atlanta Georgia Florida 56

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Founded in 2004, retail innovator Shopify offers a cloud-based, multichannel commerce platform that enables merchants to put the customer at the center by transacting with them across any of the channels they want to transact in. That has created a whole technology cycle just to support that. Retail is now experimentation.

Retail 130

Retail social media Branding Mobile 130

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Authentication Technologies: Bound to get a bump, and a big one, sustainable for quite a while. Look for a surge in signups for identity monitoring services, and also the technologies that – at the point of transaction – help prove you are who you say you are … and that it’s you doing the saying. Just sayin’.

US 108

US Apple Innovation Regulation 108

Insights on Business

AUGUST 15, 2018

IBM RegTech Innovations. Well, technology has. And the AML transaction monitoring process is the ideal place for a number of technologies to not only improve detection, but also the resolution of issues where most time is spent. More than technology for its own sake. Has anything really changed?

Compliance 70

Compliance Analytics System Regional 70

Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This year’s Money 20/20 event in Las Vegas drew a massive attendance with 11,000 individuals, 4,500 companies, tons of new technology, and a mind-blowing expanse of collective brain power. Every discussion and presentation focused on the challenges and innovations financial institutions are tasked with to create “frictionless” experiences.

Payments 60

Payments Las Vegas Risk Management Cyber Security 60

William Mills

APRIL 27, 2017

With the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac still in recovery there has not been great investment in mortgage technology. These folks are may be one of the companies that bring 21st Century technology to the industry. They invested in new technology and are promoting the heck out of it. 12:28 pm Infocorp. Ana, CEO is speaking. “20

San Francisco 69

San Francisco social media San Jose Customer Experience 69

Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

percent in 2004, a decline of 1.1 By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004. I – like many – will use technology to move my money but keep my account open – costing the bank money. High-tech employment fell from 12.1 percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3

FDIC 78

FDIC Community Bank Regulation Lending 78

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2019

And classic films aren’t the only place where a flop can presage a hit: In fact, many of today’s favorite consumer innovations come care of a failed first iteration that was widely derided before it was praised. For example…. The Tablet. The Miss . Microsoft’s Tablet PC.

Video 152

Video Los Angeles System United States 152

PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” Except, of course, it didn’t – and it is now in the crowded graveyard of payments innovations that sounded too good to be true.

Bitcoin 100

Bitcoin blockchain Video Apple 100

CB Insights

MAY 9, 2019

Today, it seems like every large corporation has its own “ innovation lab.”. Few are more critical of the model than startup entrepreneurs and VCs, who argue that corporate innovation labs are mostly innovation theater. Get the Best of corporate innovation. Get the Best of corporate innovation. Waymo (Google X).

Innovation 76

Innovation Apple Google System 76

Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 5, 2015

In 2004 I wrote an article for a banking industry association entitled Lead Like Lincoln. This is particularly important and challenging in rapidly changing industries like technology and media. With all of the scholarship on leadership, what could I add to the conversation? I have my ideas. A great leader has a vision for the future.

Leadership 60

Leadership Industry Training Groups 60

Tomorrow's Transactions

APRIL 13, 2016

In my first official engagement as the Blockchain Meldrew, I was invited to the London Business School (LBS) to take part in a panel discussion on the technology with Ross Laurie from the accountants Deloitte, Jay Best from Bitcoin people VentureBoost and Calogero Scibetta from one of my very favourite blockchain startups, Everledger.

Bitcoin 30

Bitcoin blockchain Samsung Technology 30

BankUnderground

JUNE 2, 2021

Over the past decades innovations such as the internet, containerisation, the growth of air travel, better telecommunications, and improved transport infrastructure have all played a role ( Freund and Weinhold (2004) ; Bernhofen et al (2016) ; Hummels (2007) ; and Sachs (2020) ). Globalization has many drivers and many consequences.

Policies 62

Policies Analysis Exercises Trends 62

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014. Price: $7.9B. Price: $2.6B.

Google 76

Google Software Innovation Company 76

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 1, 2017

The card issuer announced a deal with fashion jewelry maker, DCK Group and another with technology innovator, Tappy Technologies, that will bring contactless payment functionality to the watches and other accessories sold at U.K.’s This week’s deal is far from Barclaycard’s first foray into wearable technology.

Payments 12

Payments New York Technology Conference 12

Tomorrow's Transactions

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The topic of AML came up time and time again in the discussions around Money2020 in Las Vegas, whether in the sessions about cryptocurrency or remittances or innovation or anything else. Just as Bill Gates has suggested , we should remove low-value payments from AML and let innovators find ways to use new technology to serve excluded groups.

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Las Vegas Regulation Analysis Exercises 55

PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

Innovation in payments is easier said than done. It’s one thing to come up with a new solution or idea, but putting innovation into practice requires striking a balance that is not always easy to achieve. PYMNTS: How would you define your company’s approach to innovation? PYMNTS: What is the most innovative thing you’ve done?

Innovation 100

Innovation System Industry Payments 100

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Avalara , an innovator in automated tax management for small businesses, raised $96 million in new funding from a group of investors including Warburg Pincus, Sageview Capital, and Technology Crossover Ventures this week. Moreover, the company hinted that it may be considering an initial public offering in the near future, as well.

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Taxes Seattle Compliance Capital 12