CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

He received his MBA in 1993 from UT Austin before joining Credit Suisse First Boston as an Equity Research Analyst, where he focused on computer hardware and software. He stayed with the company through its acquisition by Amazon in 2009 and joined Sequoia Capital as Partner in October 2010. BILL GURLEY. JEFF JORDAN. MARY MEEKER.

San Francisco 71

San Francisco CA Capital Operations 71

Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Customer contact centers are reshaping retail service for the technology age. Certainly for the largest banks, contact centers are evolving into digital retail centers, managing new digital channels to handle more customer support activities previously conducted in-person at branches. Bob Meara, retail banking expert.

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Community Operations Retail 70

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

In fact, we’re seeing it happen in a variety of retail, banking and broader commerce pilots and prototypes today. In 2010, two researchers at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research published a paper that shed new light on how the brain makes decisions to stick with or change routine behaviors. And not just in a retail setting.

Innovation 109

Innovation Payments Google Training 109

Tefkin

JUNE 3, 2014

While other sectors attract more mainstream press attention (payment, retail banking), the asset management industry is also deeply affected by “software eating the world” Asset Class Competition. Traditional asset management companies are increasingly facing competition on both sides of the performance scale.

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Industry Management Innovation Analysis 42

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Total raised: Unknown (carved out of Royal Bank of Scotland in 2010). HQ: Boston, Massecheusetts. Tags: Consumer, retail banking, prepaid, mobile, neo-bank, debit card, white lable, B2C, B2B2C, Finovate alum. Here are the deals by size from Oct 10 through Oct 16: . Payment processer. HQ: London, England, UK. Latest round: $3.3

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New York City Company Fintech New York 12

CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Asimov predicted the exploding population would cause US cities like Boston and New York to converge along the coast into combined super-urban bodies, while suburban communities would have to expand downwards, building subterranean homes. Blokable was founded by Aaron Holm, who formerly spearheaded physical retail efforts at Amazon.

Seattle 56

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Retail/Consumer Goods. Founded: 2010. Originally founded as Sun Microsystems Laboratories, it was rebranded Oracle Labs after their acquisition in 2010. Retail/Consumer Goods. This post is broken up into sections. Click on a vertical to jump to it. Technology. Telecommunications. Auto/Aerospace. Consulting/Advisory.

Innovation 74

Innovation San Francisco Georgia Technology 74

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Steering the ship — handling all of the engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and retailing, even when you’re taking 90 percent of the subsequent profits — was ultimately too expensive of a proposition, especially in comparison to other, less-handholding-oriented start-ups. via Beta Boston. ” via Boston Globe. via Forbes.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

And, yes, this likely sounds blasphemous from someone who’s been beating the mobile payments drum since 2005, well before the iPhone and the App Store changed how consumers, retailers and payments players all use mobile devices. It’s an experience that retailers are embracing and investing heavily in. Consider this.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The modern-day department store, the intermediary that’s aggregated brands and buyers in a single physical location for more than 160 years, and the modern-day shopping mall, which has done the same for the last six decades, has steadily lost foot traffic, sales and profits to online competitors since about 2010.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The modern-day department store, the intermediary that’s aggregated brands and buyers in a single physical location for more than 160 years, and the modern-day shopping mall, which has done the same for the last six decades, has steadily lost foot traffic, sales and profits to online competitors since about 2010.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

After Amazon announced in March that it was planning to shut down Diapers.com and all the other eCommerce sites operated by Quidsi, the company it acquired in 2010 — the online retailer has pulled all of the Quidsi apps from its app store. Title: Boston startup Besomebody, once featured on ‘Shark Tank,’ shuts down app.

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