PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Most recently, the credit card company struck a partnership with Swipezoom in the United Arab Emirates to roll out a B2B payment and invoice management solution, signaling B2B FinTech as a key focus for Mastercard in the market. 20) that they are partnering up to develop a payroll card solution for corporate clients of Doha Bank in Qatar.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2018

Following the quarterly check-in with parent firm L Brands , which also owns Bath & Body Works and the youth-oriented PINK lingerie brand, the reviews have not been kind. L Brands slashed its earnings estimates by 8 percent. For fiscal 2018, L Brands now expects earnings per share to fall within a range of $2.70

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

The company teamed up with Coinbase for a zero-fee branded cryptocurrency trading platform, and there are plans for a credit card by the end of the year. The company began in 2011 and originally focused on student loan financing for millennials , but has since expanded into personal and mortgage loans.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The most transformative innovations in payments and commerce over the last decade are mostly the result of innovators making what was once visible, invisible: payments, stores, merchants, brands, issuers, even card networks. Yet, one of its most transformative innovations was making payment at the end of the ride a non-event.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

On Thursday morning, news broke that the nation’s largest retailer is suing its longtime credit card issuer, alleging breach of contract. Walmart and Synchrony announced the end of their long-term card partnership in July, with reports that Capital One would now be Walmart’s new issuing partner. In a suit filed in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Fraudsters have found a new favored method for the holidays, the Sears’ bankruptcy filing finally came in and the major card networks found themselves on the wrong side of India’s emerging data privacy efforts. Gift Cards’ New Unfavorable Fans. As of September 2018, losses from gift-card fraud have hit $53 million.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. According to issuer Goldman Sachs , they have opened up about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple Card. Of that $10 billion, Apple Card?

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

Go-Jek started its Thailand operations with food delivery and motorcycle rides with the Get brand, which put pressure on Singapore-based Grab. Go-Jek, which rolled out in 2011, has grown from ridesharing to letting customers order a range of products from food to massage and groceries as well as make online payments.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 8, 2017

In fact, if they did, they would get acquired or squeezed out on interest rates, as I shared with Jim Marous on The Financial Brand. I remember Bark of America having an absolute PR disaster, when they announced a $5 per month debit card fee after the Durbin amendment to Dodd-Frank capped interchange fees.

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Metro Marketing America Survey 184

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The company began charging for online content in 2011, betting that digital news was the key to its future growth. Danielle Gotkis, senior vice president at Recurly, told PYMNTS that “SaaS subscription brands must examine every touchpoint in the subscriber life cycle to ensure it is optimized to obtain and keep customers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Never mind the people who start rummaging around in their purse or wallet to pull out their cards after stepping up to the checkout counter. The specific issue that I’m referring to is merchant surcharging – a fancy term to describe the fee charged by merchants when consumers use network-branded card products to pay for their purchases.

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Many people form emotional connections with brands or products, whether it’s a penchant for Apple electronics, a favored clothing retailer or your preferred coffee shop chain. Interestingly, people who originally paid for the item in cash wanted almost $3 more on average than card users when selling the mug back.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

This shift has created significant opportunities for local banks, however with this growth comes the inevitable threat of increased fraud, exacerbated by the Covid pandemic and the explosion in ecommerce and card-not-present fraud. Most Latin American card networks rely on chip and PIN fraud detection technology.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Such boxes represent a small segment of the broader subscription market, but they face the same challenges, including fraud attempts like card-and-wallet tests and account takeovers (ATOs). KiwiCo was founded in 2011 and offers seven different subscription boxes focused on different age groups or interests.

Security 108

Security Cards Fraud Survey 108

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Today, SoFi’s suite of products includes 11 different offerings including a no-fee bank and savings account, debit and credit cards, student loans, mortgages, investments, auto/life/homeowners/renters insurance, as well as lending and planning services for small businesses. Earlier this year, SoFi acquired payments firm Galileo for $1.2

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Amazon Lending traces its roots back to 2011, and the company had $863 million in SMB loans, according to recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As you likely know, Goldman Sachs has partnered with Apple to bring a new credit card to market. Like the Apple effort, the Amazon lending partnership would be co-branded.

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Lending Apple Study Online 146

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

That started to change, however, in the 1980s, when consumer use of credit cards became widespread. Once everybody got a card, there was no reason for layaway,” Howard Davidowitz, chairman of retail consulting firm Davidowitz & Associates told Bloomberg. So who are these customers — and why the layaway love?

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Cards Retail Groups Report 139

Tomorrow's Transactions

JUNE 3, 2016

I’m in Frankfurt for the annual PayComm MEETS Europe, my chance to catch up with practitioners from the continental card markets. That never happened, of course, and the Commission pressed forward with a regulatory agenda, one significant part of which was the reform of the card payment market in Europe. US regulatory perspective.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Innovations from 1995 to 2014 (with launch dates) Note: Ranking as of Jan 2014 Wells Fargo is first in the world to offer Web-statement access (launched May 1995) Security First Network Bank launches first full-service Internet bank brand (Oct 1995, disbanded 2002) PayPal launches first online optimized payment system (Nov 1999, bought by eBay in 2003) (..)

Innovation 15

Innovation Fintech Online Mobile 15

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

The notion that Facebook is going to launch and ignite a global payments network, at scale, based on its own branded cryptocurrency and achieve global merchant and consumer acceptance is as likely as the predictions a decade ago that bitcoin and blockchain would, by now, become the internet of money. Curtain Call: The media goes nuts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

StyleSeat Founder Melody McCloskey knew she had a good idea when she launched StyleSeat in 2011, because the concept seemed so intuitive. The platform’s features include management of scheduling, client notes, social media, email marketing promotion and payment services like credit card acceptance or direct daily payouts.

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social media Management Branding Innovation 111

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2017

It’s not the card network’s first — or even second — such move in identifying and then investing in payments players that have built companies with a digital and/or mobile-first focus. In 2011, Visa invested in Square and in 2015, Stripe. Think cards, but digital ones, accounts issued digitally by the Bank of Klarna. And global.

Regional 100

Regional Mobile Cards Security 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It’s a hungry brand, gobbling up three different food delivery competitors in the last quarter alone: Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and most recently, Yelp’s Eat24. The OrderUp acquisition from Groupon ended on similar terms, with Groupon customers gaining coupon codes and gift cards to certain Grubhub-participating restaurants.

Baltimore 138

Baltimore Boston Chicago Mobile 138

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

First Billing was founded in 2011, operating until the December 2018 transaction with Paya as the billing services affiliate of The Connor Group , a real estate investment firm. Expanding into the government space, and as it exists today, First Billing’s offerings span the processing of check transactions, as well as credit and debit cards.

Software 158

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2017

After its launch in 2011, HiGear, a San Francisco, Calif.–based The company’s successful start caught the attention of fraudsters who made off with $400,000 worth of luxury cars with stolen identities and credit cards. Then suddenly, it hit a wall. The loss obliterated the company, which was forced to shut down. he explained. “The

Fraud 121

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Bankelele

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Interswitch was majority acquired by Helios Investment Partners for $96 million in 2011. Interswitch also owns Verve International which is the largest card brand in Nigeria with almost 30 million customers. At the time of the Interswitch purchase in 2014, Paynet Services had 2013 revenue of Kshs. 320 million (~$3.7

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 12, 2012

Actually, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was the only major stock market index in the world to increase in 2011. Their ultimate goal seems to be a reduction in mortgage rates to help spark a housing market recovery; mortgage rates lagged the change in Treasuries in 2011 by falling 105 basis points. Businesses fared okay in 2011.

National 74

National Groups Survey Marketing 74

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 20, 2017

From 2011 to 2013, card-linked offers (CLO) was all the rage– you could say it was the AI of that era. The trend peaked in 2012, when it seemed every other fintech company added some type of card-linked offers. The company will preserve the Edo brand along with its operations and headquarters location.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Is John Lennon a brand? The stores are so customers can “experience the full range of Amazon devices,” according to Amazon’s website. Products showcased at these pop-up stores include Amazon’s Echo, Fire TV, Fire Tablet, Dash Button and Kindle.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Apple Millennials Retail 100

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

When Tencent made the move to mobile and launched WeChat in 2011, it had to persuade QQ users to download and use the WeChat app. WeChat soon became that place where Chinese consumers could talk to their friends and make new ones, connect with brands they like and find new ones, and transact with them on and offline.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Declared Bankruptcy: 2011. By December 2011, it was under $30/kg. By September 2011, Solyndra’s business model had fallen apart. The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. Founded: 2011. Dart Music. Earth Class Mail.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Brands-owned Pizza Hut last year, becoming the largest pizza chain by global retail sales in 2017 (which includes both owned and franchised restaurants). Brands’ calls in the same time period. The company started by launching an iPhone app in 2011, followed by an Android app the next year. It even outstripped rival Yum!

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Accenture

MAY 22, 2019

It found that from 2011 to 2017, net interest income for digital leaders shifted away from fee income, down 7 percent, to interest net income, up 7 percent, while the rest saw the exact opposite effect with fee income increasing and net income decreasing. No cash, check or credit card required. All this takes just a few clicks.

Payments 150

Payments Customer Experience Survey Capital 150

PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2018

Reportedly, MoviePass ran out of money and needed to take a short-term, high-interest loan just to fund member purchasing cards. subscribers in the third quarter of 2011. The Netflix brand has long since stopped being associated with DVDs in the mail. The whole ordeal cost the company about 800,000 U.S.

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New York City New York Marketing Maine 101

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

In 2011, Buffett made a $10 billion investment in the company in support of then-new CEO Ginni Rometty’s turnaround plans. LendingClub makes unsecured personal loans to consumers, mostly to consolidate and pay off credit card debt and more recently to refinance auto loans.

Fintech 183

Fintech blockchain Lending Digital Banking 183

PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2016

That was the insight from LevelUp Chief Ninja Seth Priebatsch, someone who has been beavering away at building a mobile payments network since 2011. When it comes to the mobile payments landscape, we’ve all seen the battle lines drawn between branded mobile application and network-based applications.

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Data Lending Mobile Payments 103

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

has strongly hinted that the agency she birthed in 2008 and opened for business in 2011 — the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — should be given the authority to do even more. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D – Mass.) Kinda makes you wonder why. The Catalyst for Change?

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