PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2017

From smartphones to digital assistants like Alexa and Bixby as well as Facebook’s branded Messenger chatbots, the ability to determine what consumers want, how they want it and when they want it has started to become something of an expected norm. Artificial intelligence (AI) is all around us in today’s technology-driven society.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

. “This investment will also help us to more quickly add new retailers and brands who want to use eyeQ to reinvent the in-store shopping experience.”. The investment round was led by new investor Align Capital and saw participation from its existing investors.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. and Australia. .

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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) (..)

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Founded by Amanda Zuckerman and her mom Karen in 2012, Dormify offers college students and post-grads tools, resources and products to create their first home away from home. Dormify announced a $3.45 million Series A investment led by American Eagle Outfitters.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2016

The venture capital world lit up last week with reports that B2B tech startups are now seeing increased funding, raising money at a faster pace than B2C startups. In the biggest B2B venture capital story of the week, some of the brightest names in banking lent their support to B2B digital payments firm Transactis. B2B ePayments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2018

And brands have helped to fuel that strong growth. More than entertainment, brands have been an important trend to move the needle for the industry so far this year,” The NPD Group Global Toys Industry Analyst Frédérique Tutt said in a press release.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

CircleUp entered the market in 2012 as a data driven variation on venture capital (VC) funding to solve for part of that problem in retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) firms. Managing cash flow can be tricky work when one is new to the market or looking to expand because cash is in short supply.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

The departure marks a relatively quick exit from China, where Delivery Hero opened up shop in 2012, with initial presence in Shanghai and an expansion effort that ultimately spread to 19 cities across the country. What about capital flowing into the region, from investors? What about capital flowing into the region, from investors?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Capital One made the headlines then – a genius move, many called it at that time, for an issuer that lacked demand in deposit accounts and had no other way to provide a debit-like offering that would make their brand sticky to consumers. And each time, the headlines were all about how great these merchant-branded initiatives would be.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For those unfamiliar, mBank is a Polish direct bank brand established by BRE Bank in 2000 as one of the first of its kind in the country. Thanks to the mBank’s business achievements and potential of the brand as first and the biggest internet bank in Poland, BRE Bank Group decided in 2013 to change company name to mBank.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

Thriving or just surviving in the omnichannel age means offering comprehensive in-store and online features that both engage customers and connect them with brands. That’s how we built a lot of our services, and really our brand, online.”. We want to drive customers to come back to us and interact with our brand,” Song said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

Urban Remedy has 30 branded refrigerated kiosks in Whole Foods stores across California. Venture Capital Investment. Previous funding rounds in 2014 and 2012 have brought the company $5 million and $1 million respectively, according to Crunchbase. Where might Urban Remedy put some of that venture capital cash? The Future.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 24, 2019

May 2012) – “Invest in large networks of engaged users, differentiated through user experience, and defensible through network effects ” Thesis 2.0 (Dec Apr 2018) – “USV backs trusted brands that broaden access to knowledge, capital, and well-being by leveraging networks, platforms, and protocols.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Shortly after 9/11, Time magazine declared the age of irony officially over, but by 2006, NPR was pretty sure it was alive and well in the United States – and by 2012, The New York Times said it was still firmly with us, but probably bad for us. million) plus,” the website said in a statement. Banksy’s real point?

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

As our research shows, their net promoter score averages 62 compared to just 19 for traditional banks—a differential reflected both by their rapid customer adoption and also their ability to attract venture capital funding. Why are they doing so well? Cybersecurity. Trust is central to any bank’s relationship with its customers.

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BankUnderground

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

I find that persistent debt booms led financially constrained firms to cut back on investment, across both capital expenditures and intangible assets. I show in the paper ( Albuquerque (2021) ) that financially constrained firms also cut back on intangible assets (investment in employees, brand, and knowledge capital).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Karner noted that Signify has been into IoT and connected products since its early days: 2012, two years before Amazon Alexa’s release. Signify — which, until 2018, was known under its original brand name Philips Lighting — has been in the innovation game for 128 years, since the earliest days of electric lights. “I

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2016

It appears GV, which is the venture-capital investment arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has a vested interest in promoting a payday lender. Because it is an investor in the online lender LendUp and has been before the company launched in 2012. Now, however, Google has found itself in a bit of an awkward position.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

And it sold in 2012 for around book value. So its brand didn't blow away its buyer, Capital One, either. If Moven driven deposits keep coming in, CBW may have to raise capital to support the balance sheet. With a firm dose of capital. Except the bank never achieved greater than a 0.55% ROA and a 6% ROE.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The pandemic has also accelerated recent trends in banking, especially among the millennial demographic, which tends to favor digital banking and online brands over traditional banks. However, both brands have expanded to additional products, such as Venmo’s credit card and Cash App’s stock investing offering. . Investment banking.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Since its founding in 2012, the firm has specifically distinguished itself in a crowded field of tech-based underwriters, with its focus on the consumer group it calls the “underbanked middle class.”. This is the bank’s product backed up by our brand. The loans are guided by their credit policy, carried on their balance sheets.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Our brand awareness and customer acquisition strategy is moving at a turtle's pace, not the hare pace of the industry. deposit market share in 2012 to a 80.7% deposit market share in 2012 to a 80.7% Idea : Develop objective analyses for entering markets. Make it near-automatic. Aren't they still owned by our government?

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

While India-based Blume Ventures takes the lead for most active venture capital investor in the country, corporate and CVC deals to the tech sector have risen every year since 2012. We used CB Insights data to dive deep into the activity of the top ten most active corporate investors into the country from 2012 to 9/19/17.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2016

MCX is the merchant consortia formed in August 2012 with the intention of creating a mobile-only, merchant-owned payments scheme that ran over the ACH rails. Rumored calls for capital were rebuffed. Mooney said that they plan to lay off about 30 people but suggest that the MCX-owner members “remain committed” to its future.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

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CB Insights

JULY 28, 2017

Deals to beauty and grooming startups have grown steadily since 2012, and are racing toward an all-time high in 2017. This would represent 9% growth from the 134 deals in 2016 (and 70% growth from 86 deals in 2012). Series A to Function of Beauty (mentioned above), with participation from GGV Capital and Y Combinator.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Company Description: Founded in 2012, this Berlin-based company runs an online used car exchange via a family of sites such as Auto1.com, Select Investors: DST Global, DN Capital, SoftBank Group. Select Investors: Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic. Select Investors: Rhone Capital.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 31, 2017

In Brett King's 2012 book, Branch Today, Gone Tomorrow , he called for a 50% reduction in branches while asking what would banking look like in 2015. Between 2012 and 2015, there was a 4% branch reduction. But perhaps it would've been nine in 2012. They make educated predictions. And they typically miss the timing. Common sense.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2015

A well-executed ATM strategy that includes investing in high-quality ATM technology can deliver a host of benefits: improved customer service and experience, lower costs, increased brand awareness and growth in product sales opportunities, to name a few. This drives brand loyalty and promotes business growth.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2017

Years in the making, the regulation was born from the JOBS Act, which was signed into law in 2012, with Title IV of the act — also known as Regulation A+ — enabling average joes to invest in companies seeking capital. Regulation A+ has made a mostly quiet splash on the market.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 5, 2018

Driven by Lore, Walmart acquired e-commerce platform Shoebuy in January 2017, followed by outdoor apparel retailer Moosejaw in February, womenswear site Modcloth in March, direct-to-consumer premium menswear brand Bonobos in June, and last-mile delivery startup Parcel in September. Crew’s Madewell brand. E-commerce.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Date: March 21, 2012. Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, Date: 2012. Zynga and OMGPOP. Price: $210M. a viral gaming hit for iOS and Android. Caterpillar and ERA. Price: $677M.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

million from Benchmark Capital and changed its name to eBay. In 2012, eBay CEO John Donahoe , who had taken over from Meg Whitman in 2008 , more or less told retailers that “Amazon is your enemy, eBay is your friend” to persuade them to upload their product catalogues to branded eBay storefronts. That was down from 23.8

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2018

For the first time since Q1 2012, the FSB’s credit availability index has surpassed its credit affordability index. Stallon said that the FSB brand is likely to help, as is the FSB’s focus on simplicity for the end user. The FSB’s collaboration with the government could help the new platform gain traction, too.

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Long Lasting Ideas

MARCH 1, 2016

And there’s little things that make a difference in communicating the bank’s brand. The small celebration creates a positive vibe about the brand. Known as The Hummingbirds, the band performed at the 2012 CMA Music Festival. Happy employees send a positive message about the bank and its brand.

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