Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2019

This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac. Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Traditional retail is getting an upgrade. Despite the rise of e-commerce and mobile, the physical channel still plays an important role in consumer experience — and retailers are increasingly leveraging technologies to stay afloat. Get the entire 54-page retail report. Why Are retailers are pivoting towards cashier-less retail?

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BankUnderground

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Eight decades later, the debate still rages on: should retail and investment banking be separated, as Glass-Steagall required? The regulation requires large UK banking groups to separate their core retail banking services from their investment banking activities, in order to protect UK retail banking from shocks originating elsewhere.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

The tactic worked – in 2013, Gentle Monster’s oversized glasses were used to portray the main character of a huge Korean drama show. How Banks Can Leverage: While not exactly a banking innovation, banks can better allocate capital to COIs. Each store is closer to an art exhibit than a retail outlet.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

billion in 2013. Luckin was founded in 2017 and does not operate under a profit; the company warned it will continue to lose money for a while. Other investors in the company include Chinese investment firm Centurium Capital and Joy Capital, along with U.S. billion cups last year from 4.4 It is expected to rise to 15.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

Before Bluefly was what it is today, the retailer was the golf sportswear company Pivot Rules. As an early pioneer in high-end fashion retailing on the web, said board member and former CEO of Bluefly Neel Grover, the firm has always been focused on staying in style. That means upgrades continue.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The world’s largest retailer by sales will be pumping the breaks on its store expansion model as it reorients its attention toward expanding its e-commerce operations and infrastructure. billion capital budget. Walmart also confirmed it will be looking toward its current assets more as it looks to expand future growth.

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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. The REDCard has seen its growth slow appreciably since 2013, the year of the infamous Target breach.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2016

Sometimes, even the brightest LED television screens fade away, and sometimes, the most expensive battery packs that an electronics retailer can stock end up losing their charge. Best Buy announced Tuesday (March 15) that Brad Anderson, former CEO of the organization and current member of its board of directors, is retiring from his position.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Startups targeting retail and commercial banking have been emerging globally, spurred by favorable tech regulations, an uptick in mobile adoption, and shifting customer demographics. One of the biggest challenges these companies face is that many operate without a bank charter or license. why profitability won’t come easy.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Rent-A-Center ‘s decision to sell itself to Vintage Capital comes amid a continuing expansion of so-called “alt lending” options for consumers, which could make it more difficult for the chain to reinvent itself as it becomes a private company under its new ownership. Vintage also owns rent-to-own operation Buddy’s Home Furnishings.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

A technology that tracks lost scooters people rent could play a role in the coming years in digital retail and payments, at least going by recent reports. The company was founded in 2013 to “build the world’s first decentralized wireless network,” according to the Helium website. Telco Alternative.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

A report this week said that an online used-car platform in that country called BeliMobilGue has raised $10 million in fresh capital in a Series A funding to help expand its offerings. Take Online auto retailer Vroom. million in a previous round. “If Inspection Stations. That’s apparently not all, either.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

And both of those big firms have a stake in China International Capital Corp. For instance, India has emerged as a battleground for online retail and digital, mobile payments, with tech startups in that country raising some $10.5 billion in capital via 924 funding rounds last year. Tencent was part of that action.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

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. Rather than copying other financial institutions, mBank sought to deliver a best-in-class digital experience inspired from the world’s best retailers.

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CB Insights

JULY 1, 2018

In honor of Canada Day this weekend, we used CB Insights’ database to compile 150 notable tech companies, most active venture capital and corporate investors, and top exits of Canada’s private company tech scene into a periodic table. The list includes VCs such as BDC Venture Capital and Real Ventures, among others.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2017

Once easily categorized as “the alternative financial services players” through white labeling, partnerships and acquisitions, these alternative online lenders are very much becoming part of mainstream operations. The good news about being a pioneer in a vertical is that one gets to operate alone for a while — and set the rules.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2017

To stay competitive, consumer-facing companies need to change the way they operate, said Lior Sion, cofounder and CTO of global enterprise logistics management solutions provider Bringg. We see ourselves as an operating system for deliveries,” Sion said, “a system that solves for everything. Enter Bringg. That’s part of the magic.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2017

Solutions such as Square Capital, Caviar (the food ordering and delivery service it acquired) and Instant Deposit (which puts money into merchant accounts immediately) not only helps its existing SMB customers navigate the changing retail world in which they were operating but also recruits larger merchants to the portfolio.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

While reports of a price hike at Costco are a bit overstated, the wholesale retailer plans to raise the cost of its annual membership by a whole $5. Costco is operating in an increasingly challenging retail environment. Alphabet follows existing investors Notion Capital Ltd, Sapphire Ventures LLC, Rakuten Inc and Anthemis Group.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The 2018 Fintech 250 have raised approximately $53B in aggregate funding across 947 deals since 2013, and includes startups at different investment stages of development, from early-stage (seed/Series A) companies to well-funded unicorns. Rowe Price, Temasek Holdings, and Primavera Capital Group, among others. Please click to enlarge.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

After soaring to a multi-billion-dollar valuation behind an iconic founder, a team of prominent backers, and a promise to revolutionize blood testing, Theranos officially ceased operations in 2018. That July, it banned Holmes from owning or operating a lab for two years. The rise and fall of Theranos. The rise and fall of Pets.com.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Korean Air’s board of directors approved a 60 billion won ($54 million) loan to Hanjin in an effort to help it continue daily operations. the Las Vegas-based gambling giant that owns and operates over 50 hotels and casinos around the world, has offered to boost its bankruptcy contribution by more than $1.2 and is saddled with $5.37

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2016

According to statistics from the Association of Financial Professionals, 50 percent of companies were still using paper checks as of 2013. A survey by AvidXchange and Relyco explores the current state of the payments industry in 2016 for retailers and offers some interesting insights into whose paying for what and how.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Suffice to say that the retailer is hoping shoppers will choose the mall with a mobile and wants to get ahead of the game. While many retailers plan to keep their doors firmly closed on Thanksgiving, Macy’s is opening them one hour earlier than last year, according to USA Today. retail chains — T.J. More turkey or shopping?

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CB Insights

AUGUST 16, 2017

These include Alibaba , Alibaba’s financial affiliate and Alipay operator Ant Financial , Tencent , Didi Chuxing , and JD.com. In 2013, Tencent launched MNC Tencent, a joint venture with Indonesia’s MNC Media (not pictured in timeline). Expedia contributed $350M.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In 2013, Columbia State Bank in Oregon used a 50 percent loan guarantee from the state of Oregon’s Business Oregon program to support a loan to Boneyard Brewery for the company’s expansion to a new, 15,000-square-foot facility. Customer Speak’s expansion is expected to create 150 jobs over its first two years of operations.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. Declared Bankruptcy: 2013. When it couldn’t sell its systems for any cheaper and still make a profit, the company had to file for bankruptcy. Founded: 2009.

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CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

Retail is under pressure to crack the AI code. After all, corporations in every industry are scrambling to adapt and integrate artificial intelligence into their products — and retail is no exception. 15-Min Flash briefing: Can AI Save Physical retail? Using CB Insights data, we dug into the changing retail landscape.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this review of failure, we’ve looked in our venture capital database to find the most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than the total funding raised by the company. The 101 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time. Total Funding: Over $100M.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Apple’s first retail store overhaul in 15 years is hailed by just about everyone as a Grand Slam Home Run – and the store hasn’t even opened yet (it will, in SF, on Saturday). Their retail experience needs a bit of reinventing , and she did that for the iconic brand when she joined them. Angela Ahrendts.

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CB Insights

MARCH 2, 2018

BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The e-commerce giants are capitalizing on three important trends: Global financial systems are going digital and mobile. First Name. Global wealth is growing. Internet penetration is increasing.

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BankUnderground

JULY 29, 2020

Guerrieri, Lorenzoni, Straub and Werning (2020) argue that while the lockdown is originally an (inflationary) negative supply shock because it keeps certain types of business from operating, the balance of the effects can resemble a (deflationary) demand shock under two conditions. Several recent papers consider variants of debt financing.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

CV: In late 2013 I noticed that roughly 80% of the times I purchased alcohol, it was an impulse that came out of nowhere, and the moment was spontaneous. retail alcohol market was untouched by eCommerce, and the primary buying behavior is driven by convenience and time… Saucey is solving that problem. The $113B/year U.S.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Meanwhile, nearly 5 million retail workers are at a medium risk of automation within 10 years. With the emergence of industry-specific AI, the effects of automation — initially felt in manufacturing — are seeping into retail sales, restaurants, e-commerce, marketing, and even software development. Retail salesperson (4.6M).

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Retail: Shopping goes even more online as grocery joins the e-commerce revolution. Tech giants aren’t the only companies that have spotted the opportunity in remote diagnostics — some biotech companies have moved quickly to demonstrate value and capitalize on the eased regulations as well. Remote learning technology. 3D printing.

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