PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Failures — well, they bring social media infamy and headlines, to say nothing of lost revenue, frustrated investors and, in some cases, the forced vacation known as unemployment. In addition to any lost sales on the day, Macy’s endured the wrath of social media and became retail’s lead story.” And there will be failures.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

Facebook (FB) shares have hit record highs amid investor optimism on the social media giant’s upcoming Q1 earnings report. billion in attempted wire fraud between October 2013 and May 2016. Facebook is slated to release the results on Wednesday of this week. At the time of writing, FB was trading at $151.88, up 1.08

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Earlier this year, a hacker obtained 171 million user accounts from social networking site VK.com, which is said to be one of the largest social networks in Russia. The malware targets users’ banking apps and steals credit card information.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

The End of Excessive Card Surcharges. A new law is going into effect that will prohibit agents from charging customers fees for using their credit or debit card. But that’s not such good news for the agents, and some may opt to introduce booking fees or other incentives to discourage customers from using cards.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

The Ad Age story notes that it will also be supported by TV advertising, social media efforts and a summer-long “experiential” tour. The app will also allow users to record a 15-second “digital lip-sync video” that can be shared on social media using the hashtag #ShareaCoke, the brand told Ad Age.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2017

A call center worker told Betsy Broder, who tracks international fraud at the FTC, that if a person seemed scared or fell for the scam, then they would direct them to purchase thousands of dollars in iTunes cards to prevent being thrown in jail. The victim would send the iTunes card codes to the scammers, which gave them access to the money.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The join a rather illustrious investor list that includes (as of their last funding round in 2013) Bain Capital Venture, VMware, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, and Interwest Partners. “We did not have a challenge raising this funding. Below are the Top 5 deals for the week that ended on Feb.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Catania pointed to millennials being the third biggest generational spender in 2013, surpassing the Gen Xers and baby boomers just three years later. As for baby boomers getting on the cashless society bandwagon, Catania said that boomers aren’t using cards for purchases under $10. And Catania agrees to an extent.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

Consumers always have their debit card handy and and can provide that number to a sender – knowing that if something goes wrong they are protected. So, we all know this – chip cards were not going to fix the problem of fraud at the POS. This is a sizzle for everyone since it removes a ton of friction. Unencrypted POS Data.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2017

Boulter was reportedly driving a red 2013 model, not the General Lee. Polite and just random enough to post to social media, where it went viral. Criminals trying to steal personal data, state secrets, card numbers and making plans to possibly crash the electrical grid as we know it any minute now.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2016

While there is some concern from investors that advertising sales are the sole source of revenue (hence the “mostly”), Snapchat’s great Snapbot unattended retail experiment shows that the social media company may have a few more revenue tricks up its digital sleeve. Resolution: Study up. . Oh, chatbots. The word tepid comes to mind.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

PYMNTS’ Karen Webster recently caught up with Chris Britt, co-founder and CEO of Chime, a mobile-first digital bank account founded in 2013, which, by his own account, is seeing notable success in the space, to discuss the endeavor and how meeting expectations for their roughly 120,000 customers is a key part of the company’s business plan. “If

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2015

Using our online toolkit and live coaching, patients create fundraising campaigns and broadcast those campaigns via social media and email. Founded: October 2013. Spending is restricted to medical bills and medical supplies. First revenue in November 2014. Nine employees, eight outsourced technologists. HQ: Frederick, Maryland.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 17, 2017

In 2013, the launch of Google Glass drove widespread discussion of augmented reality glasses, and indeed, throughout 2013 – 2014 Walmart applied for several patents that used augmented reality wearables to guide shoppers. Date filed: February 15, 2013. Date filed: January 20, 2013. Date filed: January 29, 2013.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

The company also started building a point-of-sale terminal and a small smartphone dongle that retailers could use to accept credit card payments. Wellington Management invested $76M in a Series A round in August 2013, based on the input of a fund manager with little expertise in the tech sector. Wall Street Journal.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 15, 2016

imaginBank provides customers with a complete array of financial services such as a commission-free current account, a Visa imaginBank debit card, and PFM tools, as well as up-to-date mobile and P2P payment technology. In addition to being mobile-only, imaginBank is social media friendly, as well. CaixaBank serves 2.9

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 8, 2019

This precise point was made by the Maine Bureau of Consumer Protection in a 2009 report to the Maine Legislature on consumer arbitrations: [I]t is important to keep in mind that although credit card banks and assignees prevail in most arbitrations, this fact alone does not necessarily indicate unfairness to consumers.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Now, to avoid any cue card and teleprompter issues, we’ll just go with the written list again this year. No one has been more successful at using social media to generate awareness and a positive image for their bank than Jill (@JillCastilla, @CitizensEdmond). And the winners are …. THE BANKING AWARDS. GonzoBanker of the Year.

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NCR

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Just about any option on the market represents a major advance over cash or even credit cards. But as far back as the summer of 2013, we explored the potential of bringing social capabilities along as well. And yet, and yet, with each passing year, the predictions of mass adoption fall by the wayside.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 30, 2015

Our platform brings innovation to mobile card services. Founded: 2013. Founded: 2013. Vouch is the first social network for credit, enabling consumers to connect and share creditworthiness so they get the financial products they deserve. Founded: 2013. Founded: 2011. HQ: San Jose, California. Why it’s great.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

percent of its loans, down from 49 percent in 2013 – citing that validating income wasn’t essential to making a lending decision. “There hasn’t been a geolocation social platform that can lure so many people all at once.” The article also reported that Lending Club had verified income for only 26.8

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JUNE 6, 2019

Declared Bankruptcy: 2013. Coda Automotive sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections in May 2013, and announced it was restructuring its business as a battery technology company. By 2013, Julep was generating more than $20M in annual revenues. Founded: 2013. Founded: 2009. Total Funding: $612M. Declared Bankruptcy: 2018.

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CB Insights

APRIL 26, 2018

But Andrew Ng, who was part of the group that led the research at Google, published a paper in 2013 alongside other Stanford scientists, achieving the same results using a cluster of Nvidia’s graphic processing units (GPUs) running on just 3 machines. This marked the beginning of a new era in artificial intelligence.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

Founded: 2013 and 2015. Kohl’s Digital Center opened in 2013. Founded: 2013. Notable Projects: Kellogg’s NYC has embraced social media. The app has had users visit this feature almost 9 million times since it was launched. Kohl’s — Kohl’s Digital Center and Kohl’s Innovation Center. Founded: 2017.

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CB Insights

APRIL 10, 2019

It has surfaced in a number of campaigns to date: Virgin Mobile used it in 2013 in an interactive ad, where a viewer’s blink would advance the ad’s story. Face scanning helps to prevent fraud by eliminating the need for a PIN or even a card swipe, both of which are susceptible to being stolen. Social Media/Entertainment.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 2, 2017

With my eye on academia I went to Harvard, where I started to work on my master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies with a focus on how social media impacted the Arab Spring. In 2013, we won Nvidia’s Early Stage Challenge and decided to make MapD our sole focus.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

With CRMnext, replacing a lost card or request a new pin is a one button process. Demo: voice conversation with Alexa, able to ask bank account balance, block cards, pay bills, send money to friends. I think cards from Dynamics ARE big in Canada. Back in 2013 this was their company stats: HQ Location: Charlotte, NC.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 14, 2017

Pictured (left to right): Business Development Director Robert Kotlarz and Product Expert Kåre Indrøy demonstrating Signicat Assure and Signicat Sign at FinovateEurope 2013. Signicat’s innovations are driven in part by what the company called “the battle to on-board.”

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2016

In a new partnership , Jack Henry & Associates has integrated with Visa to allow customers to send P2P payments directly to a recipient’s Visa debit card. For more expensive purchases, Vodafone Pay users can use their Vodafone wallet (launched in 2013), which requires a PIN. Check out CardFlight’s full EMV report here.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2017

They started out with an inventory of 10,000 razor handles in March of 2013 and sold out within a few days. in 2010 and nearly $70M in 2013. A safety warning posted by one /r/soylent user early in 2013. But in the insanely competitive world of mattress SEO, it’s been Casper’s powerful trump card.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

These companies are making it easier to make a budget, invest, and buy stocks, as well as to get loans and credit cards. Then, they spent an equal amount of time working on distributing that content both through social media (Reddit, personal finance forums) and through SEO (which wound up driving about 20% of Mint’s overall traffic).

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Despite the rising popularity of virtual workout options — most prominently embodied by Peloton — boutique brick-and-mortar fitness was in a period of rapid growth prior to the crisis, with memberships growing over 120% from 2013 to 2017, according to Bloomberg. Source: CNN Business.

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