PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

In fact, the venture and entrepreneurial ecosystem grew by 20 percent from 2014 to 2015 alone. In general, venture capitalists are boosting their investments in Latin America, with funding reaching $594 million in 2015, a stark increase from $387 million in 2012, the Latin America Venture Capital Association confirmed.

Innovation 100

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Called by some the Warby Parker of hair color, Madison Reed has announced $13 million in new venture capital funding and a newly hired CMO. TechCrunch quoted Dorosin, who said, “[The hair coloring industry is] a $15 billion market that hasn’t seen much in the way of innovation in decades.

New York City 100

New York City New York Capital Branding 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

And Phillips, on the eve of founding his dessert delivery on-demand business SugarMoo in 2014, had two problems to solve. But bigger than the cupcake-replacement innovation, perhaps, was the realization five years ago that the dessert on demand market in Dubai was basically non-existent — but not unwanted. The products were solid.

Online 148

Online Marketing Millennials Branding 148

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The corporate venture capital ecosystem is expanding far beyond the likes of Google Ventures and Intel Capital. According to our 2017 CB Insights Corporate Venture Capital Report , the number of new corporate venture capital firms making first-time investments reached record levels in 2017. Intel Capital.

Samsung 68

Samsung Google Capital Innovation 68

Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In 2014, Celent recognized mBank’s digital platform redesign and in 2015, Celent recognized mBank’s Bancassurance initiative. 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. Through 2014, mBank has grown to more than 4.7 Before It’s Time.

Branding 100

Branding Retail social media Video 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Paytm was a brand-new prepaid mobile card in India. Mobile devices, fast cellular networks, the cloud, data and new tech – along with investors with capital and incumbents with an appetite for innovation – gave innovators the tools, ideas and capital to disrupt the then-analog sacred cows. All the time.

Innovation 176

Innovation Mobile Software San Francisco 176

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The capital investment by Highland Europe will support ContentSquare’s global expansion and attract new talent to advance the company’s vision. ContentSquare empowers brands to measure content performance, understand visitor intentions and explain consumer decisions when they do or do not purchase.

User Experience 100

User Experience Analytics Online Mobile 100

Abrigo

APRIL 28, 2016

To be American is to have the freedom to innovate, take risks, create, transform and put in the hard work that has led to the successes – and failures – that define human progress. Many innovators with great ideas and great potential do not begin with great wealth, so they need a great government partner to support their success.

National 150

National San Jose Los Angeles United States 150

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Since 2014, Seacoast has been on a buying spree acquiring 14 banks. Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation. with Coinbase alone attracting $86 billion.

Community 216

Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

Founded in 2014, Zoox has been working to develop electric-powered robot taxis in a difficult multipronged effort, simultaneously creating driverless technology, a ride-hailing network and a bespoke autonomous vehicle at scale. And in 2019, the company participated in a $530 million funding round for autonomous tech firm Aurora Innovation.

Retail 131

Retail Capital Online Video 131

Accenture

MAY 22, 2019

For years, banks have enjoyed a low bar on CFO expectations around payment product sophistication and innovation. percent between 2014 and 2016. Companies are moving cash off the balance sheet and investing in areas like wages, capital expansion and innovation. 2 Accenture Research on S&P Capital IQ data.

Payments 150

Payments Customer Experience Survey Capital 150

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

Beyond BMW and Cadillac , the subscription market is growing as consumers and brands take note: Software vendors, too, are turning to subscriptions, according to the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker. Here is how different industries are innovating with subscriptions. in Q1 2018 to 64.0 in Q2 2018.The

Marketing 110

Marketing Software Nashville Tennessee 110

PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

When he returned a few years later on vacation, he started wearing the simple, slip-on canvas shoes and realized he discovered the innovation the world needed. This is likely why TOMS has been one of the many digital brands that has spent the last year experimenting with pop-up shops and physical stores. And study it again.

social media 104

social media Study Branding San Francisco 104

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.

San Francisco 108

San Francisco California Austin Strategy 108

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Rounding out the top three investments, Notion Capital invested nearly $19 million in Smartpipe Solutions, which was a slight boost to activity in the data analytics space. After running quietly since its launch in 2014, Leveris recently announced it’s set to raise €15 million ($16.1 million) in a Series A.

Lending 100

Lending Fintech Data Capital 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2016

But setting up shop on the edge of the festival and hawking blatantly branded products is a little too gauche for Coachella attendees who want to preserve the festival’s sanctity (whether it ever existed or not), which leads more than a few companies to turn to social media and the tricks of contextual commerce. Is it though?

social media 100

social media Millennials San Francisco California 100

PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2016

Members hoped that the scheme would be attractive enough to consumers that many of them would shift away from what they were using in the store – branded plastic cards – to this mobile payments scheme. MCX and CurrentC’s waters were muddied further upon the launch of Apple Pay in the fall of 2014.

Mobile 105

Mobile Apple Columbus Payments 105

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Blockchain. Marketplace lending. Digital banks.

Fintech 183

Fintech blockchain Lending Digital Banking 183

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2016

It’s another important milestone in the “Look, Ma, no countertop terminals needed to check out” experience that we’ve been talking about for some time and that other retail innovator — Starbucks — showed us was possible when it unveiled mobile order-ahead a little more than a year ago. Kinda misses the whole point. times a week, on average.

Retail 100

Retail Online Branding Innovation 100

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. Date: April 25, 2014. Ballmer led Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia for over $7B in a deal finalized in 2014. Date: January 13, 2014. Price: $7.9B.

Google 76

Google Software Innovation Company 76

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Using CB Insights data, we mapped out Daimler’s startup and accelerator activity since 2014 to visualize the rapid pace of its moves as auto tech investment has rocketed upwards. Daimler sells both passenger cars and vans under the Mercedes brand and manufactures trucks and buses under a wide range of other marques.

Austin 44

Austin America Mobile Data 44

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

Despite another quarterly earnings miss announced Wednesday (May 23), Lowe’s shares got a 9 percent bump mid-week after poaching JCPenney CEO Marvin Ellison on Tuesday, a move that garnered support from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP. He also spent time as the VP of all Amazon clothing.

Leadership 100

Leadership Retail Groups Analytics 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

Restaurants — the epicenter of payments innovation, it seems — were on the receiving end of a couple of new opportunities this week that could drive even more feet into them and help them grow. Its pitch to the family is to use their local Mastercard branded credit or debit card to make those payments. Here ya go… SIZZLE.

Lending 100

Lending Apple Cards Study 100

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.

Retail 78

Retail Branding Company Capital 78

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

It would take until 2014 – nine years after the Prime membership debut – for Amazon to confirm that it had more than 20 million Prime members. In 2018, more than nine billion dollars of venture capital money was invested in startups using AI to improve certainty across a range of use cases. Slowly, to start. So, they are doubling down.

Online 162

Online Retail Study Cards 162

Banking 2020

JANUARY 8, 2015

Powering innovation starts with transforming technology and its use. Unless you’re leading a brand-new company, your organization has history which may often times mean expensive, valueless IT investments that bog down competitive advantages. percent of revenue on technology, according to the 2014 Gartner IT Key Metrics Data.

Technology 40

Technology Software Operations Innovation 40

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

During a busy year we saw Jill supporting her local community, blogging with Mark Cuban, spinning up new PPP technology and innovating with things like curbside banking. An early innovator in commercial workflow and analytics, upcoming CIOs could learn a ton from John on how to partner and engage constructively with lines of business.

Idaho 170

Idaho Community Industry Strategy 170

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 24, 2016

Pictured (let to right): Business Development Managers Nahid Samsami and Roger Gu demonstrating Coinbase Instant Exchange at FinovateSpring 2014 in San Jose. The company will continue to provide basic “dollar for bitcoin/ether” conversions under the Coinbase brand. The bitcoin wallet and platform has 3.8

San Jose 15

San Jose San Francisco Bitcoin blockchain 15

CB Insights

AUGUST 15, 2018

The total number of investments venture capital firms have made to private companies in 2018 is on pace to set a five-year record, and venture capital funding is at nearly $443B since 2014, according to CB Insights data. Whatever it is you’re doubling down on, ensure it’s in line with your brand and is widely communicated.

United States 34

United States Cyber Security Marketing Strategy 34

Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Brokerage and social trading platform ayondo has acquired the TradeHero brand. The TradeHero brand is extremely well established in Asia and was the missing piece in our product range.” ayondo began its expansion into Singapore in 2014 after securing $4 million in funding from Lumnior Capital.

Branding 12

Branding Apple Mobile Security 12

Tefkin

JANUARY 5, 2016

While banks are still experiencing the effect of the crisis notably through restrictive regulation and a continuing string of financial scandals, their public messaging is one of innovation and change. If 2014 was seemingly the year of Bitcoin, with its pricing toping above $1,000. Artificial Intelligence and omnipresent data.

Fintech 31

Fintech Marketing Maine Trends 31

CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Gupta later called Shah in 2014 to introduce him to the CARMERA concept. Select Investors: Data Collective, Intel Capital, Microsoft Ventures, Tencent Holdings. Bilal Zuberi, Lux Capital. Select Investors: Bezos Expeditions, Lux Capital, Shasta Ventures. Element AI. Data Collective. Total Funding: $102M. Deep Sentinel.

Security 34

Security Capital Software Data 34

CB Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Big tech is stepping up to leverage their strength in software, processing hardware, battery technology, and other capabilities, to drive innovation in the auto and mobility space. Facebook, meanwhile, has been notably absent from innovation in the auto and mobility space. Capitalizing on the opportunity in shared mobility.

Mobile 74

Mobile Google Apple Software 74

PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

A year and $2 million in seed capital later, Hastings and a partner founded Netflix. Tapping into that existing consumer behavior, Netflix’s initial innovation was to create an online ordering queue that allowed consumers to choose up to 25 DVDs at a time and to put those requests on a list. percent in 2014.

Payments 100

Payments Video Marketing Course 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Sub-Brands. This feature could become helpful, particularly as companies grow and branch off into sub-brands serving different functions in different places — or countries. As a result, Tipalti lets acquired entities retain their own sub-brand beneath the larger umbrella through multi-entity capabilities.

Branding 103

Branding Payments Operations Resources 103

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This openness to banking alternatives presents opportunities for fintech startups looking to innovate in financial services from the outside. But incumbent banks are also at the forefront of the most promising innovations in personal finance today, such as virtual credit cards. From big banks to big tech.

Millennials 77

Millennials Mobile Lending Cards 77

CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

We were promised a future of jetpacks and flying cars — and it’s 2014. By February 2014, Quirky had just $50M left in the bank and was burning through almost $6M per month. The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. Founded: 2009.

Apple 78

Apple Branding Google Company 78