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US is now Afterpay’s largest customer market 

Bank Innovation

This is the first time since the company’s 2014 launch that its U.S. customer numbers have outperformed other markets. […]. The point-of-sale lender announced this week it has more U.S. customers than customers in New Zealand and in Australia, where it is headquartered.

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US is now Afterpay’s largest customer market 

Bank Innovation

This is the first time since the company’s 2014 launch that its U.S. customer numbers have outperformed other markets. […]. The point-of-sale lender announced this week it has more U.S. customers than customers in New Zealand and in Australia, where it is headquartered.

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Why Collaboration Is Credit Unions’ Payments Innovation Advantage

PYMNTS

It’s a model based on the concept of collaboration and cooperation, two ideals that have become instrumental in the financial services arena’s payments innovation efforts. ” That global reach also had the CU prioritizing global payments innovation from the get-go. in markets like Kenya, mobile payments are the norm.

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Providing Wine Consumers With eCommerce Innovations

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Wine Insiders , in one case, has combined edgy technology and innovations, and supplemented traditional marketing channels with digital advertising. 2014: The year that DRINKS , which was Wine Insiders’ chief competitor, acquired the company. All this, Today in Data.

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2016 Innovators to Watch: 1 to 5

Bank Innovation

Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More. Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world.

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Powering Retail Innovation With Digital Technology

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The company brought its app and device to market just two weeks ago. Data: 2014: The year Lumen was founded. In investments, retail dispute management firm Chargeback closed a funding round to speed up growth and to help retailers reduce credit card disputes. And in tech, the future of retail may include mobile scanning.

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Banking Keyboard App PayKey Raises $10 Million in Funding

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – Banking keyboard app, PayKey closed a $10 million Series B funding round today bringing the fintech’s total investment to $16 million since its establishment in 2014. The funding will be used to fuel the company’s growth strategy in the Asian market, Daniel Peled, CEO and Co-Founder of PayKey told Bank Innovation. “We

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