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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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Why Invisible Will Make 2020’s Payments Innovation Roar

PYMNTS

Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. Sometimes those innovations disrupted old models and players; other times they made them better and more efficient. The Invisible Innovators .

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Why The QSR Drive-Thru Is Fueling Retail Innovation

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The acquisition aims to help McDonald’s improve order-taking operations in its drive-thru facilities by implementing voice-recognition technology to help customers navigate increasingly complex quick-service restaurant (QSR) menus. But recent changes have sparked even more interest and innovation from commerce operators.

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Online lending fraud: A temporary glitch or a long-term issue for lenders?

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Online lenders have been disrupting the lending ecosystem by combining innovation with advanced financial technology to improve borrower experience, address underserved markets, and reduce operating costs. In 2014, the US. William Wagner, CMO/Vice President of Marketing, Cloud Lending Solutions.

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Hotels, And India’s Middle Class, Show Path For Online Travel

PYMNTS

When it comes to retail, general commerce and online payments, the increasingly powerful middle class in India will probably get major credit in future textbooks for shaping the global digital economy. Look no further than an India-based hotel operation called Oyo for further evidence of that. Retail Influences.

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What Innovators Can Learn From Uber Cash

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Long before innovators began talking about the power of ecosystems to transform commerce, scientists spent centuries studying them under microscopes in their labs. Decomposer for innovator large or small, established or emerging. An Ecosystem By Any Other Name. Substitute producer for buyer or supplier. Consumer for the end user.

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David Lauren Steps Up To Head Innovation At Ralph Lauren

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David Lauren — son of company founder and namesake Ralph Lauren — will be promoted to the newly created position of chief innovation officer, according to a recent filing with the SEC. Lauren walks into a growing eCommerce focus with the high-fashion firm, as online sales were up to $890 million, about 14.1