PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The latest example of the power of those digitally-enabled innovative efforts comes from online freight marketplace operator Convoy. 13), the company has raised $400 million in funding round led by Generation Investment Management LLP and previous investor T. As The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Nov. Rowe Price Associates.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

The total number of CUs in operation declined from 6,743 in 2015 to 5,390 as of 2019, but the total number of CU members increased over the course of the decade from 89.3 One such innovation comes from credit union service organization (CUSO) PSCU , which recently released a desktop automation system to optimize CU call centers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2019

percent between 2015 and 2017, according to the Global Wellness Institute. Well, with innovation of course. The process worked — and the $5 add-on fee was worth finding the time to meditate that the writer said she couldn’t quite manage otherwise. As of 2018 health and wellness was a $4.2 The industry now represents 5.3

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

billion, industry watchers are questioning whether this might prompt wealth management tech firm Envestnet to sell aggregator Yodlee, which it acquired in 2015 for $590 million. On the heels of Visa‘s acquisition of data aggregator Plaid for $5.3 14, a day […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

India is becoming a new center stage for innovation in the corporate and small business accounting software space, analysts believe. There is also a ballooning demand to manage and analyze accounting data that cannot be adequately handled through manual accounting tools, the report added. billion, up from $3.8

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2017

With initiatives like the Faster Payments Task Force and the Secure Payments Task Force, the Fed is pushing for innovation and progress in the nation’s payments infrastructure and market. Sapenaro said B2B payments, too, are finally experiencing innovation and progress, but it still has a long way to go.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2017

It is no longer quite a mom-and-pop operation anymore — in 2015 Cha sold a controlling interest in the company to Richmond-based Boxwood Capital Partners. So how did the company manage to innovate something as simple as frozen yogurt? Over the past decade, it might just have been the most innovative dessert.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

But new research from treasury management firm Kyriba suggests treasurers and CFOs are falling short in delivering on some of the top priorities of the corporate board. Beyond fraud management, Kyriba identified several areas in which boards are eager to collaborate with CFOs and gain their expertise. . The Data Connection.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 18, 2021

In its third lawsuit filed under the leadership of Acting Director Uejio, the CFPB, earlier this week, sued Student Loan Pro (SLP), a student loan debt relief company, its owner, and its manager, for alleged violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and the Consumer Financial Protection Act.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The business travel and expense (T&E) management space is one of the most active when it comes to new market entrants and innovations for businesses. trillion in 2015). trillion in 2015). In part, that’s because young FinTechs are developing sophisticated tools to help companies track spend on business travel.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

More important, perhaps, than the innovations they made on behalf of their more famous lead players, was how their contributions accelerated those innovations’ time to market. Innovation in payments and commerce has an unsung hero, too. And who will influence how innovation happens. And now, Amazon.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2016

And like Walgreens is now painfully aware, sometimes the mad dash to gobble up innovative startup partners can lead merchants down a dark path. 2015, why would it take another eight months for Walgreens to kick the partner to the curb ? Because if Theranos was on the up and up, it would have been a lucrative ally going forward.

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NCR

OCTOBER 13, 2017

In today’s increasingly dynamic, multi-channel financial services industry, providers should always be looking for ways to break down barriers between the various methods consumers use to manage their money. Bank of America is one of the institutions that have embraced this particular innovation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Unfortunately, sometimes things get a little out of whack , with customers going one way and retail managers going another. For other firms, security specialists spring to mind, raising the bar on vigilance and pushing the pace of innovation. Data: 75 percent: Share of QSR managers that view Amazon Pay favorably.

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Data Apple Retail Innovation 139

Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

By setting aside random amounts of money users don’t immediately need, personal finance app Digit has saved its customers more than $1 billion since its launch in February 2015. The San Francisco-based company was one of the early movers in digital money management.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 7, 2020

in 2015, the automation of money movement in conformity with the […]. At first glance, New York-based Qapital, a digital banking, investing and budgeting platform, might look like a challenger bank. But CEO and co-founder George Friedman says Qapital’s offerings are more than just a collection of financial products.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The firm, which closed a $250 million fund in 2015, primarily invests in business-to-business technology companies. Centana Growth Partners, a New York and Palo Alto, Calif.-based based growth equity firm, closed its second fintech valued at $375 million this week.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 12, 2017

Alexa now has about 12,000 skills on its platform (the 10,000 milestone was in March) since opening it up to developers in 2015, according to Ford Harris, senior business development manager at Amazon Alexa.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic — and the resulting push for consumers to stay home and practice social distancing — has prompted many restaurants to halt table service and put new focus on eateries’ abilities to manage and fulfill delivery orders. Bamboo Asia Develops Inventory Management System To Coordinate Restaurant Supplies.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2016

When compared to the prominence of digital strategies in 2014, 2015 figures saw a significant jump across the board. Between 2014 and 2015, CPOs cited a 19 percent increase in the use of mobile technologies and a 10 percent increase in the use of social media efforts to boost their performance in the organization, researchers found.

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Innovation Marketing Digital Strategies social media 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

AppHarvest is working to build indoor farms, combining the conventional agriculture technique with innovative tech to grow affordable fruits and vegetables at scale, the release stated. billion in funding to accelerate manufacturing, product development and distribution into key national grocery, restaurant, and hospitality venues.”.

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Kentucky Operations National Strategy 159

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

billion continues to fuel speculation about the future of data aggregator Yodlee, which Envestnet acquired in 2015 for $590 million. The impact of Visa’s Plaid acquisition for $5.3 At issue is whether Envestnet is exploring options for Yodlee, including a possible sale.

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Data Report Innovation Strategies Strategy 243

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Mitsui Sumitomo is a subsidiary of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, and Takashi Sato , managing partner for venture arm MS&AD Ventures, will be on Hippo's board of directors now, the release says. With the investment, Hippo will be able to keep expanding its online home insurance business across the U.S.,

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Risk Management Capital Online Analytics 174

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Its “Whole Paycheck” image combined with the rise in availability of organic foods in more traditional grocery stores put pressure on its stock, which was in the dumper, and the management team to do something to turn things around. What a difference two years makes. Survival of the Fittest. It’s just not that kind of world anymore.

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Innovation Online Google Millennials 109

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

PYMNTS' October Banking As A Service Playbook: Powering The Next Generation Of FinTech Innovation , a collaboration with Transcard , examines developments around banking as a service (BaaS) and how its digital-first nature makes it ideal for current banking needs. And it goes well beyond that as a unifying financial faculty.

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Innovation Study System Fintech 161

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.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 26, 2017

Innovate Finance has just published their report on the first half of 2017, and the investments made in FinTech. Billion in H1 2017 –with UK investment up 37% reveals Innovate Finance H1 2017 saw 787 deals globally, attracting $6.5 Global VC FinTech investment attracts $6.5 billion of investment compared with $7.0

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Ruchir Rodrigues, the head of digital and open banking at Barclays , said that Bink, which was founded in 2015, “created a practical and innovative solution to an everyday problem,” and that Barclays is excited to help Bink grow.

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United States Mobile Innovation Cards 180

ZootBlog

JANUARY 14, 2016

Over the past several years as banks focused on staying in compliance with myriad new regulations, innovation slowed—nearly to a standstill. In 2015, I predicted it would be the year banks took back banking. Grass roots innovation is something taking hold within banks. Innovation, alive and well.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In today’s top news, the stock market takes its biggest hit since 2015 due to mounting fears over the coronavirus, and an ex-Microsoft engineer is found guilty of stealing $10 million in digital currency. The S&P 500 lost $1.737 trillion, the largest drop since 2015, when the Chinese government devalued the yuan amid the U.S.-China

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Nevada Marketing US Payments 142

Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Innovate Finance, which represents 300 UK fintech companies, says venture capital investment fell from $1.2bn (£970m) in 2015, to $783m last year. “Our members tell us Brexit has had a chilling effect on investment,” Innovate Finance chief executive Lawrence Wintermeyer told the BBC.

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Fintech Capital Innovation US 150

FICO

MAY 9, 2019

Congratulations to UBS Card Center on winning the Security Innovation of the Year award at the Retail Banker International Awards. UBS Card Center’s fraud team used the latest artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities in the FICO ® Falcon ® Platform to stop 84 percent more fraudulent transactions last year than in 2015. “We

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Innovation Cards Security Fraud 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Founded in 2015 by Brad Birnbaum, chief executive officer, and Jeremy Suriel, chief technology officer, Kustomer is an omnichannel software-as-a-service (SaaS) and customer relationship management (CRM) firm that specializes in chatbot technology. Following a private funding round last year, Kustomer was valued at $710 million. .

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New York Software Capital Regulation 140

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

The tallies are in: Innovate Finance has calculated the state of investment in FinTech for 2015, and we have the numbers. Innovate Finance released The 2015 FinTech Investment Landscape this month, a report that offers a snapshot at how investors are placing their money among financial innovators.

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Fintech Lending Capital Innovation 100

Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Fintech is on pace to best venture capital 2015 fundraising by 36% this year as startups focus on transparency and ease-of-use to disrupt the incumbents. billion into the sector, Bruce Taragin, managing partner, Blumberg Capital, said at a recent gathering at Columbia Law School in Read More. Last year, VCs poured $11.9

Fintech 150

Fintech Capital Management 150

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Based in Manchester, AccessPay provides a digital platform for payments, cash management and treasury operations by integrating businesses’ back-end operations with their banks. Corporate payments have not seen the same level of innovation as consumer payments. Beringea, True Ventures and Route 66 provided $11.6 and U.S.,

Security 143

Security US Payments Big Data 143