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AUGUST 10, 2016

What we do know, however, is that efficiency-driving innovation will have its place, come whatever market environment,” Joshua Kempf, cofounder and CEO of online B2B industrial products distributor Gaveteiro.com.br , explained in his TechCrunch piece. Canada and Brazil. It looks like it’s no harm, no foul for Apple.

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AUGUST 30, 2018

“Our integration with Amazon Alexa is our latest innovation to better serve members of our DD Perks program, which remains one of the fastest growing loyalty programs in the quick service restaurant industry, with nearly 8 million members,” Stephanie Meltzer-Paul, vice president of digital and loyalty marketing for Dunkin’ Donuts U.S.,

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JANUARY 5, 2018

according to a National Retail Federation ranking. This distinction makes it second only to Walmart, with over $110 billion in annual sales across the range of grocery chains it owns and operates, including the eponymous Kroger Brand as well as Harris Teeter, Fred Meyers, Ralphs, Metro Market, Dillons and many, many others.

Branding 133

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NCR

MAY 9, 2017

But technology innovators and financial institutions have worked together for generations. Bankrate’s conversion of the Quizzle app (purchased from Quicken Loans in 2016) to Score & Report, white-labeled for use by community banks and credit unions, enables a branded and cost effective solution for quick adoption of new technology.

Fintech 75

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

According the to 2016 Purse String Survey done by Valassis earlier this year, more than 70 percent of consumers say they have looked for coupons or offers while in-store via their mobile device. Other promotional tactics planned include branded apps, which 20 percent of CMOs say they will use. percent increase in sales this year.

Mobile 188

Mobile Marketing Survey Marketing Strategies 188

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

This organic healthcare brand is hustling to keep up with orders during a time when it has had to pivot to deal with the COVID-19 crisis – and it is poised for a breakout 2020. Its eCommerce business has jumped 35 percent each year since 2016. Full disclosure: This story is about a company called Green Goo.

Colorado 131

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APRIL 24, 2017

This week we saw scientists march, the French go to the polls and a $400 high-tech juicer turned out to be an innovation on par with something that everyone already has: their hands. And most of the nation got a good chuckle — except perhaps the investors who threw $125 million at the disruptive future of juice. these days.

Millennials 109

Millennials Cards New York Branding 109

William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at Finovate Fall 2016. Now showing how Avoka can integrate with a ton of apps in a matter of days with your company’s brand. Auto-financing is ripe for innovation. It’s seems better to invest in a brand you are more comfortable with an established presence. franchising sector.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. The fee-free card is Goldman Sachs’ latest inroad into the retail consumer business after establishing its online Marcus brand in 2016, which makes unsecured personal loans.

Apple 101

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DECEMBER 24, 2016

In Silicon Valley there lived some boys, Who loved inventing brand new toys. They’ve change the world and our nation. With some snappy innovation. As Christmas loomed in 2016. A Tribute To A Poem By Ogden Nash. With hearts mostly in the right place. and personalities from outer space). Newspapers became obsolete.

Apple 100

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MARCH 8, 2017

billion) — were processed in January alone, a 23 percent spike from the amount processed in January 2016. based VocaLink , the 2016 recipient of NACHA’s Payments Award for innovation, expansion and development of products supporting faster payments to increase payments access, efficiency and security across the globe.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

professional sports leagues such as the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Football League (NFL). In addition, brands are offering consumers replicas of uniforms that will be worn by the athletes. Last year, it closed a $1 billion venture capital round , according to news reports from Reuters. The Economics.

Retail 118

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Dollar Shave Club first made a name for itself with a solid concept — and a series of very entertaining ads that brought the inexpensive razor company into the national consciousness. The problem it was founded to solve was simple: buying a razor was a miserable experience that cost too much. But this is also a very different firm.

Los Angeles 164

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JANUARY 25, 2018

“Although it’s harnessing the latest innovations in tech, it offers a very simple way to access finance, as well as access to human financial advisors,” explained FSB London Chair Michael Lassman in a statement earlier this month. ” Such transformation won’t happen overnight, however, and the U.K.,

Lending 122

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JUNE 14, 2018

Earlier this spring, the corporate payments company said it was expanding in the continent’s largest economy as measured by GDP via a partnership with Raízen , which is the licensee of the Shell brand in Brazil. The country’s National Ground Transportation Agency now requires freight transporters and loaders to use electronic payments.

Payments 108

Payments America Operations Conference 108

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MAY 26, 2016

But according to newly released research by the NRA (National Restaurant Association — or buns, not guns, as it is fond of saying), a third of restaurant operators say they are behind in tech use. While the restaurateurs may be lagging a bit, there’s still plenty of companies trying to innovate the restaurant mobile payments space.

Mobile 132

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Accenture

MAY 22, 2019

For years, banks have enjoyed a low bar on CFO expectations around payment product sophistication and innovation. Today, we are seeing a slowdown in commercial deposit growth broadly with flat or negative growth in pockets as deposits shift to the national banks. percent between 2014 and 2016. percent between 2014 and 2016.

Payments 150

Payments Customer Experience Survey Capital 150

Jeff For Banks

APRIL 23, 2017

Jeff Bank A: To our shareholders, Since our inception, we have used the word ‘‘Absolutely’’ as a part of our brand. In 2016, we decided to ask our customers for feedback on their relationship with [Bank A]. We had $xx million of deposit growth in 2016, including $xx million, or x%, growth in transaction deposit accounts.

US 66

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NCR

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Now, three of the banks involved in that legal tussle – Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), National Australia Bank and Westpac – have teamed up to launch Beem, a brand new platform for peer-to-peer (P2P) payments.

Marketing 67

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

By the 1960s, the always innovative people of Philadelphia were using the phrase “Black Friday” to refer to both the traffic caused by football fans and to avid shoppers out prowling the city for deals and doorbusters. This year, 2016, will mark the year that the web wins Black Friday. So, what is the new history of Black Friday?

Philadelphia 100

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FEBRUARY 2, 2019

3), the numbers put up by the players on the field will pale in comparison to the dollars that advertisers, sports enthusiasts, snack food aficionados and brands will put up, just so they can be part of America’s largest television viewing event. The two brands first started working together in 2015. The Super Bowl’s Cashless Future.

Boston 150

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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. John Beale , longtime CIO of City National Bank. They have created innovative lean knowledge transfer and learning portal capabilities. Nicely done!

Idaho 172

Idaho Community Industry Strategy 172

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

After a bit of a bumpy start to the year, what has become a now multi-week debacle with the FBI over that phone and a solid month of share prices below $100, it has been a while since Apple has managed a whole week of headlines that were, more or less, positive and even hopeful about innovation in the offing.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

B2B: The trillion dollar industry that gets overshadowed in innovation by consumer gee-wizardry tech, B2B is gaining more attention by the day. Across the pond, estimates Innovate Finance and Pitchbook, the B2B FinTech market has gotten nearly half of all FinTech funding in the European Union through the past year. Just sayin’.

US 108

US Apple Innovation Regulation 108

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2016

Ripples were promptly sent flying into all corners of the retail universe with the launch of Amazon Home Services in March 2015, and now that both mom-and-pop hardware shops, as well as national brick-and-mortar chains have had more than a calendar year to react to the changes, a definite trend has emerged.

Retail 100

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JULY 6, 2016

In May, Kantar Worldpanel confirmed that Q1 2016 sales of Android phones had grown in just about every major market that matters — 7.1 The market is not about the glitzy gadgets anymore; rather, it’s about providing secure, innovative and practical digital services and more open collaboration. percent in Europe, 7.3 percent in the U.S.

Google 105

Google Security Apple Regional 105

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JUNE 18, 2018

percent over 2016 — its eighth consecutive year of growth. Our work with cloud-based POS provider Bypass and Bank of America Merchant Services in analyzing the QSR sector each quarter also reflects an increased emphasis by this sector on using new tech to innovate and remain competitive. In 2017, the restaurant sector, overall, grew 4.3

Innovation 118

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2017

Brands must understand how this mobile connection shapes Chinese personal networks, content consumption and buying behavior,” Koenig said. In 2016, China’s National Bureau of Statistics found Chinese buyers spent $750 billion online, which is said to be more than the total of U.S. In 2015 alone, McKinsey & Co.

Study 119

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Best Picture — Payments Innovation. But no matter where one looks, it seems payments innovation is the big winner. That latest round follows a 2016 Series C funding round led by Sequoia Capital — which included Kleiner Perkins and Khosla Ventures. And DICK’S wasn’t the only big brand looking to change its role in this story.

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APRIL 19, 2017

billion in 2016 to $9.59 Another Soul Machines avatar, Nadia, is currently being tested by the Australian government’s National Disability Insurance Scheme to help address the needs of roughly 500,000 disabled citizens. billion by 2021. Nadia was designed with input from people with disabilities to more effectively meet their needs.

Digital Banking 180

Digital Banking Technology Samsung Meeting 180

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JULY 14, 2018

America’s house pets have worked their way into a new place in the hearts, homes and wallets of their owners,” Michael Schaffer wrote in his book “ One Nation Under Dog: America’s Love Affair With Our Dogs ” – and data backs up that assertion. In 2016, Americans spent $66.75 That’s a lot of dog treats. Except, it actually isn’t.

New York 103

New York Branding Trends Course 103

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

But they are all part and parcel to the magic of the Target — or Tarjay — brand. The Great Recession — and the subsequent tightening of the national belt — pushed Target away from that branding, as low prices became the order of the day for a wide swath of the American consuming public. And they are buying fairly large homes.

Trends 100

Trends Millennials Retail Branding 100

NCR

JULY 11, 2016

However, the innovations and use cases for P2P payments vary widely across different markets, with a wide range of methods, transfer speeds, technologies and business models in play, and they impact local markets in different ways. million users, in a nation with 9.5 A primary option. The most popular options. This now has 4.5

Trends 40

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

Also, Mintel’s Foodservice Trends 2016 report found that 77 percent of Americans said they would use online food delivery services. We need to be an extension of our partners’ service and brand.”. To download the 2016 Q2 PYMNTS.com Omnireadi Index™, powered by Vantiv, click below. . That’s a hearty slice of the delivery pie.

Resources 102

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JUNE 4, 2016

Today, in McLean, Virginia, guests of the local Hilton can have their questions answered 24/7, 365 days a year by what is likely the world’s first robot concierge, Connie (named for Conrad Hilton, the patriarch of the Hilton brand), which is powered by IBM’s Watson AI. Some believe the rest of the nation should be following that example.

Software 100

Software Retail New York City ATM 100

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JUNE 20, 2016

At the start of the year, I wrote a piece that outlined six trends that I suggested would set the agenda for payments innovation and commerce reinvention in 2016. Since January, we’ve seen Walmart Pay expand nationally. Contextualized Commerce Will Redefine Impulse Buying And Payments Innovation.

Report 119

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

orders, or a daily average of 700,000 orders, in Q3’18, and reached 12M orders on Indonesia’s National Online Shopping Day in December. This analysis focuses on where insurance innovation in the market is happening today and where it is headed next. in premiums in 2016. The platform recorded 63.7M in 2013 to 15.8%

Policies 61

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