PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Brands , moves that serve as a good reflection of overall trends in the quick service restaurant (QSR) space. Yum’s closer embrace of the new technology fueling QSR operations — a trend documented by the latest PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index — was underscored by Yum CEO Greg Creed during the post-earnings conference call.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

A new study from Oracle revealed that consumers are more willing to engage with brands that offer new retail technology if they are able to exert control over their experience. This signals brands to focus on building a strong foundation to win trust.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

The smartphone market declined for the first time ever in 2017, with shipments dropping 4 percent year-over-year, according to market research firm Canalys. The BBC , citing data from Canalys, reported that the decline marks the end of an eight-year period of growth in China’s smartphone market.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Executives are quickly finding, however, that rather than gaining valuable efficiencies from their vendor partnerships, technology options represent a huge execution risk. In fact, leaders are faced with navigating a perfect storm of suboptimal technology choices. January 2017: Avaya files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

markets, aiming to generate repeat visits as part of its experiential retail efforts. DSW began working with W Nail Bar in 2017; the two companies offer salon services at Columbus, Ohio’s Easton Town Center and the Polaris Fashion Place. They also create repeat visits to the DSW brand, where an exciting footwear assortment awaits.”.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at FinovateFall 2017. Welcome to Finovate Fall NYC 2017! 08:15 am FinovateFall 2017 Day 1. William Mills III, Chief Executive Officer of William Mills Agency is live blogging today at FinovateFall 2017. Check back for new updates throughout the day. Adobe- www.adobe.com.

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William Mills

APRIL 26, 2017

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2017. William Mills III, Chief Executive Officer of William Mills Agency is live blogging today at FinovateSpring 2017. He has more than 30 years of experience in financial technology and is a recognized leader in financial and technology marketing.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2018

Lenovo Group is setting its sights on India as it tries to boost its market share in the wearables industry in the country. Lenovo started selling wearables in India in 2017. Peng told Reuters it has achieved between 6 percent and 7 percent market share of smart wearables since then.

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NCR

DECEMBER 27, 2017

As December draws to a close, it’s time to look back on the biggest headlines and defining themes of 2017 for the financial services industry. The humble ATM celebrated its 50 th birthday in June 2017. For many financial institutions (FIs), preparing for the EU’s PSD2 regulation has been priority number one in 2017.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

While this makes the category more difficult to judge, it offers immense insight into what’s happening in the market. A number of customer experience submissions this year focus on building out separate digital subsidiary brands within traditional institutions. Brands are similar and products/ services are frequently cross-sold.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The upgrade and innovation centered around its flagship Tmall Genie smart speaker will use proprietary technologies that combine AI and the Internet of Things (IoT). The Tmall Genie smart speakers were introduced by Alibaba three years ago and link to more than 270 million devices from 1,100 brands in China, according to Ku.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The company was founded by Portuguese fashion entrepreneur José Neves in 2008 with the goal of creating an online marketplace for luxury boutiques and brands. “We The average age of Farfetch’s luxury shopper is 36 — somewhat younger than usual, which explains why brands like Harvey Nichols were enthusiastic to sign on. million in 2017.

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William Mills

APRIL 27, 2017

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2017. With the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac still in recovery there has not been great investment in mortgage technology. These folks are may be one of the companies that bring 21st Century technology to the industry. Check back for new updates throughout the day.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

There is no word on how much the retailer — which connects nearly 900 boutiques and luxury brands to 2 million affluent and luxury-enthused consumers — plans to raise, but it placed a $100 million marker in the filing. Revenue for 2017 was $386 million, a 59.4 million in 2017. Of course, that could change.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Mastercard , like most consumer credit connected brands, was hit hard in the early days of the Great Recession. However, as Karen Webster learned when talking to Miebach about the Vocalink deal in 2017, there is no use in fighting the change or trying to push the evolution of payments backward.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

From Rent the Runway to McDonald’s , retailers are tapping into a world of technology that lets customers make transactions without visiting a cashier. These are just some of the ways that merchants are using digital innovations to better serve their customers with the help of kiosk and unattended retail technology: .

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William Mills

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Approximately 1,300 attendees (including bankers, credit union executives, industry analysts and media representatives American Banker , Banking Exchange and BIG Media ) joined 30 sponsor companies to immerse themselves in all things retail banking at BAI Beacon 2017, held at the Georgia World Congress Center October 4-5.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

The estimate marks a 92 percent increase over 2017 spending on the technology, Retail Dive reported. Overall, the market for AR and VR products and services is expected to reach a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 72 percent for the years 2017 to 2022.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

Between 2017 and 2021, parking kiosk shipments are expected to increase by 8.62 Meanwhile, the next stage of parking kiosk technology appears to be underway in Spain. The brand-new Kiosk & Retail Report: Parking Edition examines how the parking kiosk market has changed in more than 80 years. percent per year.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

The new products will bring Didi into direct competition with the Alibaba Group and technology giant Tencent. The number of eligible applicants was already hampered by 2017 regulations, and Didi is short drivers in some major cities. The services include wealth management tools, credit, lending and crowdfunding for serious illnesses.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

This collaboration will expand UnionPay’s market penetration and further a Chinese government initiative for same-sector partnership. The collaboration will let consumers of UnionPay’s popular QuickPass app make financial payments utilizing the same technology (QR codes) that Tencent’s WeChat Pay platform also uses.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 15, 2017

For example, it shows that the UK retail banking market place has become a dull playground thanks to mergers and acquisitions over the past half century: As a result, the six large banking groups held an 89% market share of the current account market. Anyways, there is some key metric data in the report.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2017

A new study has revealed that Alexa users are buying more, which means that its voice technology is turning into a major marketing platform for consumer brands. percent in the third quarter of 2017, up from the 7.5 percent jump seen in the second quarter of this year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2019

But given that their issues are with the underlying bitcoin market, not sure why they just don’t deny it as opposed to stringing along the crypto faithful with false hope.”. In fact, bitcoin has more than doubled since earlier this year as Wall Street firms embrace crypto and its blockchain technology. “A JP Morgan Chase & Co.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

But as the media keeps floating the possibility of 90+ percent effective vaccines coming to the market in the not-too-distant future, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that the end – although maybe not quite near just yet – is visible on the horizon. Consolidation in the Market. An Increasingly Crowded Field .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

The company had a $470 million valuation in 2017. The new funding will be used to scale its branded model worldwide. ClassPass members can reserve fitness classes using the company’s proprietary booking technology. “Even in our recently launched European markets, our partners consistently call us their No.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

Target is taking on the beauty market, bringing in augmented reality (AR) to develop its Target Beauty Studio. While Target plans to bring the technology to more stores this year, it still plans to offer in-store beauty experts. stores in 2017. A collaborative project with Perfect Corp.’s

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

According to a report from Bloomberg , the luxury brand’s CEO, Michael Burke, “gave a rosy view of its China business, easing concerns about the effects of a trade war with the U.S. Luxury brands are selling more and more on Chinese eCommerce sites like JD.com and Alibaba, while still keeping their distance from Amazon, as PYMNTS has covered.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

New IBM research that analyzed data [3] between a bank’s deposit share vs. branch coverage in a market revealed four forces at play. The four forces are: Traditionally banks grew by opening branches under the assumption of a linear relationship between share of business and the number of branches in a market. See figure 3.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 4, 2022

Finastra today announced the appointment of Lynne Biggar, a proven financial services and marketing leader, to its Board of Directors, effective March 2022. Prior, Lynne was Executive Vice President/Consumer Marketing + Revenue at Time Inc. Prior, Lynne was Executive Vice President/Consumer Marketing + Revenue at Time Inc.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

Launching in October in two key markets, Mexico and the Philippines, MoneyGram will expand its options in which receivers from those markets may receive and use funds instantly — via their bank-issued Visa-branded debit card or Visa-branded prepaid card — and senders may choose the option by which to send those funds.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The company will close 170 stores in 2018, but it will also add a new discount brand called Afound. H&M has also said it would increase its investment in eCommerce and technology to track inventory, but it would still add stores to markets that are still experiencing growth.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Elara Technologies, which owns Housing.com, PropTiger and Makaan, has acquired FastFox.com at a valuation of almost Rs 100 crore ($14,447,317), according to reports. into the so-called online-to-offline rental ecosystem, with a market size upwards of Rs 20,000 crore ($2,889,400,000).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

About 31 percent of consumers now own voice-activated devices, up from 27 percent in 2018 and 14 percent in 2017. As of the 2019 report, nearly a third of consumers (31 percent) report owning at least one voice-activated device, up from 26 percent the previous year and 14 percent in 2017. And those skills are literally expanding daily.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Retailers are starting to tap into the camera,” said Ted Mann, CEO of visual search technology provider Slyce. Target has incorporated Pinterest’s visual search tool since 2017. StyleSnap’s recommendations draw on a number of factors, including brand, price range and customer reviews. percent from 2019 to 2025.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

The beauty industry brought in more than $445 billion in sales in 2017, marking 5 percent growth over the year before. The industry is booming, and consumers who shop for beauty products have no shortage of brand options in stores and online. Beauty Buyers Go Digital. But things have changed over the last few years, Lord noted.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The funding will be used to expand in Lookiero’s main markets of Spain, France and the U.K. Lookiero’s inventory includes more than 150 European brands, with the platform shipping more than three million items of clothing this year to seven European countries.

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