Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Endless CRM and data management projects that shook our foundations and gutted our PMOs. Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Payments chaos.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

In 2017, there were 38 disclosed venture and seed rounds by automakers , up from 26 in 2016 — and astronomically higher than only six in 2015. In the rideshare arena, InMotion , Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, invested $25 million in a $600 million funding round for Lyft in 2017. Ridesharing. Self-Driving Taxis. Car Financing.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Privacy management company TrustArc is getting $70 million to further advance innovation and security in the data privacy landscape via a Series D funding round. A global provider of privacy management solutions, TrustArc said the funding will help advance the company’s leadership position in the privacy market.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The CFPB’s fourth biennial report on the credit card market was issued at the end of August. The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act) requires the CFPB to perform periodic market reviews. The report discusses developments to platforms that allow consumers to manage their accounts.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2019

It hasn’t exactly been the best of times lately for FreightRover , at least not when it comes to legal drama and company leadership. PYMNTS readers might recall that late last year, FreightRover secured $500 million in financing to fuel its factoring operations, with the capital coming from Crayhill Capital Management.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

According to market research firm International Data Corp.’s The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the 2017-2022 forecast period is 37.3 “Vendors looking to take advantage of AI , deep learning and machine learning need to move quickly to gain a foothold in this emergent market. billion forecast for this year.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

My wife and I trust Greenlight to give us the modern tools to teach our children how to manage money,” said Gardiner Garrard, founding partner at TTV Capital, a prior investor that co-led the latest round. “Greenlight’s rapid growth is a testament to the value they bring to millions of parents and kids every day.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

The services include wealth management tools, credit, lending and crowdfunding for serious illnesses. The number of eligible applicants was already hampered by 2017 regulations, and Didi is short drivers in some major cities. In December, Didi announced a company-wide reorganization, meant to improve safety and efficiency.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

“As digital payments proliferate globally, the Indian market continues to represent one of the most exciting opportunities that we see in the world,” Apis Co-Founder and Managing Partner Udayan Goyal said in the press release.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He later became a store manager, then a district manager and then a buyer. He worked in Walmart China as a chief merchandising and marketing officer. He became the Sam’s Club president and CEO in 2017. I’m grateful for this opportunity and ready to get started,” said Furner. There’s no better place than Walmart U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

He later became a store manager, then a district manager and then a buyer. He worked in Walmart China as a chief merchandising and marketing officer. He became the Sam’s Club president and CEO in 2017. I’m grateful for this opportunity and ready to get started,” said Furner. There’s no better place than Walmart U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

StockX , the world’s first “stock market of things,” announced that it has closed on a $110 million Series C funding round, leading it past a $1 billion annual GMV run rate in less than three years. StockX plans to use the investment to expand its international growth in both the European and Asian markets.

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William Mills

APRIL 20, 2017

Seth Wheeler, Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase, posed the question, “Do we build or do we partner?” Tony Garritano from Progress in Lending held an Innovations Awards event at the London House which showcased seven companies in the mortgage industry that are leading the way in compliance, eClosings, appraisals and information management.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2017

DSW, the branded footwear and accessories retailer, announced the appointment of Michele Love as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Designer Shoe Warehouse, effective May 1, 2017. These three individuals bring valuable leadership and diverse expertise as we strengthen our focus on the customer, product, and experience.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2017

As part of the deal, Argentum Managing Partner Walter Barandiaran joined the NuORDER’s board of directors. “At B2B eCommerce market was valued at $777 billion and estimates that the market will reach $1.2 Argentum joins existing investors Upfront Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Cowboy Ventures, Novel TMT and BoxGroup.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

In a press release , Toyota AI Ventures said the fund will be led by Jim Adler, founding managing director and executive advisor at the Toyota Research Institute. The unit was founded in July of 2017 and has since invested in 19 startups.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Canada’s financial services market is counting itself among the ranks of the transformative ones of the world. The nation is embracing faster payments and FinTech innovation, while the market is being shaped by everything from the payments Modernization initiative of Payments Canada to the legalization of marijuana.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The app will enable community financial institutions (CFIs) to compete with larger financial institutions by providing their business banking customers with iOS and Android access to this secure and easy-to-use account management platform.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

That’s the message sent by Matt Good, senior vice president and general manager at Elan Advisory Services , during a recent PYMNTS discussion with Karen Webster. Those operations manage and own 50 percent of [U.S. Deposit Trends. It’s not a problem of scope those smaller FIs face so much as one of deposits, Good told Webster.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Appetize provides fixed POS for iOS and Android, self-serve kiosks, handheld POS, online and mobile ordering, robust back-end inventory and reporting management tools. Appetize’s POS systems are currently used in entertainment venues, convention centers, dining locations, university campuses and theme parks, among others.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

That reality was on display in payments and commerce this week as Apple attempted a reset in its leadership team, Etsy had to calm a legion of underpaid sellers and Lyft managed to pull out and toward the IPO finish line early in the race in 2019. Apple New Leadership Groove.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

in 2017 on healthcare services. So as we looked for areas to focus on in healthcare, we recognized that fraud, waste and abuse could benefit from our experience and competencies, given our leadership in fraud mitigation and security,” Griffin said, noting Mastercard’s 2017 acquisition of AI firm Brighterion.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The Breitmans promised a new blockchain — with governance better than bitcoin’s and built to withstand the kind of strike that has made bitcoin something of a bouncing ball in the market (though one that of late has managed to float mostly up). The Breitmans now have a series of high stakes lawsuits ahead of them.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In 2017, he was named the Head of Enterprise Fraud Management, expanding his responsibilities to include consumer lending fraud, fraud strategies and fraud prevention. Andy has a 35-year banking background with experience ranging across retail enterprise strategies, regional management, product management and fraud operations.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

GOOG has already grown over nine percent since the beginning of 2017. Alphabet is expected to report its Q1 2017 earnings in just over a month, which will set the tone for the coming months and work to hone the spread of projections through the end of the year. Alphabet’s current estimated market cap sat over $591.4

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

There have been many such partnerships under Bisignano’s leadership. In the first five months of 2017, First Data has acquired Acculynk and CardConnect; partnered with cross border payments firm, Flywire, ShopKeep and KIWI; strengthened its partnership with Jack Henry and launched a JV with Fleetcor for gift cards.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

Launched in May 2017, GPI is designed to improve the speed and efficiency of global payments, and it accounts for 25 percent of all SWIFT cross-border payment traffic , the company said last month. As of June 2017, “98 percent of the payments between the United States and China are performed in U.S. Dollars,” according to SWIFT.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

“Both sides felt it was time for a leadership transition, according to a person briefed on the decision who asked not to be named because those discussions were private,” CNBC reported. SoulCycle had planned an initial public offering, but in May 2018 withdrew it because of what the company said was unfavorable market conditions.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2018

The transition, which has reportedly been code-named Kalamata, remains in its infancy – though the broad stroke is said to have been approved by Apple’s executive leadership. Stifel analyst Kevin Cassidy said in a note that he believed the market was “overreacting” to the report. “We billion in revenue from commercial loans in 2017.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Stacey Madge, country manager and president of Visa Canada, said that Canada in general, and Toronto in specific, was an ideal launching ground for the first steps of She’s Next outside the United States because of an ideal confluence of facts emerging in the nation. Today (Oct. Building Out A Better Future For Female Entrepreneurs .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

More women have finished college and started businesses, as well as work outside the home and fill management or supervisory blue-collar positions, than at any previous point in U.S. According to a study by Babson College , all-male leadership teams receive 80 percent of the venture funding in the U.S. Thirty-eight percent of all U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Analysts say that investors’ wallets could be opening up as we enter 2017, though. VCs used 2016 to manage costs, set priorities and valuations,” explained Rahul Khanna, managing partner at Trifecta Capital, in an interview with Business Standard published Wednesday (Dec. They need to manage the burn, drift and cut losses.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2018

The leadership team actually voted to kill the project, but Hurst was able to talk then-CEO Ron Shaich into keeping the pilot going for a little while. “I billion in revenue in 2017; off-premise dining — which includes, delivery, to-go and catering — makes up about 62 percent off Panera’s business.

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FICO

JANUARY 4, 2018

Here were the top 5 posts of 2017 in the Risk & Compliance category: US Average FICO Score Hits 700: A Milestone for Consumers. Yes, and psychometric risk analytics could expand credit in markets worldwide. 2017 Banking Regulatory Predictions—Brace for a Sea Change. Using Alternative Data in Credit Risk Modelling.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Verifone reported first quarter results that largely met expectations, driven in part by a shift to services, while management pointed to execution on strategic priorities tied to the current fiscal year. Galant stated that in fiscal 2017, Verifone generated more than $500 million in recurring services revenue. “In million were off 3.8

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Prior to the issuance of the two new reports, the Bureau’s most recent report on overdrafts was issued in August 2017 under the leadership of former Director Cordray. Two earlier reports were issued in June 2013 and July 2014 , also under former Director Cordray.

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