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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The fourth quarter of 2018 was kind to Venmo and Zelle , the two big peer-to-peer (P2P) services that are battling for consumer loyalty and market supremacy — a fight that pits PayPal , the owner of Venmo, against the banks that operate Zelle. 31, 2018, with a year-end goal of 300 million.) P2P Numbers. Zelle Bank Gains.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

billion Mastercard and Maestro-branded cards issued globally as of year-end. In Latin America, he continued, “We are cautiously optimistic that economic growth in that region in 2018 will be similar to 2017.”. In addition, the number of switched transactions was up 17 percent to 16.7 The company also counted 2.4

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

“Increased Allpoint and bank-branded transactions across many of our retailers drove 3 percent growth in our North America business, excluding the impact from 7-Eleven,” said Cardtronics CEO Edward H. According to a recent report, consumers there used their debit cards 13.2 Meanwhile, the U.K. now using them. billion and $1.34

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JANUARY 14, 2019

Revenue from credit cards gained 1 percent, standing at $5.1 Drilling down into the consumer profile a bit, Citi said that in North America, total revenues from consumer banking in this region came to $5.2 Revenue from branded cards came to $2.2 billion, flat with a year ago, as average loans gained 2 percent.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2019

“Excluding the gain on sale in the prior period, revenues increased 3%, primarily driven by an increase in cards revenues and improved deposit spreads,” Citigroup said in a statement. Card average loans for the bank increased by 2 percent year over year, while card purchase sales increased by 5 percent in the third quarter of 2019.

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JUNE 28, 2019

The next step will be to invite banks from other countries and this is why we want to concentrate our efforts right now on our region, central Europe.” . BLIK is taking advantage of Mastercard virtual debit cards tokenized by the Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) to make it happen.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2018

Dickerson said the on-demand meal kit pilot program builds on Blue Apron’s existing relationship with Costco (Blue Apron has a gift card business with Costco, for example). Beyond Costco, Dickerson said it’s important for Blue Apron to have partners with national reach as well as partners that are “strong regional players.”

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

And New England isn’t the only place enjoying the autumn chill as it sets in — although we are perhaps enjoying it more colorfully with the region’s famed foliage. Gift Cards’ New Unfavorable Fans. In fact, they have favored brands, with iTunes and Google Play cards popular favorites.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2018

China Leads The 2018 Advertising Push. That has left an opening that Chinese brands are planning to spend — $832 million to fill on advertising — during the World Cup. That amounts to roughly 1 percent of China’s total advertising budget for 2018. This year’s FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia will add $2.4B

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Isn’t Only for Big Brands. this seemingly high-tech format is being adopted (and adapted) by smaller, regional stores without Amazon-sized budgets. Customers can use credit cards or cash or go completely cashierless with Grabango’s payment app. What’s the reality so far? In the U.S.,

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CB Insights

AUGUST 26, 2021

Meanwhile, the average deal size has decreased steadily in the past few years, and the firm is cutting checks to many first-time investments as it aims to diversify its portfolio and build out a wide-sweeping ecosystem of disruptive tech brands. Our Business Social Graph below includes all equity investments since 2018. Company name.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Card volume for on-demand, live-streamed and game or software content increased by 35 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to a First Data SpendTrend report. Regular retail experienced just 14 percent growth year-over-year, suggesting on-demand is fast emerging as a developing segment for digital commerce brands.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The dedicated AR device market is projected to reach just under $660 million by 2018. The current hype surrounding AR can draw in new customers to a brand that implements it, while AR’s ability to increase user participation can work toward customer retention. Those numbers look pretty different by region. Will Devices Drive AR?

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 23, 2022

That was, Azlo which was incubated within BBVA and launched in 2018. So here we go again with the upcoming launch of Zion Bancorp’s Zifi brand. Debit card. Smart, albeit expensive, for a regional bank to create a national digital brand. Actually, it’s only happened one time (in the United States) that I can recall.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

However, an awful lot is in fact different at the dusk of 2018 than it was at the dawn. The year 2018 saw massive changes in where consumers shop, how they pay, and what goods and services they want in their carts. Yet, as 2018 was coming to a close, Facebook was hit with just a bit more bad news. The Facebook Follies.

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MARCH 5, 2018

By offering QR-based digital payments, smaller retailers can achieve these goals and create greater customer stickiness with little to no investment beyond the phone they already have,” said Jorn Lambert, EVP, Digital Channels and Regions, Mastercard. In spring 2018, participating U.S. In spring 2018, participating U.S.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

For Chinese consumers, the partnership will allow any UnionPay consumer to link their card credentials to a PayPal wallet — and start transactions with PayPal’s 24 million merchants worldwide. That is a lot more than the card networks have right now.”. That may not sound like a lot, but that is almost double from 2018.

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MyBankTracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

If you are looking for any type of personal insurance and already have a AAA membership, The California State Automobile Association (CSAA) could be the AAA-affiliated insurer that services your region. In 2018, AAA, underwritten by CSAA Insurance Group, was named the highest-ranked auto insurance brand in the Southwest from the J.D.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Recently, a number of states and region-specific ACG clubs have undergone some reorganization while continuing to provide services under the AAA name. In 2018, AAA, underwritten by CSAA Insurance Group, was named the highest-ranked auto insurance brand in the Southwest from the J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Auto Insurance Study.

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NCR

APRIL 11, 2018

In its latest report on mobile and digital wallets, published in January 2018, the US Payments Forum highlighted some of the key drivers of consumer adoption of these products. Consider the huge success of a brand such as Amazon, which has spent years perfecting its algorithms to make appropriate product recommendations to customers.

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NCR

DECEMBER 27, 2017

It has certainly been an interesting year, with highlights including the 50 th anniversary of the ATM, brand new real-time payment systems being introduced and ongoing preparation for a regulatory shift that could transform the industry as we know it. So what about 2018? 50 years of the ATM. Preparing for PSD2.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Existing startups like the UK’s Revolut are also looking to expand in the region. Investors are ramping up investment: In the first 10 months of 2018, this cohort has seen investors participate in 53 investments worth $1.72B, representing 57% of the $3B raised in the last 5 years. valuation and crossed 1M accounts in September 2018.

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MyBankTracker

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Through a series of mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations, the ACSC is now an AAA-affiliated insurer and, as the name suggests, serves customers in the Southern California region. The 2018 J.D. Coverage and rates vary by state and region; no coverage offered in some areas. Industry ratings and standing. How does ACSC work?

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JUNE 24, 2019

All of the items—such as hand-blended hair serum and handmade fruit spray—are made by California artisans, with no big corporate brands included in the boxes. For payments, the company accepts credit cards and debit cards. The Brands. McClure noted that the items work as a whole collection or can be broken apart.

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MARCH 31, 2020

The partnership enables CoinEx users to buy cryptocurrencies like bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and USDT with their Visa or Mastercard credit cards directly. Enabling fast and secure credit card payments is a key step to mass crypto adoption. USD, EUR, CAD and other fiat currencies are supported. “We

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Tech and Finance

JUNE 14, 2018

Regional change is driven by changing customer behaviour and demands according to 55% of banking survey respondents. June 11 Extend’s Millennials Report Shows Only 11% Of Millennials Have A Business Credit Card From Their Employer. May 2018 GlobalData. June 12 Temenos. – 52.3% million being entrepreneurs. – 28.3%

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AUGUST 31, 2018

as of 2018. Surging sales: Amazon saw grocery sales rise by 40 percent in Q2 2018. When linked to the Amazon Chase card, the cash-back makes the experience even more of a win, in addition to serving as a natural pull toward card/brand share shift. We couldn’t help but start to think about the Hunger Games.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Nubank : Gets a $180 million investment from Tencent, which brings Tencent into the Latin American market and also makes Nubank among the most highly valued startups in the region. One executive at a large agency saying that some brands call Google search ads “quaint” and have been requesting their ads be moved to Amazon.

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MARCH 21, 2018

It’s an exciting time to be a global brand. In western markets, eCommerce continues to grow steadily — but, more importantly, it’s taking significant hold in less developed markets, opening up opportunities for brands to secure footholds in new regions. China tends to set the benchmark for the entire region.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

This new transaction type can start to cannibalize their signature volume, which has a trickle-down effect in that if there is a branding agreement in place with volume commitments with Mastercard or Visa, rebates will be impacted and penalties could be incurred. Now, many card issuers are seeing 50% PIN, 50% sig. transaction.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

billion, and Mastercard increased its card count 6 percent to 2.6 Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga said on the earnings call that growth was underpinned by a macro environment that remains unchanged, where consumer spending remains relatively strong “with some moderation vs. 2018.” Commercial Card Pacts and Click to Pay.

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JUNE 14, 2019

“We’re talking about tens of thousands of merchants who are really excited about the opportunity that Alipay provides them to tap into those wealthy and middle class consumers who are traveling to see the world and want to buy great brands from Europe,” Palmer noted. QR Codes Big Break On The European Stage .

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JULY 1, 2019

WeChat soon became that place where Chinese consumers could talk to their friends and make new ones, connect with brands they like and find new ones, and transact with them on and offline. In fact, just last week, Cartier, Bulgari and other luxury brands agreed to sell on WeChat for that very reason.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

WrkRiot’s short-lived house of cards falls down. After a comprehensive investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Holmes was banned from the laboratory testing industry for two years and was ultimately charged with wire fraud by the Department of Justice in summer 2018. Bouxtie’s broken promises. The Outcome.

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APRIL 23, 2018

And digital wallets face new risks to their model on the heels of the card brands’ recent embrace of browser-based, EMVCo-based online standards (Secure Remote Commerce, or SRC) that deliver a robust card-on-file solution experience for their issuers’ products inside a single “Pay” button. To name but a few. Take retail.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

After soaring to a multi-billion-dollar valuation behind an iconic founder, a team of prominent backers, and a promise to revolutionize blood testing, Theranos officially ceased operations in 2018. Holmes and former Theranos president Ramesh Balwani were indicted on charges of defrauding investors, patients, and doctors in June 2018.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Chris Messina, inventor of the Twitter hashtag and product designer for Google and Uber, wrote, “[Y]ou and I will be talking to brands and companies over Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and elsewhere before year’s end, and will find it normal.”. By 2018, news coverage of chatbots was in decline. Source: CB Insights.

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