PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

China’s startup market had a good year in 2018, with close to 100 technology companies garnering a valuation of more than $1 billion. Hurun also found that in 2018 there were 24 Chinese tech initial public offerings (IPOs) but that investors appear to be souring on IPOs because of their weak performance.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—Crypto wallet provider Wirex will be expanding its services to several new markets in 2018, including the United States, CEO Pavel Matveev told Bank Innovation. It’s [one of] our top priorities at the moment, we are in the process of getting a company, looking for names,” Matveev said. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Glenn Fodor, SVP and head of First Data Insights, contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. Furthermore, Amazon expects physical retail sales will likely be north of $15 billion in 2018. Most notably in its offline push during 2018, Amazon launched a series of cashierless concept stores known as Amazon Go.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In addition to fireside chats, startup demos, and general sessions, Bank Innovation’s 2018 conference has added a pre-conference workshop on how to build an innovation team, added even more time […].

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Those promise to stand as two main traits of the 2018 holiday shopping season , and retailers that gain an edge and increase revenue during the all-important fourth quarter will likely have exploited such tactics during this period, at least according to new data that strives to paint a detailed picture of U.S. Offline And Online Cozy Up.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

In 2018 the Supreme Court struck down a 1984 federal law that prohibited gambling in most states. And that opened up an entirely new playing field for online gaming establishments now free to operate in any state that would allow them. Or Michigan, which starts online gambling Friday, Jan. There have been advances.

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JANUARY 19, 2020

Mumbai, India-based online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace Beldara is planning a global expansion to link more international suppliers with overseas buyers, reports said on Thursday (Jan. billion in technology startup funding last year, a new record for the market, and almost $4 billion higher than it saw in 2018.

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JULY 5, 2020

Federal workers, through partnerships with several online retailers, will now be able to purchase equipment like desks or office supplies through an eCommerce network for the first time, The Washington Post reports. The GSA is estimated to spend around $6 billion per year on open market credit card purchases.

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MARCH 31, 2020

If there’s any industry that has been slow to transition online, it’s antiques. Two recent moves from leading arts and antique dealers are leading a trend toward online arts and antique buying. Now we’re going to take a smaller storefront and concentrate more online. We’re finally knocking down the barriers online.”.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 16, 2018

For market participants, this means a world of possibilities. Rarely a day goes by that the financial industry isn’t being infused with the latest and greatest technologies. Fintech, or the marriage between finance and technology, is several decades in the making.

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JUNE 9, 2019

million on lobbying in 2018 and for two years in a row has been the leading corporate spender among the tech companies. In 2009 Google spent $4 million on lobbying, with that increasing fivefold in 2018. million in lobbying in 2018, which was up 27 percent from two years ago, while Facebook spent $12.6 million in 2018.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

Online retail has had a tremendous impact on logistics, further evidence of which emerged on Monday (June 3). The shift toward online shopping is reconfiguring supply chains and shaping the fortunes of industrial landlords, with demand especially high in and around large cities, where eCommerce has taken off fastest.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Online gambling or gaming is one possible outlet, and the sector may even make it through the pandemic with less financial damage than other industries. Online Gambling Changes . The pandemic is sweeping through an already critical year for online betting. Such sites are expecting major growth in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Although Alibaba and JD.com usually lead China’s eCommerce market, the four-year-old Pinduoduo is “popular with China’s lower-tier city residents.” Amazon China held less than 1 percent of China’s total eCommerce market as of June 2018, according to market research institute eMarketer (in Chinese). In addition, major U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down a 1992 law passed by Congress that made it illegal for most states to legalize sports betting within their borders. The decision opened the floodgates to legalized sports betting – both in-person and online – in the U.S. The industry is big business – and getting bigger by the day.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

This year, retailers from Kroger to Whole Foods Market brought new offerings ranging from cashierless checkout to personal shopping services to their stores. In August, Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced the rollout of a curbside pickup service for groceries in Virginia Beach and Sacramento. Personal Shopping Services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

grocery shoppers may purchase at least some of their groceries online within five to seven years, according to a Food Marketing Institute and Nielsen report, CNBC reported. You can now find the basics of living online pretty easily.”. With a faster pace of adoption than previously expected, the majority of U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

According to the report, cybercrime touched nearly every sector throughout 2018, including those that may seem less obvious, like education or manufacturing — and for one obvious reason: the money. For example, Marriott , Facebook and a database marketing firm by the name of Exactis exposed the records of roughly 300 million people.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The shop owners are looking to see if automation can make deliveries quicker while keeping costs down, as they work with a new roster of companies that seek to increase the efficiency of online order fulfillment in a small amount of space, The Wall Street Journal reported. Online orders still comprise a small portion of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

The rise in online shopping means more shoppers needing refunds on returned merchandise. Twenty-five to 30 percent of online orders are returned, three times higher than physical purchases. According to CBRE, in 2018 online returns were forecast to reach $37 billion in value during the gift-giving season.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

According to its Securities and Exchange Commission stock registration statement, as cited by CNBC , the online mattress retailer said it lost $73.4 million in 2018. The mattress market, however, has blossomed with new entrants, with the inclusion of Nectar , Tuft & Needle , Leesa, and Purple. million in 2017 and $92.1

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Here are my picks for the top 3 PR trends in 2018. It should come as no surprise then that the ability to craft a content strategy is the number one skill CMOs are looking for in 2018. This could be a huge opportunity for PR Agencies in 2018. Content strategy. However, only 31% have a documented strategy.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The following piece was written by Rob Eleveld, CEO of Whitepages Pro , as a contribution to our 2018 year-end eBook. . Payments 2018 was a year of accelerated disruption. Then came checks, credit cards and wire transfers, with the most recent market explosion in several digital payment options. Historically, cash was king.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

still decided to postpone its listing “in light of currently unfavourable and uncertain market conditions, particularly in the technology sector.” Kaspi.kz, which is part-owned by Baring Vostok and Goldman Sachs , offers online payments and an eCommerce marketplace accessed through an app. stock market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The data-driven “Restock Kroger” initiative will largely take the place of new growth in the coming year, according to Supermarket News , with improvements to customer service and assortment winning out over expansion in 2018. The retailer is also expanding online ordering and delivery options available through Shipt and Uber.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

Zion Market Research released a report about the accounts payable software market on Wednesday (March 20), estimating the market will reach about $1,567 million by 2025, according to a release by the company. The global accounts payable software market is segmented on the basis of type and application.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

ALDI has announced that it is expanding its online grocery delivery service to all of its stores in the United States. According to Chain Store Age , the German supermarket company will use its partnership with Instacart to roll out the service to 75 major markets, including San Diego, New York City, Miami, Raleigh and Minneapolis.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As more and more people look to complete everyday errands from home, pharmacy is an important and needed addition to the Amazon online store,” Doug Herrington , senior vice president of North American consumer, Amazon, said in a statement. The new Prime benefit comes care of the eCommerce giant’s new separate storefront: Amazon Pharmacy. “As

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—Online lender OnDeck grew originations and expects even more growth this year, according to its earnings call today. The New York-based OnDeck expects “originations to grow at double-digit rates” over the next year, company CEO Noah Breslow said during the call this morning.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Digital disbursements are appearing in unexpected markets , such as sports betting platforms and boatsharing sites. Data: 700 million: The number of active annual Alipay users exceeded this figure in 2018. taxpayers who received federal tax refunds via direct deposit as of May 2018. million: The number of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

For example, over the last two years, Mastercard has moved its focus from start-ups that are still quite nascent, to those that have taken important steps to grow by raising funds, putting an actual product in market and beginning to scale. “And our goal is to find the opportunities to work together with start-up companies.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Pepsi has purchased Be & Cheery, a Chinese company that sells online snacks, for a reported $705 million, according to a report Monday (Feb. The move, if approved by Haoxiangni shareholders and China’s top market regulators, would make Pepsi “China’s leading consumer-centric food and beverage company.”. 24) by CNN.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

3 Super Bowl approaches — heaven for football fans and gamblers, including bettors who make wagers via online channels — federal authorities have brought a new level of uncertainty into the prospect of those legal bets. Department of Justice (DOJ) will essentially shut down a source of revenue made possible by a 2018 U.S. As the Feb.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

The video game market was one of the first to move into the subscription economy, even before gaming went online. Gaming subscriptions shifted direction as the world moved online, making things a little more complex. Competing in a Global Subscription Market. billion and comprising 45 percent of the global gaming market.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

eCommerce market is far below previous projections. online sales to 37.7 In the April letter Amazon for the first time officially confirmed the percentage total gross merchandise sales in 2018 that came via third-party sellers — 58 percent. New estimates from eMarketer say that Amazon’s share of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The tool is good for purchases for up to $1,000, he said, though cannot be used on limited-time sales or, for that matter, PillPack prescriptions via Amazon, which bought the online pharmacy in 2018. in late 2018. Amazon and Western Union launched the service outside of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

That was on top of news that Walmart’s increased profit-margin pressure was pushing an annual revenue estimate for 2018 that missed investor expectations. McMillon assured investors that 2018 should see an average eCommerce sales growth rate of 40 percent. This issue, among others, is on Walmart’s priority list for 2018.

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