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JUNE 18, 2018

Some important financial technologies are changing the way the world is doing business and that change is now reaching the securities industry. At the SIFMA Fintech Conference this week these powerful technologies will be on display in the Big Apple. Another technology in discussion will be the ever prevailing blockchain technologies.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

market, other research released recently showed the headwinds that small firms are facing from global competition and larger rivals, particularly when it comes to embracing digitization. “But as they grow, they are being stretched by operational issues and manual processes.” trillion in 2015, the report said.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Yandex, a Russian technology giant and car-sharing company, plans to expand its car-sharing offerings into Europe as other companies in the space retreat, according to a report by the Financial Times. Yandex’s car-sharing service was founded in 2018. The largest market in the world is in Moscow, with 30,000 cars.

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MAY 13, 2019

As technology reshapes the way buyers access goods and services, consumer expectations are moving targets, and merchants that hope to survive can’t afford to fall behind. From Reis & Irvy’s to Vengo , merchants and technology companies are reinventing the world of vending technology through smart devices.

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MARCH 19, 2018

“Intelligent automation allows business and technology to function together for a common goal instead of against working against one another.”. – Saket Sinha, IBM Vice President & Partner, Banking & Financial Markets. The need for this type of technology is steadily becoming apparent and a necessity.

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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. Capital expenditures for 2018 are projected at $3 billion. Part of the strategy may include unloading its $1.4

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JULY 30, 2018

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, the global retail electronic point of sale (EPOS) technology company, announced on Monday (July 30) that it has grown its worldwide self-checkout (SCO) market share by 46 percent, according to research and consulting company RBR.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

We have deep dives on cloud technology, business-to-business (B2B) payments and Visa’s deal to acquire YellowPepper. The purchase builds on a strategic partnership and investment made in 2018, where Visa invested in the firm back then. Ant Group took its listing to the Shanghai Star Market and the Hong Kong Stock exchange.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

A new survey from Citizens Bank explores how mid-market CFOs in the U.S. are anticipating new technologies and market trends for the year to come, with these professionals signaling interest in real-time and electronic payments. In an announcement Thursday (Dec. In an announcement Thursday (Dec. ”

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AUGUST 21, 2020

As it approaches its potential introduction to the public markets, Palantir is reportedly set to be the newest in a line of tech firms to go public long prior to bringing in positive income, The New York Times reported. It had a net loss of $580 million, roughly equivalent to its loss in 2018, while costs were slightly above $1 billion.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Every day the world hears about another blockchain project in the works or another distributed ledger technology consortium forming. Just last week, Deloitte found that in 2016 alone, nearly 27,000 new blockchain projects surfaced on the market. Today, only 8 percent of them remain active. Reports said the filing, dated Nov.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

With some analysts projecting a trillion IoT-enabled devices to be in use around the world by 2035, defending the IoT ecosystem is becoming more crucial as emerging technologies spread across business sectors and spark the development of smarter cities, homes and automobiles. billion in three years, up from its 2018 value of $79.5

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Parker went on to note that the goal of Amazon’s Pharmacy platform is to inject transparency into the market so that any patient can easily understand their options. The news also sent immediate ripples through the entire pharmacy ecosystem, particularly in the stock market. pharmacy market has been anticipated ever since.

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JULY 2, 2018

Apple has long been in the lead to become the first $1 trillion company based on its stock market value, but Amazon, the nation’s leading eCommerce player, is closing in on the iPhone maker. At the start of 2018, Bloomberg said Apple’s stock market value was 50 percent larger than Amazon’s, but now the gap is closer to 10 percent.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Given IBM’s experiences helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey with Cloud and AI, we’re particularly excited that “Enabling the digital economy” is the Sibos 2018 conference theme. Jim Brill, IBM Financial Services Marketing. IBM at Sibos 2018. Stay tuned for more blogs on Sibos 2018!

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Reuters noted that the case was rare, given it marked one of the first times a taxi company sued a ride-hailing company on the basis that its entry into the market resulted in it losing profits. The court found Grab ran afoul of regulations in Vietnam because it runs a taxi business and is not just a technology company.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

In today’s top news, China’s economy grew by its slowest rate since 1990, Alphabet reached $1 trillion market value, and attempted check fraud spiked 43 percent. Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reached $1 trillion market value, joining Apple, Amazon and Microsoft in hitting the milestone.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8 on March 13.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Faced with massively escalating data volumes, exponentially growing regulatory requirements, legacy risk and IT systems that just aren’t up to the new reality and increasing market pressure to improve performance, something has to change. Think is the event where the problems of tomorrow meet the minds of today.

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JANUARY 1, 2018

And what are the existing and emerging technologies that marketing teams will be spending more on in 2018? Whether you sell into the Marketing Department or you are marketer, check out our predictions for marketing spend in 2018, based on trends from year-over-year survey results.

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Insights on Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Given IBM’s experiences helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey with Cloud and AI, we’re particularly excited that “Enabling the digital economy” is the Sibos 2018 conference theme. Jim Brill, IBM Financial Services Marketing. IBM at Sibos 2018. Stay tuned for more blogs on Sibos 2018!

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JULY 10, 2018

Coming up on the half mark in 2018, total fundraising on the continent has hit $168.6 Financial technology seems to be leading the startup charge, representing 40 percent of the largest 10 deals of the year so far, collectively worth $100 million. million — already ahead of 2017’s full-year take of $167.7 So why the boom?

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MARCH 11, 2020

A Newark Airport store will start using Amazon’s Just Walk Out cashierless technology on March 16, just days after the company announced it was licensing the platform to retailers, according to reports on Wednesday (March 11). . OTG operates 350 restaurants and shops in 10 airports, including in Minneapolis, Washington D.C.,

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JANUARY 18, 2018

But according to a new report from EY, it would be unfair to say that regulation is the only driving force behind large banks’ changing market strategies. In its Global Banking Outlook 2018 survey , EY assessed 221 financial institutions across 29 markets. Optimism Up. “The

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JULY 5, 2020

In 2018, SoftBank ’s Vision Fund and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the Chinese multinational technology company specializing in eCommerce, retail, Internet, and technology, led a $1.1 the multinational internet technology company headquartered in Beijing. billion funding round for Tokopedia. “We and Europe.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

While there are all sorts of suggestions for what banks will need to look out for in 2018, one factor that they may need to pay particularly close attention to is the rise of a new type of competitor – one that will already be familiar to most customers. Why big tech could shake up the market. What could it do for consumers?

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The news underscores not only the importance of China to the larger world of app technology and commerce, but also provides more evidence of the power of app stores and app availability in general. Russia’s app market is hot, according to analysis from Forbes , and promises to account for more app store spending in the coming years.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

CB Insights unveiled the second annual Fintech 250 — a list of 250 of the most promising private companies applying a mix of software and technology to transform the financial services industry. The market map below categorizes the Fintech 250 companies based on core area of focus. THE FINTECH 250 STORY. Please click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

As global smartwatch shipments grew by 37 percent year-over-year in the second quarter, Apple has maintained dominance in the category with a 41 percent market share. The Apple Watch has been driving the wearables market: The company saw sales jump 60 percent in 2017, with 16 million units shipped.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Virtual Kitchen works to provide technology for others to set up commercial kitchens for food delivery. The company helps restaurants to deliver food to expecting customers without the costlier parts of operating a dining room or whole store at the same time, which has become necessary amid the pandemic. billion by 2026, CNBC reported.

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JUNE 4, 2018

Digital is turning us into freelance workers whose worries about healthcare costs could finally help drive down those prices, and whose online purchasing seems increasingly likely to be influenced by Alibaba and other China-based operations. on-demand workforce will increase 23 percent year over year in 2018, with some 6.8

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JULY 15, 2019

Guest bloggers Ben Lopez and Charlie Arthy examine the evolving role of the COO in post three of their series on achieving simplified, future-ready bank operations. Our recent banking survey showed that 74 percent of bank operations executives named customer experience as one of the top three priorities. ¹

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The alliance will reportedly result in a digital technology that offers wholesaler access to credit and completely digitized marketing campaigns. The group will also harness the mobile technology of N-Frnds to more effectively communicate future promotional efforts involving wholesalers and suppliers. The ADB approximated a $1.5

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FICO

JULY 13, 2020

Two months ago, I posted about why it is important for collections operations to adopt a forward-looking approach to debt management – basically the importance of having a clear and compelling vision. New guidelines from the FCA that call for operational resilience in collections reinforce this point. The Expectation for Resilience.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Miami-based micromobility startup Bolt , co-founded by Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, is expanding to 48 new markets after acquiring the assets of Last Mile Holdings, which included the mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platform Gotcha. The company added that its strategy targets technology solutions for the micromobility ecosystem. .

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MAY 25, 2018

Core to the discussion was how we build platforms: how we make fundamental shifts in our technology, processes, people and ultimately our markets to deliver better customer experiences, build skilled workforces, and solve industry-wide challenges. — IBM FinTech (@IBMFinTech) May 22, 2018. Enter the platform.

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MAY 2, 2018

and abroad, companies such as McDonald’s are off to a positive start in 2018. But mall owners and operators are occupied with a different focus: what to do with closing anchor tenants that once filled valuable space in their malls. As the company expands into new markets, it’s starting to recognize economies of scale, Maloney said.

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