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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. Sometimes those innovations disrupted old models and players; other times they made them better and more efficient. The Invisible Innovators .

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

This Year was brought to you by the number 2020 and the letters W, T and F” – Big Bird (more or less). Sit back and enjoy our take on the best and worst of banking in 2020 as you celebrate the holidays. Most Oft-Heard Statements of 2020. Kudos to blazing new trails that many institutions are taking on in 2020.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

What makes the current developments so interesting and exciting is that “we're just seeing that they're at the end of the innovation growth cycle,” he explained. All of these new FinTechs and digital innovators are changing the landscape as the role of payments rapidly shifts in the broader financial services arena.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

And in retail innovation, Indonesia’s Blibli.com has opened a cashierless brick-and-mortar store location for its BlibliMart brand. Data: 10K: Maximum number of scooters that would be permitted in 2020 with D.C.’s s program for dockless electric vehicle operators. All this, Today in Data. 2017: The year D.C

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JANUARY 14, 2020

And in health, VillageMD will operate primary care clinics in five Walgreens stores that will have a separate storefront and a door connecting the two spaces. 1.8T: Approximate amount of money counterfeiting is estimated to bring in by the end of 2020. All this, Today in Data.

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MARCH 31, 2020

High-level market intelligence about the $18 billion expected to be invested over the next three years is a major focus of the March 2020 Automated Retail Tracker™ from PYMNTS , which serves as a bimonthly breakdown of developments in this rapidly growing business sector. Amazon Go’ Cashless.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

But the one thing that might work is taking a page from the innovation playbook that Netflix seems to have written and followed over the last 22 years. A combination of forces — Netflix’s own content and technology innovations and advances in hardware and software — helped them consistently attract more eyeballs. Until March of 2020.

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MAY 4, 2020

He will be tasked with developing strategy, direction and comprehensive success of Mastercard’s operations across 53 countries in Europe. Mastercard’s European businesses cater to more than 950 million people via business partnerships with retailers, financial institutions (FIs) and other companies.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity firm, while Starbucks will help Washington state with the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. The retailer has tasked 11 staffers with full-time work in distributing the vaccine there. The count of U.S.

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JANUARY 13, 2020

Fitness and wellness are helping to change the face of retail in 2020. Furthermore, consumers are always looking for variety, and for community — something a digital operation like ClassPass can help build in almost a social media-like way. Innovation is also taking place within retail brick-and-mortar pharmacies.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Plan for new technology and innovations. The banking industry has faced many challenges in 2020, from transitioning to CECL, managing Paycheck Protection Program loans, and navigating an unprecedented economic recession. More than 500 banking professionals across the country gathered for a two-day 2020 ThinkBIG: Manage Risk.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

WHSmith has revealed it will acquire Marshall Retail Group (MRG) in an effort to boost its presence in U.S. Founded in 1792, WHSmith has operations in over 100 airports across 30 countries outside the U.K. MRG currently operates more than 170 locations across the United States, with 70 of those locations operating inside airports.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

In today’s top news, purchases via voice assistant are up 10 percent year-over-year, and Afterpay is now available in-store nationwide with major retailers. Afterpay Goes In-Store Nationwide With Major Retailers. 13) unveiled its iPhone 12, which as was widely expected, operates on high-speed 5G networks. on Tuesday (Oct.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

And according to Doug Brown, senior vice president and general manager of digital banking at NCR , simplicity and innovation have turned what could have been a disastrous year into a transformational pivot for the better. Tackling those tougher problems to simplify things — and that’s true in banking, retail and restaurants.”.

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MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. The number of Kentucky Fried Chicken locations to adopt kiosks by 2020 is 5,000.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

market for initial public offerings (IPOs) had a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic — or perhaps because of it. billion during 2020’s first nine months. percent during 2020’s first nine months to $1.75 billion — not bad, but far below what other major online retailers are seeing. BigCommerce ($1.6

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MARCH 27, 2020

While the advancement of open banking regulations may be seeing a small skip due to the spread of the coronavirus , many countries saw business and typical banking operations halted right after deciding upon new online privacy rules. It remains to be seen if COVID-19 will have any effect on future developments of this rule.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 26, 2019

Capital One Financial plans to complete the exit from its data centers and to go fully into the public cloud by the end of 2020, Chairman and CEO Richard Fairbank said during the bank’s first-quarter earnings call on Thursday. based bank is expecting its full-year operating efficiency ratio to improve to 42% in […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2020

In October 1829, Sam Patch jumped down the 175-foot Horseshoe Falls (the largest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls), but Taylor was the innovator who came up with the idea of adding a barrel to the trip. Taylor was not the first person to attempt a plunge over the famous falls. Usually we run out fairly quickly.”.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

1, 2020 — at one point, the deadline was in 2017. However, that’s only part of what’s really going on when it comes to this particular card payments mark for convenience stores and gas pumps, according to a new PYMNTS interview with Chris Triconi, director of petro, convenience stores, and fuel retail at payment technology firm LISNR.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

And retail and commerce-related payments are certainly a big part of that trend. It’s not just the direct selling of products to consumers that matters when it comes to cross-border retail. Several retail and retail-related trends are at play with this funding announcement. Importance of Logistics and Payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Make sure you give your best smile when you are shopping in 2020. That’s because cameras are playing a much bigger role in retail, a trend that will keep gaining steam in the new decade. But recent changes have sparked even more interest and innovation from commerce operators. are now looking to follow suit.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

But as time passes and a new decade approaches – one that promises even higher levels of digital innovation and disruption – it’s becoming ever more clear that 5G mobile network technology will help power the so-called Industrial Revolution 4.0. Coal, steam and oil helped to fuel the industrial revolutions we read about in history books.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Smartphone shipments for Samsung increased in the second quarter of 2019, the company said in its latest earnings report , thanks to retail sales of its mid-level models. Samsung’s earnings provide a glimpse into the intersection of retail and mobile. Samsung plans to increase its market share in the technology to 20 percent by 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Take a look (and have a listen) at our 10 favorite podcasts from 2020. Fast-forward to the present, and Afterpay now counts more than 11 million active customers at 63,000 retailers – and most recently reported doing $2.1 Is 2020 Healthcare’s Year To #KillTheCheck? The other is technological innovation. According to J.P.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

Fifteen percent of in-store, point-of-sale (POS) transactions are expected to be made through contactless payments by 2020, according to the latest PYMNTS mPOS Tracker. While the pharmacy retailer had slowly brought the functionality to its brick-and-mortar stores, the rollout was subsequently publicized. cities each year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2017

Over the last few years, chatbots have taken the retail space by storm, helping to automate several key aspects of customer service. As such, it’s important to explore whether or not integrating chatbots into companies is having a positive or negative effect on its operations. What’s the effect of chatbots on the retail industry?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

These are the top stories in retail for Tuesday (Nov. percent of overall orders in Q3 2020 in contrast to 67.3 million orders in Q3 2020, marking a jump of 84.4 Carvana, which sells both used and new cars, has been one of the main innovators in the space, with its high-profile vending machines in several major markets.

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MARCH 11, 2020

The advance of Amazon’s cashierless technology is not a new story to the retail beat as of 2020. We’re not trying to replace them,” Cameron Janes, vice president of Amazon’s physical retail division, told CNBC. “I Have other retailers signed on with the service? We’re not trying to be Whole Foods.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

The firm said it plans to focus on scaling up and product innovation, building out its staff, and strengthening marketing initiatives. The firm, based in South Africa, said it will use the funding to scale operations across Southern Africa, the U.S. Flutterwave. million euros (nearly $75 million) in fresh funding for the firm.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Verizon , Verizon’s Skyward unit and UPS Flight Forward are teaming up to provide drone delivery for retail products using Verizon’s 4G LTE and 5G networks. We will need the ability to manage and support multiple drones, flying simultaneously, dispatched from a centralized location, operating in a secure and safe environment. “We

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

One of the biggest retail stories as we head into 2020 is how India is a battlefield of digital commerce, along with a hotbed of retail innovation. The eCommerce retailer is said to be working with Catamaran and has started hiring workers for the operation per unnamed sources, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

According to the new PYMNTS Order To Eat Tracker , the volume of mobile app orders rocketed 130 percent from 2016 to 2018, and the overall mobile order market value is set to reach $38 billion by 2020. And digital innovators are devising new ways to deliver food to consumers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Not just any decade, but one that has seen unprecedented levels of innovation touch nearly every industry segment and almost every corner of the world. Only then, he said, can one get clarity about how those dots can guide innovators about the future. 2020 Trendline One: Rapid Acceleration Of Cash To Digital Payments.

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JULY 27, 2020

“Given the seismic shift to digital, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing retail to achieve innovation in three to six months that would otherwise have taken three to five years. The pandemic has brought uncertainty to many businesses, but at the same time, it has sparked innovation,” said Ro Bhatia , chief operating officer at sticky.io.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2019

The race to 5G retail is on. The new, faster mobile network technology is a big part of the plans for many commerce and payments operators, even though specific use cases have been only slowly emerging as the technology and the devices to support it are deployed. 5G Retail Plans.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

You can count on at least one thing for retail in 2020: Things will get much more personal. There, Dynamic Yield , the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personalization platform operator, is being absorbed by fast-food chain McDonald’s. Many retailers are relying on AI to enhance personalization. Sonic Move.

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