PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Retailers, too, had to respond and revise their checkout experiences when fears over the new coronavirus lingering on surfaces led to consumers becoming reluctant to exchange cash with store clerks or insert payment cards into point-of-sale (POS) terminals. To learn more about these developing trends and strategies, download the playbook. .

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Two, read and enjoy the 2021 GonzoBanker awards, our annual take on the best things we saw during the year. So which merger was the best in 2021? Doug Larson. THE BANKER AWARDS.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

It requires moving away from the “sell the sizzle, not the steak” model of moving retail goods to one of observing the customers and modifying offerings to what the data indicates they want. The World In 2021 . But whenever the shift back to a more physically interactive world begins, it will also mark a new chapter in retail.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021. Goldfarb brought up GoDaddy's acquisition of Sellbrite , whose technology helped to plug businesses into digital markets or social media, as an example of helping SMBs get ahead online. He said a business could do both, and that they didn't have to be competitors.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Reliance Jio Infocomm will debut 5G high-speed internet in India starting in the second half of 2021, a report from LiveMint.com says, quoting Chairman Mukesh Ambani. This will enable us to launch a world-class 5G service in India using a 100 percent homegrown technology and solution," he said, according to LiveMint.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Nowhere is that dynamic more prevalent right now than at CES 2021, the all-virtual Consumer Electronics Show, where hundreds of companies — large, small, foreign and domestic — are currently vying to wow the world with an array of new product launches and high-tech innovations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

There’s not much argument against self-checkout systems as a means of improving the customer experience, but at least a temporary blowback to the technology has begun. Opposition from the workforce that could be displaced by the technology is growing louder, even as consumers appear to be embracing self-checkout.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

21) he will retire in the first quarter of 2021. the North Carolina-based technology and manufacturing company. But Amazon also feels a responsibility to assist the recovery of the hard-hit retail ecosystem and merchants, he said, not all of whom have weathered the economic storm nearly so smoothly. It’s just time,” Wilke wrote.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

From CVS to T-Mobile , retailers and technology providers are catering to the trend of contactless payment acceptance with new solutions and methods of handling cards from customers. consumers are expected to use in-store mobile payments by 2021. consumers are expected to use in-store mobile payments by 2021.

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BankInovation

JANUARY 28, 2022

In this Weekly Wrap episode of “The Buzz” podcast, the Bank Automation News editors drill down on technology spending at banks. After the COVID-19 pandemic led to a holding pattern for IT budgets in 2020 and the first half of 2021, tech spending is on the rise again with large banks increasing or planning to […].

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BankInovation

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

HSBC plans to boost its technology spend to 21% of its operating expenses by 2025 as the bank experiences increased digital usage across its banking channels.

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FICO

JANUARY 29, 2021

Today it gives me great pleasure to announce the winners of the 2021 FICO® Decisions Awards. . This year we received a bumper crop of entries from more than 30 different companies across the globe from banking and finance, retail, telecommunications, automotive, FMCG and healthcare. 2021 Decisions Award Winners. 2021 Judges. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

eCommerce’s rise has only made designing retail showrooms more complex, however. Merchants need to bridge this gap as digital connectivity pushes the retail world’s boundaries. Companies need all the tools they can get to keep consumers engaged in the competitive retail environment.

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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. That’s not to count out the U.S.

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Cisco

MARCH 26, 2021

Get ready to TURN IT UP at our all-digital Cisco Live 2021. Join us for our engaging industry sessions across financial services and retail. All financial services and retail session are future focused; taking the lessons learned from 2020 and building toward a more sustainable and inclusive future. The future of retail is here.

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BankInovation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Payments technology and systems changed in three key ways in 2021.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

percent from 2017 to 2021, according to research firm Research and Markets. In a press release highlighting the launch of new research, dubbed “Global Mobile Wallet Market 2017–2021,” Research and Markets said the use of 3G and 2G mobile data and broadband around the globe is a big contributor to the growth of the mobile wallet market.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. shopping malls will shutter by the end of 2021. Worse yet, some analysts fear the triggering of break-lease clauses for retailers in malls if anchor stores leave. Analysts now say that as many as 50 percent of U.S

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

employees and shoppers who expected to see the California-based technology giant reopen its stores this summer got some bad news. In a video conference call with its workforce last weekend, Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice president of retail and people, encouraged employees to serve customers from home, Bloomberg News reported. . “If

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 3, 2020

PaymentsSource is proud to recognize the Most Influential Women in Payments, spanning multiple industries including financial services, retail, investment and technology.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Retail CEOs faced a parade of problems in 2020’s first six months, but some executives look ready to set off plenty of fireworks in the year’s back half. . Here’s a July 4 th look at some top executives in retail who seem ready to declare their independence from business as usual in 2020’s final six months. . John Donahoe, CEO, Nike.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

But top industry experts told Karen Webster during PYMNTS’ latest “On The Agenda” panel that the hurdles for retailers are only beginning. He said the shipping infrastructure nearly buckled earlier this year, and retailers are now being highly conservative when it comes to managing deliveries. “We Stay Flexible .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

To help shoppers check out without waiting in line, grocery retailers are rolling out entire stores centered around cashierless shopping experiences, enabling consumers to purchase fresh food and grocery items with a mobile payments app. There are 3,000 planned Amazon Go stores by 2021. million smart vending machines.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2017

With the popularity and convenience of online shopping, it’s no surprise more retailers are looking to invest in various technologies to help provide a better in-store experience. In Zebra Technologies’ 2017 Retail Vision Study , it was found that a majority of retail decision makers are planning to invest in IoT.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

billion consumers will be shopping primarily through digital channels by 2021 — representing a $6.5 trillion opportunity for eCommerce retailers. This includes upgrading digital security measures, but the resurgence of brick-and-mortar commerce has required upgraded technologies to accept contactless payments and mobile wallets.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The last several weeks have certainly made for unexpected and unprecedented times for consumers and all players in the retail ecosystem and left a lot of businesses standing at a crossroads as they face the back half of 2020 and questions about what to do next. Technology is kind of the means, not the end. The View From The Future.

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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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Amazon wants to bring its cashierless Go technology to other places, like airport stores and movie theaters, in a bid to expand its reach and potentially win more cloud customers, according to CNBC. It’s also looking into the potential to add the technology to concession stands at baseball games.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2019

Can cameras replace cashers in retail? According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, British grocer Tesco plans to open a “pick and go” or “frictionless shopping” store to the public next year, following testing the store technologies with employees. The grocery industry is making a go of it. The latest effort comes from the U.K.

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 23, 2022

households surveyed in late 2021 said they were “doing OK” or “living comfortably,” according to the Federal Reserve’s annual Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. The post Fed survey: Americans’ financial well-being improves in 2021 appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. Nearly 8 in 10 U.S. Households released today.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

We have deep dives on cloud technology, business-to-business (B2B) payments and Visa’s deal to acquire YellowPepper. I think in terms of market recognition, 2020 was the breakout year — [and] in terms of commercial adoption, 2021 will be more like it,” Harris said. Visa To Acquire YellowPepper To Expand Network Of Networks In LATAM.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

By 2021, that will rise to $19.6 The analyst added that the true value of Google’s hardware business lies in the company using its AI technology and creating a way to serve ads to users. The firm predicted that hardware will make a combined $8.8 billion and a profit of $3 billion. billion and $6.1 billion in profit.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

Connected and self-driving cars and truck stand as some of the next big frontiers when it comes to retail and retail innovation, but challenges to that future — real and potential problems that could slow down progress when it comes to autonomous vehicles — are increasing appearing on the horizon. New Timetable. The immediate goal?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2017

The online world has had a major impact on the retail industry over the past decade. Retailers have been in a frenzy over the last few years to find ways to both embrace the eCommerce arena while at the same time attract customers into their brick-and-mortar locations.

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The Paypers

JANUARY 8, 2021

Global customer experience and commerce agency LiveArea and a business unit of PFSweb have announced plans of debuting the LiveArea Scan & Go solution at CES 2021.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

s Faster Payments Service through a collaboration with Bottomline Technologies. Under the deal, Mastercard will provide the infrastructure for the Project 27 (P27) payment rail initiative, with the system expected to launch in 2021. Around the Faster Payments World. Find all the latest headlines in the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Although much of the 2021 holiday season will be very different than anything that came before it, some of the changes are easier to anticipate than others. Consumers are going digital and are finding the experience to be an upgrade, while the physical retail channel is becoming increasingly unsatisfying by a pretty wide margin.

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