Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Country Manager Lars Petersson said, “We recognize that we are in a rapidly changing retail environment, and to be fit for long-term growth, IKEA is transforming in a way that lets us meet our customers where they are.” Already, the retailer has opened a Planning Studio across the pond in London in October. restaurants.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Early this week, the conference was the epicenter of discussions, where 2,000 attendees descended upon Arizona to strategize and set the tone for our great industry’s future. We can’t sleep on non-bank competition, bigger banks controlling even greater market share, or big tech and embedded finance.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

The ride-sharing technology provider managed to trim its loss in the second quarter of 2018 , to $891 million from the $1.1 According to some observers, that increase might indicate that hiring costs for Waymo employees are increasing as the market for connected and self-driving automotive technology continues to grow.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

The ride-sharing technology provider managed to trim its loss in the second quarter of 2018 , to $891 million from the $1.1 According to some observers, that increase might indicate that hiring costs for Waymo employees are increasing as the market for connected and self-driving automotive technology continues to grow.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Furniture subscriptions are not IKEA’s only recent innovation, as the company has doubled down on service offerings. But amid news of the city store concept, the furniture retailer scrapped the brick-and-mortar stores it had planned to open in North Carolina, Tennessee and Arizona last year. IKEA’s Pivot Points . IKEA Retail U.S

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

A customer who is ordering online probably isn’t in the market for a sit-down meal – and not offering them an easy way to order and go is an easy way to send them to another merchant. Our servers were trained on the basics of greeting, one-stop ordering and three-level bussing.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 18, 2014

and its subsidiary BofI Federal Bank aspire to be the most innovative branchless bank in the United States providing products and services superior to their competitors, branch-based or otherwise. It also conducts mortgage banking from 12 offices in Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona, and North Dakota.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

We say defense because it was apparent from early in the hearing that the senators gathered were more than a little suspicious of Facebook’s latest innovation — and less than favorably inclined to letting it move forward. Brown was far from the only voice on the committee during the hearing with sharp words for the manager Facebook sent.

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FICO

APRIL 3, 2020

Your small business customers may (or may not) be connected to a large support network or have any marketing budget to speak of these days. Leveraging your organization’s marketing and social network to drive business to your customers will display partnership and leadership. Community banks are just that—in the community.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Walmart is signing on to a recent trend and has announced it will be partnering with autonomous vehicle company Nuro to launch a new pilot program to test autonomous grocery delivery in the Houston market. The Nuro pilot is now Walmart’s second of the kind; the first was with Udelv to test autonomous grocery deliveries in Arizona.

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Filene

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

We listened and built out 5 key themes, each forming into a Center of Excellence on which we will focus our research going forward: The Center for Consumer Decision Making uncovers preferences, changes and trends in money management. The Center for Emerging Technologies connects credit unions with the most impactful tech and consumer trends.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 23, 2016

One of the world’s most innovative, fintech-friendly banks just onboarded a new boss. At Garanti, Turkey’s largest bank by market cap at $9 billion, Genç (pictured) was in charge of retail banking, private banking, and asset management. BBVA announced this week that U.S. Carlos Torres Vila is CEO.

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CB Insights

MAY 9, 2019

Today, it seems like every large corporation has its own “ innovation lab.”. Few are more critical of the model than startup entrepreneurs and VCs, who argue that corporate innovation labs are mostly innovation theater. Get the Best of corporate innovation. Get the Best of corporate innovation. Waymo (Google X).

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

Deepti Dhar’s Bright Paths Project: Welcome to Stock Market. Deepti graduated with a Bachelor’s degree and diploma in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing and worked as a Relationship Banker and as a Marketing Coordinator for the banking industry. Bright Paths Project: Welcome to Stock Market.

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CB Insights

JUNE 11, 2018

investment fund dedicated to startups innovating in the AV space. The platform combines a number of tools — including data, APIs, and open source code — that developers can use for free to bring autonomous driving products to market. Waymo has yet to enter the Chinese market given Google’s troubled history with China.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 9, 2019

Thanks to innovative technology, smart cities are already a reality — and they continue to expand and become more refined. In fact, the global smart cities market size is projected to be worth $1.4T within the next 6 years, according to CB Insights market sizing data. Using GIS for smart water management. Smart Cities.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Former Tesla Autopilot manager hired as CTO of self-driving tech subsidiary. In April 2017 Audi reportedly hired former Tesla Autopilot program manager Alexandre Haag as the unit’s CTO. Mobileye itself has a number of other partnerships through its Road Experience Management (REM) mapping platform, including Nissan, VW, and BMW.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

This week saw Uber carry on in its payments-innovating tradition with the rollout of Uber Cash earlier this week, providing a closed-loop payment network that lets consumers easily add funds to its stored value account for use across the Uber ecosystem. The big rollout kept coming as summer slid into its final days.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In Arizona, a self-driving Uber vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian (though there was a driver behind the wheel). Kenneth Stanley, senior engineering manager and staff scientist at Uber AI Labs, is one such individual. A Tesla Model 3 owner in California died while using the car’s Autopilot feature. Kenneth Stanley.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 30, 2015

Register today to see and meet these innovators in person on May 12 and 13 at our upcoming conference in San Jose, California. Finicity helps developers build powerful apps to drive financial software innovation. Money Amigo makes managing money fast, fair, and friendly. Our platform brings innovation to mobile card services.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Yet, at Bank Director’s Acquire or Be Acquired conference last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, they resembled a college football squad that had just taken down a rival in the BCS championship. This pressure might lead to a focus on managing Wall Street optics rather than managing transformation of the bank’s business model.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Yet, at Bank Director’s Acquire or Be Acquired conference last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, they resembled a college football squad that had just taken down a rival in the BCS championship. This pressure might lead to a focus on managing Wall Street optics rather than managing transformation of the bank’s business model.

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Arizona Conference Technology Washington 60