PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Consumers waited on financial institutions (FIs) to innovate in an odd relationship that put business needs before customers’ needs. Arizona-based FI consulting firm Cornerstone Advisors noted that just three major banks have 47 percent of the accounting and payment services sector’s $11 billion.”. It was all on their timetable.

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Survey Arizona Innovation Innovation Strategies 235

PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2016

And like Walgreens is now painfully aware, sometimes the mad dash to gobble up innovative startup partners can lead merchants down a dark path. The nation’s largest health care chains will not sit idly by and watch their market share erode.

Innovation 100

Innovation Arizona Retail Branding 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Plans are in place to have roughly 30 locations in different markets before the conclusion of fiscal year 2021. The value supermarket chain said it keeps planning “aggressive growth" and would come into Arizona with four new locations in the greater Phoenix area, per news in July.

Nashville 109

Nashville Alabama Tennessee Phoenix 109

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 7, 2018

On August 3, 2018, Arizona began accepting applications for its regulatory sandbox that “enables a participant to obtain limited access to Arizona’s market to test innovative financial products or services without first obtaining full state licensure or other authorization that otherwise may be required.”

Arizona 68

Arizona Innovation Lending Fintech 68

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

With the brand’s proprietary digital platform and 1 million-member base in place, Fabletics said it uses deep customer insights and enhanced market data to determine the most strategic locations for its retail locations. Less is more,” Dustin Netral, SVP of operations for Fabletics, said in a press release.

San Diego 190

San Diego San Jose San Francisco Indianapolis 190

PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2019

According to both PayPal and the team, the new jersey badge partnership speaks to their shared values, particularly around inclusion, collaboration, innovation and opportunity. “We Enthusiasm for these types of pair-ups in the market, however, has been a bit more muted. But again, it’s a way for brands to connect with a sports market.”

Phoenix 122

Phoenix New Jersey Arizona Metro 122

PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

POSaBIT, based in Seattle, already manages millions of transactions for over 120 dispensaries across Washington, California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and Oklahoma. Even though legal marijuana industry keeps gaining traction — according to one official state estimate, the market in California alone will reach at least $5.1

Mobile 130

Mobile Nevada Oklahoma Arizona 130

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“With continued innovation and personalization, we are providing customers with more ways to enjoy fresh, delicious meals that align with their individual tastes.”

Ohio 116

Ohio Montana Wyoming Columbus 116

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Uber Freight is going after its second European market with the launch of its trucking platform in Germany. As a global company, we have the bandwidth to constantly innovate and create new products and features that support the entire marketplace,” Buczkowski noted.

Arizona 108

Arizona Leadership Industry Innovation 108

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

And at the same time, if you overregulate, you sort of tamp down that creativity and you discourage the innovation.”. While the Dodd-Frank Act allows the CFPB to implement ways to foster innovation, the agency’s efforts have largely been seen as inadequate. But the U.S.

Fintech 116

Fintech Arizona Illinois Bitcoin 116

PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

The offering will be powered by an automotive commerce platform for connected cars called Xevo Market , and it will let consumers use the touchscreen on their vehicles to place their orders. Xevo plans to show the in-vehicle experience in person at the Restaurant Leadership Conference in Phoenix, Arizona at the beginning of April.

Phoenix 149

Phoenix Arizona Innovation Comparison 149

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

By embracing the dual EV and AV strategies, GM has given a de facto endorsement to the changing dynamics that have made segment leader Tesla the behemoth it is today — its $750 billion market value is about 10 times that of GM’s. More broadly speaking, the EV/AV uptrend will also reshape the tech industry. International Trade Council.

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Detroit Arizona Industry Meeting 256

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Yet the move comes as IKEA has curtailed its planned new stores, having canceled planned locations in North Carolina, Arizona and Tennessee amid a shift to eCommerce. CityLab , too, reported that the company’s market research found those who live in the Big Apple continue to like to shop in stores for furniture. restaurants.

Retail 122

Retail San Francisco Arizona Los Angeles 122

Filene

JANUARY 26, 2018

Next, Filene was looking for a new head of innovation and he was the natural choice for this hire. For a guy from Arizona who spent most of his adult life in Southern California, Wisconsin was a real change. Thanks Andrew and good luck in Arizona! …Are you a quadruple threat?

Arizona 57

Arizona Wisconsin California Innovation 57

PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

Many carmakers and tech companies, including Alphabet and Uber, are working on bringing autonomous vehicle technology to the market. Alphabet’s Waymo already has a robotaxi fleet in Arizona consisting of retrofitted Chrysler Pacifica minivans, with plans to expand the program.

Arizona 133

Arizona California Video Course 133

PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

Kroger is seeking to bring new customer experiences to market faster, drive personalization with insights and help store associates become more productive. The Grocery Market. The retailer plans to pilot technology products using Microsoft’s Azure platform at two stores, one in Ohio and one in Washington.

Arizona 109

Arizona Technology Ohio Customer Experience 109

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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Fintech Customer Experience Conference Technology 167

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

When it comes to its target market, the company casts a wide net. The company also caters to snowbirds, shipping a large number of gifts to the warmer locales of southern and western states like Florida, Arizona, California and the Carolinas. They can’t simply walk into a supermarket and ask to be put on a shelf.

Michigan 129

Michigan Florida Detroit New Mexico 129

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The shortage comes even as trucking firms have boosted pay to help attract talent in a general labor market that is marked by historically low unemployment. One wonders what the impact would be on the trucking labor market. We’ve already conducted road tests of the Waymo Driver in Class 8 trucks across the U.S.,

San Francisco 148

San Francisco Arizona Atlanta Google 148

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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Conference FDIC Arizona Industry 88

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

growth, IKEA is reining in its brick-and-mortar expansion efforts: The furniture retailer cancelled planned stores in North Carolina, Tennessee and Arizona. They have found that in a number of established markets, they are really behind the curve in terms of online,” said GlobalData Retail Analyst Neil Saunders told USA Today.

North Carolina 121

North Carolina Tennessee Arizona Retail 121

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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Milwaukee Software Course Detroit 348

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

If so, that just adds to the pressure on Uber regarding its self-driving efforts in the aftermath of the March incident in Arizona, in which one of the company’s self-driving prototypes hit and killed a pedestrian (a human was in the car at the time). Another survey provides a similar view in the aftermath of the Arizona accident.

Arizona 100

Arizona Survey Phoenix Technology 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

If so, that just adds to the pressure on Uber regarding its self-driving efforts in the aftermath of the March incident in Arizona in which one of the company’s self-driving prototypes hit and killed a pedestrian (a human was in the car at the time). Another survey provides a similar view in the aftermath of the Arizona accident.

Arizona 100

Arizona Survey Phoenix Technology 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

The plates also offer geo-fencing technology that, at least for now, is meant to track “government or business vehicles,” though it could soon help with automated parking and serve as a conduit for marketing tasks. Besides California, states such as Arizona, Texas and Florida are moving toward use of digital license plates.

Michigan 139

Michigan Wyoming Idaho Maryland 139

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 .

North Carolina 157

North Carolina San Francisco New York City Retail 157

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. And there’s more to come in 2019 – though what that will entail remains to be seen.

North Carolina 108

North Carolina Colorado Training Oklahoma 108

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.

North Dakota 93

North Dakota Arizona Minnesota Los Angeles 93

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

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. Though most testing takes place in California, those operations also are conducted in Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Michigan and Washington State.

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Conference Phoenix Arizona Michigan 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

It’s a market that is estimated to be worth $55 billion in the next five years, according to the PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker. Here’s how QSRs are integrating mobile order-ahead technology into their stores and where the innovation is headed in the future. — million active members. There was a 50 percent increase in U.S.

Mobile 103

Mobile St. Louis Google Missouri 103

PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2017

Now, all eyes are ahead once more for Alphabet’s upcoming Q1 earnings report slated for today after market close. This put Alphabet’s market cap well above $610 billion at the time. Judging by the movement GOOG has seen in recent weeks, investors are optimistic on Alphabet’s Q1 outcome. billion for the quarter. Been there, done that.)

Phoenix 109

Phoenix San Francisco Arizona Metro 109

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. Arizona Sen. North Carolina Sen. Marcus offered no direct answer.

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cryptocurrency North Carolina Idaho Louisiana 142

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

Waymo already has a robotaxi fleet in Arizona consisting of retrofitted Chrysler Pacifica minivans, with plans to expand the program. The talks are new evidence that Apple is taking the self-driving car market seriously, pouring its focus into Project Titan, its top-secret, self-driving car project.

Detroit 110

Detroit Apple Arizona Google 110

PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

The projected annual growth of the American interactive kiosk market through 2021 is 7.2 In another industry, Carvana is rolling out “vending machines” that dispense cars in Arizona and Florida. Here’s how some retailers are rolling out kiosk technology to their customers — and how it benefits merchants.

Examples 107

Examples Arizona Retail Illinois 107

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The proposal follows Acting Director Mulvaney’s July 2019 appointment of Paul Watkins to serve as Director of the Bureau’s Office of Innovation. Currently, Arizona is the only state that has enacted a “sandbox.”). The proposal would list the features that the Bureau would want such agreements to contain.

Policies 60

Policies Arizona Regulation Innovation 60

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

In addition, the CFPB has announced the creation of the American Financial Innovation Network (ACFIN) to facilitate coordination between the CFPB, other federal regulators, and state regulators and the CFPB’s issuance of the first NAL under the revised NAL Policy. First NAL under new policy.

Policies 60

Policies Compliance Regulation South Carolina 60

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.

New York City 131

New York City New York Retail US 131