PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Online brands are stepping into the world of brick-and-mortar, opening their own physical locations to help consumers experience their concepts in real life with the help of digital technology. The brand’s latest chapter will include taking a leap into the world of brick-and-mortar with the help of technology-enabled storefronts.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

Online shopping technology provider BigCommerce Holdings is increasing its potential pricing and appended insider selling as it plans to go public, according to reports. BigCommerce Holdings, which was started in 2003 and is based in Austin, Texas, registered $120 million in revenue for the 12-month period that concluded on March 31.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Toyota and its suppliers are taking a longer view when it comes to cars that have artificial intelligence (AI) and self-driving technology in comparison to rivals that market vehicles that can drive themselves on the freeway. He continued, “Level 4 is really what we’re striving for to first appear in mobility as a service.” .

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2017

More fintech is coming to Austin. Austin is known for having a thriving Read More. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Pine Labs , which started as an offline retail payment provider in 1998, has since evolved to become a payment acceptance, stored value and in-store customer credit company that enables consumers to opt into installment payments plans online or at the point of sale in a physical store. The Frictionless Flow .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Things were a bit more active on the Amazon front, with a big infrastructure investment pushing its market cap back over the $1 trillion line, a new B2B financing partnership with Goldman Sachs potentially in the offing and its expanding stores and services menu. Market Cap Watch: Back to the Trillionaire Club With Logistic Investments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

restaurant market with its food platform by spinning the customer journey and addressing the pain points people experience when looking for fast but nutritious meals. The new funding will enable sweetgreen to advance technology and supply chain while also addressing its social impact.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

Among the more interesting storylines of this era of digital commerce and payments is the maturation of vending machines — sorry, “unattended retail.” Retailers are paying more attention to vending machines, a trend that is all but certain to continue into the 2020s. Vending Machine Trends.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

The big B2B venture capital news of the week was Augmentum Fintech’s trio of investments, signaling the company’s focus on the B2B FinTech market — but it wasn’t the only firm targeting this startup space. The company secured $50 million in private equity funding from BV Investment Partners, Built In Austin said this week.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

While the current growth rate needs to be left to each bank based on their capital cost, market, and risk tolerance, the general guide is that growth should be in the 3% to 5% range for this year. When offering a higher money market or CD rate, the direct damage done to cost of funds is often the least of a bank’s worries.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Overall, Bainter said the storage market is near surpassing $30 billion, and that there are approximately 2.5 The company currently operates in Austin, Houston, Phoenix and Seattle. “We We always try to target high-growth markets,” Bainter said, adding that those locations are seeing a lot of expansion. million raised in 2017.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

They can then select a host, which could be, say, a retail store or hotel, and enter their drop-off and pick-up times in addition to their number of small and/or large bags. Pricing and Target Market. The company’s target market, Korbel said, runs “the gamut.” It will serve the college student who is in Washington, D.C.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Payworks ‘ gateway technology, Pulse, wants to provide the lifeblood to point-of-sale transactions for merchants using EMV, contactless and mobile wallets. PYMNTS caught up with CEO Christian Deger to find out what keeps Payworks “pulsing” away in the global payments market of gateway providers. headquarters in Austin, Texas.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

After moving to Austin, Texas, Sharma noticed the area had big yards and discovered that the region has rich soil that was fantastic for growing food most of the year. In other cases, some of Lettuce’s produce comes from local farms that one might see at a farmer’s market. At the same time, across the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Its target market, Clark says, is “not the art collector” — and not even people who would think of themselves as art enthusiasts. The Market. The challenge, then, was that neither the technology nor the market adoption for such offerings were present.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

At the same time, Gandhi noted the product and quality of apartments have grown so rapidly that the market has facilitated a true boutique experience, a concept he doesn’t think was available even 10 years ago. Locale currently lists locations in Austin, Houston and Nashville on its website. The Apart-Hotel Market.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Sharon Scott, director of risk and payments at uShip , believes that the rise of the internet has had the largest impact of any technological development when it comes to c ross-border shipping and receiving. Platforms like uShip work to use those tools to make trade e asier, but not al l obstacles are easy to overcome.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

The one-time home entertainment titan has, more than a little ironically, effectively become a member of the retail class for which it was largely responsible (with help from other chains, such as Hollywood Video — also now defunct) for putting out of business: the mom-and-pop video store. Money is money, however a retailer can get it.).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

Uber Technologies Inc.) Uber Technologies Inc.) “Austin Geidt, who ran marketing, called each one regularly to get their feedback and make sure things were working well. Late Thursday (April 21), an answer came down that sits somewhere in between those two outcomes. and Massachusetts (Yucesoy v.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

But services such as Bellhops are disrupting the market — and making a challenging time for consumers easier — by bringing an on-demand pricing model to the moving industry. Currently, the service is in 22 cities and metro areas expanding across the Southwest, South and Mid-Atlantic regions from Austin, Texas, to Washington, D.C.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

cities – Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach – but nationwide rollout is scheduled by the end of the year. Even if Amazon is only delivering groceries – and a big fat benefit to its Prime members – as Karen Webster noted, that might just be enough to start a whole new retail death spiral, spinning off a whole new Amazon flywheel.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Grocery retailers are making it easier for consumers to shop with their mobile devices through digital innovations. Chief Digital Officer Jag Bath said per a post , “The new My H-E-B mobile app is a perfect example of how we are investing in new technologies to enhance our digital services and establish H-E-B as a digital retail leader.”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Kroger has been amping up its technology game over the last several years, expanding its omnicommerce offerings as it seeks to remain competitive in a crowded market. After launching the service last month in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach, Amazon plans to expand the delivery option across the U.S.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Get the 54-page retail report.

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CB Insights

MARCH 19, 2019

Move over, 4G — the next generation of wireless technology is here. 5G technology will enable wider network coverage, more stable internet connections, and faster data transfer speeds (from 4G’s 1Gbps to 10Gbps). 5G technology could integrate many unconnected, energy-consuming devices through low-cost connections.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

It’s been nearly two years – 20 months to be precise — since it was launched after significant investments in engineering, marketing and promotion. NFC penetration at launch was 15 large retailers’ stores and some 200k merchant locations. Apple Pay is a slick use of the technology – there is no question about it.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

SVP and head of retail banking at Park Sterling Bank, Bill Bunn, praised the Austin, Texas-based mobile banking solution provider for being “quick to market with new products and features that positively impact our customers.” billion in assets – compete with its larger rivals.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Biel, the former COO and CFO for Shopgate, recently made the decision to move the company’s headquarters from the traditional hotbed of Palo Alto to the up-and-coming tech crucible that is Austin, Texas, and Biel is confident that both recent announcements will set Shopgate up for a productive 2016 and beyond.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor. Education: University of Texas at Austin (MBA), University of Florida (BSE). 2018 VC Report: AI FUNDING LEPT 29% IN US. BILL GURLEY. STEVE ANDERSON.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 7, 2016

First to market an RDC-based payment solution, Malauzai sees it as a natural extension of RDC technology, and an easy way for “local merchants to go mobile,” in the words of company Chief Product Officer Robb Gaynor. ” Pelletier’s bank was one of the first to adopt the technology.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2017

It has become popular in Austin, Texas, and San Francisco, California. Though Richmond has served as a beta market, there are only a small handful of local listings on the site, compared to more than 350 listed in Austin. Shiftgig connects employers and employees for 32,000 shifts a month in 15 markets.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 12, 2016

Qingshongchou Network Technology. Financing solutions for retailers & manufacturers. HQ: Austin, Texas. HQ: Austin, Texas. Retail finance gateway. Tags: Institutions, marketing, customer service, retention, NICE Systems (investor), Finovate alum. Source: Crunchbase. Mobile savings account. SeedInvest.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The trend is seen in other markets, too, with reports at Pitchbook on Thursday (Oct. The firm connects employers to technology that streamlines recruitment, talent sourcing, screening and interview scheduling, with integrated background check capabilities, document signing and employee on-boarding. ElasticRun. Greensill Capital.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

billion, and stars such as Viya Huang and Austin Li became household words as millions of fans watched their live-streaming sessions. Unlike typical 2D shopping, live streams allow shoppers to view the products from more angles enabled by augmented reality (AR) and 3D technology. For Singles Day 2019 , streaming live accounted for $2.9

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For many consumers, the local pharmacy is long gone, replaced by big box retailers with significantly more cash and brand recognition. Today, the top four retail pharmacies by number of stores — Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid — operate more than 25,000 stores. 1 healthcare provider in the retail industry. Key takeaways.

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