Bank Innovation

APRIL 1, 2016

Brett King opened yesterday’s episode of Breaking Banks with the new Citibank report, which suggests disruption will lead to a 30% cut in employees across the retail banking sector. Next up was data and its use in providing context to the consumer experience.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

Berlin-based fashion retailer Lesara prides itself on thinking differently about apparel and being on trend. It doesn’t send its designers to Fashion Week and it draws its conclusions about what consumers want from the data that they see. Agile retail is a model that will free us from time-consuming fashion shows.

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NCR

AUGUST 10, 2017

This tech-driven transformation of the payments and retail sectors is set to continue, so what impact could the most cutting-edge innovations have in the years to come? They could also give retailers greater access to customer data and preferences, leading to more relevant services and recommendations.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 28, 2016

Elevate Credit Inc., which is pining to get to an IPO, today announced that it hired a new chief information officer. Joan Kuehl, who is the online lender’s first CIO, has extensive experience, having worked at Travelers and Bank of America — so it deserves notice when her first pronouncements Read More.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

We see big data and other emerging technologies as a huge opportunity to offer innovative solutions that make financing easier for our customers,” HSBC’s Jeanny Ip, head of global trade and receivables finance in Macau and Hong Kong, told the Post. “As

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

Retailers are bolstering their supply chains in China as they seek to enhance their service and offer customers fresh products. The post also pointed out that the retailer invested over RMB 700 million – which is approximately $100 million – to create the South China Fresh Food Distribution Center. Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Alibaba warns that Chinese eCommerce operators could face “tremendous challenges” as it aims to transform the country’s traditional retail industry, worth an estimated $4.5 The consumer retail industry as a whole is experiencing a radical disruption driven by digital transformation.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Other backers include the big data firm Palantir , gaming firm Supercell and eCommerce firm Zalando. He also founded furniture retailer Made.com , tech networking business Founders Forum and startup accelerator Founders Factory. The new fund's main investor is RIT Capital Partners.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2017

Fintech got a fresh flush of capital this week, with some old favorites joining newer names all with innovations in big data, e-commerce software, compliance, and many more. Here are the Top 4 fintech funding rounds of the week: MissFresh e-commerce Beijing-based MissFresh e-commerce ‘s equity rose sharply with its Read More.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Retailers in China are taking sides in the rivalry between Alibaba and Tencent , and the latest battle ground is coffee: Chinese upstart Luckin Coffee is teaming up with Tencent on the heels of a partnership between Starbucks and food delivery service Ele.me , which is a unit of Alibaba. The Race to Reach Retailers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

That’s a bad moon rising for some Big Data operators. In the middle are the consumers whose data fuels eCommerce, social media and basically the entire internet as we know it. The latest Merchants’ Guide to Navigating Global Payments Regulations also contains insights about how the privacy wars in Europe and the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

Insurance is changing with the rise of eCommerce, as well as with the support of ever-expanding data sets and other parts of the digital infrastructure — trends that bring consumers closer, in a way, to insurance offerings. Indeed, and that opportunity is driving innovation in the space, going forward into the 2020s.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 31, 2017

The number of insurtech firms with a focus on big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things has skyrocketed in recent years, with those firms attracting nearly half of the total funding spent globally on insurtech.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

The pandemic drastically altered consumers’ shopping habits and retailers’ strategies for getting customers the items they needed during the 2020 holiday season. Experts predicted that online commerce over the holidays would increase 35 percent from the previous year, while brick-and-mortar retail sales were expected to decline by 4.7

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

This means Santander is poised to tap into IBM's AI, blockchain and big data offerings. IBM today announced a five-year, $700 million agreement it reached with Banco Santander that will enable the Madrid, Spain-based bank to “accelerate and deepen” its digital transformation to a more open, flexible institution.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Company Co-Founder and Partner Dana Settle told Bloomberg that Greycroft plans to use the fresh funds to invest in retail-oriented businesses, although it's also interested in working with health technology, financial technology and grocery-related businesses. Salesforce Ventures . Fifth Wall And BNP Raise Funds For European Property Tech .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

But what if the way companies are going about big data and analytics is wrong? With so much data available, is your organization harnessing it in the most efficient way in order to truly reap all the benefits of big data including driving innovation and improving the customer experience?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Canada’s Lightspeed rolled out an offering for retailers based in the United States called Lightspeed Payments, the company said in an announcement. As it stands, the company’s Lightspeed platform already serves small to medium-sized retailers. The technology is said to process a payment in 0.3

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Corporate payments have not seen the same level of innovation as consumer payments. AccessPay’s platform solves a big pain point for large corporates.” million investment in Big Data Partnership in 2015, another B2B company focused on providing businesses with training, storage and support with their data needs. .”

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2016

After several years spent trying to infuse its multi-billion dollar business with more forward-thinking concepts with mixed results , last week, the retail giant announced that it will be conducting what amounts to an open call for tech innovation. “I can’t wait to see what ideas and inventions we’ll discover! .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2018

Nuance provides conversational artificial intelligence innovations for global industries, including healthcare, telecommunications, automotive, financial services and retail. Nuance Communications announced that is has appointed Mark Benjamin as its new chief executive officer.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2017

Technologies like the cloud, mobile, Big Data, robotics and other innovations are key focuses for businesses across all industries. But compared to high-tech, communications, banking, utilities and retail, post and parcel falls flat. Further, UPS has made several investments in innovation, while the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

China’s largest retailer, JD.com , has announced a new blockchain technology platform that will allow enterprise customers to build, host and use their own blockchain applications.

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Let's Talk Payments

JUNE 6, 2016

From online retail stores to apps that let you do your own billing, we’ve come a long way from traditional marketplaces where there was a fair degree of human interaction.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Understanding the consumer is key for retailers, and leveraging Big Data can mean big returns on marketing investments. It’s no small task, by any stretch of the imagination, for retailers to make sense of consumer behavior. Last month, SmarterHQ closed a $13 million venture funding round.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

The news comes as H&M is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data to tailor the merchandising mix in its brick-and-mortar stores to reduce markdowns and break out of a sales lull. H&M is utilizing the technology in a store located in an upscale section of Stockholm, Sweden.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Our eight judges are business leaders, analysts, media and innovators in their own right, drawn from nearly every continent. She is a top advisor to Fortune 500 companies on responsible artificial intelligence strategy and data innovation practices and serves on several boards advising startups, universities, and other non-profits.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

In the age of Big Data, global supply chains quickly flocked to analytics solutions that offered predictability and agility in a market swayed by geopolitical shifts, regulatory risks and even the weather. “Collecting data is the easy part,” he said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Chief Executive Officer Allison Guidette is responsible for setting the strategic direction and driving customer-centric innovation and growth at G2 Web Services. Most recently, she served as managing director at Thomson Reuters, running a $1B growing portfolio of businesses providing software, big data solutions and practice tools.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2017

Innovation is brewing across the supply chain. Regardless of whether you’re talking about — retail, manufacturing or wholesale distribution — organizations are trying to become more agile,” said Fabrizio Brasca, VP of Industry Strategy at supply chain and retail solutions provider JDA Software. And predictive.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

For more than a decade, Rich has been involved in developing fraud mitigation, compliance and Big Data strategies. Rich came to Kount after 14 years with a Fortune 50 retailer. Digital Discussion Presenter: Rich Stuppy. COO, Kount.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Voice-assisted retail – a potential killer app for connected commerce going into the new decade, according to PYMNTS research and coverage – is making its way into more homes, and more kitchens. “If Butterball has offered the Turkey Talk Line for more than 30 years. Voice Commerce. Better Utensils .

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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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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

This last week, investors went for platforms in mobile development, cloud-based Big Data, cloud-based invoicing, home equity funding, and marketing. Even though we’re not seeing quite as many raises as in previous years, fintech funding doesn’t seem to be in any danger of disappearing. This brings us to our top Read More.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2017

With more than 20 years of experience in the field of digital marketing, big data and analytics, Soss has served in several key executive roles. Fishbowl, a Symphony Technology Group company which offers a customer engagement platform, recently shared the news of its newly selected CEO , Jim Soss.

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Insights on Business

JUNE 27, 2018

IBM RegTech Innovations. A regulator who is concerned about a housing bubble is forcing a financial institution in the Middle East to calculate ALM metrics on every single mortgage in their retail portfolio, which has millions of mortgages. Integrating big data technology with risk management for a complete solution.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2017

In a statement, Boulder Ventures General Partner Peter Roshko said SyncHR “provides unparallelled automation and innovation” in the human capital management industry that “differentiates their SaaS platform” from the competition. Launched last year, Wishbook was founded by former Google worker Arvind Saraf.

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