PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

million in fresh funding, capital that will go toward “a B2B offering (that allows) individual travel agents at large online travel management companies and tour operators to offer a ‘seamless travel experience’ to their end customers, making the booking experience simpler, faster and cheaper.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Silicon Valley credit card startup Brex has begun a points transfer partnership for its rewards program with JetBlue Airways , Brex announced in a press release on Tuesday (Sept. The program reinforces Brex’s airline transfer platform, which is offered alongside travel booking and statement credit. . 24, 2019, and Oct. 24, 2019. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

banking-as-a-service (BaaS) Startup Railsbank closed a $37 million funding deal co-led by MiddleGame Ventures and Ventura Capital. The funding is being earmarked to launch credit cards-as-a-service in the U.S. Report: Strategic Payment Investments Give FIs, FinTechs Innovative Payment Options. and Canada.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. Bryant formed the Bryant Stibel venture capital firm in 2013 with Jeff Stibel, founder of Web.com. Bank Is Doing to Drive Virtual Card Adoption. Kobe Bryant’s VC Firm Holds More Than $2B in Assets .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

While 2020 has been a monumental year for B2B payments digitization and innovation, plenty of friction still exists in the way corporate buyers pay their suppliers. Solutions like commercial and virtual card products, for instance, assure buyers the ability to extend capital float while accelerating payment to vendors.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

It looks like a race is shaping up to determine the future management of General Motors ’ credit card business. However, the Journal cited unnamed sources as saying that the London-based Barclays is also bidding for GM’s card business, while current issuer Capital One is unlikely to let the account go without a fight.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts are urging small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to take a strategic approach to their fundraising efforts — often by combining a variety of funding sources to mitigate risk. Flutterwave.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year marketing campaign rolled out by American Express in 1987 to convince consumers that it was worth paying a yearly fee for one of its charge card offerings. NEW DATA: Five Payments Innovations for Winning the Digital-First Shopper. Booking Holdings cautioned investors on Thursday (Nov.

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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

JULY 7, 2020

Speaking with PYMNTS, PayParc Global Solutions Founder Taylan Taspinar discussed the sector’s dire need to upgrade its B2B payments strategy after a yearslong lag in innovation — and why not just data, but industry-specific data, is essential to combatting friction. A World Of Pain Points. ” The Journey Ahead. ”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

It’s been a rough road for card-linked offers. But as Karen Webster pointed out last year, these offers and promotions ecosystems have been around for years and raised a ton of capital but have failed to turn the heads of a critical mass of merchants or consumers to get traction. Thanks for booking at this hotel.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

In general, venture capitalists are boosting their investments in Latin America, with funding reaching $594 million in 2015, a stark increase from $387 million in 2012, the Latin America Venture Capital Association confirmed. The (Advertising) Haves And Have-Nots.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

ISOs sold terminals and card processing, mostly to brick-and-mortar merchants. Most people were still paying taxi drivers with cash, and if those drivers had POS terminals, they – hmm – weren’t working when you wanted to use a card to fund the ride. Chip cards didn’t exist in the U.S. The Connected Economy’s Potential.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Because many banks are now producing below their cost of capital, growth further exacerbates their issues and drives them out of business (likely through a sale) faster. Without the windfall of profit accrued to banks in 2022 because of faster-than-expected rate increases, banks will need to be better allocators of capital.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Small business lending platform OnDeck is accelerating access to capital for its users through the launch of a same-day funding option. local time, as per National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) caps, as long as small businesses complete their booking or line of credit draw by 10:30 a.m. on a business day.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

To provide consumers with less expensive and more flexible booking options, eCommerce innovators are taking new approaches to hotel reservations. With that scenario, a traveler could book the first night at a non-refundable rate and the others with a rate that allows free cancellation to, say, the day before check-in.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

One of the most important innovations in history is the pendulum clock, which was invented in 1636 by Christiaan Huygens , a Dutch scientist and founder of the field of mathematical physics. Enabling people to use their scarce time more efficiently has been at the core of many disruptive innovations throughout history.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Index, which was backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s venture capital firm Innovation Endeavors, is well-known for its software for PIN pads that is able to read a chip card in under a second. Stripe , the $9 billion payments processing startup, has acquired point-of-sale (POS) software developer Index.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Anyone who follows the industry knows this focused institution led by Findlay is all about executing the timeless principles of capital management, credit quality, efficiency and customer service. Paul wrote the “ Online Banking for Dummies ” book in the late ’80s. Paul Murphy, founder of Murphy & Co. Grab some popcorn and watch.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Commercial Cards. It’s not everyday that the B2B payments space sees innovation in corporate cards, but Spendesk, based in France, is giving the industry a little boost. TripActions offers rewards for employees when they remain under corporate budget, which can be used for things like Amazon gift cards. million raised.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

“Our knowledge and experience will help to build innovative new banking services for the bank that will transform it into a modern bank for the 21st century,” Moskvins said, according to the site. The site Baltic-course.com noted that the two new co-owners put two million Euros in the bank to boost its capital position. percent to 15.4

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Except maybe they did partly.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 5, 2016

American Express is taking a page from Square’s book and launching an online platform for small business loans of up to $750,000 — but its main target may be banks. The news came today via Bloomberg, which reported funds could be available as soon as two days after loan approval. Read More.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2018

million in Series A funding for its expense management solution aimed at reducing businesses’ reliance on expense reports, instead linking employees to company credit cards that support real-time spend visibility. -based Divvy announced $10.5 Pelion Venture Partners led the investment round, which included several personal investors.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Despite the thousands of articles and books written by self-help experts over the years extolling the benefits of embracing change and incorporating more variety into one’s life, the truth is that trying new things can be a hard thing to motivate people or businesses to do. Banking And Gift Cards And Certified Partners (Oh My).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In 2019, Goldman partners with Apple on the launch of the Apple Card , which the bank’s executives have stated was the “most successful credit card launch ever.” Of Goldman’s $7 billion in consumer loans and card balances in 2019, card lending accounted for “a significant portion.”. The move is on-trend for both firms.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

“You have to look at the book seller market before Amazon,” he said. “Innovation is not just about finding the breakthrough technologies, although that is important too. ” Neal agreed that today, the oil and gas sector has seen a boom in technological innovation on the front lines.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

To purchase access to the space, visitors can enter their credit card information into the app to receive a pass with a code, which the host scans at the location. If consumers have booked a shower reservation, they can use the code to access it. Through the app, visitors can also reserve showers and nap pods as well as buy products.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

The country was home to one of the world’s first mobile commerce innovations with the DotCoMo mobile wallet all the way back in 2004. And yet Japan remains a heavily cash-based economy, Darren Abrahamson , managing director of Bain Capital Tech Opportunities told Karen Webster. You need to have multiple different networks.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

As reported, the vote was 412 to 202 on Thursday (March 14th) – 15 days before the March 29 departure date – to delay the withdrawal from the European Union that has been on the books for three years. Thus, consumers have the ability to cover bills more easily, and companies can manage working capital more efficiently. and the EU.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Blockchain. Marketplace lending. Digital banks.

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Fintech blockchain Lending Digital Banking 183

PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

As reported the vote was 412 to 202 yesterday (March 14th) to delay the withdrawal from the European Union that has been on the books for three years. Thus: The ability for consumers to cover bills more easily, or for companies to manage working capital more efficiently. As always the devil is in the details.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2017

Technology and conventional wisdom can get things horribly wrong at the intersection of tech-driven innovation and commerce. Discussion over the ways to embrace and promote innovation — especially as it pertains to connected devices — spilled over into the investment and artificial intelligence realms as Prof.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. Yet the Gonzo team has to give a shout out to the late entry of Texas Capital and Independent Bank. It is an innovator with tech (e.g., The Tech Award – Goes to Capital One.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

times tangible book for the attractive geographic footprint of BBVA weeks before the COVID vaccine starts to ship should spell accretion and strong future strategic positioning for PNC, especially in Texas where a brain drain from California led by Elon Musk will continue. You know that dog either has Capital One or Delta Amex.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

In general, venture capitalists are boosting their investments in Latin America, with funding reaching $594 million in 2015, a stark increase from $387 million in 2012, the Latin America Venture Capital Association confirmed. Guests can also now pay for their bookings in three separate installments with individual due dates.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As more financial service providers explore how to capitalize on corporates’ growing adoption of commercial cards, firms are looking at the card as a way to round out their products and services with a more holistic offering. Below, PYMNTS takes a look at the latest in commercial card innovation.

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