PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In this case, it’s the gap between interest and intent, the chasm that lies between consumer awareness of unattended retail and actually taking the plunge in buying at the kiosk and vending machine. At a high level, according to PYMNTS data , unattended retail is reaching only one-tenth of its potential. Hurdles For Larger Merchants.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Retail is perhaps an unexpected entrant into the augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) market, but it’s proving to be an area in which being there virtually can be seamlessly substituted for being there actually. The applications for such technology are wide-ranging. Changing How Guests Prepare. Changing How Guests Prepare.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The suspension came just two days before shares of Ant Group were to go live on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock markets. Officials in Beijing were concerned about explosive investor interest in the planned $37 billion IPO by the world’s largest FinTech and how it might impact the public markets, according to the news outlet.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Fandom had always had a place online, but truly thrived at in-person events and local retailers that catered to collectors and enthusiasts’ interest in one-of-a-kind and holy grail items,” Logan Head, co-founder and chief technology officer of Whatnot, said in a press release on Friday (Dec.

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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. Weak iPhone Sales Cost Apple Nearly Half a Trillion Dollars in Market Cap . Walmart Reboots Retail With Its Rethink on Robotics .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2020

Germany — Amazon’s second-biggest market after the U.S. Amazon also has pop-up stores at select locations, book stores and 4-Star , which offers a curated selection of top-selling Amazon items. Whole Foods Market opened its 500th store in Atlanta in April. Whole Foods Market opened its 500th store in Atlanta in April.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

Goldman Sachs has officially entered the world of online retail banking. The platform was reportedly inherited by Goldman Sachs after its recent acquisition of a $16 billion book of deposits from GE Capital. Pushing into mass market banking is just the latest new venture Goldman has pursued. savings bank annual yield of.06

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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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

There are more than a few mind-blowing stats about Amazon , most of them having to do with its 44 percent of the eCommerce market, or maybe the $88.9 billion in revenue it booked during the second quarter of 2020. In short, it’s a world where access to capital and legal advice is welcome.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2023

Despite reaching the highest profitability in over a decade in 2022, US banks overall trade at a discount to other sectors as measured by P/E or P/Book, and approximately 53% of US banks have earned less than their cost of equity over the last five years. Market segments – A bank is a compilation of its customers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

Central Group, Thailand’s largest retailer, confirmed Thursday (January 31) that it is investing $200 million in a unit of Grab, the Southeast Asia ride-hailing startup. According to Reuters , citing a statement by Central Group, the retailer said it will “acquire a significant non-controlling stake” in the Thailand unit of Grab.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

LLC and BofA Securities are serving as joint lead book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters for the deal. Additional book-running managers for the IPO include Wells Fargo Securities, BMO Capital Markets and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

million for its anti-fraud solutions designed for retailers. With artificial intelligence (AI), Fraugster has developed a software solution that prevents fraud for online retailers, analyzing data from multiple sources and cross-checking information to determine whether a transaction is fraudulent or not. SESAMi/Capital Match.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Despite a slowdown in corporate travel, expense management and travel booking technology provider SalesTrip still managed to impress investors, which pumped $1.4 Reports in e27 said MAA Group provided the investment, which microLEAP plans to use for marketing, new staff hires and technological enhancements. Reports said the U.K.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

We’re continuing to support neon not only financially, but also through our expertise in developing and marketing digital platforms,” Samuel Hügli, CTO and head of digital ventures at Tamedia, said in a press release. We firmly believe that neon will visibly change Swiss customers’ banking behavior within the next two to three years.

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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

JUNE 2, 2020

eCommerce vehicle retailer Vroom has started the initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock, according to an announcement. The shares are forecasted to trade with the “VRM” ticker symbol on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. In December, Vroom raised $254 million in a Series H funding round led by Durable Capital Partners.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

And BMW is hardly alone: Cadillac launched a car subscription concierge service of cars and SUVs last year called BOOK. Beyond BMW and Cadillac , the subscription market is growing as consumers and brands take note: Software vendors, too, are turning to subscriptions, according to the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

Coverage includes Equifax reporting second quarter earnings, Walmart promoting the baby market and JCPenney targeting moms. Also, Flywire raises $100 million and Venmo books more than $14 billion in payments during the quarter. Welcome to the Five at Five your late look at the payments and commerce news of the day.

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MAY 7, 2020

But revisiting management commentary and specific sub-segments of the reported data — specifically Square Capital and Cash App — shed additional light on where merchants see opportunity and challenge right now. That flurry of activity came with strong adoption in hard-hit verticals, such as food and retail. The Great Pivot.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

In the digital age, booking travel is pretty easy for consumers when it comes to getting to a destination or finding a place to stay. One can, of course, become their own travel agent, spending the weeks and months before a trip researching and booking activities – or they can hand off that job to an actual travel agent.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Investors applauded the announcement to increase capacity, and drove Peloton’s stock to an all-time high, while marking a 400 percent year to date gain and $47 billion market cap. Increased manufacturing capacity should help alleviate the biggest impediment to growth,” KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Ed Yruma said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The company said its platform as a service helps salons, spas and other appointment-based businesses streamline booking and scheduling, inventory management, payroll and payments, amid other functions. billion Euros. But it’s also very fragmented and shaped by tedious and inefficient processes.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

USA Technologies, the payment technology service provider of integrated cashless and mobile transactions in the self-service retail market, announced news Tuesday (July 25) of the closing of its underwritten public offering of 9,583,332 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $4.50

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2017

still manage their bookings with pen and paper,” Shedul co-founder and CEO William Zeqiri said in an interview. But Shedul is actively trying to solve that particular friction but offering a “totally subscription-free platform” that allows users from any device connected to the internet to find and book a salon or spa appointment.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The luxury travel market is booming: The PYMNTS Luxury Travel Study found that luxury travelers from the United States spent $1.1 From home-sharing platforms to experiential marketplaces and hotel reservation sites, digital innovators are making it easier for consumers to book luxury travel and pay for their trips. trillion market.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

When it comes to retail, general commerce and online payments, the increasingly powerful middle class in India will probably get major credit in future textbooks for shaping the global digital economy. billion worth of capital coming from the likes of SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Airbnb Inc.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing Should we be interpreting the desire of lots of private sub-scale companies to *sell* as a signal about the market environment and the quality of these companies? That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets. billion in 2021 Q1.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Here, for comparison, is similar data on venture capital funds?—?printing Should we be interpreting the desire of lots of private sub-scale companies to *sell* as a signal about the market environment and the quality of these companies? That is a 100% increase in capital looking for quality fintech assets. billion in 2021 Q1.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The company, which specialized in loans against classic cars and paintings, has an outstanding loan book worth about £80 million (more than $103 million USD), with CG Recovery saying it’s too early to know how much money FundingSecure’s 3,500 investors might get back. Despite lending £6.7

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

For one change, that form of retail is expanding to include new and fresh areas, which includes cars and trucks. Those two retail trends have recently collided in Southeast Asia, where Carro, an automotive marketplace and financing provider, has reportedly bought Jualo, an online marketplace for used goods from some 300 product categories.

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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. The Hotel Market.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

As the second decade of the 21 st century is drawing to a close, it is almost unimaginable that booking a flight or finding the right hotel room would present as a challenge. They effectively created ways in which they booked tickets that effectively captured the consumer experience,” he said. Moreover, travel is full of risk.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), retailers and merchants have the capability to reach a much larger array of consumers on an extremely tailored and personal level. As such, it should come as no surprise that many retailers are using AI to help boost both their products and services.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Bitcoin payments app Fold has announced that its users can now get 3 percent back in bitcoin when they book a stay and experience on Airbnb. And the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired Canadian blockchain firm Mavennet to build a cross-border oil tracking platform.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2016

Walmart Chief Marketing Officer Tony Rogers explained in a blog post on Wednesday (June 1) that the mega-retailer was taking a page from its own history books and bringing the smiley face logo of the early 1990s back to the forefront of its marketing materials. told employees.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

FinTech is no stranger to this pattern, and while venture capital levels have seemed to dwindled in certain markets (analysts found VC funding down by 29 percent in 2016 compared to last year), B2B startups remain the apple of many investors’ eyes. India saw a particularly lucrative year. India saw a particularly lucrative year.

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