PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Hong Kong’s travel and leisure booking platform Klook has closed a $200 million Series E funding round led by Aspex Management , with participation by Sequoia Capital China , SoftBank Vision Fund, Matrix Partners China and Boyu Capital , according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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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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Abrigo

OCTOBER 7, 2016

If you’re like most Americans , you have, and you likely were grateful for the time saved in traffic and at the store, or for the time or money saved in booking a trip. Technology can also provide tangible benefits to a business, and in many cases, those benefits are financial. Reducing the IT burden. Assisting with compliance.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

The image stems from about two or three centuries ago, when medieval superstitions were being seriously challenged by empirical thought, and the view has been reinforced countless times — even into the early 21st century if you look hard enough — by books, movies, TV shows and other methods of cultural communication. FinTech Partnerships.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Innovation in the accounts payable (AP) space continues to expand, with FinTechs looking to capture their piece of a growing market driven by businesses’ desire to digitize their operations. But corporate payers are not the only entities in charge of driving adoption of AP automation technologies. billion valuation. billion valuation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

At least, that’s what commercial card technology players believe, with this week’s rundown of the latest initiatives in corporate card solutions placing a focus on returning business trip volume. Expensify Links Cards To Booking. Amadeus B2B Wallet Expands Functionality. Wirecard, Payhawk Eye SMB Expenses.

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Perficient

JANUARY 12, 2021

The top banks have the funds, technology, and development teams to make this happen. Smaller financial institutions will have to be more innovative and rely on third parties and as-a-service based solutions to specifically address the needs of the niche market they are servicing. Small Business Innovation. reached 31.7

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Mobile and cloud tech provider Deem , which works with travel companies, announced a new search engine with better speed and more functionality, a press release says, with an eye toward improving booking and the overall travel experience. Rizzo said the focus was on innovation. Deem chief executive John F.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The same is true of financial institutions when they consider technology investments to transform their lending and credit operations. In some cases, parts were overhauled multiple times as management has changed. The technology investment will undoubtedly help the financial institution transform inefficient processes.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 17, 2022

and in bank technology nationally. Through organic growth and strategic M&A, Abrigo has grown to be a leading player in the bank technology market, serving over 2,300 financial institutions across the U.S. He was named an Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 Central Texas Award Winner.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

College is also a notable location for the rise of other retail innovation — including technology that is changing the quick-service restaurant (QSR) word, mobile order-ahead. What’s more, Amazon Prime Student members will get special perks when they use the store. That leaves an opening for subscription commerce.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

accelerator program will consist of mentorship, education about new technologies and access to APIs, and opportunities to collaborate with SAP customers. Bacarai is working on an airline marketplace in which customers can buy trips and manage them through an online interface. RoadGoat uses location technology to map out around 4.3

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Mobile Innovation. College is also a notable location for the rise of other retail innovation — including technology that is changing the QSR word, mobile order-ahead. What’s more, Amazon Prime Student members will get special perks when they use the store. Subscription Rising. That leaves an opening for subscription commerce.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The latest example of the power of those digitally-enabled innovative efforts comes from online freight marketplace operator Convoy. 13), the company has raised $400 million in funding round led by Generation Investment Management LLP and previous investor T. The startups, including Uber Technologies Inc.’s Uber’s Move.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

The services include wealth management tools, credit, lending and crowdfunding for serious illnesses. The new products will bring Didi into direct competition with the Alibaba Group and technology giant Tencent. The company received $500 million in funding from Booking Holdings, with a plan to expand globally.

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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. Bank client preferences have moved toward self-service technologies over branch visits in recent years because of ease of use and improved convenience. Kobe Bryant’s VC Firm Holds More Than $2B in Assets .

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BankUnderground

JUNE 16, 2021

In part this reversal responded to another historical lesson drawn from Reinhart and Rogoff’s 2009 book This Time is Different about the threshold of debt/GDP beyond which risks of further financial instability increased. Pandemics, finance, technological change. What’s next?

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the throes of managing balance sheets and loan portfolios and at the same time executing daily “run the bank” operations, bankers are faced with the need to continuously develop new customer experiences and scale enterprise capabilities. At the same time, tomorrow’s leadership will have little to do with “book smarts.”

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Executives are quickly finding, however, that rather than gaining valuable efficiencies from their vendor partnerships, technology options represent a huge execution risk. In fact, leaders are faced with navigating a perfect storm of suboptimal technology choices. Pulling basic management reports requires a phone book-sized manual.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Corporate travel and expense management solution provider Serko has teamed up with FaceMe to design what it claims to be the world’s first digital human corporate travel assistant. 1) said Serko and digital human technology company FaceMe created the virtual assistant that is a digital, visual representation of a human assistant.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

14) that they have inked a partnership aiming to bring virtual card payment technology to airlines. The service is powered by Conferma Pay and is integrated directly at the point of sale into all major global distribution systems, including more than 100 booking tools and 500 travel management companies. ” .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

But any business can find efficiencies in how they get the tangible products they need to function, and one area that is ripe for innovation between technology and cost-cutting is education, and specifically parochial education. In an interview with PYMNTS, Dennis Toohey, principal of Xperience Inc.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Plus, the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report noted that the U.S. California’s Marqeta is a card-issuing platform that provides the technology and tools for developing and running payment solutions. X1’s tangible cards are made with 17 grams of stainless steel in addition to laser etching technology.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

Used to be that managing a company’s liquidity and cash position was a matter of reconciling disparate bank accounts at the end of the day. In the second annual survey conducted by C2FO focused on corporate treasurers based in Europe, responses showed that 75 percent of the 100 respondents wanted to invest in technology tied to trade finance.

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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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Perficient

JUNE 30, 2020

We use the insights and measures we’ve collected to arrange the experiences and capabilities under consideration into six manageable groups and, finally, to balance the portfolio to fit your limited time and resources. . Or should we go the other way and invest in a risky but innovative direction? Innovating.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Uncertainty is at an all-time high, but what is clear is that business travel management FinTechs aren’t sitting idly. ” Continuing Innovation. With a cautiously optimistic outlook, corporate travel technology firms continue to press forward to introduce new tools for businesses in preparation for returning T&E spend.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2019

Rachel Jiang, head of health and wellness for Amazon Alexa, said select developers will be invited to build Alexa skills that transmit and receive protected health information, aiming to make it easier for consumers to manage their healthcare via voice.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Uber Technologies Inc. This acquisition brings together Uber’s expertise in on-demand, global mobility technologies with Routematch’s proven capabilities across paratransit, payments, fixed-route tools, and trip planning services,” said Uber Head of Transit David Reich and Routematch CEO Pepper Harward, in a joint statement.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2018

The corporate travel and expense management space is a bit of a conundrum. A surge in FinTech innovation, new industry players and the embrace of cutting-edge technologies – like artificial intelligence and mobile payments – positions the T&E market as an example of how B2B payments can, in fact, be innovative.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

The effort provides innovative early-stage startups with access to an immersive six-month program where they receive guidance and support from MasterCard on scaling their operations and entering new markets and industries. with MasterPass technology to enable its members to pay club fees and buy club merchandise via the app.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

Many industry players are touting the ability to use analytics and automation technology to handle mundane, time-consuming tasks, freeing up resources for accountants to take on more advisory roles. “In many ways, the biggest pain point for accountants and small businesses is assembling the books in the first place,” he said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

as well as 21 European Union (EU) countries — sent a letter to antitrust regulators asking that they throw the book at Google as fast as possible. Paytronix has launched Paytronix Subscriptions, a subscription-building product that will allow any restaurant or convenience store to set up and manage a subscription program for its customers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Online business travel booking and expense management company Serko is entering the “world of virtual card payments,” the company said this week, announcing a partnership with virtual card company Conferma. ” Conferma has brought its virtual card technology to the corporate travel and expense management space before.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

This fact was recently illuminated by a Booking.com finding that 20 percent of customers will bail on a booking they’ve begun if denied usage of their preferred alt-pay method. Travel players on the leading edge are vying to stay there through payments innovation. Payments are at the heart of connected commerce for travel.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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