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Financial Conferences this Fall Showcasing New Ideas and Innovation

William Mills

Between September and October, we’ll see a host of new companies, ideas and innovation, and we’ll hear from the “experts” on those issues we need to pay attention to in 2017. This conference series is focused exclusively on showcasing the best and most innovative new financial and banking technologies. AFT Fall Summit.

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The Connected Car: An Extension Of The Consumer’s Home

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It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). The biggest driver for the connected car, said Frieden, is recognizing the importance of the millennial market and the technologically-enabled ways that millennials buy what they need. “So, Picture this. It’s snowing.

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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

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You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. And since iPhone users skew more to the affluent, it also denied those innovators the opportunity to monetize their spend. 23-25, 2020.

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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments

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That matters because as time goes by and existing cities become prohibitively expensive — think San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, with Chicago, Boston and other areas not far behind — many younger, well-educated consumers are making moves to exurban or even rural areas, or smaller cities. communities.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. It’s become a familiar story, usually with a new splash. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant.

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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Staples Shares Space, Affirm Finances Life Experiences

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Sure, one could sit back in an armchair and chalk it all up to irascible millennials, but Staples is taking the proactive approach and making sure it can provide the right office supplies, however — and wherever — its consumers want them. “People are everywhere,” Jacobson said. “People are living in all different places.

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Doing Omni-Channel First, Or Doing It Right?

Banking 2020

Regardless of how and why they hit the market, some technology-driven innovations seem to lend themselves to particular vertical markets and/or disciplines. Wearable technologies? Mobile payments enabled by those smartphones and tablets may not be popular with everyone, but those millennials are coming to love them.

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