PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Corelle Brands has been around for a while — like 100 years. By today’s standards, it looks anything like an innovative brand. But then, looks can be deceiving — 100 years ago, Corning Glass Works had just introduced a massive innovation into the lives of home cooks everywhere. A New Kind Of Pothead.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

To offer expanded services as it pursues a digital innovation strategy of harnessing partnerships to provide an enhanced customer experience, Fifth Third is teaming with Fundation for small business loans. Companies that lack access to capital are not able to grow their operations or have had to cut their headcounts.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

In the new Digital Banking Tracker , PYMNTS examines how startups are competing with legacy brands, social media services and even eCommerce companies that want to add financial capabilities to their platforms. China isn’t the only nation where consumers have their pick of banking options, though. Around the Digital Banking World.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries. Honkook Kim and his Gentle Monster Brand is a perfect example. Instead of thinking traditionally, Gentle Monster pursued a strategy of innovation and creativity to become the hottest sunglass company globally, creating a company currently valued at $900 million.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The new investors were joined by existing investors including Nation Capital, Sapphire Ventures and Google’s venture arm known as GV. With these new strategic investors, we are well placed to be the go-to provider for the next wave of Fintech innovation.”. My brand is invisible. I’m not competing with our customers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Ubisoft’s rich portfolio of world-renowned brands — including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance and Far Cry — is a testament to their dedication to creating quality content for all, and their years-long dedication to exploring blockchain technology ensures they have the knowledge and skills to be excellent block producers.”. .

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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. Canada and Brazil. It looks like it’s no harm, no foul for Apple.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below). Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago. I will update with milestones from 2014 to today and publish next month. I’m taking suggestions here (so far: crypto, BNPL, earned-wage access, chatbots, deposit networks).

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Last week, Constellation Brands purchased Empathy Wines , a direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce business that sells wines from California vineyards. Brands see this digital shift in their numbers, even as stores have reopened and physical sales have started to increase.

Retail 259

Retail Meeting Branding Maine 259

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. and Australia. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

“The meal kit market is crowded, but it’s also growing rapidly, so there’s room for a lot of types of brands,” McDevitt told PYMNTS. The acquisition is a sign that others are seeing the rising trend in consumer demand for healthy products, which validates our brand position and gives us confidence for continued growth in our sector.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

The National Restaurant Association recently reported that the industry lost $120 billion during the pandemic’s first three months and that these losses could total $240 billion by the end of the year. The Tampa, Florida-based chain was publicly held until 2017, when it was purchased by Oak Hill Capital Partners for $525 million.

Mobile 143

Mobile Tampa Study Florida 143

Accenture

MAY 22, 2019

For years, banks have enjoyed a low bar on CFO expectations around payment product sophistication and innovation. Today, we are seeing a slowdown in commercial deposit growth broadly with flat or negative growth in pockets as deposits shift to the national banks. 2 Accenture Research on S&P Capital IQ data. The road ahead.

Payments 150

Payments Customer Experience Survey Capital 150

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But Belk may have something to teach its more nationalized equivalents, because it is doing something that its counterparts nationwide, by and large, are not. It’s even capitalizing on the department store drain that is ongoing. We’re going to take that brand message and the legacy the Belks have built and continue building on it.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

Online brands have yet to figure out a way to offer mimosas while personal stylists or designers do their jewel-encrusted work, and while there are more than a few startups trying to replicate an equivalent experience, a growing number are realizing that they might not need to at all. ”

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Online Retail Branding National 100

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The prevailing sentiment, as the crisis heads into its third month, is that more innovative government programs will be necessary to provide any meaningful relief. Government agencies would lend at 1 percent, branding the program “One for America.”. “In billion in liquidity guarantees by the Federal Reserve.

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Maine Groups San Francisco Lending 142

PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

Bryant formed the Bryant Stibel venture capital firm in 2013 with Jeff Stibel, founder of Web.com. Bank’s Adam Kruis, senior vice president and manager of working capital consulting, and Jennifer Swenson, vice president of corporate payment systems, discuss how the bank ensures smooth implementation of virtual card solutions.

Cards 131

Cards Technology social media Meeting 131

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2017

Consumers no longer want to just be transacted with—consumers want to be in relationships with the retailers and brands that know them well.”. Founded in 2010, the company offers a SaaS-based subscription technology platform and builds tools for brands and merchants looking to add subscription services to their retail repertoire.

Branding 100

Branding Retail Software User Experience 100

PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2016

UberMedia , a company known for transforming “mobile behavioral data,” announced on Wednesday (July 13) that it was launching a new product, Optimal GeoSpace, which the brand says will erect a “virtual fence around individual retail shopping areas, enabling retail marketers to fully capitalize on the actual footprint of a customer.”.

Retail 100

Retail Branding Data Analysis 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

Innovation can sometimes be seen as a solution looking for a problem, but it’s time to stop thinking of technology as bells and whistles and start looking at it as a necessary element of doing business for a changing consumer base – and up against a changing landscape of challenges and threats. Our chairman, Dr. B.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Retail social media Marketing 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

professional sports leagues such as the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Football League (NFL). Last year, it closed a $1 billion venture capital round , according to news reports from Reuters. In addition, brands are offering consumers replicas of uniforms that will be worn by the athletes.

Retail 118

Retail Strategy New York City Los Angeles 118

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Another week, another Amazon expansion/innovation. Launchpad is backed by more than 100 venture capital firms, startup accelerators and crowdfunding platforms. All told, Launchpad has helped over 1,200 startups worldwide since its inception, according to Jason Feldman, Director Global Innovations for Amazon. Germany and Austria.

Data 100

Data Conference Innovation National 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2016

Whole Foods and other retailers capitalizing on the at-home health food craze were able to get out in front of millennial eating trends — or, at least, start riding at the crest of the wave. Every generation has to eat, but every generation doesn’t have to eat the same way.

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Millennials Alabama Branding Texas 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

This week we saw scientists march, the French go to the polls and a $400 high-tech juicer turned out to be an innovation on par with something that everyone already has: their hands. And most of the nation got a good chuckle — except perhaps the investors who threw $125 million at the disruptive future of juice. these days.

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Millennials Cards New York Branding 109

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

According to the report , the deal comes as Carro raised some $30 million in fresh capital. By 2023, manufacturers and retailers will have to donate, reuse or recycle the goods” under a program that the French prime minister called the first of its kind from any national government.

Online 112

Online Retail Trends New York 112

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2017

We have a significant level of awareness,” said Andrew Louie, brand manager of refreshment beverages at Kool-Aid’s modern corporate parent company, Kraft. The brand continues to be extremely popular, even though it’s over 50 years old.”. Sometimes, though, Kool-Aid has been popular in the wrong way.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Congrats on a brave move and national recognition Jim! Inspirational?

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The community bank provided nearly 480,000 PPP loans totaling more than $13 billion to businesses across the nation. “I

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Community Bank Community National Fresno 196

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

B2B: The trillion dollar industry that gets overshadowed in innovation by consumer gee-wizardry tech, B2B is gaining more attention by the day. Across the pond, estimates Innovate Finance and Pitchbook, the B2B FinTech market has gotten nearly half of all FinTech funding in the European Union through the past year. Just sayin’.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Best Picture — Payments Innovation. But no matter where one looks, it seems payments innovation is the big winner. This new round of capital will help us further our mission of connecting communities around the world through last-mile delivery,” CEO Tony Xu said. And the winners are…. Best Round of Fundraising — DoorDash.

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Our nations strive to make the tallest buildings to create a signal that looks like a derivative of national progress. What does it mean to have a market capitalization? Why is it important whether the market capitalization is high or low? The market capitalization is not the enterprise value, just the equity value.

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Capital Marketing Strategy Bitcoin 52

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

During a busy year we saw Jill supporting her local community, blogging with Mark Cuban, spinning up new PPP technology and innovating with things like curbside banking. John Beale , longtime CIO of City National Bank. You know that dog either has Capital One or Delta Amex.

Idaho 172

Idaho Community Industry Strategy 172

PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

We are inspired by Canvas Technology’s innovations, and share a common vision for a future where people work alongside robotics to further improve safety and the workplace experience,” an Amazon spokesperson said. “We billion on 500 remodels in 2018 — more than a fifth of the retailer’s total capital expenditure of $10.3

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Taxes Retail Columbus Operations 100

PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

Chamber of Commerce Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness. ” Brian Tate, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association (NBPCA), had a similar reaction. The fact remains that innovation gets stifled when firms are constantly looking over their shoulders.

Cards 101

Cards Lending Study Industry 101

FICO

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In India, online lending companies raised a record $909 million in venture capital last year (the third-biggest market behind the U.S. Brand protection. Fintechs and challenger banks understand that brand recognition and affinity is key to their long-term success. and China). As Zach Bruhnke, co-founder and CEO of U.S.

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Regulation Fintech Lending Branding 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

21) at a virtual conference hosted by the National Retail Federation as part of its keystone 2021 event. Nike has also taken advantage of the D2C trend, with digital sales of its flagship brand and more than 100 percent digital sales growth in North America during the pandemic period.

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