Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

GPS's technology helps brands by allowing them to provide customized experiences put squarely in the cardholders' hands, the release says, having previously supported FinTechs, digital banks, and eWallets on their various journeys. Last year, GPS partnered with the U.K.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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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. However, legacy banks across the globe have been far from idle when it comes to digital and mobile innovation.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets. Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

VTEX has been around since 1999, but it hasn’t had the need to raise a significant amount of capital thus far, mostly operating off of its own revenues. . The funding round is significant because its one of SoftBank’s bigger investments with its Innovation Fund, which is targeted specifically to Latin American companies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Catastrophe breeds innovation — at least in terms of new business concepts. But capital brings those concepts to life. It stands to reason then that displaced workers are using funds to start their own micro-firms, and innovators see opportunity to monetize the great digital shift.

Payments 168

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Western Union has expanded its services into Thailand and launched a brand new international money transfer service in the region, the company said in a release. initiative, which aims to bolster the economy with tech and innovation. Also, the country has over 92 million mobile subscriptions.

Mobile 188

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As The company owns 458 stores in the U.S., billion in 2013, representing a 2.10

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Almost every bank and brand we spoke with will increase their investment in these two areas for 2023. AI, payments, data, and other aspects of innovation are dropping behind the scenes. While this trend has been significant for the last couple of years, we saw more and more banks (and brands) leveraging data to discover intent.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Using CB Insights data, we mapped out the key emerging Asian smartphone brands challenging established players. Below, we dive deeper into these various smartphone brands and the companies that own them. Oppo, Vivo, and OnePlus are smartphone brands run by the BBK Electronics Corporation , headquartered in Dongguan, China.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The post described SEVEN FUN as a brand under JD’s 7FRESH , which has been described in the past by JD.com as its “premium offline stores focused on fresh food.”. “As As a lifestyle retailer, SEVEN FUN is innovating the retail landscape in China,” said Jonathan Wang, head of 7FRESH, JD.com, said in the post.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2017

According to TechCrunch , the Portland-based startup had previously raised $800,000 in startup capital and $3 million in convertible notes, as well as $1.5 While Circle has plenty of competition, one factor that makes it unique is its partnership with Disney for use of its brand name and select assets. million raised in November 2015.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation. His passion for innovation, community, culture, and clients provides a leadership template for all future GonzoBankers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

“The [McDonald’s] brand is about fun. That was McDonald’s VP of Global Digital Experiences, Farhan Siddiqi, back in May when he dropped in to talk with Karen Webster about McDonald’s future in retail, as the digital doors were unlocking for one the world’s best known and far-reaching consumer brands.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Small and regional — outside of the Southeastern United States, most people haven’t heard of it. It’s even capitalizing on the department store drain that is ongoing. The more complex answer, noted CEO Lisa Harper, involves being both conservative and innovative at the same time. Most brands can’t do exactly what Belk has done.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2017

In the largest deal of the week, Lone Star Funds acquired Novo Banco for a bit more than $1 billion and making Europe the region from where the bulk of the money flowed in deal making. For one luxury fashion brand, de Gombert said, it took a four-person team between five and six months to publish a new collection online.

Software 101

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

The notion that Facebook is going to launch and ignite a global payments network, at scale, based on its own branded cryptocurrency and achieve global merchant and consumer acceptance is as likely as the predictions a decade ago that bitcoin and blockchain would, by now, become the internet of money. Curtain Call: The media goes nuts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2017

Looking at the geographic concentration of activity, the US was the most active region, with 47 percent of activity, followed by China at 41 percent. Consumers no longer want to just be transacted with—consumers want to be in relationships with the retailers and brands that know them well.”. They’re now circling your brand.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Best Picture — Payments Innovation. By offering QR-based digital payments, smaller retailers can achieve these goals and create greater customer stickiness with little to no investment beyond the phone they already have,” said Jorn Lambert, EVP, Digital Channels and Regions, Mastercard. And the winners are….

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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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CB Insights

AUGUST 26, 2021

SoftBank’s capital firepower has helped it become the #2 unicorn investor in the world. Meanwhile, the average deal size has decreased steadily in the past few years, and the firm is cutting checks to many first-time investments as it aims to diversify its portfolio and build out a wide-sweeping ecosystem of disruptive tech brands.

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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. Independent Banker named it one of the most innovative community banks because of its technology-forward attitude. Kennebec Savings Bank.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Has to be M-O-E. Bank Merger of the Year. 82% to over 2.3% You tell us.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

The easiest possible summary is that in a post-apocalyptic future, the United States has become the Kingdom of Panem, which consists of a rich, technologically vibrant capital city ringed by 12 impoverished agrarian or industrial districts that are exploited for their resources by wealthy residents of the capitol. In the U.S.,

Branding 101

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Travel tech is a well-established category but startups are still bringing innovation to the space and attracting financing. Using CB Insights data, we ranked the most active investors into unique travel tech startups since 2013, including venture capital and corporate venture investors. Car-hailing services are excluded. First Name.

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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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Most regional and community banks aren’t in the position to develop cutting-edge mobile banking products in-house. Those features can be combined with branding elements. Someone smaller and more focused will always jump in and innovate,” Fossella said. “If Small and medium-sized institutions face a very different situation.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 31, 2023

Likely, it might be a combination of the above, but setting a branching strategy should dictate capital allocation, branch layout, marketing, and staffing. Banks should have a clear and stated set of measurable objectives for their branches and then allocate capital accordingly. Our point here is branching isn’t a passive activity.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2016

Thrive gets to their low price point by purchasing their goods from brands directly. Brands currently found on the platform include Zico, Yogi and Thrive’s own branded products. The latest round saw further investment from Greycroft Partners, e.ventures and Cross Culture Ventures. This Week In Investments .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

“Large global firms such as RBS and BNY Mellon already call Manchester home, and the city also holds the IT centers for other global financial services brands, such as Lloyds and Barclays,” Manchester’s Inward Investment Agency recently announced. FinTech Paves The Way For Financial Resurgence.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 23, 2017

Jeff Bank A: To our shareholders, Since our inception, we have used the word ‘‘Absolutely’’ as a part of our brand. We continuously evaluate our overall capital management strategy and remain committed to being conservative stewards of your investment in [Bank A]. No reason to call them out here, as it is beyond the point of the post.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The percentage of sales lost by those physical store franchises can be seen not only in the pretty charts and graphs that we produce and share on a regular basis but the ongoing drumbeat of the national and regional store closings for those brands that can no longer keep up. There weren’t easy ways to innovate retail business models.

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CB Insights

MARCH 2, 2018

The e-commerce giants are capitalizing on three important trends: Global financial systems are going digital and mobile. Amazon is focused on globilizing its branded Marketplace, and will spend billions of dollars over the next decade to bring its model of low prices, vast selection, and fast delivery to the world.

Regional 68

Regional Retail Marketing Online 68