PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Mastercard came out ahead of Wall Street’s forecasts when its Q3 earnings report hit the wires before the markets opened yesterday – notching a beat on both earnings and revenue, with significant growth in transaction volume and global market share. Markets rewarded the good news with a 1.8 directly to their debit cards.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

This week, American Express (Amex) and Amazon announced their intended team-up on the release of a new commercial card product designed for small businesses (SMBs) buying on the Amazon platform. The co-branded card for SMBs in the U.S. The new card product will expand that functionality when it hits the market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2017

But, for consumers with more cash on hand or cards with higher spending limits, more luxurious items, including caviar and cars, can also be purchased through specialized vending machines. Take online vehicle marketplace Carvana, which recently installed its first car vending machine in Florida.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

For instance, Pokémon trading cards have been pulled from some Toys R Us locations. Winn-Dixie will close 35 stores in Florida after its owner Southeastern Grocers filed for bankruptcy last week, Bloomberg reported. Together, Kroger and Walmart have lost more than $30 billion in market value this year. Surprise dolls.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Disney+ is planning to offer streaming content from brands like Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar. “Re-imagined” The pilot program was first announced in June at the company’s shareholders meeting, with a rollout planned in Vero Beach, Florida; Pittsburgh and Kansas City. The company accepts credit and debit cards for payments.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

The company is testing its workplace program at mainly smaller supercenters along with the company’s Neighborhood Markets. When it comes to individual states, the company plans a $173 million investment for Florida, a $145 million investment for California and a $265 million investment for Texas per reports last month.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

He is chief of judges for the annual Retail Banker International Awards and lead market advisor for GlobalData's retail banking research division. Mark Feeley, Research and Brand Director at Chartis. Winners will receive recognition at FICO® World , which will be held in May 16-19, 2023, in Hollywood Florida.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2016

travelers looking to step into the once-forbidden country, and Florida-based Stonegate Bank amplified the chatter with news this month that it would become the first U.S. bank to issue cards that work in Cuba. . The biggest area Seleski said he anticipates commercial card usage is in the hotel industry.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

If I’m a brand, I’m trying to figure out: How can I expose my brand” across marquee names, such as Nordstrom, Macy’s or even Louis Vuitton, “that they know who I am obviously, and they have the ability to spend?”. Badran said: “At some point, we’ll be able to bring those to the U.S. as well.”. “If

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. Acronym of the Year – CCCA (Credit Card Competition Act). banks by market value.”. 2008 called and wants its headlines back. Goes to Sen.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

But while most merchants are embracing omnichannel strategies as the market continues to evolve, some established retailers are still looking to get the eCommerce ball rolling, dot-com-style. million-square-foot eCommerce fulfillment center in Florida. In 2017, are such belated efforts too little too late?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

However, Amazon’s most eye-catching grocery announcement this year was the news that it intends to open a new Amazon-branded grocery store in the near (but unspecified) future in California. SNAP is the federal program, formerly known as foods stamps, that provides financial assistance via an EBT card to help consumers buy food.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

The company also launched a new co-branded Visa rewards card with Alliance Data. Just this week, IKEA announced a new 326,000-square-foot customer fulfillment center in Lakeland, Florida, set for a 2019 opening.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Cava has around 30 restaurants in the DC, LA, and NYC markets, and its packaged dips and spreads are sold in more than 200 Whole Foods Market stores. ” The company operates six permanent and two temporary locations in the New York City area, as well as one at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn in Orlando, Florida. sweetgreen.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Participants pitch to a panel of Visa representatives — and a few large client representatives — in what Visa’s SVP of Digital and Marketing Transformation Shiv Singh described as a “Shark Tank”-like format. And DICK’S wasn’t the only big brand looking to change its role in this story. And we know there will be some backlash,” he said.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 7, 2015

Yet while the demos and screen shots at events like Finovate have provided fascinating fodder regarding the future of digital banking, the FACTS show that these buzz-worthy players have had infinitesimal impact on market share. EverBank figures include acquisition of Bank of Florida deposits of $1.5 billion in 2010. What’s Next?

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MyBankTracker

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If you are in the market for insurance for home, auto, and life policies, the ACSC could be a good option if you are a California resident in one of the counties the auto club serves. Auto Insurance Study found that AAA had an overall satisfaction score of 826 out of 1,000, signaling brand loyalty among its policyholders. Bottom line.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 29, 2016

Our inaugural post leads with the Pokemon Go phenomenon which has fintech innovators rethinking their strategies around not just mobile, but the power of gamification, location-based marketing, and the diversity of data, as well. Read our take on the technology , and its potential as a marketing tool for FIs. – AdWeek.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

Amazon/Whole Foods is the newest district in the Grocery Hunger games – the combination of two smaller efforts (Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market) made possible by Amazon’s $13.7 Grocery delivery : It’s now live in 24 markets in the U.S. District 1: Amazon/Whole Foods. billion acquisition about a year ago. Weaknesses.

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CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2018

While the blockchain-related announcements range from the credible to the laughable to the possibly criminal, the analysis overall demonstrates the market’s bullish attitude toward blockchain and crypto. Companies are arranged in descending order of market cap (as of 03/16/18). . Exchange: OTC Markets. Longfin corp.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Speaking of disjointed, McCall said there have been two major fragmentations that keep brands from reaching consumers as effectively as they could. If a brand wanted to reach most of America, McCall said, it went to those three mediums. flock to Panama City, Florida to party it up. One is the fragmentation of attention.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

This marketing promotion seeks to recreate the success of the brand’s 2014–2015 U.S. The app will also allow users to record a 15-second “digital lip-sync video” that can be shared on social media using the hashtag #ShareaCoke, the brand told Ad Age.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

Investor optimism in spite of the news perhaps indicates faith in the cost-cutting measures Whole Foods has pursued, along with boosting its less-expensive 365 brand. based brands, and less dramatic than Whole Foods’ rise. WFM is up 1.2 percent in 2017. Friday morning trading saw KR stock up 0.75 percent to $29.73.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2018

A successful platform in Miami, Florida may flop in Dallas, Texas, while the one that worked in Dallas likely wouldn’t work in Brazil. Those who do give it a shot may find themselves frustrated that bikes are not available when and where they need them, causing the brand to lose customers before it picks up steam, Musa added.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 26, 2016

HQ: Miami, Florida. Prepaid debit card. Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, point-of-sale, mobile, credit/debit card aquiring. HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Crunchbase , WSJ. Payments technology. Latest round: $24 million. Total raised: $40.5 HQ: Kefar Sava, Israel. Source: Finovate. Net Element. Mobile payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

But why then, you might ask, are so many pure-play eTailers, whose target audience is the millennial — like The RealReal and Rent The Runway , new marketplaces like OfferUp , deal aggregators like Groupon , alt lenders like SoFi and alt lending platforms like LendingTree — buying pricey blocks of airtime on CNN and CNBC to promote their brands?

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