PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

JAB has been on a bit of a buying spree of late when it comes to coffee brands. billion) and operates 530 stores in countries including the United States and China. Bridgepoint has been the majority stakeholder in the coffee brand for about 10 years, making the purchase for around £345 million.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

More important, perhaps, than the innovations they made on behalf of their more famous lead players, was how their contributions accelerated those innovations’ time to market. Innovation in payments and commerce has an unsung hero, too. And who will influence how innovation happens. Distribution.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

Competition for customers — especially millennials — from larger banks and FIs has long required credit unions to keep pace with their more innovative counterparts. This often means providing digital solutions and convenient banking options despite smaller technology and innovation budgets, however.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Sainsbury’s , in one case, unveiled a new c-store format in London called On The Go to deliver “big innovation in small spaces for local shoppers” and used data to create the Mansion House store to meet the needs of busy city workers. billion by 2024 from £18.5 billion last year per IGD. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

To help hockey players stay up to date on the latest sports equipment, eCommerce innovator the PenaltyBox offers subscription boxes comprised of a myriad of hockey essentials, from well-known brands to up-and-coming companies the PenaltyBox team tests themselves. So, it decided to start a private Facebook group for hockey parents.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

We understand consumers want to fuel up, pay and quickly be on their way,” said John Barbour, manager of payments and card services at Phillips 66, in a press release. We know that Honda drivers value convenience, safety and security,” said John Moon, Managing Director Strategic Partnerships, Honda Innovations. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

This is a popular strategy — DoorDash handled a full 35 percent of all meal deliveries in the United States in 2018, and Grubhub closely trailed on its heels, claiming 30 percent of orders. The brand is now piloting a new store model intended to better support such takeout and delivery purchases. Find this story in the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Parker continued, “We’re now focused on creating an environment that highlights our heritage and allows consumers to deeply connect with the brand as they prepare for their own exploration, wherever it may be.”. Beyond The North Face, other outdoor apparel retailers are innovating with their brick-and-mortar stores.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

“We’re proud to deepen our relationship with Phillips 66 and to leverage its powerful market presence, which has expanded nationally over the last few years,” said Jay Collins, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Small Business and Channel Partnerships at WEX in a press release.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Just last month, Beijing-based Geek+ raised a $150 million investment round for its robotics technology that aims to enhance supply chain management and logistics. This round of financing will further strengthen Geek+’s continued investments in innovative products and solutions, [a] global distribution network and customer service.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

MoneyCard has become the biggest prepaid account program in the United States, the release said. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

MoneyCard has become the biggest prepaid account program in the United States, the release said. .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

Shopify announced it has launched a new retail hardware collection to improve in-person shopping for some of the world’s fastest-growing brands and their customers. Digitally native brands want to build loyal audiences through retail locations, and we’ve designed the best products to help them achieve this success.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

We’ve seen consolidation within verticals, with software platforms coming together to create brands within, say, health and fitness, while maintaining the individual brand of the SaaS platform itself,” he told PYMNTS. We’re also seeing it for government platforms at the federal, state and municipal levels.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Before 1857, the most common “toilet paper” in the United States actually consisted of pages from the Sears Roebuck catalog. That finally changed when one brave innovator, entrepreneur Joseph Gayetty, got the idea that a better alternative could be created. In the U.S. We believe in moments for ourselves.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In a panel discussion with Karen Webster, observers from the front lines of real-time payments said the shift will require new approaches by banks and corporates toward liquidity, receivables management and partnerships. In the United States alone, for example, The Clearing House’s RTP network serves 70 percent of all DDAs.

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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

MAY 28, 2018

consumers for the first time,” Joanna Lambert, general manager of finance and tech at Oath , wrote in a blog post. “It While the concept is popular in countries like Mexico and the Philippines, it failed to catch on in the United States. Every trial run helps brands better optimize, and create a better experience for users.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

As the coronavirus got up close and personal during the week of March 2, PYMNTS put a study into the field on March 6 to a census-based panel of approximately 2,128 consumers in the United States. Can The New England Patriots Brand Survive Losing Tom Brady? Paper Checks, COVID-19 And The Flaw With Analog Relief Payments.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In some ways, Belk department store is the last of a dying breed — and not just because it is a department store in the United States in the year 2017. Small and regional — outside of the Southeastern United States, most people haven’t heard of it. Most brands can’t do exactly what Belk has done.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2017

billion, said the firm, with acquisitions, mostly via VocaLink, accounting for two percentage points of that growth, as management said on the call that the deal allows the company to offer both card and bank-based payment solutions. China remained a key consideration in management commentary on the analyst call. billion last year.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A sense of clarity came from Sebastien Clamagirand, general manager of secure payment and identity at NXP Semiconductors during a recent discussion with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. Innovative Edge. But cards have something else going for them: innovation. Innovation, though, is a different beast, at least in 2018 and going forward.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

Shoppers can also manage their shopping carts on the go, as the technology is available on a host of devices, such as Android phones. If a shopper instructs Google Assistant to add milk to the shopping cart, for example, the feature will add the size, brand and type of milk he or she regularly chooses. households.”. households.”.

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 7, 2023

In mid-May, a digital bank account for the 62+ crowd debuted in the United States. Bonus complication: Any brand would struggle to win over the trust of an audience that may have used the same account for decades. The launch of Charlie points to an underserved niche in banking: older adults. Well, it happened.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

These are just some of the ways companies are tapping into the latest restaurant innovations with the help of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automated retail: Among diners, 71 percent would be open to QSRs incorporating AI. 1 food delivery service in the United States.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

The company said in the announcement that harnessing a platform for digital management “enables supply chain managers to mobilize and visualize performance management in a more intuitive, convenient manner.” In addition to its data and distribution efforts, Walmart is also innovating with the help of blockchain.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Home shopping used to mean something quite different in the United States than it does today. And the the brand isn’t just moving its sales online, but is increasing expanding its businesses there. The channel managed to add 417,000 new customers during Q1 of 2018, the second-biggest increase for that period in 15 years.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

“Home is a category we continue to evolve, and being Anthropologie’s partner will allow us to introduce dynamic home [products] with a regular cadence,” said Gemma Lionello, executive VP and general merchandise manager, Nordstrom. “We We look forward to providing our customers with another way to shop one of their favorite home brands.”.

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Accenture

MAY 22, 2019

I am excited to have Tim O’Donnell join our Payments team as a managing director and draw on his insights in developing this blog. For years, banks have enjoyed a low bar on CFO expectations around payment product sophistication and innovation. 8 Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

small hotel rooms are the rule, not the exception, and even here in the states the idea has been floating around since 1989 when the Microtel brand began first offering its half-sized, half-priced hotel rooms in Rochester, New York. In that sense it might be hard to pick them out as innovative as first glance.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

Markos Zachariadis, associate professor of management and information systems at Warwick Business School, told PYMNTS in an interview , “The third parties will [then] have a lot of the information that we hold [and give] to the end customers. PSD2’s impact in Europe has not gone unnoticed by regulators in other areas of the world. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The rates refer to the rates that United States-based merchants pay to accept Visa cards. A genuine sea of change is rising in terms of how merchants want to interact with their shoppers and how consumers want to manage their transactions. Mastercard CEO Pushes Back Against National Payments Systems.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

Though Kroger’s test marks the first application and deployment of Nuro’s hardware and software, the sun may just be the beginning of a new wave of future innovations. In the future, driverless vehicles might not be the only innovation to shape the way retailers deliver online orders. The (Driverless) Road And Sky Ahead.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

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. Managing Spend in a Sector Where Unplanned Expenses Are the Norm. Trackers and Reports.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

As quick-service restaurants (QSRs) look to the future, digital innovations such as self-serve kiosks and delivery are on top of mind. percent in the United States. And so, that’s a major opportunity for us to substantially upgrade what is already one of the best properties in the United States.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2017

Sometimes a customer knows exactly what they want, with a specific brand name, down to the serial number. But though it cannot offer online payments, it does offer the merchant the ability to digitally list and sell its stock while also bolstering an in-store solution for staff that then helps manage the workflow from those online orders. “It

Online 156

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

He stated that POS financing will not displace other forms of payment, but should lead to accelerated activity in the coming years across corridors, such as Central and South America, the United States and Canada. One of the issues is convenience, and also that trust is a big factor.”. Trends In Corporate Travel.

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