PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2017

The Essential smartphone, the brainchild of Andy Rubin, the creator of the Android operating system, launched Thursday (Aug. Rubin pointed out that there is no branding on the Essential Phone and a limited number of preloaded apps and no duplicative services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2019

Among the highlights were Alexa’s smart TV expansion – particularly into models made by LG and Samsung. The integration with Samsung was a bit of a head turner, given that the South Korean electronics firm has been a holdout when it comes to offering Alexa or Google Assistant on its TVs, since it has its own assistant, Bixby.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Updates to the operating system are released periodically.”. Think Android Pay and Samsung Pay. Android Pay has been around longer; Samsung Pay has nearly twice its adoption rate, according to the PYMNTS/InfoScout Mobile Wallet Usage figures.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Branded mostly accurately as Google’s first branded phone, the new Pixel certainly got a very big introduction to the wider world. That makes it a more direct competitor for the Samsung Gear VR headset ($99), built for Samsung Galaxy devices and powered by Oculus. So what was seen — and what were the early reviews?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Not just any decade, but one that has seen unprecedented levels of innovation touch nearly every industry segment and almost every corner of the world. Only then, he said, can one get clarity about how those dots can guide innovators about the future. The last 10 years in payments and commerce have given us millions of dots to connect.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2020

Not just any decade, but one that has seen unprecedented levels of innovation touch nearly every industry segment and almost every corner of the world. Only then, he said, can one get clarity about how those dots can guide innovators about the future. Tuesday marked not only the end of a year, but the end of a decade.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2016

That’s the mantra of innovators everywhere. Physical credit and debit card acceptance to, more recently, accepting payment via digital wallets, such as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay, now expand those possibilities. Meeting the consumer where they are.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

As more banks, industries, companies and even retail brands take on and use blockchain technology in their business, there are the enhanced and innate elements of efficiency and security. “A In addition to lower operating costs, this will reduce the ‘settlement risks’ and hence capital involved in that transaction.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Mike Lawlor, chief services officer of USA Technologies, dove into the innovations that have marked the unattended retail space. In one noticeable move, Webster noted that there have always been branded kiosks for vending machines (with Coca-Cola a flagship example of that).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2017

The growth has also caught the interest of companies like Bank of America, Facebook and Samsung, which are investing in building products that use intelligent virtual assistants, interactive text and interactive voice services. billion in 2016 to $9.59 billion by 2021.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

However, given the interests and investment in VR (and AR) tech from likes Alphabet/Google, Samsung, Apple, Intel and HTC, among others, buying in on VR seems a lot less like a quirky investment in a boy’s toy from the point of view of 2017 than it did in 2014. and all over the world.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As innovations each year are becoming more like iterations – and changes to form and function are becoming smaller – consumers are less likely to clamor, stay up late or sleep on a sidewalk to get the latest and greatest flagship phone. “I Customers are paying for features, not necessarily brand names, particularly in the developing world.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2016

In fact, Visa cardholders won’t be pushed to sign on for ACH – at account signup, Visa cards and ACH will be presented as more or less equal options (in the spirit of giving consumers choice) and any Visa cardholder with an ACH account will be given an opportunity to work with their bank to flip it the other way to a Visa-branded debit product.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014. Price: $7.9B. Price: $11B.

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NCR

JULY 11, 2016

However, the innovations and use cases for P2P payments vary widely across different markets, with a wide range of methods, transfer speeds, technologies and business models in play, and they impact local markets in different ways. As a result of this, 92 per cent of people in the country sent or received a mobile P2P payment last year.

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NCR

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Samsung Pay has a variation on that platform too, with the support of the global electronics conglomerate. Tech innovator Apple hit the market more than a year ago with Apple Pay , bringing along retailers as diverse as Macy’s, Duane Reade and Whole Foods as partners. As we all know, that market is already crowded.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

At the same time, however, these platforms are facilitating a more traditional sales need: They have to engage buyers and sellers as they operate in the digital world of connectivity. Faced with this up-and-coming generation, retailers and brands, as well as payment providers, are already preparing for the arrival of Gen Z as adult consumers.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2016

Whatley noted that the payment solution has enabled many charities to accept credit cards, including the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital, which uses DipJar in both a retail setting to collect money for itself and to collect money at events, and The Salvation Army, which uses branded DipJars for various campaigns.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Apple, the company that transformed how consumers listened to music with the iPod, was outplayed by an innovator with a new business model and a cross-platform, cross-device appeal. Then there’s the Apple Card, now one of literally hundreds of co-branded credit cards in the market. Consumers think access, not operating systems.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Even online shopping giant Amazon – which operates about 500 brick-and-mortar bookstores and “4-Star” locations – is getting into the act on controlling in-store access. For example, Apple and Samsung are both actively tempting device buyers with “Black Friday” deals, even though those aren’t technically one-day events.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Not that long ago, the conventional wisdom was that mobile operating systems – iOS and Android – would rule, because mobile devices would remain the primary channel consumers used to manage relationships with all of the companies they interacted with. In fact, it’s already happening. The Super App-Fueled Shift.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

They are a diverse group of players, ranging from automotive industry stalwarts to leading technology brands and telecommunications companies. A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

How they describe their product/innovation: Project Finance is a personal finance application that shows users the future of their finances based on all the choices and decisions they’re making today. Fiserv & Samsung , fiserv.com @Fiserv @Samsung. Good job AI Foundry! Demo video will be available soon. Key Customers.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Cool name and branding. I checked out their web site and they are promoting their IOS/Google Play mobile apps (no surprise) and I found this: This website is operated and maintained by Collective Returns, Inc. I like their branding. THAT brand has been around about 20 years from the “dot com” days. 11:34 am YUKKA Lab.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Find out the technology and innovators changing the AR/VR landscape. Using the Rift requires a high-performance gaming PC, but Oculus also offers a cheaper option through a partnership with Samsung. Originally, Intel and Windows had announced a partnership between the Windows Holographic operating system and the Project Alloy hardware.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Those are also the same things that most people couldn’t care less about being a name brand, meaning it’s not just the grocery stores that are singing the blues. Innovators like Drizly have turned the sale of alcohol into something that can now not only be bought online but delivered the same day — sometimes, in the same hour.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. Meanwhile, brands that were already virtual-first have seen dramatic increases in adoption during the crisis. VR has also helped businesses across industries keep operations running.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2016

That has been one of the key takeaways from our conversations with Walmart , PayPal, Visa , Mastercard , Chase , Citibank and Samsung over the course of the last year. Instead, mobile payments options have to offer them something better — a payments innovation that is about more than payments. Cooperation Is The New Cool.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 25, 2017

Ultimately, the use cases for a transparent, verifiable register of transaction data are practically endless — especially since blockchain operates through a decentralized platform requiring no central supervision, while still remaining resistant to fraud. Blockchain & Bitcoin Research Briefing. Payments and money transfers.

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CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. Understanding failure is crucial since so many accounts of innovation focus on the successes and so are affected by survivorship bias.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Fashion has always been a hotbed for innovation — from the invention of the sewing machine to the rise of e-commerce. How AI is influencing brands. D2C brands shun physical retail. Fashion brands of all sizes and specialties are using technology to understand customers better than ever before. Table of Contents.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

Using the CB Insights database, we mapped global unicorn companies valued at $1B+ according to the primary markets in which they operate. DJI Innovations. $10. One97 Communications (operates Paytm). Delphi Automotive, Samsung Ventures, Motus Ventures. Brand Capital, Tiger Global Management, Kinnevik. Rowe Price.

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