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MAY 29, 2018

The financial services company recently debuted a new partnership with Russian phone operator and telecom provider MegaFon. The two collaborated on a payments solution designed to enable MegaFon subscribers to make purchases or pay bills via their smartphone using Apple Pay or Samsung Pay and a linked virtual Mastercard.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Large companies like Samsung , Apple , and Huawei have traditionally dominated the Asian smartphones market, but in recent years, new makers have slowly emerged to chip away at that dominance. Using CB Insights data, we mapped out the key emerging Asian smartphone brands challenging established players. Asia Tech Investment Report.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The most transformative innovations in payments and commerce over the last decade are mostly the result of innovators making what was once visible, invisible: payments, stores, merchants, brands, issuers, even card networks. They influenced those choices by changing the consumer’s path to purchase and payment. But it’s only just begun.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2018

In 2016, 95 percent of transactions in in India were done in cash and there were approximately 60 million online shoppers – representing about 14 percent of the internet using base of the nation, according to a late 2017 report by Morgan Stanley. Flipkart reported a net loss of 87.71 billion Indian rupees in the year to March 2017.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

Like its $310 million purchase of Bonobos, buying Blue Apron would repeat Walmart’s playbook of acquiring a branded eCommerce startup with a more premium product to its core offerings,” said Matthew Trusz, equity research analyst of Gabelli & Company, to investors. Walmart’s Jet.com operation, meanwhile, keeps growing. billion.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

Walmart Pay released its six-month report card , with some pretty interesting stats: ubiquity at all 4,600+ stores, high usage, high repeat usage, rave reviews from their users and a growing crop of brand evangelists that, Walmart Pay execs say, have become an effective recruiting engine. Next time, guys? SMB Working Capital. Woot, woot!

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MARCH 15, 2019

The letter went on to say that “Amazon’s price parity provisions may work to block the emergence of more efficient online marketplaces that might offer consumers lower prices on their favorite goods.”. The law would also ban Amazon from selling its own branded goods on its site. In 2018 tablet shipments fell 6.2 Apple Inc.’s

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

Consumers may have moved to mobile apps when ordering pizzas on their iPhones, but when it comes to a broken fridge, or an online account that won’t let them log in, they still tend to pick up the phone and dial a company’s hotline. For iQor, that means taking steps to secure its own operations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2016

Consumer products of any kind — be it food and beverage or others — that have historically either been bought in a traditional brick-and-mortar store or bought online,” observes Lawlor, “are now being sold in these unattended retail environments in the places that consumers work, where they transit, where they entertain themselves.”.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

South Korea has 11 mobile payment services such as KakaoPay, Naver Pay and Samsung Pay, and around 28 million cards were loaded onto users’ smartphones in the second quarter. Vodafone is the third-largest mobile operator in the U.K. Carrier billing allows uses to make online payments. billion won from the previous quarter.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The introduction of the iPhone in 2007 – and the birth of the apps ecosystem a year later in 2008 –inspired an entirely new class of innovators, stating the 2010s with a brand-new toolkit. That’s not just because consumers can shop and buy online without leaving the house. What a difference a decade makes.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Combined, these 31 European startups have raised more than $21B in total funding, and operate across industries including fintech, e-commerce, healthcare, and more. Company Description: This UK-based company operates data centers in Europe and Asia. Auto1 Group now has operations in more than 30 countries. Global Switch.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2020

The introduction of the iPhone in 2007 – and the birth of the apps ecosystem a year later in 2008 –inspired an entirely new class of innovators, starting the 2010s with a brand-new toolkit. That’s not just because consumers can shop and buy online without leaving the house. What a difference a decade makes.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2018

That said, several investors and foreign companies see an opportunity in Pakistan’s nascent market, positioning themselves early as more people come online. Foodpanda: Rocket Internet’s Foodpanda, which was acquired by Germany’s Delivery Hero in Q4’16, has operated its food delivery service in Pakistan for many years.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Instead of opening on Thanksgiving, Walmart has been promoting a plan to " spread out the savings ” from a single day to three events held throughout November, both in-store and online. Meanwhile, Best Buy has also been pointing customers online during the pandemic, saying that “this year, we’re doing Black Friday all season long.”.

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CB Insights

APRIL 23, 2019

Companies vying to take a 5G lead range from network provider Verizon to device maker Samsung to chipset maker Qualcomm, among many others. Samsung pushing premium 5G devices. In August 2018, Samsung announced it planned to invest approximately $22B in 5G and AI technologies over the course of the next three years.

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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. People research cars online before a purchase. and all over the world.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

Try being Samsung this past week, which had both a sizzle and a fizzle. SMBs: Small business operators remained optimistic into March as data from Capital One stated that half of smaller firms surveyed see optimism about the current business climate, which is better by 9 percent than a year ago. Or at least Bixby will when available.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

users can use voice commands to access weather forecasts, the time and the calendar and schedule appointments; add products to shopping lists; and order groceries online, in addition to controlling the other integrated fridge apps. Sears Holdings will also be selling its Craftsman tool brand to Stanley Black & Decker. Family Hub 2.0

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NCR

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Clearly designed specifically for its own customer base, Walmart Pay enables users to check in in to pick up an online order at a Wal-Mart store, refilling pharmacy prescriptions and finding an item’s store location. Samsung Pay has a variation on that platform too, with the support of the global electronics conglomerate.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Along with Amazon Alexa Fund, Google Assistant Investments seeded Aiva Health , a patient-focused voice operating system that is being deployed in hospitals and care homes. For Amazon, the potential for brands to get in as the Amazon Choice suggested product on Alexa is going to represent a new twist to e-commerce shopping.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, The companies served different user bases: Nextel was more of a business brand, with customers often drawn to its signature walkie-talkie technology.

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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

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay, Chase Pay, Walmart Pay, Kohl’s Pay, Citi Pay, CVS Pay, Amazon Pay – over the course of about 36 months, the world went from having no “Pays” (well, except for PayPal) to a Pay for every day of the week. It even lets users load cash and then use it to shop online or in-store on their mobile phones.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The Crystal City, Virginia HQ2 plans are still underway, as are plans for a new operations hub in Nashville. Kroger Pay is one of the few mobile wallets that pairs loyalty and payment,” said Mary Ellen Adcock, the group VP of operations at Kroger. Has Apple come to save online journalism – or to bury it?

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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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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2016

Housing mini Sephora stores within the department store chain’s larger footprint has allowed the retailer to both attract a younger (read: millennial), more product-savvy beauty consumer, while introducing its core customers to new products and brands. The strategy is also a win for the business, operationally speaking.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing. Michael Bumkeun Cho, portfolio manager at Samsung Asset Management.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Brands, retailers and payment providers are already preparing for the arrival of Gen Z as adult consumers. The retail chain recently launched three house brands geared toward its teen and young adult customers. Two brands will focus on clothing, while another will focus on electronics. And for the U.S. Consider Target.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

So, Cyber Monday broke all kinds of records, with total online sales up 12 percent from last year and topping $3.4 True, the growth may be tepid, but during a deflationary environment, the firm has been grabbing the benefits of lower merchant fees post its switch from Amex to Citigroup via co-branded cards. Manic Mobile (Cyber) Monday.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. Shift Number One | The Shift To Buying Online. We’ve been watching online sales now grow — even double — year over year, for many years now, but it’s still tiny, overall. Who in the world ever thought that there’d come a day when groceries would be bought online ?

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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

Presenter Profile: How they describe themselves: AI Foundry uses AI and user-guided machine learning to transform enterprise operations by integrating information, people and processes. Fiserv & Samsung , fiserv.com @Fiserv @Samsung. Good job AI Foundry! Demo video will be available soon. Finastra ( www.finastra.com ).

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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. They have raised.83

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

Yet, where consumers have responded favorably is where they are given digital account credentials that are characteristic of thriving thick markets – online and in-store. That also includes serving its very cash-centric consumer who can use Walmart Pay to pay for things purchased online in the physical store. GONE FISHIN’ IN FACEBOOK.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

In the wake of the outbreak, everything from doctors appointments to schooling to workouts went online. Education: Technology and online content make the classroom optional. Online courses & content. Retail: Shopping goes even more online as grocery joins the e-commerce revolution. Online grocery. 3D printing.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

First up, Alibaba continues to come down hard on counterfeiters after the company found its online marketplace on the Office of the U.S. million) in a joint operation with Chinese law enforcement. Trade Representative’s (USTR) annual Notorious Markets blacklist at the end of last year. billion yuan ($207.2

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