PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

The rise of video games, both online and mobile, is helping to drive innovation in retail. This is only part of the innovation trend stemming from video games. Consumers are buying Tilly’s products online, as digital growth was up 22 percent in 2018. Apple has stiff rivals in the gaming market. Larger Trends.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Apparel used to be mostly a brick-and-mortar retail experience, but that has changed drastically over the last few years – and has been one of the main innovations when it comes to commerce related to the clothes we wear. But at this point, it is also mostly table stakes in the race to bring apparel retail online. Better Fit.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

Many are instead flocking to online gambling sites after the closure of all 989 commercial and tribal casino properties in the U.S. However, it can take a long time for online players to collect funds, unlike at casinos, where consumers can instantly collect winnings in cash. payments market is behind that of Europe, but U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The partnership has produced an online shop dedicated to Gucci items that have been certified by members of The RealReal's team of 150 validation experts. Items available on the store as of Wednesday (Oct. 7) include a printed V-neck sweater listed for $2,295 instead of its reported retail price of $3,300 and a canvas belt bag listed at $695.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

billion to acquire Zoox , the Foster City, California self-driving technology company, the Financial Times (FT) reported. . The source said Amazon would collaborate with Zoox to create a ride-hailing fleet, taking on Waymo Co, the California-based self-driving industry leader backed by Alphabet, Google’s parent company. billion.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

Then, companies working to develop the technological means for cars to drive themselves have levied more than a few criticisms against proposed regulation changes in the state of California. Apple, for one, is hoping that California will work to toughen some of its current self-driving road test policies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Chipotle Mexican Grill is capitalizing on the surge in online demand and opening its first digital-only restaurant in Highland Falls, New York, just outside the gates of West Point military academy. Chipotle Digital Kitchen will start taking online orders for pickup or delivery on Saturday (Nov.

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JUNE 14, 2016

Oddly enough, that’s where Nordstrom finds itself in regards to its online sales growth. The Motley Fool has a breakdown of the roller coaster ride Nordstrom’s eCommerce sales have ridden since the early 2000s, when online generated just 5 percent of sales, to 2015, which brought in 20 percent. percent last quarter.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

With varying shades of marijuana legality online in nearly 50 percent of all states and 61 percent of polled voters expressing support for full legalization, Americans have, by and large, turned a corner when it comes to their feelings on cannabis. We’re investing the money now in what’s clearly going to be a very big market.”.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 3, 2021

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced last week that it has entered into a consent order with Lambda, Inc., The consent order also resolves the DFPI’s claim that Lambda’s marketing materials were misleading. Non-California students may enter into income share agreements.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 8, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Emerging markets-focused money transfer app WorldRemit has raised another round of funding, bringing the total amount to $220 million. The new Series C funding of $40 million was led by LeapFrog Investments, a PE firm that focuses on Asian and African markets.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate has violated U.S. The company has emerged as a dominant player in the nation’s digital advertising market. An FTC spokeswoman declined to comment.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

How cumbersome and annoying do you find the return process for items that you ordered online? The growth of online commerce continues at a rapid pace. The online shopping experience gets better every day. All online returns today are some version of ‘put in mail.’ And that’s Happy Returns’ intended market.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

POSaBIT, based in Seattle, already manages millions of transactions for over 120 dispensaries across Washington, California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and Oklahoma. Even though legal marijuana industry keeps gaining traction — according to one official state estimate, the market in California alone will reach at least $5.1

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

“As the retailer has dealt with deteriorating finances and a heavy debt load, it has been facing fortified competition from larger retailers that have the resources to invest in their online businesses,” that report added. The move comes amid growth in the larger maternity market, however, with sales of that apparel expected to reach $7.7

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The pandemic has spurred consumers to go online for all manner of daily activities — and the fraudsters are following them. His comments come at a time when California is arguably taking the lead in consumer data privacy protections. The company, he told PYMNTS, has been able to verify several hundred applicants every minute.

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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

JULY 9, 2019

In the age of quick-service restaurant (QSR) dining technology innovation, restaurants are frantically looking into ways to provide consumers with mobile ordering bells and whistles like third-party payment integrations, rewards programs and surprise-and-delight offers. At the same time, dining platforms are expanding their offerings.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

SCA is intended to make online transactions safer for consumers. But some worry it could add friction and possibly result in fewer online sales. In Asia, regulatory bodies in Hong Kong and Singapore are using the PSD2 regulation as a template for their own data transparency innovations. Roughly one-third (36 percent) of U.K.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

In the digital age of shopping for clothes and accessories, modern-day consumers don’t want retailers to entertain them: Instead, they want these merchants to bring them an easy experience, offering seamless shopping in store and online. Walmart U.S. The technology has been made famous by Amazon through its checkout-free Amazon Go stores.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Socure provides cloud-based fraud prevention and identity verification functionality to its business customers, and said in its announcement it plans to use the funding to focus on sales, marketing, research and customer support team expansion. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Indeed, video games are helping to drive innovation when it comes to commerce and payments. Gaming is figuring out the upsell,” Burkhart said, “and utterly changing the entire market.”. billion gamers worldwide, and consumers are demanding more content, options and perks in their online subscriptions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“With continued innovation and personalization, we are providing customers with more ways to enjoy fresh, delicious meals that align with their individual tastes.” In addition, Home Chef announced the launch of a customizable meal kit feature for online orders, so that customers can easily change and upgrade recipe ingredients.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Each country has put a unique twist on SCA, which means PSPs are now juggling fraud developments, individual regulatory concerns, protection needs and unsuspecting consumers and retailers in each European market. Most tellingly, 83 percent of retailers report an increase in online purchases since GDPR went into effect.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Areas in California and New York are expected to be affected the most by the ban. Michele Herron, senior vice president of strategy, marketing and small business at Visa’s CyberSource, lays out the challenges of bringing sales into the digital pipeline while defending against fraudsters — and shares a roadmap on how to get there.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

By embracing the dual EV and AV strategies, GM has given a de facto endorsement to the changing dynamics that have made segment leader Tesla the behemoth it is today — its $750 billion market value is about 10 times that of GM’s. Tesla Vs. The Rest. More broadly speaking, the EV/AV uptrend will also reshape the tech industry.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

From giving sports and music fans a new way to buy tickets to the big game or sold out concert, to helping nonprofits raise more funds for their good cause, payment-powered online platforms have changed how payments are made today. We’re excited to see Zillow enter our market,” Zahnd said. In the U.S., Rethinking Rent Payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

When it comes to its target market, the company casts a wide net. The company also caters to snowbirds, shipping a large number of gifts to the warmer locales of southern and western states like Florida, Arizona, California and the Carolinas. They can’t simply walk into a supermarket and ask to be put on a shelf.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Since opening their first store in Palo Alto, California, in 2015, b8ta has aimed to offer just such an experience: the ability to snap up tech products that might otherwise be hard to find — and buy anyplace but online. Sometimes the product takes 18 months to get to market, or never ships.”. What would that look like?”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

More than $874 million in fresh funding landed at B2B startups this week across a range of market segments and geographies. An Egyptian firm landed the MENA region’s largest-ever seed round, a California company proved U.S.-based Tiger Global, Freshworks and Pravega Ventures also participated, a press release said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

The pandemic has accelerated the digital roadmap for everyone in financial services, giving rise to more innovation in the past few months than had been seen over the course of several years. HMBradley offers FDIC-insured accounts through Hatch Bank based in California, and rates of about 3 percent on its savings accounts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Washington Privacy Act (WPA) and other new privacy and online transaction standards are changing how businesses interact with consumers’ data in the U.S. Modern retail is not just a physical store thing or a mobile thing or an online thing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

That doesn’t mean they can’t be about innovation. Supermarkets are home to some of retail’s major and ongoing technological advances — and 2018 stands as a big year for grocery innovation. Consumers must have Coinme online accounts to claim their bitcoin. It works like this: A consumer inserts U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

A new approach toward facial hair grooming among younger consumers has directly impacted the men’s personal care market. men report shaving less often, grooming innovations, such as cleansing gels or holding creams for facial hair, and facial hair grooming tools present opportunities in the men’s personal care market.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

The startup’s payment platform integrates with QuickBooks Online to connect accounting and billing, and uses API technology to aggregate data across the channels through which businesses accept payment, to provide a holistic view of finances for business users. focus on product development, and enhance sales and marketing efforts.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Appetize, a Playa Vista, California-based POS company, delivers modern ordering and payments technology for enterprise businesses. Appetize provides fixed POS for iOS and Android, self-serve kiosks, handheld POS, online and mobile ordering, robust back-end inventory and reporting management tools.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

The target market for the company consists of “the vegan community and those who are gluten-free,” Lam said. In terms of marketing, Lam says it puts “an emphasis on creating valuable content” as well as engaging well with its audience. It also has an email marketing strategy and does festivals to gain brand recognition.

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