PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. and Australia. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Between 2015 and 2017, the amount of lending to small businesses by the five leading online lending providers increased 50 percent, according to a new report from NDP Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based The report, entitled “The Economic Benefits of Online Lending to Small Businesses and the U.S. based economic research firm.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Automotive sales are increasing going digital — and more consumers are buying more used products of all types online. According to the report , the deal comes as Carro raised some $30 million in fresh capital. Online Auto Sales. The deal is not the only recent news involving the online retail sales of automobiles.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

InsurTech group Hippo Enterprises has announced a capital investment of $350 million from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company , a press release says. With the investment, Hippo will be able to keep expanding its online home insurance business across the U.S., a national property and casualty insurer. billion at that time.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

While not exactly an empire yet, the online retailer launched its 13th store in New York City last month and it features the ability to use cash, answering a complaint that’s been lodged at unattended retail generally. In India, online fashion company Myntra opened a cashierless store, selling items from its Roadster outdoor lifestyle brand.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Selling fast food these days is not exactly for the faint of heart, given how the industry faces extreme — and increasingly online — competition for the consumer dollar. The promotion took place in Denver, capital of a state where marijuana is legal for recreational purposes. QSR Innovation. The latest? Denver CBD Burger.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Despite predictions of a bleak economy and decreasing investment spending from businesses, banks will not be cutting down their technology spend in 2019, according to Kurt Spieler, Chief Investment Officer at First National Bank of Omaha.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Because many banks are now producing below their cost of capital, growth further exacerbates their issues and drives them out of business (likely through a sale) faster. Without the windfall of profit accrued to banks in 2022 because of faster-than-expected rate increases, banks will need to be better allocators of capital.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

If brick-and-mortar merchants can claim anything sacred from the total encroachment of online retail on its turf, it’s the highest echelon of uber-luxurious commerce. That is, if the current trend toward dollar shopping holds — both in-store and online. billion total.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

27), Deskera received the funding from Jungle, as well as Cisco Investments, Tembusu Partners, Susquehanna International Group and InnoVen Capital. “It exists as an online B2B marketplace for [SMBs], powered by Deskera’s leading inventory management technology.” According to The Business Times on Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

The National Retail Federation ’s annual convention may have come and gone but the sentiments, strategies and lessons learned from facing nearly a year of pandemic-led changes by some of the world’s largest merchants are going nowhere fast — especially when it comes to their embrace of increased digitalization.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Small business lending platform OnDeck is accelerating access to capital for its users through the launch of a same-day funding option. local time, as per National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) caps, as long as small businesses complete their booking or line of credit draw by 10:30 a.m. on a business day. ”

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

There were fewer discounts on toys for online shoppers, despite an average of 15-18 percent price cuts into Cyber Monday. However, Thanksgiving weekend shoppers showed that toys are still hot, with 33 percent saying they were buying toys as gifts compared to 34 percent in 2018, according to data from the National Retail Federation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

In general, venture capitalists are boosting their investments in Latin America, with funding reaching $594 million in 2015, a stark increase from $387 million in 2012, the Latin America Venture Capital Association confirmed. Canada and Brazil. It looks like it’s no harm, no foul for Apple.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

Traditional banks will require credit histories and collateral to underwrite a small business loan, both of which many SMBs in Southeast Asian nations lack. It’s a self-perpetuating scenario that keeps barriers to capital in place. Asymmetric Information Exchange.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The nation is forming a Direct FAST industry group, where the members will include traditional financial institutions (FIs), FinTech firms and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The movement to open that FinTech access, said the minister, brings “greater convenience to consumers” as those individuals use their eWallets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As PYMNTS noted in the Pandenomics report in early October, “the biggest change of all will likely be the share of consumers shopping for groceries online. percent of consumers who have shifted to grocery shopping online plan to maintain at least some and possibly all of their new digital shopping habits, meaning only 14.7

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2018

Reports in Business Leader covered the SME Growth Tracker published last week, conducted quarterly by Capital Economics and commissioned by Amazon U.K. and Enterprise Nation. The tracker found company websites to be the second-most common channel through which SMBs sell online, followed by email. Amazon U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

More than $150 million in venture capital bolstered the B2B FinTech market this week, and while investors made big steps into areas like human resources, fleet management and artificial intelligence (AI), it was an old favorite that saw the most, and largest, investment rounds: alternative lending. Capital Match. Alternative Lending.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

As part of the partnership , DATIS will attend and sponsor the upcoming Relias Impact Nation 2018 conference for the second year running to promote the complementary aspects of the Relias and DATIS platforms. Relias is also the leader in online training and compliance solutions for the Health and Human Services market.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Ireland’s FinTech Umba has notched funding from two venture capital firms, Malaysia’s Maybank has implemented a SWIFT global payments innovation (gpi) service, and Wing ( Cambodia ) Limited Specialized Bank has teamed with Western Union to offer mobile digital international money transfers.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 11, 2018

At the Online Lending Policy Institute’s (OLPI) annual summit in Washington, D.C. earlier this week, the OCC’s recent decision to accept applications from non-depository financial technology firms for a special purpose national bank (SPNB) charter was the focus of considerable discussion. Questions directed at Ms.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

30 kickoff in Atlanta will include access to experts from Visa and entrepreneurs operating both nationally and globally. Visa said Monday evening at a New York gathering in anticipation of the launch that events through a year-long campaign will include interactive workshops, tailored on a community-by-community basis. An inaugural Jan.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

While the $55 million-asset community bank has one brick-and-mortar branch in Fort Lauderdale, Locality Bank will serve customers primarily through its online and mobile applications. Costello has also held senior roles at Bank of Florida, City National Bank and Nations Bank during his 30-year banking career.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. Credit unions (CUs), meanwhile, are rarely the first point of contact for small businesses in need of capital or other financial services, according to a recent Federal Reserve report.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

Online to offline coming to Walmart near you, and we mean that sincerely. Online lending . The venture capital backers are no doubt smiling. . Remember there is one within 15 minutes of 90 percent of Americans. . A pretty clear-cut sizzle. When the saints come marching in, one wants to be in their number.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 30, 2018

Citigroup has a digital-heavy, branch-light business approach that extends beyond its National Digital Bank platform (announced in March and currently in testing phase), according to Stephen Bird, CEO of Citi’s Global Consumer Banking.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

SMBs are too unfamiliar with alternative finance to turn to online players. 63 percent of SMBs sought a loan for working capital needs last year , including payroll, inventory and supplies, according to new data from S&B Global Market Intelligence. For example, alternative finance in the U.K. Meanwhile, in the U.S., In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

With a robust community of technological innovators, and a drive toward the digital economy, India currently stands as an exciting market in FinTech. Trust is a vital component to supporting small businesses’ digitization journeys and access to capital on demand. Building Financial Trust.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 15, 2018

National Australia Bank set up its own alternative lending arm called QuickBiz Loans back in 2016. Large banks, e-commerce moguls like Amazon and eBay and tech firms are likely to enter the alternative lending space, and soon, according to Eden Amirav, co-founder, and CEO of startup LendingExpress. Over the […].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

A robust supply of private capital reportedly is one of the main reasons for that, along with corporate cultures that are averse to public markets. But relatively high stock prices and access to more capital remain prime temptations, and there is little doubt that 2019 will bring more than few exciting — and telling — IPOs. The latest?

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Payments social media Analytics Capital 223

Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 25, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Millennial and Gen Z-focused credit card provider Deserve has raised $50 million from the Keystone National Group, funding earmarked for the startup’s expansion of account receivables, the company announced today.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

The National Restaurant Association recently reported that the industry lost $120 billion during the pandemic’s first three months and that these losses could total $240 billion by the end of the year. The Tampa, Florida-based chain was publicly held until 2017, when it was purchased by Oak Hill Capital Partners for $525 million.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2016

million worth of venture capital across two deals. That may not have been surprising this time last year, but today, considering talk of lackluster performance by these innovators — plus recent warnings over a total market collapse — that funding is pretty impressive. Find out who made the deal and how the rest of the more than $81.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level. Trackers and Reports.

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