PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

It started with an announcement that a California Kroger subsidiary — Foods Co — would stop accepting Visa credit cards (but not debit cards) at 21 of its grocery stores and five of its gas stations, effective Aug. Visa is disappointed at Kroger’s decision to stop accepting Visa credit cards at its Foods Co stores.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

Though digital and mobile are increasingly ascendent, physical commerce remains dominant and accounts for over 90 percent of all retail spending in the Western nations where Klarna operates. “We Some merchants have estimated that transactions paid through Klarna will be, on average, 42 percent cheaper than using card terminals.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

There are Pays courtesy of mobile operating systems, like iOS/Apple and Android/Google and Samsung. Apple has introduced a credit card and companion card app with personalized offers and an easy customer interface to drive more Services revenue. 2020 Trendline Seven: The Enduring Power Of The Card Networks .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2020

There are Pays courtesy of mobile operating systems, like iOS/Apple and Android/Google and Samsung. Apple has introduced a credit card and companion card app with personalized offers and an easy customer interface to drive more Services revenue. 2020 Trendline Seven: The Enduring Power Of The Card Networks .

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Innovation Cards Google Payments 174

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The companies on our list operate across industries including healthcare, cybersecurity, transportation, and more. Select Investors: KKR, Samsung Ventures, Summit Partners. It operates in 40+ cities across 11 countries. Company Description: Deezer (fka Bogmusik) is a music streaming service that operates across 180+ countries.

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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. The second best could be reading this weekly feature.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Payments had been relatively static with innovation around cash, checks and credit cards. In the last four years, we’ve had the adoption of bitcoin, Samsung and Apple Pay and the explosion of FinTech,” said Jenkins. Of course, it’s not just the FinTech industry and tech-savvy millennials who are fueling digital change.

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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 18, 2017

This can become increasingly difficult in emerging markets, where Kunal Patel, global head of product strategy and mobile payments at GoSwiff , explained that merchants are focused on operating in cash-driven economies. For example, in Indonesia, card penetration is still quite low, but it’s rising.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

has evolved over the years from operations oversight to overseeing operations and innovation. But now his current role is to focus entirely on developing forward-looking financial retail offerings, including mobile and online banking, card technologies and other emerging channels and devices. “We

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Celent Banking

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Last week my colleague Dan Latimore and I were at Money 20/20, which in four short years has become a “must attend” event in payments and Fintech. Mobile payments market in the US is only getting more complex, with Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay already there, more “Pays” on the way (e.g.

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Columbus blockchain Customer Experience Payments 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Most importantly, this “app of apps” would work across operating systems, channels and devices, and would be activated by voice and SMS. At that time, many FinTech and Big Tech players had begun to integrate this kind of functionality into their own apps to keep users engaged and sticky, even if they didn’t call themselves “super apps.”

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Google Apple Payments Innovation 276

CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

Even Apple founder Steve Jobs voiced hesitations about variations on the original iPhone, arguing that phones with larger screens would never catch on: “You can’t get your hand around it,” Jobs said when Samsung and Google came out with phones larger than the 3.5” It’s a house of cards.” original iPhone. “No ” 13.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

Since the change to the Seattle coffee chain’s reward program now rewards customers who spend more per purchase, irrespective of how frequently they go, Travis said that his company is giving out $5 gift cards to publicize its more advantageous loyalty program. Square offers free card readers and charges 2.75 at Starbucks.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

There are a number of great events in FinTech but this one I do my best to attend each year. 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.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

When we started Modo, we had a consumer-facing app that allowed people to combine their loyalty points, coupons, offers, discounts and credit cards at the point of sale. We pivoted to helping banks, networks, FinTechs and processors become interoperable with each other and new emerging payments systems. FinTechs aren’t going away.

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Innovation Customer Experience Payments Technology 112

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 26, 2016

Our last Fintech Trending post described the growth of P2P payment service clearXchange , which scored Fiserv ( F2016 ) as a distribution partner and added MasterCard Send debit cardholders to its client base. Samsung Pay. Meanwhile in Germany, ING-DiBa announced its sponsorship of the latest fintech hub in Frankfurt.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

VR has also helped businesses across industries keep operations running. The equipment was expensive and companies lacked the in-house expertise required to operate it. Source: Oxford Medical Simulation. Real estate agents have been relying on virtual tours to continue showing properties. Some experts, however, aren’t so sure.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

After Amazon announced in March that it was planning to shut down Diapers.com and all the other eCommerce sites operated by Quidsi, the company it acquired in 2010 — the online retailer has pulled all of the Quidsi apps from its app store. Title: Fintech ‘Plastc’ Shuts Down After Cancelling All 80,000 Pre Orders. Product: Quidsi.

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