PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

These innovations have arrived in a broad range of spaces, from brick-and-mortar stores to offices – and their designs are not limited to the vending machines that have sold candy and soda for years. The machine doesn’t take cash – shoppers can swipe their cards (or tap with Apple Pay or Google Pay) to make a purchase. While only 14.4

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it be a personal loan or accounts receivable from credit cards, to get your money faster and control of your destiny means a ton,” he said. And as much as there will always be demand for cash from small and middle-market lenders, Steinmetz said it’s important to remember that they’re not charities supporting locally-owned businesses.

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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 23, 2018

Amazon has arguably pioneered the concept with its Amazon Go stores: The first location opened in Seattle this past January. According to the PYMNTS Unattended Retail Tracker , the self-service market is growing rapidly, as fresh food sellers work to carve themselves a niche in a market that will soon be worth billions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

In the latest Workforce Spend Tracker® , PYMNTS examines how these technologies are filtering into the spend management industry as well as the other changes taking place among providers jostling for dominance in an increasingly crowded market. The Latest Workforce Spend News. Developments in the expense management world are heating up.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2016

SEATTLE — The Silicon Valley model for its startups is well-known. Heck, there’s a Wikipedia for it. It centers on a simple principle: build a business that scales, no matter the initial profitability. And then scale it like mad. Or, in technical terms, build a business that has the potential Read More.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 5, 2016

For now there is just one store and it’s in Seattle and only open to Amazon employees, Read More. Amazon released a video today promoting its Amazon Go stores and their “Just walk out” technology. Users check in with their apps at the door and then fill their shopping bags and leave.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The pandemic pushed several in-the-works innovations forward — particularly curbside delivery and the launch of new Starbucks Pickup locations in markets such as Chicago, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. But as its customer behavior has changed, Starbucks has been adjusting along with it.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2018

Inspired by tweets from customers hungry for delivery, Popeyes has teamed up with Uber Eats in select markets. The move comes as the delivery market seems ripe for Popeyes’ fare: Uber Eats said that orders for fried chicken have jumped by 54 percent and orders for biscuits have skyrocketed 83 percent over the past year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Consumers don’t have to be Amazon Prime members (or Seattle-area residents living near the first Amazon Go markets) to have a checkout-free grocery experience. Imagr itself reportedly aims to achieve significant penetration in markets across Australia, the U.K., Europe and America by 2022. 22 report by Recode.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

With the opening of Amazon Go in Seattle in January , Amazon arguably popularized the cashierless store concept. To gain access to the space and become authorized, a consumer can swipe her credit card or scan a quick-response (QR) code generated by a mobile app. The Market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Research shows that the country has the fourth highest mobile penetration in the world (83 percent) and the highest credit card penetration (five credit cards per person, on average). Most innovation is borne from diversity — just look at Silicon Valley,” MSIP Director Dr. Chang-yong Ahn told TechCrunch in May. “At

Fintech 100

Fintech Innovation Mobile Seattle 100

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. As a result of its product innovation efforts, Stripe has seen explosive growth in product adoption and valuation. A decade of online payments innovation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

percent in 2017, Taco Bell has been drawing in customers with new food items, a Live Más marketing campaign and new nacho fries for $1. billion in domestic sales — More and more McDonald’s markets are lovin’ it as the iconic American burger chains continues to expand its delivery efforts. Market Differentiation. McDonald’s $37.5

Online 101

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

Nordstrom , the Seattle-based fashion retailer, has aggressively pursued changes in both its in-store presentation to customers and its drive to improve its omnichannel approach with changes to its digital operations. The company also launched a new co-branded Visa rewards card with Alliance Data.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2016

SWITCH is a Seattle-based fintech company developing the first automated payment card and online account updater to help consumers update their cards and payment methods wherever they shop online. Features: Users can update their credit cards where they shop online. Register today. Presenter: Chris Hopen, CEO and Founder.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 2, 2023

These the biggest and best events in the financial services space geared towards technologists, product managers, developers, marketers and C-Suite execs at both financial institutions and rival fintech firms. Below is our curated list of top fintech, banktech, payment tech, investech global conferences for 2023. 100+ speakers.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

Perhaps the most glaring example of the tendency to dismiss innovative new players was when Apple’s iPhone hit the market in 2007. Innovation Summit: (N+1) Trends. ” In January 2018, Amazon launched its automated cashier-less Amazon Go store in Seattle. ” Innovation Summit: (N+1) Trends.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

And with today’s technology, there are new ways to help them accomplish both, and that’s what we’re innovating to deliver. It depends a great deal on how many cards are in the market that are contactless-enabled, combined with contactless terminals, combined with the use case for everyday payments.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

In total, there were 13 fintech startups (or 15 by the Bank Innovations definition ), 12% of the total YC W16 class of 109. Edgewater Markets. HQ: Seattle, WA. Debit card with company-driven expense rules. Nigerian online credit card processor. Automated lending solutions for financial institutions. Front Desk.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

So, when Dunkin’ goes after Starbucks following the news that the Seattle-based company was changing its loyalty program, it also has to do with mobile strategy (which Starbucks, admittedly, has a lead on). Square offers free card readers and charges 2.75 But now Dunkin’ may have found its way in. at Starbucks.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. Acronym of the Year – CCCA (Credit Card Competition Act). Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

I argued that making buying seamless inside of environments that consumers used regularly for other reasons would drive innovation for those environments —and for the third parties that enabled those new commerce experiences. Cards on file are charged once the rider’s destination has been reached and the consumer left the vehicle.

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Branding Payments Los Angeles Innovation 100

CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Coda Automotive was an early player in the electric vehicle market, an early failure, and a great example of why being early is not always an advantage — even if the future your company envisions is probably the right one. Another, larger problem was that the market for electric cars did not take off the way that Coda expected.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: New Enterprise Associates, Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, World Innovation Lab, SoftBank Group, Workday Ventures. Services include a CRM, report generation, and marketing tools. Its analytics programs apply to digital marketing, web events, and business intelligence. Valuation: $2.5B. Total Funding: $250M.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Amazon To Deliver Coronavirus Test Kits In Seattle. Amazon Care was reportedly talking with local health groups about helping deliver at-home testing kits for COVID-19 in Seattle. Seattle has become one of the regions of the U.S. NEW DATA: The Innovations Credit Union Members Need To Stick, Not Switch.

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Seattle Payments Retail Meeting 231

CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. Telehealth technology is estimated to be a $43B market, according to CB Insights’ Industry Analyst Consensus. Table of Contents. Telehealth technology. Continuous & remote diagnostics.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

But a few common threads do emerge, such as an inability to generate sustainable revenue, bad product-market fit, losing to competitors, and (of course) simply running out of money. If making money on operations was a near impossibility, Kozmo seemed perpetually on the precipice of tapping into the public equity markets. via Forbes.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Unfortunately, we were not able to find our place in the market. Around 4 p.m.,

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