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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The giant eCommerce website can now connect a stored credit card with a palm print. But there are plans to expand it across Seattle, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, the company said. The initiative comes as shoppers continue to explore contact-free payment technology.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

We chose Lumin Digital because of their new and fresh approach to how internet banking is handled through their innovative cloud-native technology,” said Amy Sink , chief executive officer, Interra. Lumin Digital was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco.

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JULY 30, 2020

The Salt Lake City payment processing platform has joined with Plaid, a Visa subsidiary based in San Francisco, that builds financial technology platforms to connect bank accounts and initiate automated clearing house (ACH) transfers. Plaid is connected to more than 11,000 financial institutions.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

USA Today reported the “Uber Eats Contactless Order Feature” allows users to pay the tab with the app while at a restaurant to eliminate the use of bill holders, credit cards and pens. The San Francisco-based company's app update comes as people rely on food delivery platforms to reduce face-to-face contact with people amid the pandemic.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Long before innovators began talking about the power of ecosystems to transform commerce, scientists spent centuries studying them under microscopes in their labs. Decomposers are the ecosystem wild card. Decomposer for innovator large or small, established or emerging. An Ecosystem By Any Other Name. Consumer for the end user.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Instead, they can pay for their purchases via Standard Cognition’s mobile app, the Worcester Red Sox app, or in-store cash and credit card kiosks that automatically recognize their purchases. We have long sought to reduce time spent waiting in lines in our venues, and Standard Cognition’s autonomous checkout technology will do just that.

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MARCH 25, 2019

New digital innovations, however, provide the promise of offering valuable customer data to merchants. From Rent the Runway to McDonald’s , retailers are tapping into a world of technology that lets customers make transactions without visiting a cashier. Approximately one quarter — or 25.3

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MARCH 5, 2017

Americans have more payment options than ever before, from the digital payment info stored in mobile wallets to credit and debit cards in their physical wallets. And according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, “… cash remains a unique, resilient and heavily used consumer payment instrument.”.

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APRIL 23, 2020

Stripe , the San Francisco digital payment platform popular with Shopify, Instacart and other major online retailers, announced major updates to its software on Thursday (April 23) that will connect users directly with Mastercard, Visa and the world’s other top credit card networks. billion this year.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

A week after details of the Federal Reserve’s instant payment initiative emerged, news came via Bloomberg that the central bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The feature is also available for debit, small business and prepaid card users, according to the announcement. We are using our technology and partnerships to make sure our products can power both value and convenience in their everyday lives as well as the priceless possibilities that lay ahead of us.”. Starting Thursday (Oct.

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MAY 26, 2020

Checkout.com faces competition from Stripe, a San Francisco technology company that allows businesses to make and receive payments over the internet, and Adyen, a Dutch payment company that provides businesses a way to accept eCommerce, mobile and point-of-sale payments.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

This week, beverage company Dirty Lemon plans to bring such a store to New York City this week – with a little help from mobile technology. To allow shoppers to check out without visiting a cash register, the new store will deploy technology like heat map trackers at the door, which detect the footsteps of customers as they enter and exit.

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MAY 10, 2018

If the longest journey begins with a simple step, might the streamlined journey begin with a simple tap of the card? Late April saw the debut of the HOLO card, used for Oahu Transit, a project in which the cards are to be used across the system’s busses and a rail system being built out over the next several years. How bustling?

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APRIL 29, 2016

As part of its second annual Everywhere Initiative , Visa is inviting startups to compete in creating “innovative solutions that solve Visa business problems and drive the future of commerce,” the company announced on Thursday (April 28).

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MARCH 11, 2020

The advance of Amazon’s cashierless technology is not a new story to the retail beat as of 2020. with new openings scheduled for New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco on the agenda for his year. with new openings scheduled for New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco on the agenda for his year.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

The technology, similar to that of Amazon Go stores, uses computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) to identify what customers take from the shelves. Customers can use credit cards or cash or go completely cashierless with Grabango’s payment app. Notably, the store now takes cash since San Francisco banned cashless businesses.

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MARCH 5, 2019

According to a report in CNBC , the San Francisco startup said the Series D round of venture funding was led by DST Global , as well as new investors Coatue, General Atlantic, ICONIQ Capital and Dragoneer Investment Group. The startup makes its money by receiving a portion of interchange fees from debit cards.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Cameras keep track of what shoppers grab – they simply take want from the shelves and the items will be billed to their credit card upon exit. Amazon Go currently has stores in Chicago, San Francisco and other Seattle locations. There are no checkout aisles in the store, and customers need smartphones to enter. Interested?” “Yes.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

DoorDash , the San Francisco-based prepared food delivery service, is planning to go public by year’s end, after filing confidentially in February. Goldman Sachs is pondering a $2 billion venture and growth fund that could boost its stature in the world of technology investing and help it court bigger investors and investments.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

In total, more than $1 billion was raised this week, with funds landing at an array of technologies from B2B payments to payroll to eProcurement. The firm said it plans to focus on scaling up and product innovation, building out its staff, and strengthening marketing initiatives.

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Last week the San Francisco Business Times announced winners of its Tech and Innovation Awards honoring the Bay Area’s most innovative and enterprising technology companies. Finovate alum Credit Karma was one of 25 winners, named Best Financial Technology Company. billion valuation.

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MARCH 5, 2019

Just take the recent story of Three Babes Bakeshop in San Francisco. Indeed, the San Francisco-based company reportedly owes tens of thousands of dollars to its food suppliers, many of which are small businesses, and some of which told reporters they were never warned by Munchery of its plans to shut down.

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For the most part, financial technology event planners are organizing in-person gatherings, often with a virtual option. Event Spotlight Tech meets finance in San Francisco 60+ demos. Note: Look here for the best insurtech events and here for more general banking events.) And prices tend to rise as the event draws closer.

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MARCH 25, 2020

The March 2020 Order To Eat Tracker® , a PYMNTS and Paytronix collaboration, is packed with innovation news bringing an early thaw to Q1. Restaurants operate in a competitive market and adopting the right kinds of technology-powered services can help them stand out,” the report states. Sous vide” Indeed.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

“You have kind of the graduation of Gen Z from college students into the working class, and there's always been somewhat of an aversion to credit cards in that group. The long tail of food suppliers, wholesalers and restaurants has been an underserved market not known for being technologically forward-thinking.

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APRIL 15, 2019

To help build customer loyalty, eCommerce and brick-and-mortar retailers have a myriad of tools on hand: Cashiers can sign customers up for loyalty cards at brick-and-mortar stores, and eCommerce sites can send customers special offers and coupons by email. We love shrinking down, and bringing the design and technology a whole new flavor.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Linking financial institutions and corporates with its Banking-as-a-Service platform, ONPEX enables FIs to deploy cloud-based account and payment technology to digitize operations and enhance their cross-border corporate payment offerings. growth trajectory, particularly in the healthcare and public sectors. Contrast Security.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The collaboration with Discover was enabled when Car IQ incorporated its payment technology into the Discover payments platform. Once the service is complete, the vehicle generates a payment file to be paid via a virtual card transaction over the Discover Commercial Payments Network.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

But it’s only a prototype — one invented by high school seniors in the San Francisco Bay area — that could one day change how blind consumers handle payments and commerce, along with other daily tasks. The general idea behind putting payment capabilities on the device is to make sure armband wearers “can use payment cards safely.”.

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MAY 30, 2016

The San Francisco-based startup’s computer vision technology helps machinery acquire, process, analyze and understand images from the real world to make decisions and automate actions. “While the possibilities are exciting, the reality requires solving a myriad of technology challenges. .

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JANUARY 6, 2020

ISOs sold terminals and card processing, mostly to brick-and-mortar merchants. Uber was a San Francisco-based on-demand black car service. Most people were still paying taxi drivers with cash, and if those drivers had POS terminals, they – hmm – weren’t working when you wanted to use a card to fund the ride.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

That meant a bigger embrace of technological enhancements that trend lines had already been favoring for a few years, like mobile order-ahead, digital loyalty programs and increased curbside and delivery offerings. The pandemic gave quick-service restaurants (QSRs) incredible motivation to get their digital acts together.

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APRIL 3, 2019

The technology was just deployed at the University of San Francisco (USF), and Jain sees it coming to food service environments such as college and company cafeterias along with supermarkets, airports and health clubs (in essence, public places where people go and expect food). Technology ties it all together.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Further proof of that came recently from a young company based in San Francisco called Castle , which helps eCommerce operators such as Touch of Modern and Rue La La to defend against that type of fraud. Fraud Prevention Innovation. That increasing risk is driving innovation, as PYMNTS has also documented.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Singapore, in particular, recently saw the opening of a supermarket that uses digital payment technology to allow consumers to pay for items instead of visiting cashiers. Singapore, in particular, recently saw the opening of a supermarket that uses digital payment technology to allow consumers to pay for items instead of visiting cashiers.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

See’s Stanley Steemer operation covers the San Francisco Bay Area, and he said his company might dispatch more than 40 vans and between 40 to 60 workers at any given time. Employees can use the cards to do so and upload photos of receipts via a mobile app. . One of our top goals is [getting] AI into our world,” he said. “I

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