Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite. Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Bank Innovation is pleased to welcome Marley Gray, Microsoft’s director of technology strategy for blockchain and financial services, to our speaker faculty. Gray will discuss corporate banking and blockchains on March 1 in Seattle with JP Jolly of Citigroup and Deva Annamalai of Fiserv.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Walmart has purchased CareZone, a health services technology company that promises to manage prescription drugs for customers and simplify the ordering and payment process. The the world’s largest retailer paid about $200 million for the Seattle-based tech startup. Walmart Boosts Digital Health, Wellness Capabilities With CareZone Buy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2019

According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, British grocer Tesco plans to open a “pick and go” or “frictionless shopping” store to the public next year, following testing the store technologies with employees. often pioneer new technology like online delivery and self-payment kiosks that their American peers eventually adopt.”.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 5, 2016

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

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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. Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.” — John Collison.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

“The ubiquity of mobile and credit card payments is enabling us to begin an exploration of cashless stores in the U.S,” Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said during a recent earnings report. “By Already, a cashless store concept is already up and running in a Seattle pilot. Taco Bell’s $9.8 Burger King’s $9.3 Market Differentiation.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Seattle-area startup Switch announced today that it is providing “early access” to its free payment management service. By enabling cardholders to manage all of their accounts from one dashboard, the company says its technology is making e-commerce “faster, safer, and easier.” “Was it fun?”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Oberthur Technologies (OT) is partnering with payments service provider Nets to deliver support for mobile payments to Scandinavian banks. Nets and OT will combine their capabilities to offer an end-to-end mobile payment solution, which will include host card emulation (HCE) and tokenization to secure payments. “By

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Despite the rise of e-commerce and mobile, the physical channel still plays an important role in consumer experience — and retailers are increasingly leveraging technologies to stay afloat. Cashier-less technology is one of the latest trends to dominate conversation. The technologies supporting a cashier-less environment.

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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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Starbucks, for example, is moving ahead full force when it comes to technology enhancements. The company announced plans for a mobile-only ordering store in its Seattle headquarters in 2017, and now it’s bumped it up another notch. Customers also receive exclusive perks and benefits with the credit card.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Consumers have been banking online for 28 years. The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. 44 $0 38 Copper 33 2019 Seattle 47,000 $42 39t Bridge Money 32 2019 Chicago 123,000 $8 39t HMBradley 32 2019 LA 73,000 3.7 The post Top 63 Online Digital Banks for U.S.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

After a difficult deliberation, 10 early-stage fintech companies were selected by a team of judges to compete in this year’s DEMOvation Challenge, to take place in Seattle on March 1. Many applied, few were chosen.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Online brands are stepping into the world of brick-and-mortar, opening their own physical locations to help consumers experience their concepts in real life with the help of digital technology. and Bethesda, Maryland, that will work to mirror the company’s online experience. In other brick-and-mortar news. Starbucks Coffee.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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PYMNTS

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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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

A decade ago, many financial institutions were bringing as much technology as possible in-house as a way of controlling their destinies and customizing their core platforms and data warehouses. In the cloud” is common technology vendor-speak for ASP, service bureau, outsourcing, pay-per-click, and a variety of other delivery models.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

Tech giant Apple recently released a new way to keep credit card numbers away from the prying eyes of cybercriminals. Apple’s new offering, a biometric credit card, comes with security features that make fraud difficult for bad actors. Deep Dive: Keeping Online Gaming Age-Appropriate. Seattle Seahawks Score a Biometrics Win.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

A bank needs a team with diverse perspectives and unique abilities—technology, sales, lending and leadership—that is willing to work together at a heightened pace, he notes. One of its partnerships involves providing passbook accounts and banking services via Remitly, a Seattle-based remittance startup. Meet customers where they are.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

Only 5 percent of Chinese citizens hold passports, and the nation’s largest online travel service, Ctrip , predicts that number will double over the next two years. merchants don’t accept the only Chinese credit card that they have, Union Pay. and most U.S. Going forward, the road will get much easier for Alipay’s 600 million users.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2017

Like their American counterpart Amazon, Alibaba and Tencent are fashioning themselves identities that have less and less to do with online shopping and more to do with an integrated life approach. The latest additions? Food delivery and mobile payments at even more physical stores. But in that arena, too, Tencent got there first.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 15, 2017

SWITCH , a Seattle-based startup that makes it easy to manage your online payment information, has raised $400,000 in funding from angel investors. Chris Hopen, SWITCH co-founder and CEO, called his technology the “first of its kind, credit card updater for online accounts.” million in total capital.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Today, Amazon Pay has evolved to include a digital wallet for customers and a payments network for both online and brick-and-mortar merchants. Traction/Metrics: Today’s iteration is Amazon Pay, a digital wallet for customers and a payments network for both online and brick-and-mortar merchants and shoppers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The city of Seoul represents half of the entire county’s population, making it a prime location for new technology adoption. 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).

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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.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2017

Consumers, Karen Webster noted, weren’t looking to use smartphones as a new payment form factor in stores, because cards were and are already doing a largely acceptable job when it comes to lining up at a point of sale and paying. And, bonus, he even tacks on an order of banana bread if he feels so moved. Giving Customers What They Want.

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CB Insights

APRIL 10, 2019

While the technology is still developing, many companies (including Amazon) are banking on it as a disruptive force in a myriad of markets. From creating checkout-free retail stores to eliminating concert tickets, here are 16 industries that are starting to transform with facial recognition technology. Law Enforcement.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

So, over a couple of incarnations, we finally arrived at another addition of “Why don’t we turn this into technology-based as well?” My passion is also technology. Everything is done online via credit card. So, I think the mindset is going to be evolving and adapting over time to the new technologies.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

German-based discount-supermarket giant ALDI announced a great leap forward into the world of digital sales this week with word that it will be piloting a new “click-and-collect” online grocery ordering program at a single U.K. Amazon also intends to license the technology to rival merchants as well.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Legal tech startups have already reached a high in deal count this year, as technology aimed at automating high-cost, white-color professions gains investor attention. The company is led by Jason Boehmig (formerly a corporate lawyer at Fenwick & West), and Cai GoGwilt (formerly a software engineer at Palantir Technologies).

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The Seattle-based startup raised $3 million to bring its total funding to $5.3 Also, long-time alum, Alkami Technology picked up $11 million Friday to further their e-banking solutions business. Online investment platform. Alkami Technology. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Automatic bill payment for prepaid cards.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

Sure, activities like shopping online, getting food delivered, catching a cab or finding a gig are some of the most front-and-center examples. The Seattle Mariners also launched a mobile-only promotion in March that encouraged users to purchase a Ballpark Pass, a ticket that grants standing-room access to all home games for $99 a month.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 13, 2016

” Seattle-based Avalara has spent the first quarter of 2016 lining up partners. Director of Partnerships and Business Development said the platform would help get Signifyd’s technology in the hands of more merchants around the world. “E-commerce companies shouldn’t have to worry about fraud,” Spear said.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 8, 2016

The total value of deals this week was $206 million, with half ($100 million) going to Canadian blockchain technology provider Blockchain Intelligence. . Online automobile insurance. Alkami Technology. Digital banking technology. Lost/stolen credit & debit card solution. HQ: Seattle, Washington.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Sondhi said that, when looking at omnichannel in practice today, it consists of consumers researching an item online, then going into a store and talking to salespeople, or just using their smartphones in the store to research the item there. Omnichannel is still clunky,” Sondhi told PYMNTS. Use Cases In Different Places.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

The development of new technologies is threatening to disrupt the business models of many of these traditional players, as fast, efficient and low-cost platforms are providing access to capital that traditional banks are either unwilling or unable to deliver to the marketplace. . B2B Card Payments . Lingering Fraud Risk .

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