PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

The the world’s largest retailer paid about $200 million for the Seattle-based tech startup. New Data: Why 75 Pct Of Consumers Want More From Card Apps Than They’re Getting. Mobile card apps have been touted as the “Swiss Army Knives of card management,” but card apps currently in the market are missing some crucial tools.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 8, 2016

SEATTLE — LendingTree will “buy the clicks” previously pointing to Google Compare, now that the search giant is shuttering the service, a top LendingTree official said.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2019

Bank Innovation Ignite, March 11-12 in Seattle, offers high-level discussions and networking around the future of what’s next in banking. IBM, one of the world’s largest technology companies, has agreed to sponsor Bank Innovation Ignite, which explores new ideas and technologies needed to push banking forward. The […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

The two food delivery giants are said to be discussing a deal that would result in the biggest restaurant food delivery operation nationwide. Similar caps were also instituted in San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., Uber Eats has over 100,000 restaurants on its platform, amounting to roughly 20 percent of the market.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

“With the pandemic, [typical incentives like] going out to eat, going to the movies, traveling, and even procuring and shipping merchandise — they’re just not practical,” Nat Salvione , chief commercial officer at digital rewards and loyalty provider Tango Card , told PYMNTS in a recent interview. Filling The Travel Void.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

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

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

With the unveiling of the first Amazon Go store in Seattle last year, multiple challengers have been inspired to offer new methods for shoppers to grab items from a store and avoid the checkout line. DeepMagic technology allows shoppers to swipe a card when they enter a shopping area, walk out with any item and be charged for it.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The following Deep Dive explores the ways in which QSR customers’ ordering and payment habits are shifting, as well as how restaurants are changing their operations to meet consumers’ new payment demands. The Denver City Council — following similar moves in Chicago, New York City, Seattle and Washington, D.C. The Evolution Of Ordering.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

The coffee chain opened its first store in Seattle in the 1970s and has operations in 78 markets globally, Chain Store Age reported. Customers who link their loyalty membership to a prepaid card or Starbucks Rewards Visa credit card will not have to fret about expiring points.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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

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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. And on the other side of the world, BingoBox operates over 200 of its self-service specialty stores in 29 Chinese provinces – and has nabbed $80 million in funding to boot. In the 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 5, 2019

Meal kit service Munchery has filed for bankruptcy and still owes $3 million in unfulfilled customer gift cards and another $3 million to its vendors and suppliers. The company ceased operations in late January after laying off 30 percent of its workforce in May 2018.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Each of the six firms will continue to retain individual operations at present. Fellow expense service Coupa has also made moves in this area, announcing it has acquired Seattle-based FinTech Yapta to innovate its tracking and spending software. That’s where restoration companies like Paul Davis, Inc.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Starbucks has been forced to radically adapt its operations to remain relevant in a landscape that’s looking increasingly like it will be forever altered. Rewards members who order at company-operated stores will no longer have to pay for their purchases through the app to earn stars in the rewards program. Riding the Roller Coaster.

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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. That mental comfort of ‘I have the money’ changes the behavior of how merchants operate, how they push off bills, how they pay bills, how they pay their employees,” he said.

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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. The larger aim, he said, is to be a piece of the infrastructure that merchants can operate in those environments. Her credit card is then charged for what she takes from the store and a receipt is sent to her by email.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Our ecosystem of digital propositions for the customer … all operate together as a platform, and it’s that platform that really separates us from the rest of the retail world, which has struggled to be more than bricks and mortar. It’s been a busy few months for the Seattle-based retailer.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

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 These are the guys who are not necessarily limited to just stolen credit cards or spoofed accounts. The collaboration, announced on Oct. The Voice Of Commerce.

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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. Seattle Seahawks Score a Biometrics Win.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

As Amazon continues to keep its Prime Day cards close, its decision to launch the event in India has come under scrutiny. The Indian operation is being run from a virtual operations room with employees coordinating the sales from their homes. The Seattle-based retailer is fighting giant rival Walmart Inc.-owned

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

Our operating [thesis] is that, going forward, security demands are going to grow, not diminish — and identity is a key element of security,” Cornick told Webster. They can take their enrollment and newly created biometric identity to use it anywhere the firm operates, which is currently in about 25 major airports throughout the U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

That arguably describes the recent acquisition of Seattle-based Blueprint Registry , an online universal gift registry, by David’s Bridal , the privately held wedding retail chain that traces its roots back to the first years after World War II. When in doubt, bet on digital. Industry Changes.

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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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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

One of its partnerships involves providing passbook accounts and banking services via Remitly, a Seattle-based remittance startup. They can do this by optimizing their card portfolio and further motivating cardholders to designate bank-issued cards as their top-of-wallet choice. Meet customers where they are.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

The coffee chain, which operates in 78 global markets, opened its first store in Seattle in the 1970s. Consumers who link their loyalty membership to Starbucks Rewards Visa credit or prepaid card will not have to worry about expiring points, either, and the green and gold rewards tiers will be removed with the new offering.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

It was a winning recipe: After opening the first Costco in Seattle in 1983, the retailer grew its sales from zero to $3 billion in under six years. And, like Costco, it has a limited selection, which makes for a more efficient operation. “By Because of its large membership base, Costco is very efficient and has strong buying power.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The company has recently seen positive momentum and improved operating performance, and delivery is projected to accelerate future growth. 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

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Since the first AmazonGo retail location opened in early 2018 with its much-hyped walk-in, walk out retail technology designed to make the line at checkout a thing of the past, Amazon has been slowly but surely expanding the technology’s footprint — there are now 26 Go stores in operation in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2017

Alibaba took an 18 percent stake in supermarket and convenience store operator Lianhua Supermarket Holdings, catapulting the company’s stocks as much as 34 percent during Monday morning trading (May 29). Previously, payments could only be made in yuan. It’s too soon to say whether Alibaba’s investment will give it an edge.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

Cybercrime isn’t always about stealing credit card data. While few computer users opt for a Linux operating system, almost every consumer has an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled device (or 10) that runs on it, from webcams and DVRs in the home to point-of-sale terminals and ATMs in businesses.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

In 2016, for example, Amazon began running pop-up kiosks for Kindle eBooks in convenience stores around the Seattle area, GeekWire reported. 25 percent is the projected percentage of customer service operations that will use chatbots by 2020. Kiosks can be implemented for a variety of products — even eReaders.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Numerous applications, including card processing, online banking and bill pay, are overwhelmingly being outsourced. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Cards are a perfect example.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

Amazon also managed to lower some of its operating costs as it also saw an uptick in subscription and advertising revenue. “So Revenue from a co-branded credit card deal and from third-party sellers paying to promote their products on Amazon.com also rose 56 percent to $850 million.

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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. Virtual card issuance. Business lending and corporate cards. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Growing the internet economy.

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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). SoftBank’s capital will be used to fund Coupang’s continuing investments in end-to-end fulfillment service and same-day delivery operations.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Swipe fees alone are a $90B-a-year business for banks, card networks like Visa, and payment processors like Stripe. The company announced it would pass on the special card savings Amazon gets from card networks (because of the volume of purchases they can guarantee) to retailers that adopt Amazon Pay.

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