PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

To serve these DIY consumers, as well as those who simply enjoy the time-honored hobbies of woodworking or building, eCommerce innovators are curating a selection of tools as well as supplies to help them with their projects. And, when it comes to tools, the boxes have items like measuring tape, utility knives, screwdrivers and drill bits.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Square For Retail is now available on Square Register , allowing the retail point-of-sale (POS) solution to run on Square’s end-to-end, integrated POS system, the Silicon Valley company announced on Tuesday (Feb. The integrated solution enables retailers to leverage software, hardware and payments on a single comprehensive platform. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

As retailers reopen and take stock of new post-pandemic consumer dynamics, the role of industry trade groups is changing. Groups like the National Retail Federation (NRF) focused more on economic forecasts and supply chain issues as other advocacy groups that have taken the fight for more stimulus dollars to Washington, D.C.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

And while the boxes are different every month, the firm might have a quarterly re-run of the consumables in hockey like tape, a mouth guard or a new training tool. The company got its start marketing in the blogging world, but its biggest marketing tool came when it needed to drop its acquisition costs in 2017.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Shopify , an eCommerce company, hosted its first virtual event for members of its global community, the Canadian firm announced Wednesday (May 20). This is a difficult time to be an entrepreneur — the retail landscape is shifting under our feet, and the old way of doing things no longer works,” Shopify said in a statement.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 16, 2019

With its mixture of personal finance management tools, savings features and remodeled branches, Virgin Money is aiming for […]. The brand released a new current account for U.K. customers last week, the first product launched by the bank since it was acquired by CYBG in 2018.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. Worse yet, some analysts fear the triggering of break-lease clauses for retailers in malls if anchor stores leave. All of this will only make malls an even tougher sell to consumers, and to retailers that want consumers to buy their stuff.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Community bankers need to understand their competitive landscape. Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 28, 2024

The various programs are wide ranging, complicated, and impactful which is why now is an excellent inflection point to provide financial advisory to both your retail and commercial customers. By taking a leadership role, banks can assist customers and their communities and generate loans, deposits, and fees in the process.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Listen closely to recent news — including news coming out of the ongoing NRF retail show in New York City — and you’ll hear ample talk about omnichannel commerce. It became clear that we shared the same vision of how technology can improve local retail businesses. “It The acquisition comes amid increasing focus on omnichannel retail.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. But that might not be the best move for your financial institution or your community. I'm not saying go out and make every retail loan that you can get your hands on,” he said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Fillz, an online tool for booksellers, is shuttering after 16 years, according to reports. We made this decision to focus more resources on developing tools and services for sellers on the AbeBooks marketplace. Fillz is a division of AbeBooks, a company purchased by Amazon in 2008. AbeBooks acquired Fillz in 2006. “We

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PopularBank

MAY 1, 2020

Dear Customers, Partners and Community Members, Thank you for being part of our Popular Bank family. As we face the immediate and serious health concerns as a community, we are also seeing a much wider impact on all our lives as well as our local, national, and global economies. A Message from Chief Operating Officer Manuel Chinea.

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Perficient

AUGUST 14, 2020

Three leading organizations — Salesforce , Perficient , and The Chartis Group — have come together to share bright spots within the healthcare community that can point the way to building the necessary capacity to adapt. We identified Six Key Commitments, and here are the first , second , third , fourth , and fifth articles.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

At the basic level of retail industry chatter online, much of the focus is on the battle between brick-and-mortar versus eCommerce. While the closing of several big box and department stores alongside online shopping’s reshaping the retail shopping are certainly discussions worth having, it doesn’t encompass the entire retail spectrum.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

These range from a new software tool intended to help banks offer Real-Time Payment services, to the Federal Reserve’s proposal to adopt a messaging standard that enables easier interactions between its real-time gross settlement system and other payment systems. s Fa ster Payments Support Everyday Retail? Can The U.K.’s

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Abrigo

AUGUST 25, 2021

Takeaway 1 Many tasks consumers once did in person have been transformed by digitalization – including retail banking. Takeaway 2 A consumer loan origination system can help FIs offer a fully digital retail lending experience. How can FIs overcome retail lending challenges? Banking customers want fast, simple, and easy.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

RIP retail. In a recent whitepaper, the firm noted that brick-and-mortar retailers face — and certainly feel — more pressure than ever to keep stores humming as centers of commerce. After all, over 90 percent of retail sales are still done in physical stores. Where Amazon treads, retailers tremble. Or, maybe not.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

It’s easy to get swept up in the retail apocalypse narrative. With historic retailers like Toys R Us and Sears shutting their doors after more than 100 years in business, and reports of “sad Santas” in empty malls, it’s hard to not take a rather dim view of physical retail’s prospects at present. Time Is The New Coupon.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 14, 2022

Community banks have solid competitive advantages when competing against insurance companies (primarily life insurance companies or “Lifecos”) and commercial real estate securitization conduit lenders (CMBS) for commercial borrowers. Community banks have a cost advantage when competing against insurance companies and CMBS lenders.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2021

Consumers are demanding it from the companies with which they do business—so much so that in its Retail Trends 2021 list, Deloitte said it expects purpose to be as disruptive in the next 10 years as digital has been in the past 10. We are here to serve our communities. What you need to know. icba.org/connect.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2017

The May Payments-as-a-Service Tracker™ examines the ways new payment solutions and tools are helping merchants with their business operations and improving relationships with the customers and clients. News from the Payments-as-a-Service Landscape.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Alexa’s algorithms will connect shoppers with stylists who can offer retail suggestions via virtual dressing rooms. PYMNTS noted earlier this week that the retailer has raised $160 million. Chain Store Age reported news on Friday (Nov. Beyond the technology announcement, Poshmark also said this week that it has grabbed $87.5

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2023

Because most community banks do not use a risk-adjusted return-on-capital (RAROC) loan pricing model, the only variable that some bankers focus on is loan yield – the most easily measured variable. By understanding the drivers of profitability, banks can better use RAROC loan pricing tools to increase performance.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

That’s a big change — and a potentially powerful channel for business looking for a new way to reach out to their customers — but it’s a potentially powerful tool that is mostly underutilized in the business community. SendBird is at base an API-based way to outsource the problem. And those use cases can be varied, he noted.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

11) “bring together Walmart’s retail knowledge and scale with Ribbit’s FinTech expertise to deliver tech-driven financial experiences tailored to Walmart’s customers and associates.”. Financial Services Tools, And Education, Too? . Perhaps, then, to wealth building tools and education?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

Forget private conversations, chatbots and customer service: Facebook Messenger could soon be delivering retail payments to its 900 million users. Many signs point toward deeper retail integrations. But there were some things that Zuckerberg didn’t mention, and that’s what’s kept the tech community talking. Many thought yes.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Bad guys know retailers and businesses are working to stay one step ahead of their sophisticated and malicious attacks. The level at which that change has occurred in just a year is big, but it also reflects the awareness just at large in our communities about cybersecurity issues.”. Retailers’ Risky Business.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

“They affect companies large and small over a wide range of industries in communities at home and abroad. Retail, food service, travel/hospitality, banking/financial, entertainment and leisure, and self-service, have the majority of cases, reflecting a general pattern over 2017 and 2018 toward these types of organizations.”.

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Banking Exchange

JUNE 8, 2020

Ponce Bank has entered into a partnership with Grain Technology to use its AI-powered credit tools Mortgage Credit The Economy Feature Management Duties Retail Banking People Customers Mobile Online Community Banking Feature3 Fintech Mortgage.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2024

1 Assign “unambiguous ownership” The customer experience for most community financial institutions is often the byproduct of a series of isolated decisions made by an assortment of business lines and product owners. If it originated in the branch, clients get a call at two weeks if (and this is a big if ) bankers can find the time.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 31, 2019

River Valley Community Federal Credit Union serves 7,200 members out of just two branches in southern Arkansas. Since its membership is spread out across the state and sometimes live as far away as 50 miles from a branch, it rolled out a video banking tool earlier this month to add a more human touch. The […].

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Podcast company Spreaker has teamed up with Staples Connect in Boston and its surrounding areas to be the hosting and distribution vendor in the podcast space at retail stores, according to a release. . Because many people want to launch podcasts but don’t have a place to record, Staples wanted to help facilitate a solution to the issue.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The digital world has opened vastly broader avenues for community banks to attract new customers—especially if they partner with fintechs in their endeavors. Fintechs know how to reach and work with the community. Coconut Software in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, is one fintech solving this problem for community banks.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

ProfitStars , the Jack Henry & Associates division that provides risk management solutions for financial institutions, announced its latest fraud tool on Wednesday (Sept. According to ProfitStars, more than 2,500 community and regional banks offer online bill payment to their retail and small business clients through iPay Solutions.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

Yet 30% of financial services leaders ban the use of generative AI tools within their companies, according to a recent survey by American Banker publisher Arizent. The greatest absolute gains forecast (largely from increased productivity) are tied to corporate and retail banking.

Examples 221

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Considering the complexities of B2B transactions , cash is not a sustainable method of moving funds from a retail buyer to a cannabis brand distributor or wholesaler. On the other hand, when it comes to the cannabis supply chain, many businesses lacked cannabis-specific tools and technologies to operate. Looping In Trade Credit.

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