PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Toronto is a powerhouse for financial innovation in Canada: The city has the most sizable ecosystem for FinTech in the country, with 185 startups per one count. NorthOne , a FinTech firm that focuses on small business owners, is one of the companies that call the city home. Funding rounds and exits have followed suit.”

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The venture capital fund itself is one of a very small percentage of majority Black-owned venture capital funds operating in the U.S. Our goal is to help Black and diverse tech startups to build their companies to be unicorns,” Jasmyn says, defining “diverse” as companies owned by Black women or Latine, LGBTQ+ and Indigenous people.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

It’s one thing to want to improve or innovate. What’s harder — and what really makes the difference — is figuring how, where and when to innovate, a task that must take into account various factors and even wildcards that keep popping up in the growing and global digital economy and its various ecosystems. B2B Payments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

As PYMNTS readers know, the role and appeal of FinTech is increasing significantly as consumer demands rapidly change, and technology and regulatory efforts encourage further innovation in digital payments and global transactions. an effort that was already operating in Europe and Asia-Pacific. “The FinTech Partnerships.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) is launching an initiative called the FinCEN Innovation Hours Program, as a call to private sector companies that have developed tech to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, the organization said in a release. FinCEN expects to hold events in the Washington, D.C.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

According to a new report , the company has raised $21.5 As PYMNTS research has demonstrated , four out of 10 travel operators struggle to manage multiple payment service providers. Other areas of innovation and disruption for the travel industry are heavily focused around payments. based startup called Duffel.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The innovation economy requires more than caffeine and collaboration for fuel. WeWork also wants to make a bigger name for itself as an enabler of innovation. Viewers of the entrepreneurial TV series Shark Tank might be familiar with the company. The company has reportedly raised $23.4 Innovation Program.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have heard the call for innovative digital ordering capabilities, with several major brands stepping up their investments in this area. Pizza chain Domino’s , for example, is planning to test self-driving vehicle technology in one major metro region.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

In a press release , Tala said the undisclosed investment from PayPal will help the company bring visibility and access to underserved regions in emerging markets across the world. It also makes it difficult for the traditional financial services companies to reach these consumers. 22) a strategic investment from PayPal.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

It is also crucial to improving back-office operations, and enabling bank employees to put the right products in front of the right customers. The bank recently partnered with technology company NCR Corporation for its self-service ATM, which uses real-time customer data to analyze interactions for a more personalized user experience.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Innovation Challenges. Payments innovation, for starters, is an alien concept for many travel service providers, especially in the U.S. and Europe, which are often left to take lessons from payment advances in the Asia-Pacific region. Innovation Willingness. Where is that spark for innovation coming from?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

16) that it has acquired fellow delivery service Glovo 's Latin American operations for about $272 million. Glovo will continue to operate the businesses in the five countries that are new to Delivery Hero until March of 2021. They have everything it takes to go on and become the leading player in the region.".

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

We are a tech company that sells food,” Vega said. But he said that since the region’s average monthly income is less than $400, “we knew if we wanted to go massive, we would have to go downscale.”. What we're seeing is a shift toward more credit cards and debit cards, but also an explosion of the FinTech companies,” he said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Beacons are small, battery-operated wireless devices that transmit Bluetooth signals to nearby smartphones,” explains another recent report. “In Owing to the early adoption of technology and presence of major players in the region, North America is expected to acquire the majority share during the forecast period. Related Innovation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

He added that the company seeks to expand its electric delivery fleet by at least 14 times. Chaves also said the company will earmark a percentage of the proceeds to accelerate financial inclusion in the region. The company's total revenue increased by 59 percent in 2019 to reach $2.30

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The report notes that this service will first be introduced in Denmark and then rolled out to other Nordic region countries, and can be accessed through an app letting users track vouchers and outstanding payments for purchases or outlays made on their Mastercards.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2020

With a nod toward Payrix’s own approach, he said the company embeds its software within partners’ platforms. As Butler explained, “There are a lot of decision points along the way, that software companies need to make.” Among those decisions: Whether to become a payments company — to go out and register to be a payment facilitator.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Innovation is both genesis and lifeblood for companies, especially within the payments space. PYMNTS: How would you define Applause’s approach to innovation? PYMNTS: How would you define Applause’s approach to innovation? Our approach to innovation is two-fold. Innovation is only valuable if it’s usable.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

As the world of automotive and freight drives toward a future of connected commerce and even autonomous driving, companies are fighting it out to solve the many problems in that area of the economy, including last-mile delivery. As The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Nov. As The Wall Street Journal reported this week (Nov.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Digitally transforming operations, operating models and technologies to compete in a changing industry structure. IBM has helped many regional and global organizations along this path with everything from migrating existing workloads to forward-looking projects such as blockchain and AI. Optimizing risk, compliance and security.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Further, the competition is not just another bank that might make a loan or take a deposit, but it could be a credit union, insurance company, retail store, or a fintech. Traditionally, community banks would compare their financial performance and health to similar-sized banks in their region.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

1-800 Contacts unveiled a deal through which investment firm KKR will buy the company from AEA Investors, according to a Wednesday (Sept. The deal comes after a number of years of formidable expansion and innovation for the vision company that AEA Investors bought in 2016, according to the announcement.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Although the startup will be a wholly-owned Uber subsidiary, Careem will continue to operate under its own brand, the news outlet reported. million drivers, and operates in more than 100 cities across 14 countries from Morocco to Pakistan. Careem has 33 million customers and 1.2

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The Center will be set up for artificial intelligence-focused computer chip research, development, prototyping, testing and simulation, and help solidify the region as a global hub for research and development. IBM will also expand and extend its partnership with SUNY Poly for the Center for Semiconductor Research (CSR).

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

As 5G deployments start, the people who run hospitals and medical offices, along with companies that supply healthcare devices and payment services, are starting to figure out what the quicker speed and other features of the new mobile network technology will do for them. The two trends promise to reinforce one another. 5G Wearables.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The Sightline platform integrates with the i2c agile processing vehicle and APIs to deliver Play+, a cashless solution that gives gaming operators the ability to move money in real-time between tables, slots, and kiosks. Going cashless also aids cost-cutting by way of more efficient operations. There are more than 2.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Despite the pandemic, venture capital dollars are flowing freely to nascent firms in Asia that are tackling the need for contactless interactions and platforms that match supply and demand — setting the stage for innovation on the other side of the public health crisis. Many of them are government, corporate or university led, Dixon said.

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Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Through focused, innovative products, services, and a redefined operating model, BDB has been stimulating and driving entrepreneurial activity in the country. Furthering the government’s vision of moving operations and infrastructure to the cloud, BDB wanted to host the entire core banking platform on a public cloud.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Thai state-owned oil and gas company PTT and blockchain energy nonprofit Energy Web Foundation (EWF) have announced that they are teaming up to build a blockchain-based renewables platform. account and select the tier of verification required to achieve your desired withdrawal limits,” the company wrote in a blog post.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Recess , a CBD-infused sparkling water company, has announced that it will be available on Uber Eats for delivery to customers in New York City. The announcement was made on Instagram by the drink company with a post that named Uber Eats as an “app someone made to deliver Recess and McDonald’s.” QSR Innovation. The Carl’s Jr.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

“Despite a challenging 2020, we have shown our mettle, turning challenges into growth opportunities with agility and constant innovation,” Klook Co-Founder and CEO Ethan Lin said in the release. Lin added in the release that the new funds will help the company solidify its position as tourism slowly returns. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Currently, there are 57 real-time payments rails operating in more than 72 countries, with even more under construction. Different regions have their own unique payment rails, and no two abide by the same regulatory framework. Other initiatives are being spearheaded across regions. So, what’s the problem?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Supply chain disruptions and economic volatility have elevated risk exposure for many enterprises, but for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) operating globally, that risk of exposure can be catastrophic. “Many Belgian businesses finance their companies with loans from family and friends,” Czuba explained.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The shop owners are looking to see if automation can make deliveries quicker while keeping costs down, as they work with a new roster of companies that seek to increase the efficiency of online order fulfillment in a small amount of space, The Wall Street Journal reported. Online orders still comprise a small portion of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Emirates NBD chose to work with TCS BaNCS for Payments as part of a larger initiative to transform payments across the six countries where it operates, the release says. The new solution is being used in Singapore, India, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom. The GPII certification is set to be enabled for every entity in need.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Volocopter CEO Florian Reuter said the partnership with Grab is an important move in the “commercialization of Urban Air Mobility” in regions that are overly congested. . With flights in Dubai, Las Vegas, Helsinki, Stuttgart and most recently Singapore, the technology is moving toward certification, the company said. .

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