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APRIL 4, 2019

As far as made-up, non-holiday holidays go, you could probably do worse than National Burrito Day , which takes place on Thursday (April 4). As we continue to remove friction from the digital ordering and pickup process, we expect our delivery time advantage to continue to widen,” Niccol said during the earnings conference call.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

The cryptocurrency will reportedly be tested with select customers by the end of the year and demonstrates the firm’s goal to increase digital operations. on Tuesday (July 16) and will be reviewed during a conference call at 8:30 a.m. The firm reported mobile users were up 11 percent in the first quarter.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Vestager said during a press conference at Web Summit 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal, “We get many, many concerns when it comes to Apple Pay for pure competition reasons.” The Vitamin Shoppe is one of the heavy hitters in its field, with over 700 retail locations around the nation. Can There Be An Uber Of Furniture?

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

Operators including Paul, the French chain of bakery-cafés; JKS Restaurants of London; and Accor, a global hospitality company, told researchers that the measures intended to stop COVID-19 could threaten their businesses. We need to push down further on this curve,” Johnson said at a press conference. Keeping people one meter (1.3

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

While the fast growth of Vietnam has brought in large technology firms, Chinese companies have to operate with caution, as tensions can kindle anti-Chinese sentiment in spite of the deep economic bonds linking the nations. Gang outlined the three types of companies Ant seeks to fund at the conference.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

Did these savvy operators imagine that the tech disintermediation scene hadn’t noticed them? Just as businesses are reevaluating supply lines, consumers too are considering their own retail mix, and figuring out where convenience stores fit into their reformulating post-pandemic lifestyles. Well, they did. Now, here comes DashMart.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

The department store retailer also highlighted efforts such as the upcoming launch of its Curated by Kohl’s program and an expansion of its rewards pilot. Kohl’s Chief Executive Officer Michelle Gass said in an earnings conference call on Tuesday (Aug. The department store retailer reported net sales of $4.17 billion and $1.53

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2016

DSW , the discount shoe retailer, is investing big resources into transforming its business from a traditional brick-and-mortar, off-price retailer to a true omnichannel player that can sell customers whatever they want, at any time or place they want, however they want. No one ever said the retail business is easy.”.

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Abrigo

MARCH 9, 2017

Terms range broadly based on the interests of the bank and the activities and needs of the CDFI—from short term operating lines of credit to long term loans that support a CDFI’s lending to affordable housing and community facilities developers, for example.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The annual Mobile World Conference (MWC), scheduled in Barcelona for Feb. or in other countries,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, on a conference call. As the newsday ended on Wednesday (Feb. 24 through Feb. The Global Ripple Effect .

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MARCH 30, 2016

The $15 hourly minimum wage would be the highest in the nation, and the proposal represents a potential game-changer in the battle to raise the federal minimum wage, which currently stands at $7.25 an hour on Jan. 1, 2017, then to $11 an hour one year later and will see annual increases of $1 until reaching $15 an hour on Jan.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

With the National Automobile Dealers Association show coming up this weekend, companies are working on some of the nuances involved in driving and servicing autonomous or manually driven vehicles as they integrate more digital technology. First up is AutoNation , the nation’s largest retailer with 325 locations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

“Customers were given a ‘one cent off certificate’ for redemption on their purchase of Grape Nuts at their local grocery store,” Lance Masters and Karen Kessinger wrote in a conference paper for the Academy of Marketing Science. Today, retailers are using digital coupons in all sorts of ways. national average, the firms noted.

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MARCH 9, 2017

I am more interested in partnerships,” Ma said at a news conference on Alibaba’s $800 million Olympic sponsorship deal when asked about his company’s plans for the year. “We One tenet of China’s thirteenth Five-Year Plan (2016–2020) for national economic and social development set goals to move ahead on construction of national smart cities.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Amazon spokesperson Jay Carney was the latest in Amazon’s upper ranks to once again dispute the idea that Amazon is an all-controlling monolith slowly but surely taking over all of retail. At a tech conference this week, Carney said Amazon accounts for a scant 4 percent of retail in the U.S. and less than 1 percent globally.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Armando has worked as a lead consultant on transformation projects across private, retail and wholesale banking. Sibulelo Ncamani, head of operational risk and governance at Absa Bank (previous winner). Sibulelo is responsible for operational risk management, valuations strategy, management assurance and governance at Absa Bank.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

“There’s really not a lot we can’t do,” says Travis Edlund, senior vice president and regional manager of the San Antonio market for Amarillo National Bank. Amarillo National Bank (ANB) in Amarillo, Texas, plans to open its first full-service retail branch in the home of the Alamo this year, but the $7.6-billion

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Uber is currently available in four Taiwanese cities and has been downloaded by over 1 million people in the nation of just over 23.5 An Uber driver in Taiwan was quoted as saying at a press conference in Taipei: “The amount left me stunned. million — despite not exactly being legal. But all of that could soon change for Taiwan.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Digitalization and artificial intelligence will radically change retail banking. In May 2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai presented a new technology called Duplex at the Google IO developer conference. Digitalization will also have an impact on the skillsets required in operations. What does this mean for banks? FICO Admin.

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MARCH 16, 2016

Whole Foods and other retailers capitalizing on the at-home health food craze were able to get out in front of millennial eating trends — or, at least, start riding at the crest of the wave. The pilot store will be operating on extended hours, opening four hours earlier at 7 a.m. ” Hang out they’ll have to.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Best Pundit in Banking – Goes to Tom Brown of Second Curve Capital, who is revered for his annual CEO Conference and whose annual branch mystery shop tradition made press in The Wall Street Journal this year. So many miles to go, retail bankers! As the En Vogue ladies might recommend, “Free your mind … and the rest will follow.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

The largest food brands in the world, along with heavyweight eCommerce operators, continue to expand their delivery options and seek deals with delivery providers in order to keep an edge in this area of retail. The deal also calls for Hema supermarkets in China to become the first retail brand to open “Starbucks Delivery Kitchens.”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

McDonald’s CEO and President Steve Easterbrook told the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York that the company sees great potential in delivery. The company has recently seen positive momentum and improved operating performance, and delivery is projected to accelerate future growth. Starbucks’ $18.4 Burger King’s $9.3

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FICO

MAY 15, 2023

“With the pandemic, the world underwent rapid changes, and we realized that customers were seeking out digital experiences that were tailored to their needs and offered convenience,” said Steven Horbury, credit and affordability head of customer operations at AGL. “As

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

While the darling of FinTech conferences, this divestiture seems primarily driven as a means of Customers delaying the $10 billion Durbin hit and maintaining quarterly EPS expectations from the Street. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail. At a banking conference. Over 90% of ours use the app.”.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 7, 2015

In recent years, the trade press and industry conferences have buzzed with admiration for digital darlings such as Simple, Moven, GoBank and BankMobile. Capital One has not stopped growing since acquiring ING Direct to add to its own direct banking operations. Retail Banks $1,271,189,782. All Other Banks 1,406,184,759.

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MAY 11, 2020

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Chief Operating Officer Brian Brooks said he thinks digital currency firms could go under a federal licensing program in the event they offer what could be called payment services, CoinDesk reported. If they’re global, then the rationale for a single national license makes more sense.

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MAY 26, 2016

And many on-demand startups — following in the “ask forgiveness not permission” model that Uber so famously pioneered as it expanded into city after city — find that they have been operating in something of a grey area, especially as far as labor laws and local regulations are concerned. The Big Austin Loss .

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AUGUST 21, 2017

That garage is now a private museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. And, in 2011, eBay acquired eCommerce tech platforms GSI Commerce and Magento to create more synergies with the online retailers that were its customers. Speaking of online retailers, eBay went all out to court them.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

At one of the major conferences this year, a vendor touting the need for dedicated chief data officers at banks had a write-in audience poll on who was filling that role currently. Retailer of the Year that Caused the Most Project Heartache in Bank I.T. Dog” was listed as frequently as any CDO in the responses. 4 billion dollars ….

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The battle over FinTechs and national banking charters is about to get a bit more heated. Or to put it a bit more specifically, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors sued the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Conference had issued a legal challenge earlier this year, now since abandoned.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. Congrats on a brave move and national recognition Jim!

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Tomorrow's Transactions

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

He fell into a river of people that carried him through the doors and into the main conference room, where a few thousand of the faithful were waiting to hear from the Reverend Weiner and some of his powerful friends. Our view of the national interest is clear: we need a balance of power and competition. Do you understand?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Mergerama Region of the Year – The Midwest: Huntington-First Merit, Chemical-Talmer, Old National-Anchor … the list goes on. Be Careful What You Wish for Award – To all those Fintech providers that can now get an official bank charter to operate within the confines of simple regulatory requirements. Is it in the water? The take-away?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Mergerama Region of the Year – The Midwest: Huntington-First Merit, Chemical-Talmer, Old National-Anchor … the list goes on. Be Careful What You Wish for Award – To all those Fintech providers that can now get an official bank charter to operate within the confines of simple regulatory requirements. Is it in the water? The take-away?

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

In addition to two great days of demos I’m looking forward to days 3 and 4 of conference content and a panel session I’m hosting on Friday. If you are here at the conference feel free to stop by at the breaks, I’m on the front row or email me at william@williammills.com. Welcome to FinovateSpring 2018.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2020

As expected, video conference platform Zoom —which might never have grasped its untapped potential for l'amour—has been marrying folks for months. The action began early in the COVID event, as wedding planners and the massive industry as a whole were in the same boat as every other event-based business: dead in the water.

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