PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As the Financial Times summed it up, “the company’s preoccupation with simplifying its portfolio, which includes Hotels.com and Trivago, and attracting new customers has compounded broader challenges for the industry as it grapples with competition from the likes of Airbnb and Google.”. Expedia Competition.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As the Financial Times summed it up, “the company’s preoccupation with simplifying its portfolio, which includes Hotels.com and Trivago, and attracting new customers has compounded broader challenges for the industry as it grapples with competition from the likes of Airbnb and Google.”. Expedia Competition.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 10, 2024

It is far too common in our industry to see banks that spend money on a particular demographic cohort, such as trying to get more Gen X, Millennials, or Gen Z, wasting valuable marketing dollars. No Correlation Customers Then, there is a long list of attributes that exhibit low or no correlation to profitability or unprofitability.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Millennials and members of Generation Z are particularly comfortable with voice-activated devices , with 25 percent of consumers aged 16 to 24 using smartphone-based voice assistants such as Siri or Cortana. Bensen processes each request, learns customers’ favorite orders and charges the appropriate card registered with Amazon or Google.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While beauty conglomerates like L’Oréal are making acquisitions to become more tech-enabled, tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) are pursuing the high margins in beauty through partnerships, consumer insights, e-commerce, and more. Beauty brands partner with Google Assistant and Home. Source: Think with Google.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2018

Every business walks the same tightrope when it comes to processing payments: Convenience versus security. It doesn’t matter if the business is consumer-facing or serving other businesses (B2B); security is top of mind for all of them, yet adding more layers can introduce more friction, and that can scare customers away.

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

An obvious reason is the inroads they’re making into the market, both domestically and globally: recent Accenture research finds that digital-only banks operating in the UK could amass a total of 35 million customers globally within the next 12 months, up from 13 million today. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

These online and mobile experiences must be convenient, seamless and secure, or consumers are likely to abandon them. Data from a 2018 survey showed that 43 percent of millennial consumers had given up on mobile banking activities that felt too complicated or lengthy, for example.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

As one might expect of a brand that has existed for longer than the combined ages of Amazon, Google, Apple, Walmart and eBay, Macy’s is unwilling to lie down and die — no matter how often its obituary gets written. Why shop at a department store when there’s an online marketplace where the same goods can be found for less money?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

Beloved by younger millennials and up-and-coming Generation Z members, Snapchat is the little social media engine that could in an era when it seemed the social media die had all been cast (and where Facebook won most of the rolls). That just good old-fashioned operational costs. The firm torched through $1.1

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Accenture

MARCH 20, 2017

Transactional trust used to be consistently high across the banking industry, but now consumers are telling us that it is a point of competitive differentiation, so cyber security is no longer just a hygiene factor, it’s a customer acquisition tool. The survey also showed a paradox around attitudes to branches.

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Accenture

MARCH 20, 2017

Transactional trust used to be consistently high across the banking industry, but now consumers are telling us that it is a point of competitive differentiation, so cyber security is no longer just a hygiene factor, it’s a customer acquisition tool. The survey also showed a paradox around attitudes to branches.

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Marketing Cyber Security Study Meeting 150

Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

million podcasts in the world, you might find it daunting to weed through the lists on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, or other platforms to find the best banking podcasts. Using Data to Acquire, Engage, and Retain Banking Customers,” and “Customer Identity: Balancing Security and Seamless Banking Experiences.” Indeed, with 2.8

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

. “With bigger banks, some of them have more software engineers than Google,” he said. ” Of the thousands of these players operating in the U.S. Differentiating from the competition will look different for different players, whether that means data security, value-added products and services, or otherwise.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Combating fraud, however, comes at a cost, as burdensome security procedures may scare away legitimate customers. In a feature story , PYMNTS spoke with Eric Lorenz, vice president of finance operations for Priceline, about how the company leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to promote seamlessness as well as security.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

And for one firm, cloud gateway and data security provider Merchant Link , the process proceeds apace for hospitality and dining firms looking for certification, according to CIO Scott Carcillo. There’s a demographic push at work here, too, said Carcillo, which he defined as “millennial consumer groups.”.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

The nonbank payment options PayPal, ApplePay, Google Wallet, Starbucks, Kickstarter and Square are household names. Unlike highly regulated, FDIC-insured banks, which are subject to strict, expensive security standards designed to protect consumers’ sensitive information, FinTech companies are barely regulated and seldom examined.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

By way of example, Fagan noted that with the “pays” ( Apple Pay , Google Pay and Samsung Pay ), if those firms tried to go individually to several thousand credit unions, the effort would be a struggle. He added, though, that security remains the number-one reason why members choose a particular card. Brick-And-Mortar Important, Too.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

That includes the two mobile giants who started this massive wave rolling to shore: Google with Android and Apple with its iOS-based mobile devices. All you millennials out there, ask your parents what they used to do as teenagers on Saturday afternoons. A LITTLE WALK DOWN SHOPPING’S MEMORY LANE. Should they focus on apps?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Abele told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the voice assistant market is nothing if not fluid, noting the shift in competitive dynamics that has shown Amazon’s market share shifting to 70 percent from 90 percent in its battle with Google, Apple and others. Consumer demand is changing too. I want to go to the next step up.’”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Robinhood offers an easy-to-use app to trade stocks commission-free, making the company popular with millennials. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that it failed for several years to disclose so-called “payments for order flow.” In addition to operating some 1,500 U.S. Billtrust ($1.3

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Vodafone is the third-largest mobile operator in the U.K. Operator East Japan Railway Company alone served 17.4 But security is an ever-present concern. However, our research continues to show that security remains a key concern for all mobile payment users.” Digital Currency – Millennials Just Aren’t That Into You.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Co-founded in 2011 by Facebook veteran Doug Hirsch (now GoodRx’s CEO), the company has operated in the black since 2016. That helped Amwell — whose pre-IPO investors included Google — sell 41.2 Shift4 Payments , which provides secure payments-processing solutions used by more than 200,000 businesses, saw its stock pop 45.8

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

26, the eCommerce operator — via its Alexa Skills Kit Blog — announced the debut of “two new Alexa capabilities that will help create a more natural and intuitive voice experience for your customers.”. However, cash is finding it harder to operate in this increasing digital and mobile world. Connected car shipments in the U.S.,

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CB Insights

AUGUST 16, 2017

This new unicorn cohort operates across industries, from fitness tech to cybersecurity to enterprise data management. C3 IoT provides a platform for the design, development, and operation of enterprise-scale big data, predictive analytics, AI, and IoT applications. Unicorn Round: Amount Undisclosed, Series E. Startups valued at $1B+.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Then, there are Bridge Millennials. Bridge Millennials are a unique group of consumers, comprised of individuals between 30 and 40 years of age who exhibit cultural characteristics of both Generation X and Millennials. Among the Bridge Millennials in our study, 37.8 percent of respondents say they would trust Google, 28.8

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Millennials still make up the largest share of shoppers who begin and complete their shopping journeys via mobile phones, but baby boomers make up 28.3 The top performers in the current retail market are not the digital marketplaces one might assume, but merchants with both brick-and-mortar and online operations. This worked out to 5.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Google confirmed that it will partner with Citi and Stanford Federal Credit Union to launch a checking account linked to Google Pay sometime next year. Cache, reportedly the project’s code name, is described by Google as a “smart” DDA. Google’s Everyday App Opportunity. It was the gasp heard ‘round the world last week.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2017

This new unicorn cohort operates across industries, from fitness tech to cybersecurity to enterprise data management. C3 IoT provides a platform for the design, development, and operation of enterprise-scale big data, predictive analytics, AI, and IoT applications. Unicorn Round: Amount Undisclosed, Series E. Startups valued at $1B+.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing. Table of contents. The disruption of the IPO.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Diana Chin (HR & Operations). It’s all done through the smartphone, with bank-level security. Chip card reader for when customers are shopping online to improve security. Customers can store all of their online profiles in one secure location to improve user experience. Adds in Social security. Virtual reality?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

The spring brought coverage of mobile advertising and payments on the go at food trucks as small, smart device-powered businesses, and in the fall, we looked at the biggest trends in digital security at the annual Money20/20 Conference in Las Vegas. Chime also makes an effort to reach millennials where they already shop.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2018

He broke the news via Twitter , where he also said that he has secured the funding necessary to do it. Apple might be building a car, or it might be building a car operating system so that the 38 percent of American smartphone owners who use an Apple product can smoothly transfer their mobile ecosystem of choice directly into their vehicle.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Could it be that next year’s mobile mania will be powered by … Google? And millennials are signing up for membership, too. Google’s Provisional Sizzle. Google opened up December and the holiday season with some very buzzy headlines about its entrance into the race for high-end smartphone dominance.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

This is a common cable and/or software product development strategy in which bundles of features are wrapped into the base software package, but options such as enhanced security/malware upgrades or premium stations are also offered for an extra fee. Music streaming services , of course, operate the same way.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2019

For now, though, the focus is getting this accelerator effort off the ground — Walmart will hold the majority stake in that operation — and getting more consumers to sign up for Walmart MoneyCard accounts. Brand familiarity is important, as it can spark a vital sense of app security and reliability. Retail FinTech Trends.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

It’s a reality that’s coming to pass sooner than most brands may like, and predictably so, there’s a millennial behind the rise of chatbots as tools programmed to make consumers lives easier (instead of just more shoppable). Once consumers start to employ chatbots for their own gains in retail, how will merchants react then?

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