PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The way our customers order and receive meals is evolving, and ClusterTruck's innovative culinary and digital design is cracking the code for the future of profitable meal delivery," he added. an Illinois-based foodservice distributor, announced its plans to help restaurant operators launch ghost kitchens.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Rowe Price is excited to invest in Rivian as it moves the innovation frontier forward with its compelling, sustainable transport solutions for both consumers and businesses,” said T. The first Amazon vans will be built at a former [Mitsubishi Motors] plant in Normal, Illinois, starting in 2021,” the report said.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 22, 2016

The new auto loan product will initially launch in California, and is expected to be live in Illinois and Georgia by early in the second quarter, with a national rollout expected by the third quarter, according to Avant. Online marketplace lender Avant Inc. will now offer direct-to-consumer auto refinance loans, the company announced today.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

The first opening will take place in Frisco, Texas next March, followed by Indianapolis, Indiana; Lexington, Kentucky; Schaumburg, Illinois; Boulder, Colorado; and Portland, Oregon in the second quarter of 2017. Less is more,” Dustin Netral, SVP of operations for Fabletics, said in a press release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The new states enjoying these perks now include Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. This unique offering helps customers better protect their homes, and provides our independent agents with an innovative way to differentiate themselves in the marketplace.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Citizens Equity First Credit Union (CEFCU) of Peoria, Illinois recently announced that it would work with technology provider Stakana Analytics to pilot the company’s predictive analytics platform. Thankfully, at least one CU is turning to the alternatives: artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

When it comes to innovation, Gourlay said the company has expanded its trial of express pick-up points for its pharmacy in-store. At the same time, the retailer is expanding its trial with Sprint to 80 additional locations that are scheduled to open before year’s end in Illinois and Texas. He also noted that 22.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

And at the same time, if you overregulate, you sort of tamp down that creativity and you discourage the innovation.”. While the Dodd-Frank Act allows the CFPB to implement ways to foster innovation, the agency’s efforts have largely been seen as inadequate. But the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. We’re always looking to innovate and disrupt,” Singh said. Worth, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami-Ft. Customers are always on the go … How can we make every 7-Eleven a breeze?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“With continued innovation and personalization, we are providing customers with more ways to enjoy fresh, delicious meals that align with their individual tastes.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The operation will carry an enhanced, innovative Payroc brand, offering full-service global merchant acquirer services and payments processing in 46 countries. Illinois-based Payroc is a privately held full-service payment processor founded in 2003, servicing over 30,000 clients, and processing over $10 billion in annual card volume. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The city of Bakersfield, Illinois, for example, recently disclosed that cybercriminals had compromised the third-party website Click2Gov, used to process residents’ utility and municipal payments. Companies like Dunkin’ are not the only victims of a data breach, of course. Giving Gig Workers Faster, Safer Payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

This quarter, for example, we launched The Groomery by PetSmart, our innovative new store concept focusing exclusively on pet grooming services.”. “In addition to our store growth, we continue to take steps to further enhance the customer experience. New store openings in Canada can be found in Ontario and Saskatchewan.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Access Point is rolling out to 300 new locations in five states —Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington — following a successful test drive in Chicago. The lockers are a new innovation from UPS to help keep eCommerce-related costs down while also offering customers a desirable option set.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Though big-box retailer Target has been known for expansion and digital innovation of late, Tuesday (Nov. states, including Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Texas. 7) news reports from Chain Store Age noted the company has made a strategic decision to close 12 underperforming brick-and-mortar storefronts on Feb.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. Chicago Ventures overtook Pritzker Group Venture Capital in Illinois, and NEA replaced Fortify Ventures in DC. BIP Capital.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Nuro is followed by Illinois’ Avant ($655M) and Massachusetts’ Indigo Agriculture ($617M). The startup with the least funding on the list is Rhode Island’s The Innovation Scout , a SaaS platform that has raised $50K. The Innovation Scout. 29 startups on this list have raised <$10M in equity funding.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

“Customers will receive tailored offers, be able to participate in a new loyalty program and easily order and receive McDonald's food through the channel of their choice,” the Oakbrook, Illinois company said, noting that a pilot of its new “MyMcDonald's" loyalty program will roll out in the Phoenix area in the coming weeks. Sign Of The Times.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

Consumers haven’t had a young innovative company to provide [pay TV] services to them since the mid-1990s, when Dish and DirectTV came on the scene.”. Following a few test pilot runs in Texas and Illinois, Layer3 officially launched its service in the summer of 2016 in Washington, D.C., and has since rolled out to Chicago.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

As for easing the path toward financial innovation, there’d always been some consideration of seeking a national banking charter, noted Cagney, especially as the company began building blockchain and blockchain applications over the past few years. Figure, said Cagney, can offer some of its products in New Yok — but not in, say, Illinois.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Alloy’s Julieann Thurlow, CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, said, “Community banks play a special role in the lives of our customers, but we don’t have the same IT and innovation budgets as the big banks to capitalize on that relationship.” The alliance includes a dozen firms that have between $251 million to $20 billion in assets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As described in the November/December Credit Union Tracker from PYMNTS, Citizens Equity First Credit Union (CEFCU) of Peoria, Illinois recently announced that it would work with technology provider Stakana Analytics to pilot the company’s predictive analytics platform.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

With so much data available, is your organization harnessing it in the most efficient way in order to truly reap all the benefits of big data including driving innovation and improving the customer experience? Joe received a BA in Economics from Lewis University and an MA in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

George Weisz, Scottsdale Community Bank But for all its embrace of technology, the community bank took its inspiration for an innovative lending program from an old-school tradition: kids’ lemonade stands. William Atkinson is a writer in Illinois.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

The incredible story of innovation now going on in self-service and UR is thoroughly documented in the March 2020 Automated Retail Tracker™ from PYMNTS. PYMNTS’ recent “The Future Of Unattended Retail Report: Vending As The New Contextual Commerce” showed that 48.7 Amazon Go’ Cashless.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. In keeping with our vision, which is to be ‘the Best Billion-Dollar Bank in the World,’ we must keep innovating to best serve our clients,” says Jeff Versluys, executive vice president and chief retail officer for OCB. What’s on the horizon for retail banking?

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

billion-asset community bank division based out of Buffalo built and outfitted a “rolling branch,” called BankOnWheels, an innovative banking experience that makes full-service banking accessible to more consumers and small businesses, particularly those in underserved communities, according to BankOnBuffalo president Michael Noah.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

“Today’s customer, whether consumer or small business, has become very comfortable and accustomed to anytime, anywhere self-service,” says Charles Potts, ICBA’s executive vice president and chief innovation officer. William Atkinson is a writer in Illinois.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

It’s too early to say what type of impact Zum might have on gig work or the broader ridesharing industry, but as a new school year starts, it’s safe to say that Zum stands as another effort to disrupt and innovate in this space.

Illinois 160

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The FTC should be particularly attentive to next-generation technologies, innovations, and nascent industries so that the FTC can quickly target unfair practices. Before joining the FTC, Mr. Levine worked for the Illinois Attorney General. . Policy priorities.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving from cool concept toward everyday consumer reality, and signs of that innovation are increasingly appearing in the retail space. That is what moved Illinois-based grocery chain Fresh Thyme to adopt technology by Afresh for its 75 retail locations throughout the Midwest in late 2019.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

From Vengo Labs to Carvana , digital innovators in a variety of industries and spaces are reinventing the vending machine concepts with new technologies and features. The approximate number of Illinois residents employed by the vending and convince services industry is 7,000. And, in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

According to Chain Store Age , the eCommerce giant has been fast at work supercharging its network of fulfillment centers, with two more coming in Illinois, New Jersey and California each, and another in Texas.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

However, an innovative program run by the U.S. In Illinois, a loan participation plan by a community bank “insourced” jobs to the local area from overseas. Working with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s SSBCI Participation Loan Program, Northwest Bank of Rockford was able sell $1.2

Oregon 70

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2021

Soft-serve ice-cream was invented in the 1930s — either by Tom Carvel, founder of the Carvel brand, in 1934 in New York, or by Dairy Queen in 1938 in Illinois. But the sweet treat saw innovation this year at CES: A machine called ColdSnap has come to bring soft-serve to our kitchen counters, where it has always belonged.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

Melissa Libert of Bloomington, Illinois said she felt relieved when her son’s day camp announced it would not open this summer, saving her a difficult choice of whether to send him. But Libert did note that managing childcare without summer camp will be challenging. But speaking as a parent, a structureless summer isn’t so bad.”

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Providence Bank and Trust in South Holland, Illinois also pledged to tithe since its founding in 2004. Capitalist economies tend to generate greater innovation, efficiencies, and profit. But at ASB's level and with a public pledge to do so? Are There Others? There are likely others like ASB, although only one comes to mind.

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