PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. But a national charter would allow for a uniformity of presence and market scope.

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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

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 compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global smart vending machine market from 2019 to 2024 is projected to be 12 percent.

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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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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

MARCH 31, 2020

High-level market intelligence about the $18 billion expected to be invested over the next three years is a major focus of the March 2020 Automated Retail Tracker™ from PYMNTS , which serves as a bimonthly breakdown of developments in this rapidly growing business sector. Amazon Go’ Cashless.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2021

Some of the highlights of the rollout were spec-only options, not likely to be available for mass-market purchase for many years to come; others are ready now and clamoring for consumer spend and attention. Because pandemic or not, lockdown or none — the future will keep right on coming. Well, sort of. The Smart Mask Revolution .

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

To ensure that the FTC’s efforts are directed at the most significant harms across markets, including those involving marginalized communities, the agency should focus on “power asymmetries” and the unlawful practices that such imbalances enable. Before joining the FTC, Mr. Levine worked for the Illinois Attorney General. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

Here’s how some retailers are rolling out kiosk technology to their customers — and how it benefits merchants. The projected annual growth of the American interactive kiosk market through 2021 is 7.2 Léa French Street Food in Illinois, for example, found that kiosks encouraged customers to customize their orders. Stay tuned.

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CB Insights

JULY 16, 2017

XL Innovate. HCS went through a major management shakeup in November 2016 when former AIG head of commercial insurance strategy and innovation Greg Wolyniec joined as president and CEO, while AIG president of liability and financial lines Alexander Baugh was named chairman of HCS’ board of directors. Allianz Ventures.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

The Illinois-based service already helps busy people shop faster and smarter with an intuitive app that helps them save money as well as time on restocking pantry staples, fresh foods and meal solutions. It delivers to homes and businesses in 24 metro markets and has more than 200 pickup locations. In Other News….

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

But playing and delivery methods keep changing, with Ohio of all places — no offense to the Buckeye State, home to multiple presidents and the Wright Brothers’ aerodynamic innovations — accounting for some of the latest developments. Lotto and Payment Cards. It recently allowed lotto players to use payment cards. Younger Lotto Players.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Often, innovation and creativity soar when we allow employees to be curious and explore new ways of thinking.”. Here at Malvern Bank, we try not to focus on ‘talent retention,’” says Katelin George, human resources and marketing manager. William Atkinson is a writer in Illinois. We have tried to create a team environment here.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. It’s become a familiar story, usually with a new splash. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

What’s necessary or optional with technology is always changing. Then, of course, some mobile features and functionalities may seem technologically nifty and knowing (or possibly too infrequently used on any platform), but a majority of community banks the Boston Fed had surveyed had no plans to offer them in the near future.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

What’s necessary or optional with technology is always changing. Then, of course, some mobile features and functionalities may seem technologically nifty and knowing (or possibly too infrequently used on any platform), but a majority of community banks the Boston Fed had surveyed had no plans to offer them in the near future.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

Courtesy of a new partnership between Narrative Science and Vermilion Software, asset managers will have access to advanced natural language generation (NLG) technology to help them compose portfolio commentary. ” Narrative Science’s advanced NLG platform, Quill , will be integrated into the Vermilion Reporting Suite (VRS).

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

These predictions for health plans are in light of the five themes I see for 2021: Telehealth as a competitive advantage, New insurance markets, More self-service digital triage tools, Mega-mergers of vertically integrated health delivery models, and. Buying Innovates. That will all change in a market of impatient growth.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 19, 2016

Courtesy of a new partnership between Narrative Science and Vermillion Software, asset managers will have access to advanced natural language generation (NLG) technology to help them compose portfolio commentary. ” Narrative Science’s advanced NLG platform, Quill , will be integrated into the Vermillion Reporting Suite (VRS).

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CB Insights

MAY 9, 2019

Today, it seems like every large corporation has its own “ innovation lab.”. Few are more critical of the model than startup entrepreneurs and VCs, who argue that corporate innovation labs are mostly innovation theater. Get the Best of corporate innovation. Get the Best of corporate innovation. Waymo (Google X).

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Whether it’s products and services, technology strategies or employee benefits, independent community banks decide on their own terms what’s best for their business and their customers. Dempster says his bank does have the technology to handle mortgage transactions virtually, and some customers prefer that. A: Technology.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 20, 2015

HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Guideline Technologies. Agio Technologies. Source: Bank Innovations. Microlending in emerging markets. Source: Bank Innovations. Source: Bank Innovations. Source: Bank Innovations. Source: Bank Innovations. Total raised: $1.75 Source: Wall Street Journal.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 10, 2015

” Pictured (left to right): Yodlee CMO David Lee, VP of Product Marketing John Bird, and VP of Product Applications Katy Gibson demonstrating Yodlee’s PFM app, Sense at FinovateSpring 2015 in San Jose. Envestnet was founded in 1999, and is based in Chicago Heights, Illinois.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

For corporate treasurers, Manish Kohli, global head of payments and receivables at Citi , told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, three concerns tend to top the list: geopolitical uncertainty, cyber threats and disruption resulting from the emergence of new business models in an interconnected global market. Credit Unions Embrace Disruption.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. Independent Banker named it one of the most innovative community banks because of its technology-forward attitude. Asset size: $1.36

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Garlich, vice president and director of marketing. Garlich, vice president and director of marketing. An innovative team-building benefit is the All Star Program, in which employees are allotted one $50 gift card per quarter that they can give to a fellow employee who does something special beyond their normal duties. “You

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Few places are more receptive to new ideas and innovative business models than Silicon Valley. The problem was that Theranos’ proprietary blood-testing technology was completely fictitious. Mozido had ambitious plans to revolutionize mobile payments in key markets including India, Africa, and southeast Asia.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

There is neither a shortage of controversial topics in financial services or financial technology nor a shortage of subjects that tend to polarize people. These customers have two equally important needs: not being taken advantage of by unscrupulous lenders and not being completely locked out of the credit markets.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2016

Some consumers do use payday loans just as the industry markets them — as a short-term emergency source of cash, one that won’t be there if the payday-lending industry goes away,” The Atlantic noted in its recent story on payday lending. There are solutions – and good ones that are in the market today if one would only look.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 4, 2018

But as with many things in technology, change comes gradually and then suddenly. He goes on to write that AI-enabled software not only provides better services but also opens up the investment management market to individuals who’d previously not had access to such services (previously just for the wealthy). STATE OF AUTOMATION REPORT.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: Camelot Venture Group, Align Technology, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Spark Capital, Clayton Dubilier & Rice. Plaid Technologies. Company Description: San Francisco’s Plaid Technologies builds user-friendly APIs and tools for financial institutions. . Valuation: $3.2B. Total Funding: $1.3B.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

This internet Goliath used its power to manipulate the market, destroy competition and harm YOU, the consumer,” Paxton's office said in a tweet on Wednesday (Dec. DOJ and state attorneys general have conducted separate but parallel investigations into Google’s anticompetitive market behavior,” Weiser said in a press release.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 25, 2017

Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are made possible by what’s known as blockchain technology. As startups use blockchain to drive greater transparency and veracity across the digital information ecosystem, they’re boosting awareness of the technology in sectors ranging from payments to public policy. Networking and IoT.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

history, but a part of global economic development stretching back centuries: First comes innovation, then comes growth based on that innovation (not just economic, but cultural and other forms of growth), then comes the regulatory backlash. The formation of the FTC’s Technology Task Force also comes amid more focus from the U.S.

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