PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

If there’s a playbook for Main Street’s migration to digital, Toronto’s Schulich School of Business is authoring a very effective chapter. In an interview with Karen Webster, Chris Carder , co-director of Entrepreneurial Studies at Schulich School of Business, outlines the story of how innovation can become teamwork.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Insurance may not be the most flashy or exciting of industries, but its continued reliance on paper and inefficient underwriting processes makes the market a prime target for technology disruptors. ” Opportunity On Main Street. It’s no surprise, then, that the InsurTech arena has ballooned in recent years.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

But the one thing that might work is taking a page from the innovation playbook that Netflix seems to have written and followed over the last 22 years. A combination of forces — Netflix’s own content and technology innovations and advances in hardware and software — helped them consistently attract more eyeballs.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes the launch of business cards by American Express and Amazon in addition to one by Wyndham Hotel & Resorts and Barclays.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

percent of retailers have said they innovate to improve customer loyalty. That, in fact, is one of the main findings in the new Retail Innovation Readiness Index from PYMNTS, powered by FinTech firm AEVI. Things have changed, though, he said — one reason why that innovation finding carries such weight. “I

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Innovation has become such a buzzword that it can be applied to countless solutions and initiatives, from emerging 5G mobile technology and the rise of “smart factories” to using blockchain to trace and track food supply chains to deploying kiosks to personalizing the ordering experience. The State of Innovation. points to 19.3,

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

In today’s digital economy, with shopping as easy as the tap of a finger on a smartphone screen, brick-and-mortar retail businesses have no choice but to innovate to keep and grow their clientele. At the same time, many consumer services firms recognize the value that specific technological applications can bring to their operations.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

Those are some of the common myths of innovation , and they apply to the payments world. Moving past those myths, and finding deeper truths about payments innovation, was the underlying result of a recent PYMNTS webinar, featuring Karen Webster and Amir Wain, founder and CEO of i2c , an integrated commerce and smart payments firm. “

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BankInovation

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Prepaid payments are primed to be the main innovation rail for the Canadian payments market, as developments in automated banking and consumer technology make headway and market size grows. The Canadian prepaid market in 2019 had $3.74

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

The April 2020 New Payment Flows edition of PYMNTS’ Credit Union Innovation Playbook series, a PSCU collaboration, looks into the credit union (CU) space at a pivotal moment: Many concepts, from eating to shopping to traveling and, of course, how we pay, have changed forever. The main reason for that is a members-first mentality.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

It’s a landscape that has created an opportune environment for technological innovation. Indeed, said Bixby, although technology and automation can support accelerated onboarding, underwriting and payouts, policyholders still crave a human experience when it comes to insurance.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2019

When it comes to innovation, go to the source. has joined the ranks of companies and brands setting up innovation labs. QSR Innovation. The PepsiCo innovation effort comes at a time of significant technology development in the world of restaurants, including quick service restaurants (QSRs).

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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

APRIL 9, 2019

Retail innovation labs – incubators or tech hubs – aren’t confined to operations run by the likes of Amazon or Walmart. A new lab store from 7-Eleven underscores the innovation wave that is taking place in the convenience store sector of retail – a sector ripe for change, disruption and growth. stores with the innovation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

When it comes to implementing innovation, trying and succeeding are two different things. percent of them said they want to innovate to gain a competitive edge, while 75 percent seek to boost their sales revenue. percent intend to use innovation as a way to improve customer loyalty. As much as 77.4 Another 62.2 Another 62.2

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Artificial intelligence has started — slowly — to make its presence felt in payments and commerce, including in fraud prevention, via early deployments of the technology and cutting-edge AI algorithms. The race to get ahead on the technology is now gaining clarity as well. Fresh data from the U.N. China’s Growing Role.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Retail innovation comes from various places – and for the new decade, that includes quick-service restaurants (QSRs), the site of massive technological change. Self-service kiosks have been gaining popularity, and cutting-edge technology like biometrics is starting to be integrated. Loyalty, too, is a source of innovation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Sometimes innovation in the commerce and payments space is a matter of a new technology or a new process. Amazon, of course, is the leader and main inspiration for such same-day delivery efforts. And beyond this warehouse news, the eCommerce company is also experimenting with other – perhaps sexier – shipping innovations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Ant Financial , the Alibaba affiliate, expects its core business will be technology services down the road as it expands beyond only payments. But previously we just wanted to make sure we are really using the tech to be innovative, to create examples, to redefine financial services that people can feel, can touch,” Jing said in an interview.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

To enhance diners’ experiences in quick-service restaurants (QSRs), managers are utilizing digital innovations, enabling everything from faster orders to more efficient kitchens. More than 70 percent of QSR managers see these as the main benefits of implementing technology, according to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index.

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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

APRIL 2, 2019

Innovation is one of the keys to advancement — and that increasingly means opening tech hubs, incubators and other such operations. But not all innovation labs or tech hubs give rise to seamless tech progression. PYMNTS readers can be forgiven if they view innovation labs (no matter the label) as something that verges on retail fad.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Not innovating is not an option. Perhaps in the early days of digital banking and mobile apps, innovative technology was a “nice to have,” but that is no longer the case. The Bank Innovation Readiness Index , in collaboration with payments solutions provider i2c , provides evidence to back that up. Methodology.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

Innovators are seeing the potential to shape the way consumers place their orders at quick-service restaurants (QSRs) through digital technology. That’s kind of … the future that we see as well,” Xiao said, adding he believes that, in addition to online and app ordering, voice ordering will be one of the main drivers.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The benefits of utilizing e-commerce technology are readily apparent to us because they are personal: We find what we are looking for; we find it at a cheaper price; we can get it more quickly. Technology can also provide tangible benefits to a business, and in many cases, those benefits are financial. Assisting with compliance.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Morgan’s EMEA Head of Wholesale Payments Shahrokh Moinian, technological innovation is helping to unlock more opportunities for corporate treasurers to step up to this newfound strategic role of mitigating risk within their organizations. The other is technological innovation. According to J.P. That’s our No.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Apparel used to be mostly a brick-and-mortar retail experience, but that has changed drastically over the last few years – and has been one of the main innovations when it comes to commerce related to the clothes we wear. The technology has been made famous by Amazon through its checkout-free Amazon Go stores. Better Fit.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 23, 2016

specifically has been an epicenter of the mobile-first banks, with Atom Bank, Starling Bank, Tandem Bank and Monzo as the main players. Tom Blomfield, Monzo In this age of fintech-rules-it-all, nobody (hopefully) needs an explainer on what a neobank is. So why single out Monzo? Well, customer retention Read More.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

When it comes to retail innovation — changes that promise to influence commerce not only this year, but in the 2020s — cameras could have a significant role. When he looked at those languishing CCTV cameras, he realized that retail already (mostly) had the main piece of hardware it needed to start pulling better insights from the floor.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Those who work in and around high tech and innovation are lulled into a narrative about progress being on a march ever forward, rarely slowing, never stopping and certainly never turning around and marching in the wrong direction. . Once one gets outside of the top 25 banks in the U.S., The Soft Middle in Financial Services.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

This might attract customers, but retaining them requires constant innovation. Such developments have become a main focus for FashionPass, which is currently building out its mobile app. Many consumers — especially women in their 20s and 30s — find rental’s sustainability appealing. Clothing Rental and the Future of Fashion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

We have deep dives into in-house restaurant ordering apps and cloud technology, as well as a report on banks running short on large bills amid the coronavirus crisis. In-house ordering apps are typical for large quick-service restaurant (QSR) companies, with only those who are willing to take risks and innovate standing out from the herd.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

Equifax , the embattled credit scoring company announced Thursday (June 14) that it named Bryson Koehler as Chief Technology Officer. Equifax said Koehler will work with the company’s product, data and analytics teams to drive technology and data insights for customers and partners. ” . ”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As more retailers try to get more shoppers into their stores – not everything is about eCommerce, after all – new technologies are playing a big role. That technology promises to play a bigger role this holiday shopping season, according to an analysis. Related Innovation. That includes beacons. New Beacon Growth.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 6, 2017

Building artificial intelligence technology into a financial system is tricky—mainly because artificial intelligence technology is still in its nascent stage. Moving it out of that stage, according to experts, means innovating a very specific sect of the technology, known as natural language processing (NLP).

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

So, how are CUs changing their card innovation plans to match their current members’ demands and attract new potential members? This is just one of many questions PYMNTS, in collaboration with PSCU , set out to answer in the Credit Union Innovation Playbook: Card Trends Edition. Moreover, 89.4 percent between February and May.

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Perficient

JANUARY 23, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted several unprecedented shifts in society, notably impacting the workplace and necessitating the adoption of innovative technologies that facilitate collaboration and efficiency in a work-from-home (WFH) environment. What’s New?

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