PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Travel and cost management company Navisteps has notched $1 million in a pre-seed round, with investment originating from angel investors, Phocuswire reported. While expense and travel management solutions are not new, they traditionally target large enterprises.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As cloud technologies emerge to help financial institutions (FIs) drive digital innovation, Finastra has introduced its Fusion Payments To Go offering for small and medium-sized banks. In addition, Monese adopted Thought Machine’s cloud banking platform. Monese Adopts Thought Machine’s Cloud Banking Platform.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Throughout 2020, leading Industry analyst firms Forrester Research, Gartner and IDC have included Perficient in their reports. We begin by highlighting the “Best of 2020” report inclusions that recognized our expertise and kept Perficient top of mind. Inclusion in top reports is not a given. We launched Get Supply Chain Right!

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

PSCU has appointed Denise Stevens as senior vice president and chief product officer, while Scott Young will head the product delivery leadership team as vice president of innovation, PSCU announced today (Feb. Stevens will oversee product delivery and management, as well as its innovation teams. Young will report to Stevens. “We

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

consumer cards at American Express, said that as the company rolls out its new credit management tool, it is cognizant of the newfound financial challenges facing many consumers amid the pandemic. “We Consumers interested in the new credit score management tool can establish an account at no charge via the MyCredit Guide.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Bank of America (BoA) may have hired a treasury product manager to work with Ripple. This role leads the product management team for the Ripple Project, a decentralized ledger technology-based solution to cross-border payments marketed to [global transaction services (GTS)] clients,” the job listing read. “The

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Managing credit risk used to be a reactive process. Bank customers would fall behind on their payments, and their banks might react by imposing fees or having a case manager work with them to bring their accounts back up to speed. In severe cases, banks might have to take the drastic measure of closing accounts altogether.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Spend management was the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to partnerships and investments in firms aiming to help companies keep track of expenses. Monitoring fuel purchases through both cost and location is a valuable tool for fleet managers to prevent fraud and protect margins.”.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The second half of 2020 has been an exciting period for our Microsoft team, with Forrester listing us in four reports that relate to capabilities within our Microsoft practice. The New Wave report differs from Forrester’s traditional Forrester Wave report in the way that it only assesses emerging technologies (such as computer vision).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) is introducing an open banking policy to advance digital innovation in the financial services sector. Aside from providing banking customers in the Kingdom with a way to securely manage and share financial data, open banking will also give people access to custom products and services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Sweep , which works in expense and travel management for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced Wednesday (Jan. million) in investments and grants this year, according to a report from EU-Startups. The company's most recent funding round in December raised 280,000 euros (about $341,000), the report stated.

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PYMNTS

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, 2020

percent — or nearly $50 billion — for example, CNBC reported. The business travel arena is another area of major spend reduction, with Amazon revealing that it has spent $1 billion less in travel expenses since the coronavirus crisis hit, CNBC said in a separate report. Virtual Cards And Mobile Technology. While losses climbed from $5.7

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

EedenBull , which works with payment and spend technology, has a new agreement with National Australia Bank (NAB) in which the bank will let its small- to medium-sized business (SMB) users access EedenBull’s payment and spend platform, according to a report from Finacial IT.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

It’s really difficult, the banking ecosystem is not fast and that’s just reality,” Jim McCarthy, industry expert and former innovation head for Visa, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. The Headwinds Creating The Innovations Gap . According to the latest edition of the Innovation Readiness report, only 22.3

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps have become particularly appealing to consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with P2P app Zelle reporting rises in the number of transactions and transactions’ values in recent months. PYMNTS’ data revealed that many consumers are now seeking real-time access to their funds, with 35.2 About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Salesforce is rounding out its offering for online sellers with the addition of Lightning Order Management, reports in Retail TouchPoints said this week. The publication reported Thursday (Oct. The solution is expected to go live in February 2020, reports said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

While quick-service restaurant (QSR) managers and customers might view the same menu, they might not always be on the same page when it comes to technology and innovation. However, a look at recent data found that many QSRs are not exactly quick to implement customers’ preferred innovations.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Every year, ICBA surveys the industry and its members to identify their top concerns as part of its innovation strategy. Our bankers face both challenges and opportunities as they work to stay ahead of cybercriminals, paying attention to innovative solutions and partners to mitigate cyber risk. Network security monitoring. Governance.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Bank in order to integrate the former’s travel and expense management platform with the latter’s U.S. Bank Instant Card, in order to boost expense management for corporates, according to a press release.

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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. CUs value innovation that benefits members.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

The time and effort lost manually filling in information, sorting through receipts and documents to track down missing details and ensuring each claimed item falls within companies’ standards stresses workers as well as the expense managers who must check each field. Bringing Innovation to a Traditional Industry.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Amazon has poached former Uber manager Alex Vickers and Justin Ginsburgh , known for starting New York's Citi Bike bikeshare service, to helm its eBike delivery team, CNBC reported. The move shows Amazon potentially moving more into last-mile delivery innovations, with the bikes a possible source of deliveries.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

A managed security services provider h as also con cluded a $53 million Series B round to help accelerate research and development of its cloud security technology, among other uses. Venture capital funding landed at accounts payable (AP) and cybersecurity technology firms, among other innovators that raised money this week.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

The new software built on top of Ethereum will allow the internal systems of two or more companies to be synchronized — without storing confidential data on the public blockchain, Ledger Insights reported. As it continues to innovate, Coca-Cola is grappling with plunging sales due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Expense management and accounts payable (AP) automation solution provider Emburse is rolling out new card solutions designed to help organizations manage their travel spend. Spend management FinTech Pleo has rolled out a new platform for users' mobile devices aimed at consolidating data from spend on Pleo credit cards.

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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. where higher land and construction costs deterred developers,” the report states. And beyond this warehouse news, the eCommerce company is also experimenting with other – perhaps sexier – shipping innovations. Robot Efforts.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2020

The Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) Innovation Hub is planning on adding four new locations in Europe and North America, according to a press release. The Innovation Hub was launched in 2019 as a way for central banks to collaborate on various innovative solutions to problems, PYMNTS reported.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 24, 2019

The OCC’s Semiannual Risk Perspective report focuses on key issues that pose threats to bank safety and soundness and legal compliance. Among such issues discussed in the Spring 2019 report , which generally reflects bank data as of December 31, 2018, are risks arising from financial innovation and new technologies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Today In B2B payments, NeweggBusiness integrates business financing and payment terms via Behalf, while Deutsche Bank expands its cash management offering into Australia. Deutsche Bank Debuts Cash Management In Australia. The company reported in October that expenses for its corporate operation fell 9 percent in Q3.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Innovation Challenges. Payments innovation, for starters, is an alien concept for many travel service providers, especially in the U.S. Payments innovation, for starters, is an alien concept for many travel service providers, especially in the U.S. Innovation Willingness. Where is that spark for innovation coming from?

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

This measured improvement in merchants’ ability to convert subscribers underpins their willingness to offer features that improve overall user experience,” our report noted. percent – report being at least “somewhat likely” to cancel. The average score also rose from a 64.0 reading in 2020’s first quarter and 63.8 million – 16.4

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Risk management platform Feedzai announced a 44 percent increase in growth for the first half of the fiscal year for 2020, which a press release says was one of the company’s most successful so far. The deals sometimes concerned big players, including “some of the largest and most innovative companies in the world (e.g.

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BankInovation

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Trovata, a cash management automation platform, is poised for growth in 2021, with plans to quadruple its client base, founder and CEO Brett Turner told Bank Innovation. The post Trovata brings automation to cash management first appeared on Bank Innovation. The San Diego, Calif.-based The […].

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

According to a new report , the company has raised $21.5 But according to the report, “Duffel appears to be building a new software stack for travel, in the same way that challenger banks started from scratch to make themselves more agile than the laggard, incumbent banks.”. based startup called Duffel. Multiple Payment Struggles.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Workers of a past era used to submit expense reports on paper. Such systems may have gained popularity during the pandemic, yet according to Maria Parpou , Barclaycard ’s chief product officer, these innovations are poised to outlast the public health crisis that made them necessary. Going Digital To Stay Remote.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2019

These days, no matter how creative, innovative and disruptive an idea a financial services player may have, the reality is they don’t have a lot of time to sit around developing it. It was a solution designed, according to DeRosa, for companies with innovative roadmaps that need fast, flexible support.

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