PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2017

Yesterday (March 8), Samsung Pay went live and online in India, a push done in collaboration with five Indian banks: Axis, HDFC, ICICI, SBI, and Standard Chartered, and credit and debit cards from MasterCard and Visa. Most interestingly, however, is the non-traditional player that is supported by Samsung’s mobile payment entry — Paytm.

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Payments Source

MARCH 30, 2017

Samsung and Arval will help the bank operate Spain's first Payment Innovation Hub in Barcelona. Visa, Global Payments Inc.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The top five vendors ( Samsung , Xiaomi , Vivo , Oppo and Lenovo ) now account for 75 percent of total shipments in India. Samsung shipped 9.4 Xiaomi’s growth is a clear example of how a successful online brand can effectively enter the offline market while maintaining low overheads,” said Canalys Analyst Rushabh Doshi.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

Looking back over a five-year time frame, with an eye on innovation that has enabled all of the above top-down momentum in payments, the executive said the most important events have included a real “difference between infrastructure changes and what the customer might see.”. A lot of companies do that, but we don’t.”

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Even with technology’s increasing influence on retail banking, it’s not typical for a community bank to have one of its most senior and trusted executives concentrate primarily on leading consumer product and payments innovation. The role of Alex Jimenez, senior vice president and director of digital and payments innovation at the $7.2

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Texas-based national rent-to-own operator Rent-A-Center recently announced that it has nearly completed the nationwide rollout of an end-to-end eCommerce solution. In fact, more than 70 percent of our online customers are shoppers who are either new to Rent-A-Center or who have not done business with us in over one year.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

The financial services company recently debuted a new partnership with Russian phone operator and telecom provider MegaFon. The two collaborated on a payments solution designed to enable MegaFon subscribers to make purchases or pay bills via their smartphone using Apple Pay or Samsung Pay and a linked virtual Mastercard.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

This week's Commercial Card Innovation Tracker looks at how the industry is driving SMB adoption, from lowering the cost of corporate card acceptance to looping business card products into Apple Pay. Small Business Card Use On The Rise.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

restaurants have permanently shuttered operations, and more than 110,000 anticipated closing their doors in April, according to recent estimates from the National Restaurant Association. Many eateries are thus reimagining their operations to offer guests touch-free ordering and payment experiences. Approximately 30,000 U.S.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Large companies like Samsung , Apple , and Huawei have traditionally dominated the Asian smartphones market, but in recent years, new makers have slowly emerged to chip away at that dominance. In 2016, Xiaomi shared the leadership position with Samsung in terms of phones sold in India, with its low-cost line leading growth.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

That’s reflected in data (this is Data Drivers, after all) from the Credit Union Innovation Index , a joint effort between PSCU and PYMNTS. PYMNTS and PSCU found that 59 percent of credit union members said they want innovation, though it wouldn’t necessarily sway them to choose one CU over another. Avoiding Complacency. His Advice.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Not just any decade, but one that has seen unprecedented levels of innovation touch nearly every industry segment and almost every corner of the world. Only then, he said, can one get clarity about how those dots can guide innovators about the future. That’s not just because consumers can shop and buy online without leaving the house.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2020

Not just any decade, but one that has seen unprecedented levels of innovation touch nearly every industry segment and almost every corner of the world. Only then, he said, can one get clarity about how those dots can guide innovators about the future. That’s not just because consumers can shop and buy online without leaving the house.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Wearables also got a B2B showcase this week, with Samsung and HSBC rolling out S3 gear at the bank’s flagship Fifth Avenue location. The plan, HSBC and Samsung jointly confirmed in a press briefing, is envisioned for wider rollout in the U.S. and globally, though an official timeline has not been set.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Both PYMNTS research and some big recent news involving three Big Tech operators supports that view. Zigbee Alliance board member companies like IKEA, Samsung SmartThings and Silicon Labs, among others, are also on board to join the working group to make contributions to the effort, according to the Dec. 18 announcement.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2016

That’s the mantra of innovators everywhere. Physical credit and debit card acceptance to, more recently, accepting payment via digital wallets, such as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay, now expand those possibilities. Meeting the consumer where they are. In other words, kick the door wide open to remote retail.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

It’s also a time when tech giants are stepping up to create a potential access point or operating layer for consumers wanting to reach the VR/AR world. Whether it’s tech giants like Samsung or Apple or even mediums like Netflix or YouTube, companies are vying to become a hub or connection point for triggering commerce via VR/AR technologies.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Payments had been relatively static with innovation around cash, checks and credit cards. Then, there was sudden exponential growth in innovation. In the last four years, we’ve had the adoption of bitcoin, Samsung and Apple Pay and the explosion of FinTech,” said Jenkins. The Pace Of Business Transformation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2017

Business Insider noted that Google is going to have to step up its smart home device game if it wants to remain competitive in the coming months, with new devices hitting the shelves from Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and possibly even Facebook. Consumers purchase home devices because they want to add convenience to their lives.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

In the early days of the Internet, brands and businesses knew they wanted to get online, but they just weren’t quite sure why, or how best to do it. We are seeing customers becoming much more active online in a world that is very dynamic and becoming more so. In the early days, brand sites were ugly, clunky and not terribly useful. “Or

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2016

From high-end retail to hotel booking, the potential impact of virtual reality is reaching new industries in very innovative ways. The developer community within the tracker is separated into three categories: Shopping and Payments, Operations, and Marketing.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

However, given the interests and investment in VR (and AR) tech from likes Alphabet/Google, Samsung, Apple, Intel and HTC, among others, buying in on VR seems a lot less like a quirky investment in a boy’s toy from the point of view of 2017 than it did in 2014. People research cars online before a purchase. Take cars, for example.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

A variety of consumer smart watches are made by Samsung and companies called Pebble Tech, Qualcomm and Artefact. In addition to allowing people to access the Web unobtrusively, today’s wearable devices—most of which operate in tandem with a smartphone—allow consumers to send email and text messages and take pictures or video.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Instead of opening on Thanksgiving, Walmart has been promoting a plan to " spread out the savings ” from a single day to three events held throughout November, both in-store and online. Meanwhile, Best Buy has also been pointing customers online during the pandemic, saying that “this year, we’re doing Black Friday all season long.”.

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NCR

JULY 20, 2016

Biometrics has been a staple of science fiction films for decades, with futuristic movies displaying iris scanners, facial recognition software and a range of other quirky innovations. Fingerprints have been used as a form of identification since the late 19th century, so they’re hardly a new innovation. Voice recognition .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

With no Samsung-like news for bitcoin, prices are holding steady and are even a bit bullish. The concentration of bitcoin mining increases the likelihood miners will collude to attack the blockchain, and as profitability goes down, fewer miners will operate and existing incumbents will consolidate.

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Celent Banking

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Chase is developing a wallet that will be available to all of its 94 million cardholders to use in-store, in-app and online. The wallet is not planning to use NFC at the POS, with QR codes set to be a most likely method, and as a result will be available on any smartphone device, irrespective of its operating system.

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CB Insights

MARCH 20, 2019

Company Description: Pinduoduo provides an online platform for buying a wide range of products. Select Investors: Cathay Innovation, Gaorong Capital, IDG Capital, Lightspeed China Partners, New Horizon Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Tencent Holdings. World Innovation Lab. Exit Valuation: $29.6B (IPO). Total Funding: $110M.

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NCR

JANUARY 23, 2017

One technology that offers promise is geolocation, which could strengthen online banking security and fight threats such as card-not-present fraud. In Thailand, all mobile operators will soon be required to have an online fingerprint ID system in place for SIM card registration, which will be used to verify payments.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 13, 2016

Pictured (left to right): Finanteq m-Commerce Operations Manager Tomasz Perski; Customer Advisor, Kate Miroslaw; and Marketing Manager Artur Malek demonstrating SuperWallet at FinovateFall 2015. ” Tomasz Perski, e-Commerce Operations manager added. “Would people love the Starbucks app so much if it were just about payments?

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

PREMIUM - When was the last time you went to your bank branch to deposit money? Still thinking? That's because most of the daily banking activity has shifted from branches to the smartphone. But that's not to say people don’t use bank branches at all. They do, but not for the same reasons as they […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The age-old question is: How do you create a standard that works for every digital payments innovator – and the consumers and businesses they serve – when the starting points for those innovations reflect their very different origins and digital strengths? Other bodies may view standardization through web-based browsers.

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NCR

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Clearly designed specifically for its own customer base, Walmart Pay enables users to check in in to pick up an online order at a Wal-Mart store, refilling pharmacy prescriptions and finding an item’s store location. Samsung Pay has a variation on that platform too, with the support of the global electronics conglomerate.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

At the same time, however, these platforms are facilitating a more traditional sales need: They have to engage buyers and sellers as they operate in the digital world of connectivity. million bookable online listings at the time. million listings were on Booking as of October 2018.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

Perhaps the most glaring example of the tendency to dismiss innovative new players was when Apple’s iPhone hit the market in 2007. Innovation Summit: (N+1) Trends. PillPack allows users to buy medications online in pre-made doses. ” Innovation Summit: (N+1) Trends. The iPhone and iPod. original iPhone. “No

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014. Price: $7.9B. Price: $210M.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2017

Samsung managed to take up most of the oxygen in the mobile room this week — and the big show included the world’s introduction to the new Galaxy phone, Bixby, VR, Samsung Pass, and Samsung Pay’s and Visa Checkout’s partnership to bring Samsung Pay to the online world. The move into the U.K. The move into the U.K.

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