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Shifting The Used Car Market Into Overdrive

PYMNTS

“It’s hard to imagine that there’s so much technology and innovation happening up and down the mobility spectrum except for in this market — and it’s a $1.4 It’s 2020, we have technology everywhere all the time, and most people are doing all their research on their phones anyway. trillion market in the U.S. How It Works.

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

PYMNTS

As quick-service restaurants (QSRs) look to the future, digital innovations such as self-serve kiosks and delivery are on top of mind. However, the online order and delivery service’s sales and active daily orders came up short of estimates. We see tremendous potential for online ordering in the U.S. The Road Ahead.

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Oregon-Based Simple Bank Laying Off Nearly 10 Percent Of Workforce

PYMNTS

Portland, Oregon-based online bank Simple reduced its workforce by nearly 10 percent earlier this week, marking its second round of layoffs in 2017. We have been focused on growth instead of innovation,” wrote Josh Reich, Simple ‘s chief executive officer and co-founder, in a blog post cited by the news report.

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Can Pivotus Help Save Banks from Themselves?

Bank Innovation

Just last year, the Portland, Oregon-based corporation performed the rare feat of upgrading its core Read More. Pivotus Ventures, a new venture capital firm launched by Umpqua Holdings Corporation, believes that drastic action is needed to keep banks relevant in the coming years. If any FIs can do it, Umpqua is certainly among them.

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SourceMedia’s Small Business Banking Conference Show – No Shortage of Innovation

William Mills

Now in its 23 rd year, the conference featured more than 20 technology providers and rallied together innovators from across the globe to discuss how financial institutions can better engage with business customers… and the timing couldn’t be better. According to The Wall Street Journal , the U.S. Baker Hill. www.bakerhill.com.

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Fintech Fundings: 25 Companies Raise $1.6 Billion Week Ending Aug 20

Fintech Labs Insights

billion) went to three online lenders (Sofi = $1 billion, Avant = $340 million, Dianrong = $220 million). Guideline Technologies. HQ: Portland, Oregon. HQ: Portland, Oregon. Agio Technologies. Source: Bank Innovations. Online small business lender. Source: Bank Innovations. 40i(k) solutions.

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Disrupting Insurance: The Other Financial Services Opportunity

Tefkin

In the last years, most of the focus on innovation in financial services has been, it seems, on banking (investing and lending) and payment. In the past 20 years, arguably the investment side of the insurance business has seen the most innovation. A classic case of Innovator’s dilemma. billions.