PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In a bid to serve customers through digital channels, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are rolling out new innovations. Such offerings can help QSRs bring in customers: According to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index , 62 percent of consumers said the availability of digital innovations would make them more likely to visit in the future.

Innovation 183

Innovation Mobile Branding Maryland 183

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

One recent collaboration came from Texas-based Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union (RBFCU), which partnered with Fiserv’s subsidiary Raddon to integrate the FinTech’s Predictive Analytics solution. Developments From Around The World Of Credit Unions.

Nevada 192

Nevada Security Innovation Data 192

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Texas might be known for its BBQ, chicken-fried steak or chili, but food innovators in the Lone Star State are making their mark with meat-free products inspired by the local culinary landscape. The company uses the prickly pear because it is the Texas state plant.).

Texas 139

Texas New York City Denver social media 139

PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

In places that had reopened such as Texas, Florida and California, it could be enough to close them permanently. Texas karaoke club owner Mick Larkin should know. On the same day, Texas Gov.

Wichita 146

Wichita Texas New York Florida 146

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The Payments Innovation Alliance, a membership group that includes financial institutions (FIs) and payment providers, has released “ Voice Payments: An Introduction and Overview ,” designed to deliver information on conversational payments and enabling technologies, including voice assistants and smart speakers.

Payments 220

Payments Exercises Resources Fraud 220

Bank Innovation

APRIL 28, 2017

There are advantages to being local Whether they prefer to interact with an institution online or in person—or a combination of the two—millennials tend to look for organizations that are involved in making their area a better place to live. In the blue-collar community of Clute, Texas, […].

Texas 170

Texas Millennials Community Online 170

Bank Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2017

Cities in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and […]. Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston all have thriving fintech communities, and are definitely worth a trip for the invested fintech entrepreneur, but the U.S. is already seeing a cluster of other fintech hubs emerge.

New York City 365

New York City Fintech Georgia Boston 365

PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

Online grocery shopping went to the moon from March to May, with PYMNTS’ Navigating COVID-19 series recording a 400 percent increase, equating to $6.6 billion in online spend. Smaller independent grocers have been forced to scramble to ramp up their digital services as the grocery market migrates online, however.”.

Dallas 131

Dallas Innovation Online Texas 131

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Digital disbursement innovation is picking up speed in certain states, luckily, as digital payment technology becomes more readily available and less costly. In the State And Local Disbursements Report , PYMNTS examines the current state of disbursement innovation and reform for U.S. government departments.

Idaho 130

Idaho Illinois Innovation Tennessee 130

Bank Innovation

APRIL 12, 2016

Austin, Texas-based Malauzai‘s online and mobile platforms will now include personal financial management tools. This means that before you pay that bill with a snap of your smartphone camera, you can check what other bills are coming due this week, and how much this will cut into your planned trip Read More.

Austin 150

Austin Texas Tools Online 150

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Credit unions of various sizes were eager to roll out credit card innovation plans before the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset. These expectations also drove CU executives’ innovation agendas, with 91 percent voicing serious interest in developing card product innovations. Credit Innovation Planning Reset .

San Diego 141

San Diego Innovation Cards California 141

PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

The service, which is called Amazon Cash, allows Amazon customers in Mexico to deposit between 100 and 5,000 pesos ($5 through $260) per online transaction, with a daily limit of 10,000 pesos. The addition of jobs in Texas comes a few weeks after Amazon pulled out of creating its second headquarters, partly in New York City.

Austin 154

Austin New York City Texas Payments 154

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

Another 31 percent believe they are “somewhat” likely to do so, according to findings from the May 2020 Credit Union Innovation Playbook: Challenger Banks Edition. Thirty-two percent say that it is easier to use their online services. The playbook shows that 35.9 percent of CU members. Closing The Customer Satisfaction Gap.

ATM 156

ATM Digital Banking Online Mobile 156

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

As for AT&T, it reportedly launched 5G service in these cities: Houston, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Atlanta, Texas; Waco, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Jacksonville, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; New Orleans, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana and San Antonio, Texas.

Mobile 123

Mobile North Carolina Texas San Antonio 123

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below).

Innovation 15

Innovation Fintech Online Mobile 15

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“One thing is certain — consumers will continue to seek out digitally-driven experiences regardless of what the future holds,” said Jess Turner, executive vice president of Mastercard’s North America products and innovation, in the announcement. “We Florida; and Texas.

San Francisco 151

San Francisco Maryland Virginia Florida 151

PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

The credit union (CU) market has long argued that rules intended for larger, more traditional banks have unjustly been applied to their industry, stifling their growth and pace of innovation. Texas Tech Federal Credit Union (FCU) of Lubbock, Texas, recently announced a collaboration with omnichannel solutions provider NCR.

Hawaii 100

Hawaii Marketing Report Texas 100

Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Umpqua Holdings Corporation's deal to sell its subsidiary Pivotus Ventures to the Austin, Texas-based software firm Kony, announced on Oct. 23, took several months to develop.

Austin 150

Austin Texas Software Company 150

PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2017

The new eCommerce fulfillment center will be located in Plainfield, Indiana, and Kohl’s expects to begin shipping Kohls.com online retail orders from the new location by the end of this month. The Plainfield facility will join existing eCommerce locations in California, Maryland, Ohio and Texas.

Rhode Island 100

Rhode Island Ohio Indiana New Jersey 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

percent of consumers were shopping for retail goods online as of May 23, up from the 32.5 percent increase of consumers who shopped online for retail goods on April 11 and 24.1 million consumers are now shopping online, compared to the 66.4 However, even the high end needs to be online. The research shows that 35.7

Retail 131

Retail Online Texas Comparison 131

Bank Innovation

MAY 17, 2016

First announced in December 2015, the latest in the mobile wallet pipeline – Walmart Pay – is live as of yesterday to Walmart shoppers at 110 branches in Arkansas and a further 500 in Texas. The feature will be available in all stores “soon,” the company said. Card transactions carry Read More.

Arkansas 199

Arkansas Cards Texas Mobile 199

PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Because it’s at the fuel pump that Sethia and his team have made their latest customer innovation. It announced this week that it is piloting Fuel Loyalty at participating 7-Eleven stores in North and South Orlando, Florida; North Texas; and Woodbridge, Virginia. We were the first ones to have a gas station.”.

Virginia 245

Virginia Florida Texas Retail 245

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.”.

Puerto Rico 100

Puerto Rico Samsung Texas Online 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

For instance, online marketplace and auction site eBay has released eBay Motors , a new app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to list a car in under five minutes, according to a report by The Verge. Financing is also part of the new wave of innovation in this area. for both iOS and Android. New Financing.

Trends 134

Trends Retail Fort Worth Regional 134

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

It is thus incumbent upon credit unions to listen to members’ feedback as they work to enhance their mobile and online offerings — or else risk losing them to competitors who provide superior experiences. Texas Trust Credit Union turned to a “Game of Thrones”-inspired loan offering in an effort to appeal to younger demographics, for example.

Tools 151

Tools Mobile Report Oregon 151

PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

The Sock Spot CEO Ben Williams, for instance, worked for a manufacturer in eCommerce and decided to start his own online shopping company. The Sock Spot is part of a larger trend of digital innovators tapping into automated retail. Alpaca Market , for instance, has a network of vending machines and smart fridges in Austin, Texas.

Retail 140

Retail San Francisco Austin Samsung 140

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

While gyms may feel the strain of sudden declines in revenue, they might be able to create new business strengths with innovative approaches and help from payment partners. At the time, it was noted that the Texas company would close 32 corporate-owned facilities for good and reorganize its balance sheet.

West Virginia 130

West Virginia Virginia Exercises Texas 130

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“With continued innovation and personalization, we are providing customers with more ways to enjoy fresh, delicious meals that align with their individual tastes.” In addition, Home Chef announced the launch of a customizable meal kit feature for online orders, so that customers can easily change and upgrade recipe ingredients.

Ohio 116

Ohio Montana Wyoming Columbus 116

PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

Convenience stores (C-stores), overall, are in an innovation rut. It’s almost as if pay at the pump has become a pit stop for innovating and using IT to their advantage. It’s almost as if pay at the pump has become a pit stop for innovating and using IT to their advantage. When It Comes To C-Store Innovation, Size Matters.

Innovation 145

Innovation Retail Mobile Texas 145

Bank Innovation

MARCH 16, 2016

It will reach Texas, Florida and New York in the next 10 to 12 months, according to the company, which claims that, in less than three Read More. Millennials hate credit — but a new service called Lenny is out to change that. Lenny is meant for mobile (of course) and launched today in California.

Millennials 150

Millennials Mobile Florida Lending 150

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

To help event organizers distribute tickets, online platforms are creating environments that efficiently work for buyers and sellers. The Austin, Texas-based company provides software to organizers of large and small events. “It Ticket Buying Innovation. It wasn’t leveraging the latest and greatest.”

Mobile 164

Mobile Austin Texas Apple 164

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

That doesn’t mean they can’t be about innovation. Supermarkets are home to some of retail’s major and ongoing technological advances — and 2018 stands as a big year for grocery innovation. Consumers must have Coinme online accounts to claim their bitcoin. It works like this: A consumer inserts U.S.

ATM 188

ATM Bitcoin Texas Innovation 188

PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

“Following an assessment of our operational structure in light of this progress, we identified an opportunity to further optimize our processes by transferring a substantial portion of our production volume from our Arlington, Texas facility to our largest and most efficient facility in Linden, New Jersey.”.

Arlington 122

Arlington New Jersey Texas Trends 122

PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. Rather, payments and security have emerged as top focuses, according to the Credit Union Innovation Playbook. Not everyone is on board with the effort, though.

Lending 129

Lending Analytics Data Security 129

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Warehouse clubs may conjure up images of cavernous stores stocked high with merchandise as far as the eye can see, but Walmart ’s Sam’s Club is taking a different approach with a new store in Texas. The new brick-and-mortar location will come chock-full of new retail innovations, but the store won’t carry a plethora of items.

St. Louis 109

St. Louis Dallas Retail Innovation 109

William Mills

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Customer experience, automation, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), ease of use, flexibility – all of these were part of the discussions at this year’s SourceMedia’s Small Business Banking Conference in Austin, Texas. In fact, 97 percent of online applications are abandoned by the customer, according to Forrester.

Conference 40

Conference Innovation Lending Customer Experience 40

PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Yet, the broader perception of smaller financial institutions (FIs) in the industry is that these banks lack the resources that larger banks offer, as well as the agility of emerging FinTech firms, to promote product and service innovation to their SMB clients. A Consolidating Industry.

Community Bank 123

Community Bank Community Payments Fintech 123