PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Morgan , the successful treasury transformation in the Asia Pacific region hinges on digitization — and not simply electronification. That is higher than the percentages registered in other regions such as Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Latin America, where rates have been in the 50-plus percent levels.

Innovation 295

Innovation Regional Data Payments 295

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

What makes the current developments so interesting and exciting is that “we're just seeing that they're at the end of the innovation growth cycle,” he explained. Clearly there's regional saturation, which leads to consolidation.”. These aren't small companies or digital innovators,” he noted.

Innovation 306

Innovation Fintech Payments Regulation 306

Perficient

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Perficient’s insurance experts, who were interviewed for this report, echo this sentiment, emphasizing the need for insurers to embrace innovation to stay relevant. Artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a pivotal force within the insurance industry, especially for regional carriers seeking to thrive in a competitive and dynamic market.

Innovation 251

Innovation Regional Strategy Trends 251

Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Rapid consolidation in the banking industry is creating a growing band of regional banks that find themselves stuck in a solution provider market that isn’t fully capable of serving them. FIS has captured a dominant share in the regional banking space with its IBS core platform (formerly Metavante).

Regional 101

Regional Strategy Technology Innovation 101

Bank Innovation

APRIL 8, 2016

Regions Bank teamed up with online marketplace lender Avant Inc. Beginning in the second half of 2016, customers can apply for an unsecured loan on the Regions Bank website through the Avant platform, which will carry Read More.

Regional 150

Regional Online Company Lending 150

Bank Innovation

MAY 20, 2016

robo advisory — is a trend to “watch closely,” according to Kate Randall Danella, Regions Bank’s newest head of private wealth management. Digital advisory — a.k.a. But adoption by the bank is likely years away. It’s a space we are watching closely and having conversations now. We look into how Read More.

Regional 199

Regional Management Trends Operations 199

PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2017

The latest example of this comes from Regions Bank at its corporate headquarters in Birmingham, Ala. Prior to joining the Regions Bank community, Duggirala served as the CTO of Kabbage, a small business lender. The bank’s corporate office has chosen Amala Duggirala as its new CIO.

Regional 100

Regional Fintech Leadership Resources 100

Bank Innovation

JULY 25, 2016

Regions Bank tied with Amazon.com in a recent ranking of web experiences. How does a super-regional bank match the efforts of one the most sophisticated digital companies in the world, one that obsesses over customer experience?

Regional 150

Regional Customer Experience Company Online 150

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Mastercard ’s Senior Vice President of Innovation and Startup Engagement Deborah Barta told Karen Webster in a conversation with Luis Macias , CEO and Founder of GrainChain , that COVID-19 has only intensified the issue. It means they’ll get paid more and in a timelier manner. “We We see it every day.

blockchain 233

blockchain Innovation Regional Technology 233

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Birmingham, Alabama-based Regions Bank is one such bank that is taking a digital-first approach as it seeks to remain competitive. PYMNTS recently spoke with Bradley about how Regions Bank is transforming its 1,456 branch locations and the array of technologies it is leveraging to accomplish its innovative goals. A ROSIE future.

Regional 111

Regional ATM Alabama Video 111

Bank Innovation

JULY 20, 2016

Regions Financial Corp. The Regions-Avant partnership was announced last April. is using its upcoming Avant deployment as an opportunity to “refresh” its digital offerings. “[W]e’re in the process even Read More.

Regional 150

Regional Online Company Lending 150

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Amazon is planning to build a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub near Boston that will result in the creation of 200 tech and manufacturing jobs, Amazon announced in a press release Wednesday (Nov. The new facility will be in addition to the Amazon Robotics site in North Reading, Massachusetts. Massachusetts Gov.

Boston 161

Boston Innovation Massachusetts Maine 161

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Enter the Digital-First Banking Tracker , a PYMNTS and NCR Corporation collaboration, which analyzes how FIs are approaching digital transformations to engage with their customers, and what innovations they are using to do so. They not only need to be innovative solutions, but they must meet customer demands. About The Tracker.

Regional 109

Regional ATM Report Alabama 109

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

“If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Opportunity, he noted, abounds. Meeting A Dynamic Market .

Innovation 161

Innovation Payments Regional America 161

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Fighting food deserts and flipping them into food oases is no easy task, but innovators are using dynamic pricing to tackle food instability. 2019: Year that Everytable expanded into placing smart refrigerators in offices, schools and business in the greater Los Angeles region.

Los Angeles 131

Los Angeles Innovation Regional Data 131

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Credit unions and regional or community banks have stepped in to fill the banking gap, making barriers to accessing much needed financial services lower than ever before for marijuana businesses. It’s why, said Muller, payment innovators in the cannabis market must keep a macro view while targeting micro use-cases and user populations.

Innovation 210

Innovation Payments Tools Compliance 210

Accenture

JANUARY 5, 2021

This thought leadership piece looks at Instant Payments in the Middle East – how this innovative trend being implemented in the region and elsewhere is changing the payments landscape, and what banks should do to fully leverage its value.

Payments 299

Payments Leadership Regional Trends 299

BankInovation

APRIL 11, 2024

Financial institutions are prioritizing cloud migration as cost reduction and innovation continue to be top of mind. “We We definitely see cloud migration as a must,” Rodrigo Silva, regional director for the Americas at Temenos, tells Bank Automation News on this episode of “The Buzz” podcast.

Regional 110

Regional America Innovation Report 110

The Paypers

JUNE 14, 2022

Unchain Fintech Festival has collected data from top banking and fintech representatives for a market study called Fintech Under the Spotlight focused on the CEE region.

Regional 53

Regional Study Fintech Innovation 53

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) is launching an initiative called the FinCEN Innovation Hours Program, as a call to private sector companies that have developed tech to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, the organization said in a release. FinCEN expects to hold events in the Washington, D.C.

Innovation 124

Innovation US Metro Washington 124

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

The question for the 2020s, and the focus of her remarks at the big show in New York last week, is about innovations itself — what is truly leading in innovation and what constitutes being a laggard? The latter is innovative; the former is, well, just a tweak. Testing Innovation . The answer, she noted, is complex.

Retail 168

Retail Innovation Data New York 168

PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

To let businesses quickly deploy digital payment services, a consortium of major companies is rolling out a new financial innovation platform called b.yond.

Innovation 194

Innovation Payments Fintech Regional 194

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.

Innovation 131

Innovation Houston Metro Mobile 131

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Toronto is a powerhouse for financial innovation in Canada: The city has the most sizable ecosystem for FinTech in the country, with 185 startups per one count. NorthOne , a FinTech firm that focuses on small business owners, is one of the companies that call the city home. Funding rounds and exits have followed suit.”

Innovation 192

Innovation Fintech San Francisco New York 192

BankInovation

OCTOBER 21, 2020

based Regions Bank is throwing its weight behind technology as the bank pulls back in other areas to keep overall expenses flat. “We Birmingham, Ala.-based We have places and levers to pull on expenses.

Regional 85

Regional Technology Innovation Strategies Strategy 85

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Innovation Challenges. Payments innovation, for starters, is an alien concept for many travel service providers, especially in the U.S. and Europe, which are often left to take lessons from payment advances in the Asia-Pacific region. Innovation Willingness. Where is that spark for innovation coming from?

Innovation 177

Innovation Payments Industry Study 177

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.

Innovation 178

Innovation Fintech Video Payments 178

Accenture

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Guest bloggers Alex, Devon, Eliza and Reagan – from Accenture’s Emerging Leaders Program – wrap up their two-part series on how a consortium model can help regional retail banks keep up with the tech acquisition capabilities of larger banks. How regional banks can best get the innovation boost and growth value they need from participating….

Fintech 195

Fintech Regional Innovation Retail 195

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The innovation economy requires more than caffeine and collaboration for fuel. WeWork also wants to make a bigger name for itself as an enabler of innovation. Innovation Program. Innovator Awards. But there is no doubt that the company wants a piece of the innovation economy. That’s the path chosen by WeWork.

Innovation 122

Innovation San Francisco Seattle Meeting 122

PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Beyond product and strategy, payment methods come with highly regional preferences. A recent study by GoCardless analyzed payment preferences for subscriptions, memberships, bills and installment plans in 10 countries and found a number of regional quirks. One of the biggest issues — especially among U.S. How Do Consumers Want to Pay?

Regional 108

Regional Payments Cards America 108

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

Not only that, but 82 percent of travel companies innovate to combat the loss of customers, and 36 percent of travel companies expect innovations to decrease costs. Other areas of innovation and disruption for the travel industry are heavily focused around payments. That includes the payment of airline fares.

Innovation 152

Innovation Industry United States Payments 152

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., as well as the launch of the Flex by Finaxar initiative from Finaxar.

Cards 130

Cards Innovation Management Fraud 130

BankInovation

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Regions Bank is using AI technology from IBM Watson to improve its customer service.

Regional 69

Regional Innovation Operations Technology 69

Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI – After landing a Western Global MD-11 freighter carrying 175,000 pounds of relief supplies in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, Airlink, in partnership with Bell Helicopters, is today delivering the time-critical supplies of food, medicine and medical personnel to regions that have been cut off due to infrastructure damage Read (..)

Regional 150

Regional Capital 150

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Regionally, the market for beacon technology is gaining traction and expanding to various regions including Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe and CIS, South America and Middle East and Africa,” that report said. Related Innovation. Expect more work on beacons and these other areas of innovation in the coming year.

Innovation 101

Innovation Mobile Retail Regional 101

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

And in bank regulation, open banking is developing at a fast clip in Brazil, while the pandemic may have sped up the digital banking shift in many markets beyond the region. The firm’s hardware looks nothing like a punching bag – it comes with six circular lights embedded in its surface, which users punch as they blink to get a workout.

Innovation 130

Innovation Regional Data Digital Banking 130

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

As PYMNTS readers know, the role and appeal of FinTech is increasing significantly as consumer demands rapidly change, and technology and regulatory efforts encourage further innovation in digital payments and global transactions. Success has already come from other parts of the globe, he said — specifically, from the Asia-Pacific region.

Fintech 192

Fintech Innovation US Payments 192