PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Retailers are turning to accelerators to drive innovation, and Target is taking its program to the international stage: It is teaming up with Germany’s wholesale and food specialist METRO AG for its cohort this year. What new retail inventions will these accelerators bring? as well as other countries.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

“We value Blackhawk’s reliable integrations and powerful connections to some of the world’s best brands in addition to its innovative approaches to helping us solve some of our most daunting challenges,” Givingli CEO and Co-Founder Nicole Emrani Green said in the announcement. eGifts can be given in amounts between $5 and $500.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The one thing we all have to learn: it is not about the innovations themselves. It is about the use cases and the value we can create for the consumer and the professional customer. We get very excited about our innovative capabilities, and we are extremely proud of all of our IP and patents in this area.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

It often seems that technology makes retail innovation. It can be easy to forget that people are behind those innovations. That brings us to Jony Ive. Ive has earned a place in the history books, at least when it comes to the history of this particular era of retail.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The sale of shoes online has come a long way since the dawn of eCommerce – and footwear continues to help drive innovation in the retail space. The importance of this area of retail was recently underscored by a move involving a Google veteran. 14, Reuters reported about a week ago. The Right Fit. Nike and Voice.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2019

Can cameras replace cashers in retail? According to a recent Wall Street Journal report, British grocer Tesco plans to open a “pick and go” or “frictionless shopping” store to the public next year, following testing the store technologies with employees. The grocery industry is making a go of it. The latest effort comes from the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Retailers made all sorts of quick pivots to their eCommerce sites as the pandemic unfolded, but in-store legacy technology proved to be an obstacle for many of them. We’ve lived through COVID with them … and our new platform is something that allows us to expand that end-to-end strategy.”. Unveiled Wednesday (Jan. Enter Elera.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

You can probably tell by the happy looks on all the children’s faces, but in case not — back-to-school season is upon us. Not only is it a big time for retail but, in a sense, a kind of dress rehearsal for the upcoming all all-important holiday shopping season. Retail back-to-school spending for families will hit an average of $696.70

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 23, 2017

I’ve been working closely with BKM, the Turkish retail payments clearing company, for a few years now. They manage the Fintech Istanbul program, and are the powerhouse behind many of the innovations we’ve seen in Turkey from mobile wallets to contactless payments. Could you please tell us a bit about banking sector in Turkey?

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Bobsguide

MAY 26, 2022

Generation Life – a leading life insurance company that’s been providing Australians with tax-effective investment solutions for over 18 years – has launched its innovative new lifetime income solution, known as Generation Life LifeIncome, on GBST’s cloud-based wealth administration platform, Composer.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

The Justice Department is right to be looking into Amazon’s practices as part of its antitrust review of big technology companies, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday (July 24). . “I A broad antitrust review of big technology companies was announced by the Justice Department on Tuesday (July 23).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Looking ahead to 2021, I believe that secure digital transformation will remain a priority globally as individuals, businesses and economies begin to bounce back from the events that have so challenged us all in 2020. While generational differences in buying behaviors clearly exist, those gaps are narrowing.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Luxury style and quality brands, offered at a more middle-class price point and sold directly to consumers, is increasingly crowded terrain in apparel retail. Or, perhaps more accurately, through tactics that are so traditional they are surprising to see in a modern retail context. We’re listening.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are doubling down on digital as they look to staff their stores for the busy holiday shopping season. The retailer noted that all seasonal hires will have a minimum hourly starting wage of $13 an hour. Target is also offering an array of benefits to the seasonal workers, which all hourly team members receive.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Voice recognition could soon play a bigger role in retail — especially in the world of quick service restaurants. The company said in an announcement that the arrangement is another bold step in advancing employee- as well as customer-facing innovations while bolstering the technological capabilities of the chain. Other Moves.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

Or maybe things aren’t going down exactly as doomsday predictions would have us believe. If “Jurassic Park” taught us one thing, it’s that “life finds a way.” Much of that context comes from expert summations of upgrades, in which retailers of virtually every size are now investing. Visual Search and Tactile Tactics.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. What’s on the horizon for retail banking? According to a new report from PwC titled “Retail Banking 2025 and Beyond” (see sidebar), the retail banking industry is undergoing tremendous change—but, of course, community bankers already know that.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

And according to Doug Brown, senior vice president and general manager of digital banking at NCR , simplicity and innovation have turned what could have been a disastrous year into a transformational pivot for the better. So we led with technology.”. Brown said in a recent conversation with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. “So Nudging Evolution.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

But the one thing that might work is taking a page from the innovation playbook that Netflix seems to have written and followed over the last 22 years. A combination of forces — Netflix’s own content and technology innovations and advances in hardware and software — helped them consistently attract more eyeballs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2017

From manufacturing to customer service, there have been several parts of today’s workforce that have been automated by some form of smart technology. Over the last few years, chatbots have taken the retail space by storm, helping to automate several key aspects of customer service. What’s the effect of chatbots on the retail industry?

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 1, 2018

Innovation for the sake of problem-solving (rather than for its own sake) is the way U.S. Bank’s Dominic Venturo approaches his role of chief innovation officer. The bank has a comprehensive outlook on investing and researching emerging technology trends through its innovation team, Venturo said.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite. “We continue to expand our scope and this allows us to bring in into Demo […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Technology is the new norm for restaurant customers worldwide — especially if those customers happen to live in Asia or the Middle East. In another restaurant technology survey of U.S. consumers , 79 percent agreed that restaurant technology improves their guest experience. Customers want convenience. fall short. While the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

To look into smart retail solutions with the Internet of Things (IoT), JD.com and Intel have teamed up to start the Digitized Retail Joint Lab. The effort is geared toward creating next-generation vending machines, advertising as well as media solutions and technology for the stores of the future, JD.com said in an announcement.

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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. Via their IoT integrations and technology on the ground, they can quantify information and verify that it's real.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. As quick-service restaurants (QSRs) look to the future, digital innovations such as self-serve kiosks and delivery are on top of mind. billion, according to news from Retail Dive.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The last several weeks have certainly made for unexpected and unprecedented times for consumers and all players in the retail ecosystem and left a lot of businesses standing at a crossroads as they face the back half of 2020 and questions about what to do next. Technology is kind of the means, not the end.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

How ‘Contact Us’ And The Kardashians Ignited Afterpay In The US. Fast-forward to the present, and Afterpay now counts more than 11 million active customers at 63,000 retailers – and most recently reported doing $2.1 One is regulatory trends, where regulators are looking to increase competition in this field and drive innovation.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

It’s an opportunity to rethink our lifestyles: what works for us and what needs change,” she said in a statement on her website. “At Dispatching one of New York’s elite styling teams exemplifies the new face of “ clienteling ,” the retail practice of assigning sales associates to individual, high-value customers. ”

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Bank Innovation today released a beta of its relaunch, the most significant rebuilding of the site since its start in 2009. Let us know what you think of the rebuilt site by emailing info@bankinnovation.net.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The payments industry is no different, and we’re quickly approaching a new intersection point due to the Real-time Payments’ movement into the US. These days, as the US prepares to embrace real-time payments in 2023, the intersection of real-time payments and automation has become a key point of discussion.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

To capture this spending, grocers are driving innovation through their brick-and-mortar stores with delivery and pickup efforts (among other initiatives). The retailer has been making inroads with grocery delivery, having announced in September that it is now offering the service in 50 metropolitan areas across the country.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

To help diners make the best use of their mobile devices to order meals, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are tapping into mobile innovations. Technology that lets diners place their orders for pickup or delivery has become more common, and mobile devices are serving more restaurant functions than they have in the past.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

To help improve their operations, consumer services companies appear to have some very specific ideas about digital technology. The report also noted that many firms believe technology could also bolster their back-office operations. From Yelp to Apple , technology companies are providing solutions that could serve retail environments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

We are pleased that our unique business model enables us to quickly deliver solutions that are helping our clients adapt to these rapidly shifting market dynamics. Norcross told the earnings call that technology and digital-first solutions were a key to Q3 and will be important in Q4. “We

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The New Wave report differs from the independent research firm’s traditional Forrester Wave report in the way that it only assesses emerging technologies (such as computer vision). We understand the value and innovative benefits that computer visioning provides to organizations. Your Computer Vision Provider. Learn More.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are testing intelligent shopping carts that are billed as a way to improve the in-store experience. Its technology weighs and scans items as shoppers put them in their carts, shows a running tally of purchases and lets customers pay on the spot. convenience sector.

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