PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The private-equity backed operator of Houlihan’s restaurant chain has filed for bankruptcy protection. There is already a deal in place to sell Houlihan’s to restaurant operator Landry’s for $40 million, as well as the assumption of some liabilities, according to The Wall Street Journal on Thursday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The Reis data monitors 77 metro areas and indicates that 9.4 There have been indications of trouble in local retail property markets as landlords prepare for store closures after Forever 21 ’s bankruptcy. percent of units were empty in Q3, “equaling a post-financial crisis high reached in 2011,” according to the report.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Delivery companies Point Pickup , Skipcart , AxleHire and Roadie will make deliveries in metro areas across four states, with further expansion planned in the coming weeks. Walmart has announced it is adding four delivery companies to its team to help expand its online grocery delivery option. Customers love our Grocery Delivery service.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

Ratelt operates as a real-time customer experience management platform, according to reports. The company has expanded from Australia to southeast Asia and clients include Lego, Metro, Pandora and others. ShopKirana. The firm, Infra.Market, raised the money in seed funding from Accel.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Senior Vice President of Digital Operations Tom Ward said in a blog post , “Through it, w e aim to learn more about how we can take advantage of self-driving vehicles to deliver fresh groceries – hand-picked by our personal shoppers – to customers.”. Walmart U.S.

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TrustBank

JUNE 3, 2021

If you are looking to buy a house, you have likely observed that the real estate market is very competitive, with increased bidding activity leading to higher prices. One reason that the real estate market is so hot is that there is very low housing inventory available. Prices have continued a very strong increase thus far in 2021.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Pizza chain Domino’s , for example, is planning to test self-driving vehicle technology in one major metro region. Fellow fast food chain KFC , meanwhile, is adding automation to its kitchen operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. New restaurant models are also being tested in other markets.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

21) that it is rolling out a platform to enable shippers to tap into the company’s network and manage shipments from a personal computer. In August, the company announced it was expanding Uber Freight into new markets across the country, as well as introducing personalized load matching.

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In my frequent conversations with clients across the UK and Irish banking industry, one of today’s hottest topics is the rise of the challenger banks such as CYBG, Metro and AIB UK, and particularly the neo-challenger banks providing digital-only services, like Monzo, Atom and Starling. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

The bank will be launched by Recognise Financial Services, founded by Jason Oakley, the former managing director of Metro Bank ’s commercial and mortgages lending business. With this latest round of funding, Recognise will bolster its team and develop its operating model before the bank’s official launch. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Waving their card at a terminal as they keep right on running for the bus is going to end much better than having to stop and pay cash or to load up their closed-loop metro transit card. But for public transit operators — the wins are as obvious as the commuter wins. Major metros in the U.S. Major metros in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

continue to grow its eCommerce and grocery operations — same day grocery delivery is now available to most of the store’s members, the company recently said — as the merchant continues to bask in the glow of besting Amazon in an important customer satisfaction index. Additionally, the smartphone market is getting saturated.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

2/ @Schornack The primary asset of the organization was Flagship Bank Minnesota, a Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender with two locations in the Twin Cities Metro Area. However, it had a great group of employees and was in a market that I knew very well. This was the start of one fun journey that continues today. million in 2020.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Some city residents and officials worry about all the data that will be collected, stored and analyzed for the operation of the automobiles and the smart city — privacy and security concerns that are gaining more attention in general from consumers and lawmakers. The global market for smart city technology will reach an estimated $774.8

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2017

Virtually unheard of even a few years ago, these days there are over 1,000 bike-share operations in locations around the globe — and research firm Berger expects that by year 2020, the industry will be worth almost $6 billion annually. But in China, a change has been brewing — and rapidly, as the market is evolving away from those docks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

“VCs used 2016 to manage costs, set priorities and valuations,” explained Rahul Khanna, managing partner at Trifecta Capital, in an interview with Business Standard published Wednesday (Dec. They need to manage the burn, drift and cut losses.”. Procure-To-Pay. Tradeshift. According to reports Wednesday (Dec. B2B eCommerce.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

Rolling out mobile order-ahead can involve big operational changes, and the road to innovation — or convenience, as it were — isn’t always clearly marked. Of course, smaller merchants are looking to get in on the action, but can they re-think their operations to accommodate new consumer demands? That figure tripled in 2016 to 180,000.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

In the last twelve months alone, China has seen over 30 dockless bike-sharing startups enter the fray — though that particular market is currently dominated by two large competitors in the space — Ofo and Mobike. We came into the market right when their existing station-based bikes had folded,” Poon said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

metros that time can extend to a decade and beyond. And of course averages can be misleading — in Manhattan that rent average is over $4,000 a month, while in Wichita, Kansas (the least expensive market in the survey) rents are still well below $1,000 at $639 a month. The average security deposit in the U.S. But in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

And yet, with the release of its latest earnings report, Wayfair continues to perform admirably under the strain; with better than expected results and a big jump in its stock price (at least at first) to market it. Operating expenses increased 30 percent. Beyond The Numbers .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2019

Although Schaedler’s motivation to start the company came out of his personal experience as a homeowner in need, a big part of their business is serving property managers who are in perpetual need of reliable maintenance and repair services. The market gets smarter,” he said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Robotics and automation were areas of focus for both retailers this week as they seek to upgrade their operations in an effort to capture more consumer spend. metros with more set to be added by Amazon by year’s end. Amazon is advancing warehouse automation tech with a big leveling up of its autonomous cart technology. told Adweek.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

And last week’s events managed to qualify it for “thrill-a-minute” status between the lofty and ambitious projects started, stopped and debated that made the headlines. Walgreens accept Alipay — mostly clustered in major metros like San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. using Alipay as they would in China. “Not

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Some of it is soft cost,” and that’s what makes it hard to pin down, says Anita Vogel-Drentlaw, president of New Market Bank, a $99 million-asset community bank in Elko New Market, Minn. If he takes the $68 million-asset Commerce Bank into that kind of lending, he says he’ll hire a specialist to manage the accompanying regulations.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 12, 2018

Mortgage bankers and brokers own a significant share of market (although less than prior to the 2007-08 financial crisis). And Quicken Loans is in the top 5 HMDA market share in nearly every market we analyze. We lost auto loans to the indirect market. Oh, and Quicken is hammering away at home equity lending too.

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CB Insights

MARCH 22, 2018

These bike-sharing systems improved upon the unmanageable systems of the late 20th century due to docking stations and software for tracking and managing bicycle fleets. Now dockless bike-sharing has become a notable example of a tech trend sweeping primarily from the East to Western markets. Get Our AutoTech Newsletter.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 23, 2017

Chairmen and CEOs alike spout undifferentiated bromides that tells me their strategy in their markets must be low cost. Disciplined execution on our strategic priorities resulted in exceptional growth in organic loans and core deposits, which combined with effective expense management, collectively yielded net income of $xx million.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3% increase, while the San Antonio metro, up 19.4%, ranked 12th. Deepening roots.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2016

PYMNTS: What is the most innovative thing that you have introduced into the market and what value did it deliver to the stakeholder group that was its target? BW: The ecosystem in which we operate. BW: It’s hard to pick just one – but here is one that I think underscores our approach to innovation. And since the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Offered in conjunction with Postmates, the service will be available in the 40 metro markets in which Postmates currently operates. It’s all hands on deck,” Chapin Hansen, Lyft’s Twin Cities market manager, said. “We Winner: Pizza . Wings have the numbers advantage, but we think their cockiness is a problem.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The UPI stack offers application programming interfaces (APIs) to support corporates UPI integration in a range of their back-office operations, including payments, collections and refund processing. ” Metro Bank Loops SMBs Into Bacs. Clear Embraces Blockchain For High-Volume Transactions. In the U.K.,

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 22, 2013

versus 68.5%, respectively) and its operating expenses as a percent of average assets compared to peer banks (1.66% versus 3.09%, respectively).So, So, as a branchless bank, BofI has leveraged its significantly lower operating expenses into profit. The branchless community bank operates in the Wilmington-Philadelphia market.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

A reorientation that could prove to be a bit of a challenge, since the COVID-19 outbreak that is spreading around the world seems to have infected the stock market, sending shares crashing through the ground as Wall Street put in its worst performance since the dawn of the Great Recession. Let’s dive in…. Walmart’s Many Resets .

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CB Insights

JANUARY 3, 2019

NACTO is an association of 63 American cities and 10 transit agencies across North America, including Seattle and the King County Metro and New York and the MTA. ” By creating a data standard for the streets, various parties can collaborate more effectively to identify and manage street space.

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

We recently had the chance to catch up with the general manager of a credit union in Northern Canada with two branches that serve towns of about 300 and 700 population, respectively. We find when they come in to see us, we get to know who they are, what they need” the credit union manager told us. It makes a lot of sense.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

Heal accepts all the major forms of insurance in the markets in which they operate, which today is 70 percent of California, Washington, D.C. It’s a service for all people who want it, not just for wealthy people who can afford it. and Northern Virginia. What’s Next.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Offered in conjunction with Postmates, the service will be available in the 40 metro markets that Postmates operates in. “It’s all hands on deck,” Chapin Hansen, Lyft’s Twin Cities market manager. Winner: Pizza .

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