PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

Expense management is scaling globally, literally, as Chrome River is opening an office in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm announced last week that it has set down roots in Sydney, following news earlier this year that it had also established a presence in San Francisco to focus on the U.S.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

Shippers will have unprecedented visibility into their supply chains, and access the actionable market data and reliable capacity that enables their businesses to thrive. Since its launch three years ago, Uber Freight now has a team of hundreds, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Amsterdam and Germany. .

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

Shippers will have unprecedented visibility into their supply chains, and access the actionable market data and reliable capacity that enables their businesses to thrive. Since its launch three years ago, Uber Freight now has a team of hundreds, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Amsterdam and Germany. .

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MARCH 9, 2020

A French hospital, in one case, noted that nearly 2,000 surgical masks were removed from its main operating room, while a trauma doctor reportedly took 12 boxes of masks from a storage room at a hospital in Spain. Other top management members will also willingly reduce theirs by as much as 50 percent until the travel market bounces back.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2016

In a world where sunshine in the news is in something of short supply, the good folks at Thrive Market can add good news for those in need of some to report to the list of things they deliver. You can’t eat it, but after the week the world’s markets have been having, reporting numbers in black ink is pretty delicious.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

There were areas of investor concern, though, particularly the slowing growth in the Chinese market. Overall, sales were up 3 percent, and transactions were up 1 percent in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole. 22), Starbucks delivery was officially up and running in San Francisco. As of Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2019

But consolidation looms, according to some observers, and online food delivery services will eventually have to shift more focus away from consumers and toward restaurant operators in order to thrive in a crowded marketplace. Meanwhile, the eCommerce operator and logistics heavyweight continues investing in its delivery fleet.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Linking financial institutions and corporates with its Banking-as-a-Service platform, ONPEX enables FIs to deploy cloud-based account and payment technology to digitize operations and enhance their cross-border corporate payment offerings. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The latest example of the power of those digitally-enabled innovative efforts comes from online freight marketplace operator Convoy. Founded in 2015, Seattle-based Convoy is among the biggest operators of online marketplaces that match truckers with shippers needing to move cargo,” the report said. Rowe Price Associates.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Kirk has a decade of experience running treasury and capital markets for large fleet companies, and is well known on the capital markets side. Its Getaround Connect device now operates in the United States, as well as in seven European countries: Norway, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the U.K.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

Kirk has a decade of experience running treasury and capital markets for large fleet companies, and is well-known on the capital markets side. Its Getaround Connect device now operates in the United States, as well as in seven European countries: Norway, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the U.K.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

And on the other side of the world, BingoBox operates over 200 of its self-service specialty stores in 29 Chinese provinces – and has nabbed $80 million in funding to boot. The projected value of the global self-service market by 2023 is $13 billion. In addition, the firm forecasts that the region will have more than 4.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

habitat by honestbee , which is an extension of a regional on-demand delivery service called honestbee, is a 60,000-square-foot space that is billed as both a grocery store and a dining destination. After starting in Singapore in 2015, the company has since broadened its operations to countries such as Japan and the Philippines.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Territory Foods , among other health-optimized services, seeks to serve this market by creating an offering that fits its customers’ lives, diets and tastes – and fills a void in the market. To order a meal from Territory Foods, customers start by selecting one of the four regions – Washington, D.C.;

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

For instance, Chinese bikesharing company Mobike , which once attracted billions from big-name investors, said it is closing down all of its operations around the world, to focus solely on China. The Asia Pacific region has the most employees outside of China, so job cuts there were the first step in the consolidation process.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2017

Now, all eyes are ahead once more for Alphabet’s upcoming Q1 earnings report slated for today after market close. This put Alphabet’s market cap well above $610 billion at the time. However, Waymo’s test will cover a significantly greater area — twice the size of San Francisco, according to Krafcik.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

For thredUP’s brick-and-mortar stores, the inventory is designed to match regional tastes and, when shoppers visit fitting rooms, they can turn to an iPad for recommendations. Warby Parker currently has 64 stores in markets that the retailer carefully chose. The eyeglass retailer is aiming to have approximately 100 stores in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global smart vending machine market from 2019 to 2024 is projected to be 12 percent. The expected CAGR of the global transportation ticket vending market from 2019 to 2024 is 3.9 Europe’s 2017 share of the coin-operated vending machine production market is 30.3

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

That matters because as time goes by and existing cities become prohibitively expensive — think San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, with Chicago, Boston and other areas not far behind — many younger, well-educated consumers are making moves to exurban or even rural areas, or smaller cities. Government Efforts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

And digital technology’s ongoing work of tying together global markets, combined with the spread of FinTech , is leading to the problem of payment fragmentation. For instance, 50 percent of online shoppers have abandoned a transaction because the eCommerce operator failed to offer a preferred payment option. percent, said Booth.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. Operating Location: Philadelphia, PA. Operating Location: Menlo Park, CA. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. JEFF JORDAN.

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APRIL 6, 2018

There are a number of very interesting target markets, because no matter what city you are in, they want bikes as opposed to cars.”. As of the announcement, Mobike has 7 million bikes in 180 cities worldwide and controls an estimated 70 percent of the Chinese bikesharing market. billion, according to South China Morning Post.

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APRIL 7, 2017

Big Tech Battle of Market Caps : Amazon’s market cap has hit a significant milestone. With a new high of $900 a share, the company’s recent market cap stood at more than $430 billion. That’s nearly twice the market cap of Walmart and has three times the revenue of that stalwart eCommerce player. The lesson here?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2017

, and perhaps it’s for the best if we all take a page from Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and keep the coming fight light — and focused on various samplings of regional deliciousness. And they picked the right day to launch: Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest pizza ordering day of the calendar year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

, and perhaps it’s for the best if we all take a page from Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and keep the coming fight light — and focused on various samplings of regional deliciousness. And they picked the right day to launch: Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest pizza ordering day of the calendar year.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

With offices in New York and San Francisco, this global reach currently requires a lot of travel. Our plans in Asia are centered around the large, rapidly growing markets in India and China, as well as the high-penetration market in Japan,” Dudas said. “Our They will be our anchors to grow all throughout the region.”.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

That’s a problem that San Francisco-based Wyre is offering to solve with its real-time cross-border payment solution. “We Businesses kind of operate on that. Because we use blockchain, we are actually not susceptible to meet the typical forex market rates,” Dunworth said. “We

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 5, 2019

The CRM market is shaping up to be the ultimate roller coaster ride. Another undeniable fact is that Salesforce currently represents the global CRM market. More important than an annual popup theme park conference, recognizing Salesforce as a proxy helps assess and predict the broader market development. Salesforce as a Proxy.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Attracting and keeping technology talent at a regionally based financial institution is a constant struggle. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Tech Talent Famine.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This collaboration has particular significance for our customer population from China, who now have a new way to experience Walgreens,” Richard Ashworth, Walgreens president of operations, said in a press release. Walgreens accept Alipay — mostly clustered in major metros like San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. Market opportunity. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Acronym of the Year. Has to be M-O-E. Now, about that execution….

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

“As technology continues to provide more creative means for financial transactions, so, too, must financial technology companies be careful to abide by the rules that ensure stability and fairness in these emerging markets.” When LendingClub entered the market in 2006, Laplanche had one idea in mind: disrupt the banks. The Response.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. Market strategy outside the US. The patent expired in 2017 and opened up the market for competitors to launch off-marketplace payment solutions.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

One of the biggest challenges these companies face is that many operate without a bank charter or license. Incumbents are not standing still and are acting to protect their market share. Table of contents: Market map: the startups disrupting retail & commercial banking. why profitability won’t come easy. Key takeaways.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. The sophisticated food hall: North 3rd Street Market (Brooklyn). Automatic food: Cafe X (San Francisco). The weeknight bar: School Night (San Francisco).

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Alex Jimenez

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

As noted in a previous post, I attended IBM’s Think 2019 conference in San Francisco earlier this month. Chris Brasher, Head of Banking Ops at Regions Bank talked about using Watson not just to drive more self-service but also to help bank staff assist customers better and quicker. IBM Think 2019 Campus.

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