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There’s a ton of warehouse space in the United States today: about 14.5 billion square feet, according to Jonathan Rosenthal, chairman and co-founder of Warehouse Exchange. But that’s not the shocker, he told Karen Webster in this week’s Matchmaker. According to Rosenthal, the amount of space that goes unused on any given day is 4 billion square feet, or roughly 30 percent. And that’s just the U.S. — the stats in Asia are even worse, with as much as half of all warehouse space sitting unused. MORE
Most of the participants said that monetary policy needs to do the heavy lifting to boost growth, as there was no space for fiscal expansion,” a person at the meeting said. Das, unlike previous governors, seems to be more communicative, dialogue-driven and open to larger meetings. MORE
EXCLUSIVE – Atlanta-based InComm Holdings and American Express will meet today to discuss next steps for their recently announced partnership on Amex’s prepaid card business, InComm President Phil Graves told Bank Innovation. MORE
But this meeting was all part of a secret event that was reportedly sponsored by Chain, the blockchain startup. This meeting took place in the Times Square office of Nasdaq — which has also been experimenting with blockchain’s tech — and included representatives from Citigroup, Visa, Fidelity, Fiserv., ” The outcome of this event was officially announced yesterday (May 2), when leaders who participated in the meeting expressed what came out of it. MORE
The hiring trend in the private sector managed to keep chugging on for a bit, showing in March that strength in the United States job market has not been derailed by slowdowns elsewhere across the globe. MORE
Flipkart, the Walmart-owned Indian eCommerce player, and Amazon’s Indian unit are having a tough time meeting the deadlines under new eCommerce laws in the country. MORE
The sharing economy, environmentally friendly transit and the anti-litter movement all meet. So it’s come to this – or, rather, it all comes to a head, so many trends all at once. Messily. News comes this week courtesy of CBS that the emergence of the auto-less trend – think bike sharing (the dockless kind ) and the rental scooters that are now gaining momentum – have been drawing some heat. MORE
As technology evolves and markets shift, you must be nimble enough to pivot your strategy and teams to meet the needs of your customers. For example, at Perficient, our value proposition remains that we are the right size company to meet our customers’ needs. MORE
At the same time that President Trump was meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, hackers in North Korea continued to attack U.S. and European companies, reported the New York Times. MORE
National Automated Clearing House Association ( NACHA ) — the Electronic Payments Association — and the Payments Innovation Alliance recently released a summary report from the API Standardization Industry Group’s inaugural meeting, which took place in May. The meeting brought together 40 leaders from more than 30 organizations to help identify and prioritize API use cases to be explored in the generation of the Playbook. MORE
HYPR, a biometrics security firm, and BitGo, a bitcoin security platform, joined in a partnership to bring biometric authentication to the blockchain space. The BitGo-HYPR partnership is designed to enable a seamless customer experience and fulfill security needs. MORE
To meet that need, the company is taking an age-old concept into the digital age. “We’re Some entrepreneurs are inspired by their backgrounds to develop marketplace solutions for agriculture. MORE
Financial Services Strategy Banking blockchain technology Chief Strategist Customer-centric banking digital transformation FinTech Meet Our Chief Strategists strategy wealth managementThrilling our clients with innovation and impact – it’s not just rhetoric. MORE
To meet that need, the company is taking an age-old concept into the digital age. “We’re Some entrepreneurs are inspired by their backgrounds to develop marketplace solutions for agriculture. MORE
How can eGifting be more enjoyable — the experience more exciting — than receiving a traditional digital gift card? Historically, sending cash to somebody or a digital gift card is a pretty dry experience,” Suresh Bhat, co-founder and COO of Vouchr , told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster in an interview. But [what] we do is we add that layer of fun on top of that.”. People usually think of digital gift cards — or prepaid credit cards — when it comes to eGifting. For Vouchr, that still holds true. MORE
Therefore, accepting one specific method may be less important for businesses and organizations than enabling as many payment types as possible to meet consumers where they are. The digital economy is here and, for many consumers, it has become a way of life. MORE
Pants. Most people wear them at some point, but few of us spend much time wondering if pants are living up to their fullest potential. We can safely say that pants have lived up to their minimum commitment as a garment — they do a great job of covering one’s lower half, for example — but even that definition is up in the air as pop icon Kim Kardashian proudly demonstrates here. So what does it mean for pants to be doing their best work? MORE
Did you catch the season finale of Shark Tank last week? Yikes. For those who didn’t: the product pitched in the above episode, Pavlok, is a wearable device that uses zaps, taps, beeps and vibrations to train the human mind out of bad habits, such as smoking, nail biting or Read More. MORE
There are many reasons to consider Tempe, Arizona for your next meeting. But, there’s even more appeal for meeting and event planners. Tempe’s hotels and meeting venues are perfectly suited for groups ranging from 10-500 attendees. MORE
There’s another digital currency in town, and its name is YoCoin. The question is: Can YoCoin give bitcoin a run for its money? We’ll have to wait and see. But YoCoin is pitching itself as a “new cryptocurrency with mainstream appeal.” ” “Unlike most of the alternative cryptocurrencies, YoCoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency based on the Scrypt mining algorithm, making it far more accessible than bitcoin is when it comes to mining. MORE
Companies from a wide range of fintech are finalists in the demo contest at Bank Innovation 2017, the event announced today. The finalists were chosen from applicants from around the world. A total of 12 companies will demo at Bank Innovation. The winning startup will be named Best in Show. MORE
Meeting expectations with cloud. People have higher expectations than ever when it comes to customer care. With the development of technology and communications, customers are now seeking immediate gratification. The average customer believes immediacy and accuracy to be two of the important traits of customer service. The method of interaction is also important for consumers, which gives businesses something to think about. MORE
The post Kubernetes Meets Big Data appeared first on Dataconomy. Organizations yearn order and simplicity over chaos and confusion, but the data-driven era we live in challenges these desires on a daily basis. MORE
EXCLUSIVE – Welcome BMO Bolt, Bank of Montreal’s virtual assistant on social media platform Facebook Messenger. The bot, announced today, was created in partnership with conversational banking technology company Finn.AI. BMO customers shouldn't get too excited about handing over control of their financial lives to the bot yet, though. This chatbot provides only unauthenticated information,Read More. MORE
users to set up meetings at nearby Starbucks stores. The new tool called “Meet at Starbucks” lets users run an in-app search that utilizes their location to find the nearest store and choose it as a location for their upcoming meeting. The functionality, however, doesn’t require a user to have a Starbucks account for setting up a meeting, Chain Store Age reported. Starbucks has found a new solution to every Outlook user’s coffee needs. MORE
The concept of millennial marketing is nothing new. Generation marketing is based on the assumption that each generation possesses different values and behaviors, which affect consumption habits. One area this. Commerce Fintech Insights Payments Asia Europe insights US MORE
Earlier this year, the Washington-state Division of Credit Unions issued an interpretive letter on virtual membership meeting. The state credit union regulator stated that a Washington credit union may not conduct an annual membership meeting or special membership meeting as a virtual meeting without simultaneously conducting an in-person meeting. Annual Meeting Bylaws Credit Union Practices State Regulator MORE
Why deliver oneself to a store — and face the hassle of heat, crowds and parking — when the store can deliver itself to you, especially if that delivery might someday involve a real, “live” delivery bot rolling to your door? It might seem a bit far-fetched now, but the bots are built and automation is clearly on the rise. The big names in retail — like Walmart and Dunkin’ Donuts — are thinking about how they might offer consumers more by asking them to do less. MORE
In payments, the readiness is all, to quote Shakespeare. For large financial institutions, the readiness … requires some readiness. In the latest Data Drivers, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster spoke with Marc Winitz, CMO of i2c, to get a sense of how fierce competition is in financial services. MORE
We asked David what are the biggest challenges in regulation, and how he thinks to tackle them: “The answer to meet the ongoing challenges of being compliant is to intelligently and methodically connect your internal controls to the external, dynamic regulatory environment. MORE
Of course, there is also the 1:1 meeting lounge where we’ll enable 6,000+ meetings between attendees. The post Future Of Fintech 2019: Meet Our Speakers In Lending appeared first on CB Insights Research. MORE
We feel very confident on meeting our annual goal,” Eyal Lifshitz, […]. Small business lender BlueVine is on track for originating its target of $500 million by end of 2017. It might even exceed that number. MORE
The average shopper — retail’s favorite concept. For years and for all intents and purposes, the average shopper could be found in Peoria, Illinois. The demographically representative city was a favored testing grounds for products, and the certification that it “plays in Peoria” was taken as a positive indicator that, whatever the product happened to be, it was ready to play in prime time. Up until the end of the 1990s, Peoria was a favored test market. MORE
Capturing of Audit Logs to assist in meeting regulatory requirements are enabled on demand. MORE
The rise in automated solutions – especially in various finance functions – initially led to concern among financial professionals that their positions might be replaced by robots. With automation becoming more commonplace, however, it’s clear that humans are undoubtedly still needed in the enterprise. Indeed, small businesses say they are actually demanding more from their accountants and bookkeepers than ever before. MORE
Coffee Meets Bagel , the online dating site, disclosed on Thursday (Feb. According to a report in The Verge , citing an email that Coffee Meets Bagel sent to users earlier this week, the company said people who signed up before May of 2018 may have had their personal data lifted. Coffee Meets Bagel urged users to be vigilant in the wake of the hack. “As 14) that it was hacked. MORE
While Alexa is a huge presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Amazon has been using the popular gathering for another purpose – an opportunity to meet with third-party sellers and promote a new seller support service called marketplace growth. MORE
Much has been written about buying bitcoin in specific, and cryptocurrency in general. Whether it’s investing or gambling, whether it’s a good idea or immoral – no ink has been spared in uncovering every angle on cryptocurrency and what its purchase and sale will mean for the future of money. With one, curious exception, as Ben, Inc. co-founder and CEO Miguel Kudry noted in an interview with PYMNTS. MORE
The African Development Bank, the leading development finance institution on the continent, has announced that it will hold its 2019 series of annual meetings from 11 to 14 June in Malabo. The post AfDB 2019 Annual Meetings set for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea appeared first on Bankelele. MORE
83 14) of this week, prominent Silicon Valley tech industry leaders are reportedly planning to attend President-Elect Donald Trump’s technology roundtable meeting. As of yet, there is no official word on the agenda for the technology roundtable meeting, though, throughout his campaign, Trump emphasized a need to boost American job growth and has repeatedly targeted tech companies, including Apple and IBM, for outsourcing their labor. This should be an interesting one to watch. MORE
Meeting Related Topics PYMNTS
JANUARY 9, 2019
While Alexa is a huge presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Amazon has been using the popular gathering for another purpose – an opportunity to meet with third-party sellers and promote a new seller support service called marketplace growth.
PYMNTS
MARCH 19, 2019
Most of the participants said that monetary policy needs to do the heavy lifting to boost growth, as there was no space for fiscal expansion,” a person at the meeting said. Das, unlike previous governors, seems to be more communicative, dialogue-driven and open to larger meetings.
PYMNTS
JUNE 24, 2017
Pants. Most people wear them at some point, but few of us spend much time wondering if pants are living up to their fullest potential. We can safely say that pants have lived up to their minimum commitment as a garment — they do a great job of covering one’s lower half, for example — but even that definition is up in the air as pop icon Kim Kardashian proudly demonstrates here. So what does it mean for pants to be doing their best work?
Dataconomy
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
The post Kubernetes Meets Big Data appeared first on Dataconomy. Organizations yearn order and simplicity over chaos and confusion, but the data-driven era we live in challenges these desires on a daily basis.
PYMNTS
MARCH 4, 2019
At the same time that President Trump was meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, hackers in North Korea continued to attack U.S. and European companies, reported the New York Times.
Perficient Financial Servies
MARCH 26, 2019
As technology evolves and markets shift, you must be nimble enough to pivot your strategy and teams to meet the needs of your customers. For example, at Perficient, our value proposition remains that we are the right size company to meet our customers’ needs.
PYMNTS
MARCH 2, 2016
HYPR, a biometrics security firm, and BitGo, a bitcoin security platform, joined in a partnership to bring biometric authentication to the blockchain space. The BitGo-HYPR partnership is designed to enable a seamless customer experience and fulfill security needs.
PYMNTS
MARCH 12, 2019
To meet that need, the company is taking an age-old concept into the digital age. “We’re Some entrepreneurs are inspired by their backgrounds to develop marketplace solutions for agriculture.
PYMNTS
APRIL 6, 2018
Much has been written about buying bitcoin in specific, and cryptocurrency in general. Whether it’s investing or gambling, whether it’s a good idea or immoral – no ink has been spared in uncovering every angle on cryptocurrency and what its purchase and sale will mean for the future of money. With one, curious exception, as Ben, Inc. co-founder and CEO Miguel Kudry noted in an interview with PYMNTS.
PYMNTS
MARCH 12, 2019
To meet that need, the company is taking an age-old concept into the digital age. “We’re Some entrepreneurs are inspired by their backgrounds to develop marketplace solutions for agriculture.
Perficient Financial Servies
MARCH 1, 2019
Financial Services Strategy Banking blockchain technology Chief Strategist Customer-centric banking digital transformation FinTech Meet Our Chief Strategists strategy wealth managementThrilling our clients with innovation and impact – it’s not just rhetoric.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Coffee Meets Bagel , the online dating site, disclosed on Thursday (Feb. According to a report in The Verge , citing an email that Coffee Meets Bagel sent to users earlier this week, the company said people who signed up before May of 2018 may have had their personal data lifted. Coffee Meets Bagel urged users to be vigilant in the wake of the hack. “As 14) that it was hacked.
PYMNTS
MARCH 31, 2016
The hiring trend in the private sector managed to keep chugging on for a bit, showing in March that strength in the United States job market has not been derailed by slowdowns elsewhere across the globe.
PYMNTS
JUNE 20, 2016
users to set up meetings at nearby Starbucks stores. The new tool called “Meet at Starbucks” lets users run an in-app search that utilizes their location to find the nearest store and choose it as a location for their upcoming meeting. The functionality, however, doesn’t require a user to have a Starbucks account for setting up a meeting, Chain Store Age reported. Starbucks has found a new solution to every Outlook user’s coffee needs.
Bankelele
MARCH 12, 2019
The African Development Bank, the leading development finance institution on the continent, has announced that it will hold its 2019 series of annual meetings from 11 to 14 June in Malabo. The post AfDB 2019 Annual Meetings set for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea appeared first on Bankelele.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
There’s a ton of warehouse space in the United States today: about 14.5 billion square feet, according to Jonathan Rosenthal, chairman and co-founder of Warehouse Exchange. But that’s not the shocker, he told Karen Webster in this week’s Matchmaker. According to Rosenthal, the amount of space that goes unused on any given day is 4 billion square feet, or roughly 30 percent. And that’s just the U.S. — the stats in Asia are even worse, with as much as half of all warehouse space sitting unused.
PYMNTS
JULY 11, 2016
There’s another digital currency in town, and its name is YoCoin. The question is: Can YoCoin give bitcoin a run for its money? We’ll have to wait and see. But YoCoin is pitching itself as a “new cryptocurrency with mainstream appeal.” ” “Unlike most of the alternative cryptocurrencies, YoCoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency based on the Scrypt mining algorithm, making it far more accessible than bitcoin is when it comes to mining.
Bank Innovation
JUNE 1, 2016
Did you catch the season finale of Shark Tank last week? Yikes. For those who didn’t: the product pitched in the above episode, Pavlok, is a wearable device that uses zaps, taps, beeps and vibrations to train the human mind out of bad habits, such as smoking, nail biting or Read More.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 29, 2017
There are many reasons to consider Tempe, Arizona for your next meeting. But, there’s even more appeal for meeting and event planners. Tempe’s hotels and meeting venues are perfectly suited for groups ranging from 10-500 attendees.
Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Earlier this year, the Washington-state Division of Credit Unions issued an interpretive letter on virtual membership meeting. The state credit union regulator stated that a Washington credit union may not conduct an annual membership meeting or special membership meeting as a virtual meeting without simultaneously conducting an in-person meeting. Annual Meeting Bylaws Credit Union Practices State Regulator
Insights on Business
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
Capturing of Audit Logs to assist in meeting regulatory requirements are enabled on demand.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Therefore, accepting one specific method may be less important for businesses and organizations than enabling as many payment types as possible to meet consumers where they are. The digital economy is here and, for many consumers, it has become a way of life.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 13, 2018
The sharing economy, environmentally friendly transit and the anti-litter movement all meet. So it’s come to this – or, rather, it all comes to a head, so many trends all at once. Messily. News comes this week courtesy of CBS that the emergence of the auto-less trend – think bike sharing (the dockless kind ) and the rental scooters that are now gaining momentum – have been drawing some heat.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 3, 2016
The average shopper — retail’s favorite concept. For years and for all intents and purposes, the average shopper could be found in Peoria, Illinois. The demographically representative city was a favored testing grounds for products, and the certification that it “plays in Peoria” was taken as a positive indicator that, whatever the product happened to be, it was ready to play in prime time. Up until the end of the 1990s, Peoria was a favored test market.
PYMNTS
JUNE 4, 2018
Why deliver oneself to a store — and face the hassle of heat, crowds and parking — when the store can deliver itself to you, especially if that delivery might someday involve a real, “live” delivery bot rolling to your door? It might seem a bit far-fetched now, but the bots are built and automation is clearly on the rise. The big names in retail — like Walmart and Dunkin’ Donuts — are thinking about how they might offer consumers more by asking them to do less.
PYMNTS
JUNE 23, 2017
National Automated Clearing House Association ( NACHA ) — the Electronic Payments Association — and the Payments Innovation Alliance recently released a summary report from the API Standardization Industry Group’s inaugural meeting, which took place in May. The meeting brought together 40 leaders from more than 30 organizations to help identify and prioritize API use cases to be explored in the generation of the Playbook.
Chris Skinner
JULY 11, 2017
The bank calls for an Open Banking meeting. The post The bank calls for an Open Banking meeting appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. I posted this on twitter earlier and it’s proven so popular that I thought I would share with all.
Bank Innovation
AUGUST 29, 2017
EXCLUSIVE – Atlanta-based InComm Holdings and American Express will meet today to discuss next steps for their recently announced partnership on Amex’s prepaid card business, InComm President Phil Graves told Bank Innovation.
PYMNTS
MARCH 28, 2018
How can eGifting be more enjoyable — the experience more exciting — than receiving a traditional digital gift card? Historically, sending cash to somebody or a digital gift card is a pretty dry experience,” Suresh Bhat, co-founder and COO of Vouchr , told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster in an interview. But [what] we do is we add that layer of fun on top of that.”. People usually think of digital gift cards — or prepaid credit cards — when it comes to eGifting. For Vouchr, that still holds true.
Bank Innovation
AUGUST 16, 2017
We feel very confident on meeting our annual goal,” Eyal Lifshitz, […]. Small business lender BlueVine is on track for originating its target of $500 million by end of 2017. It might even exceed that number.
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2016
At the intersection of payments and commerce in today’s digitally driven world, there’s an endless number of routes where technology and payments merge — including fashion.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 12, 2016
14) of this week, prominent Silicon Valley tech industry leaders are reportedly planning to attend President-Elect Donald Trump’s technology roundtable meeting. As of yet, there is no official word on the agenda for the technology roundtable meeting, though, throughout his campaign, Trump emphasized a need to boost American job growth and has repeatedly targeted tech companies, including Apple and IBM, for outsourcing their labor. This should be an interesting one to watch.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 15, 2018
EXCLUSIVE – Welcome BMO Bolt, Bank of Montreal’s virtual assistant on social media platform Facebook Messenger. The bot, announced today, was created in partnership with conversational banking technology company Finn.AI. BMO customers shouldn't get too excited about handing over control of their financial lives to the bot yet, though. This chatbot provides only unauthenticated information,Read More.
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
Companies from a wide range of fintech are finalists in the demo contest at Bank Innovation 2017, the event announced today. The finalists were chosen from applicants from around the world. A total of 12 companies will demo at Bank Innovation. The winning startup will be named Best in Show.
Perficient Financial Servies
APRIL 15, 2019
Meeting expectations with cloud. People have higher expectations than ever when it comes to customer care. With the development of technology and communications, customers are now seeking immediate gratification. The average customer believes immediacy and accuracy to be two of the important traits of customer service. The method of interaction is also important for consumers, which gives businesses something to think about.
CB Insights
MARCH 28, 2019
Of course, there is also the 1:1 meeting lounge where we’ll enable 6,000+ meetings between attendees. The post Future Of Fintech 2019: Meet Our Speakers In Lending appeared first on CB Insights Research.
Insights on Business
MARCH 19, 2018
We asked David what are the biggest challenges in regulation, and how he thinks to tackle them: “The answer to meet the ongoing challenges of being compliant is to intelligently and methodically connect your internal controls to the external, dynamic regulatory environment.
PYMNTS
MARCH 20, 2018
The rise in automated solutions – especially in various finance functions – initially led to concern among financial professionals that their positions might be replaced by robots. With automation becoming more commonplace, however, it’s clear that humans are undoubtedly still needed in the enterprise. Indeed, small businesses say they are actually demanding more from their accountants and bookkeepers than ever before.
Let's Talk Payments
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
The concept of millennial marketing is nothing new. Generation marketing is based on the assumption that each generation possesses different values and behaviors, which affect consumption habits. One area this. Commerce Fintech Insights Payments Asia Europe insights US
PYMNTS
MAY 3, 2016
But this meeting was all part of a secret event that was reportedly sponsored by Chain, the blockchain startup. This meeting took place in the Times Square office of Nasdaq — which has also been experimenting with blockchain’s tech — and included representatives from Citigroup, Visa, Fidelity, Fiserv., ” The outcome of this event was officially announced yesterday (May 2), when leaders who participated in the meeting expressed what came out of it.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
In payments, the readiness is all, to quote Shakespeare. For large financial institutions, the readiness … requires some readiness. In the latest Data Drivers, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster spoke with Marc Winitz, CMO of i2c, to get a sense of how fierce competition is in financial services.
Banker to Banker
AUGUST 31, 2015
You have probably experienced this at your bank - You hold a shareholder meeting and of your 1,000 shareholders, only twenty people showed up and ten were directors, two were past employees and five were there for the free lunch.
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