PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In a roundup of today’s top retail stories: The automotive market continues its comeback with a digital spin, conversational commerce is the next big pandemic-fueled trend, and Tiffany said that its preliminary sales results for August and September 2020 are positive. Automotive Continues Comeback Leading With Digital-First Tools.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Fillz, an online tool for booksellers, is shuttering after 16 years, according to reports. We made this decision to focus more resources on developing tools and services for sellers on the AbeBooks marketplace. Fillz is a division of AbeBooks, a company purchased by Amazon in 2008. AbeBooks acquired Fillz in 2006. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a noted effect on how several industries can operate and interact with their customers during this time including retail stores, movie theaters and casinos. There is one sticking point online casinos need to fix, however, and that is the speed at which consumers receive their winnings.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Canadian global point-of-sale (POS) and eCommerce firm Lightspeed is teaming up with Silicon Valley payments platform Stripe to advance in-store and online payments for retailers and restaurants in the U.S. Restaurants and retailers will be able to process in-store payments and personalize readers with their own branding. . “The

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Virtual reality could have more retailers reach more consumers in the coming few years — in large part by upping the consumer experience. Location-based virtual reality (VR) startup The Void is partnering with mall operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) to open 25 new entertainment outposts in the U.S. and Europe by 2022.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. About The Tracker.

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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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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 24, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – It is not everyday that a new tool for banking at the infrastructure level is introduced, but that is exactly what Finspace has unveiled today. The new tool, a beta of which is being made available today, is called Finspace, and it serves as a pipeline between banks and businesses for the exchange of […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

Within the retail industry specifically, artificial intelligence (AI) is moving the ball for a lot of merchants looking to not only streamline their business operations but provide a more personalized experience for consumers. In 2016, online financial fraud hit 15.4

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

A new year has begun, but the pandemic continues to throw financial and operational curveballs at banks, businesses and their consumers regarding how they conduct daily tasks or routine payments. This includes shifts in which consumers are shopping and paying, and in the payment tools or methods they are using to finalize their transactions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Tech retail startup Pointy will be acquired by Google, the company announced in a blog post. Pointy is an easy way for merchants to get their products online and increase their web presence. Pointy said its product also helps a business with its online presence, as well as to show up in Google search results.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

Other grocery companies, meanwhile, have sought to meet demands for accelerated delivery by making use of fulfillment centers equipped with artificial intelligence tools and robotics for fast order preparation. Around the Automated Retail Wo rld. McDonald ’s recently began testing robots capable of operating its fryers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Retailers seeking to provide rapid deliveries face an ever-moving target as consumers’ definition of speed evolves. A significant share of Generation Z consumers — those aged 18 to 25 — are turning to buy online, pick up in store ( BOPIS ) purchasing models to meet their speed needs. Quick Access and Impulses.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

In this month’s FI’s Guide To Modernizing Digital Payments, Elliott discusses how legacy infrastructure can get in the way and how turning to cloud-based tools can help FIs. New Report: Helping Retail Treasurers Navigate The Digital D2C Shift (“How To” Playbook). How AI Helps Visa ‘Step In’ (Smartly) When Issuers Go Offline.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The 2020 holiday shopping season is picking up, and consumers are heading online or to reopened brick-and-mortar stores to shop and pay for gifts. They are using everything from cash to mobile wallets to complete these transactions, requiring retailers to race to accommodate a wide variety of payment methods.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

Retailers are becoming more interested in omnichannel offerings: The PYMNTS mPOS Tracker found that 67 percent of those surveyed listed it as a priority for this year. From Walgreens to HP , retailers and technology providers are embracing the world of mobile payments through the help of point-of-sale technology.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2018

challenger bank Metro Bank could extend its AI-driven money management tool Insights, designed for its retail side, to its business customers. Formed in partnership with Israeli AI company Personetics, Metro Bank is currently preparing to roll out Insights in beta over the summer.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

The first is that 60 percent of retailers have a problem: They aren’t currently selling on marketplaces, despite the fact they would like to do so. Improve Operations: Pushing Out the Paper . Relying on AP automation tools could ultimately help SMBs build more resilient, efficient operations. Thinking Beyond the Bank.

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Perficient

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has already impacted several facets of digital commerce, and many businesses will have to make certain adjustments as holiday spend continues to move online. Move Retail Stores Online. Most consumers are staying at home, meaning fewer are heading into stores and more are shopping online.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retail can get a bad rap these days, as its considered old-fashioned and on the decline. But recent developments show that innovation in commerce does indeed happen in this area of retail. That’s why [the] brick-and-mortar retailer isn’t going anywhere. You cannot replace that experience (online).”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led consumers to try digital tools for grocery shopping, and the total number of online grocery orders in the U.S. That month saw 40 million customers head online to shop for groceries, and these customers are expecting their preferred chains to keep up with that shift. . reached a record 62.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Amid the great digital shift , retailers and financial institutions (FIs) must walk the fine line between challenging transactions and letting the consumer journey proceed frictionless. And then, after the transaction is made, there’s the task of understanding the byzantine codes and data that are tied to online statements.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The firm completed the first phase of its transformation in 2014, allowing it to use real-time analytics and IT tools to create dynamic pricing models and enable online and mobile app transactions. Streamlining operations and improving customer insights were key, but so was protecting against fraud, Koch said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Card-skimming devices hidden on gas station card readers or carefully integrated into ATMs used to be especially troubling for merchants and consumers, but retailers and financial institutions (FIs) have stepped up their measures to protect physical card readers in recent years. Responding Rapidly.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Close the door and buckle up – retail automotive sales are getting an upgrade. For instance, online marketplace and auction site eBay has released eBay Motors, a new app that uses AI to list a car in under five minutes, according to a report by The Verge. Retail spending growth began to slow as we entered the fourth quarter,” he said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Those promise to stand as two main traits of the 2018 holiday shopping season , and retailers that gain an edge and increase revenue during the all-important fourth quarter will likely have exploited such tactics during this period, at least according to new data that strives to paint a detailed picture of U.S. Offline And Online Cozy Up.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

As evidence mounts that more consumers are doing more commerce from the comfort of their homes, there are also big changes when it comes the retail involved in that comfort — that is, home furnishings. Here’s the basics of how this furniture retail model works. That’s not all that’s going on in the world of furniture retail in 2020.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The ascent of eCommerce and the digital tools that support it have made it easier — in both theory and practice — for retailers to not only see how consumers browse and what they buy (to analyze the entire path to purchase), but to get to know them in the same ways as those old-time general store operators who served small towns.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

Cafe closures during the coronavirus pandemic have reduced retail opportunities for tea brands, but consumers are still ordering their favorites online or loading up on them at grocery stores. Argo Tea developed new tools to adapt its three-way invoice matching approach to assist in paying for such services. Forry asked.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

Innovation takes many flavors and paths, and that’s especially true when it comes to merchants who sell retail products and companies that sell retail services. Services are operated so differently,” Koopman said when asked to explain such differences. Onboarding can mean online booking systems,” she told Webster.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

In a blog post , Bill Ready, PayPal’s chief operating officer, said the new digital platform will provide what the company is calling the most comprehensive set of technology, tools, services and financing for businesses of all sizes around the world.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

With the holiday shopping season in full swing amid the global pandemic, online commerce is booming. Despite a surge in sales, small businesses selling online can struggle to manage working capital, particularly as many rely on third-party marketplaces like Amazon that don't facilitate instant access to revenues.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

According to a recent report from CNBC , the eCommerce and cloud-computing operator has said that “its facial recognition software can detect a person’s fear.” There was no direct, immediate indication that the technology — and this new advance — would have retail or payment implications anytime soon. Biometric Appeal.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

You can count on at least one thing for retail in 2020: Things will get much more personal. There, Dynamic Yield , the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered personalization platform operator, is being absorbed by fast-food chain McDonald’s. Much has been written about AI-powered tools for fraud detection and security.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

With personal interactions under scrutiny due to the COVID-19 disruption, it’s a good time for retailers to take stock of their mobile and online commerce capabilities and technologies. The company announced this week that it has signed high-end fashion retailer Anine Bing. The first is Perfect.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Now that BNL’s account aggregation feature is live, the companies are collaborating on the launch of a money management tool for BNL customers designed to provide greater clarity into overall finances for commercial clients. Reports said the bank’s digitization effort aims to enhance its SMB, corporate and retail operations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The rise comes during a COVID-19-fueled rise in online shopping, JD.ID, the company’s Indonesian online shopping subsidiary, experienced 1,300 percent expansion in year-on-year sales volume during its newest promotional campaign. Japan’s Rakuten Introduces Retail Tool For Digital Transformation.

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