PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

MoneyGram looks forward to working with them to create new, innovative products and services that extend our digital reach and bring financial inclusion to customers throughout the Asia-Pacific market.” ” Launched in 2009, Lulu Money has five million users processing 1.1 million transactions annually.

Regional 250

Regional cryptocurrency System National 250

Bank Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2018

Alkami, which provides white-labeled solutions for banks and credit unions to implement across their digital and mobile platforms, was started in 2009 because there “wasn’t a lot of innovation that was happening in the digital banking space,” […].

Texas 170

Texas Mobile Software Digital Banking 170

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The firm, founded in 2009, bills itself as a value-based care platform offering services for more than 103,000 members through its network of 564 primary care physicians across 14 markets in Florida, Texas, Nevada and Puerto Rico. “We

Puerto Rico 196

Puerto Rico Innovation Nevada United States 196

PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2017

Most people did not consider 2009 an ideal time to start any kind of small business — the credit markets had more or less squeezed shut, a staggering number of Americans found themselves on the unemployment rolls and the economy seemed like it might be on the brink of ruin. And that was a problem they could fix.

Innovation 100

Innovation social media Community New York 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. No, we’re not talking about the launch of Square – that was in February of 2009. We always want to talk to innovators and those who understand them best. True in 2009. Well, that’s how we remember it, anyway.

Innovation 177

Innovation Payments Cards Retail 177

PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

There is an out-and-out frenzy to capitalize on the pandemic-fueled digital shift that gave consumers few options for accessing products and services over the last twelve weeks. Innovators with better tech will appear and — literally overnight — snatch your customers out of your calcified incumbent arms and build scale, they say.

Innovation 214

Innovation Mobile Capital Operations 214

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Déjà vu because it was 10 years ago, in May of 2009, that Facebook launched the alpha version of Facebook Credits. First stop on Facebook’s capital raising tour: The big guns with successful payments rails, loads of money and a demonstrable appetite to invest in innovation. Curtain Call: The media goes nuts. Social gaming.

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Innovation blockchain Payments cryptocurrency 209

CB Insights

APRIL 16, 2018

For the past three years, we’ve partnered with The New York Times to compile a list of the Top 100 Venture Capital Partners from around the globe. This year, we’ve also assembled a list of the world’s top 20 corporate venture capital (CVC) firms in response to the meteoric rise of CVC firms investing for the first time.

Capital 62

Capital Samsung Google New York 62

PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

To get a sense of how the world of payments and cards has changed, Cregan told Webster a story about a conference he attended in Las Vegas in 2009. That experience made him appreciate even more just how difficult it can be to move customers from one payment method to another without real innovation. Step back a bit first.

Cards 158

Cards Las Vegas Innovation Mobile 158

CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

Innovation 74

Innovation San Francisco Technology Mobile 74

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A decade ago, an entrepreneur wanting to raise cash pretty much had to have rich relatives or pals, or gain entry into the clubby world of venture capital. My, how much has changed since 2009. That doesn’t mean such businesses rely on crowdsourced funding, however – at least 177 have used Seedrs to raise capital.

Capital 126

Capital Fintech Company Technology 126

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

B2B payments innovators and Warren Buffet have something in common: They are both obsessed with rails. Warren Buffet made rails sexy again when he bought a railroad in 2009. Today, a host of innovators are making B2B payments rails sexy again too. Topic Two: Banks — sure, they’re boring as all get out, but they are innovating.

Payments 192

Payments Innovation Regulation San Francisco 192

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Executives from Payoneer, NCR, FTV Capital and Ingo Money touch upon all of these trends as they tell PYMNTS their own visions for B2B payments next year. trillion by 2020, and eCommerce in India will grow 67 percent into a $38 billion market — a tenfold growth since 2009.

Industry 125

Industry Trends Capital Payments 125

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Kalanick, along with Sequoia Capital, participated in a $7.6 Other backers in Kargo include China’s Zhenfund, Intudo Ventures from Indonesia, an investment from the co-founder of North Star hedge fund group Patrick Walujo, along with ATM Capital. Kalanick also has made other investments since leaving Uber.

Los Angeles 131

Los Angeles Capital ATM Report 131

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

“In the past ten years, the media landscape has seen explosive growth and sophistication in the form of mobile, digital, video and OTT [over-the-top], with more advertisers trending away from traditional media like TV and print,” Baysal recently told PYMNTS for its latest Class of 2009: Innovator’s Club discussion.

Strategy 100

Strategy Innovation Video Industry 100

Celent Banking

JUNE 12, 2015

These developments are putting increased pressure on financial services providers in the areas of working capital management, liquidity management, external financing, payables and receivables, international trade, supply chain finance, merchant services and delivery channels. Innovation and Emerging Technologies.

Lending 100

Lending Trends Meeting Banking Trends 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In subscription and services-based revenue: Square’s Instant Deposit , its food delivery platform Caviar and its lending platform Capital brought in $65 million in revenue during the third quarter of 2017, and 84 percent year over year. Killer Stats. billion: Square’s gross payment volume for Q3 2017. $2

Payments 123

Payments Capital Maine Course 123

PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2016

In his place, corporate venture capital leader Claudia Fan Munce assumed his seat on the board as of Monday, though Anderson will remain with the retailer until its yearly shareholder conference in June. “I

Minneapolis 100

Minneapolis Leadership Conference Retail 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Look back to 2009, when peerTransfer was just an idea at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For us to go to 100 countries and territories and tell the payors ‘this is the best way to pay’ – well, that is something that would have required ridiculous amounts of capital,” he said.

Payments 100

Payments Massachusetts United States US 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The DOJ investigation centered on whether LendingClub had – between January 2009 to September 2010 – misled its FDIC-insured loan originator, WebBank , leading the bank to underwrite over 200 loans that did not conform to the bank’s lending requirements. “So, The DOJ Finding. In 2010, LendingClub added to its war chest with a $24.5

Lending 135

Lending Fraud Management San Francisco 135

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

PYMNTS: How does what you learn from people shape WePay’s innovation agenda? PYMNTS: Do you have any “formula” for innovation? PYMNTS: What is the one thing that people underestimate about igniting payments innovations? A shining example of customer innovation. BC: We only build what our customers want.

Payments 100

Payments Innovation Software Bitcoin 100

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

law firm, the Israeli FinTech industry has skyrocketed since 2009. banking giant Barclays recently launched its Barclays Accelerator in Tel Aviv , marking the ongoing race to capitalize on what some are calling the “hottest FinTech scene.” and accelerating the availability of medical innovations.

National 101

National Security Fintech Industry 101

BankUnderground

JULY 2, 2021

Smith-Jackson and Klein (2009) study the effect of background noise on task completion rates and find negative consequences of noisier open spaces on performance. If shifts to greater WFH affect social capital build-up, the effects may be different to current experiences.

Study 139

Study Survey Policies Capital 139

PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2017

The biggest announcement came as Magento Commerce, spun out from eBay two years ago, got $250 million from Hillhouse Capital, one of China’s largest investment firms. The new capital will help fund global expansion, with focus, as the name implies, on eCommerce. The implied valuation here is $700 million.

Capital 100

Capital US Company System 100

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. Yet the Gonzo team has to give a shout out to the late entry of Texas Capital and Independent Bank. It is an innovator with tech (e.g., The Tech Award – Goes to Capital One.

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Idaho Conference Data Marketing 148

PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2017

InContext was early to this market and ready to build ways to provide the data in 2009. million round of funding led by Intel Capital and Beringea the firm just closed indicates that the marketplace is coming around to the type of data InContext is in a unique position to provide.

Retail 101

Retail Data Branding Technology 101

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. As a result of its product innovation efforts, Stripe has seen explosive growth in product adoption and valuation. A decade of online payments innovation.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2018

In 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman , an innovation that made music both portable and personalized. Small businesses are gravitating to online lenders, too, for the same reason: using technology to instantly underwrite and pay out loan proceeds that provide them with important sources of working and growth capital conveniently and quickly.

Retail 117

Retail Maine Lending Software 117

CB Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The company entered the unicorn club in Q2’17, following a $1B Series D from CCB International and Sequoia Capital China. Investors in Mobike’s unicorn round included Hillhouse Capital Management, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Sequoia Capital China, and Tencent Holdings. It was valued at $7B at the time.

US 59

US United States Capital Company 59

Gonzobanker

JULY 7, 2015

Here’s the bottom line: In the past six years (March 2009 to March 2015), the top 10 Internet banks have grown an impressive $175 billion in new deposits. Here’s the breakdown of these 10 banks in order of deposit growth: Deposits ($000): March 2009 Deposits ($000): March 2015 6-Year Growth. ($000). Think about this. billion in 2010.

Digital Banking 60

Digital Banking Industry Capital Strategy 60

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This openness to banking alternatives presents opportunities for fintech startups looking to innovate in financial services from the outside. But incumbent banks are also at the forefront of the most promising innovations in personal finance today, such as virtual credit cards. From big banks to big tech.

Millennials 77

Millennials Mobile Lending Cards 77

PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

This week was one of the latter, as Walmart hosted its investor meeting in Arkansas and Amazon decided this week’s menu of technological innovations in retail would be an all-you-can-eat buffet. 8 was created by Marc Lore, to create partnerships AI innovators and emerging tech entrepreneurs. since 2009.

Training 109

Training Arkansas Las Vegas Retail 109

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2016

It’s another important milestone in the “Look, Ma, no countertop terminals needed to check out” experience that we’ve been talking about for some time and that other retail innovator — Starbucks — showed us was possible when it unveiled mobile order-ahead a little more than a year ago. Kinda misses the whole point.

Retail 100

Retail Online Branding Innovation 100

CB Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2018

2013: Decentralize decision-making to generate innovation. 2011: Self-service platforms unlock innovation. 2009: Focus on inputs — the outputs will take care of themselves. 2004: Free cash flow enables more innovation. 2013: Decentralize decision-making to generate innovation. 2016: Move fast and focus on outcomes.

Customer Experience 78

Customer Experience Innovation Company Technology 78

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 26, 2017

And in March, the company partnered with BBVA, Spain’s second largest bank and a widely-known, eager adopter of innovative financial technologies. ” Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Fenergo demonstrated its Deal Manager solution at FinovateEurope 2012.

Management 17

Management Innovation Compliance Capital 17

CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Notably, Solyndra’s rise coincided with the passing of 2009’s American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, which contained various subsidies and promises of investment for sustainable US energy initiatives. In March 2009, the US government announced it planned to award Solyndra a guaranteed loan of $535M as part of that initiative.

Apple 78

Apple Branding Google Company 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

From new booking engines to events/activities to person-to-person platforms like Airbnb, there is innovation all over in travel. In March 2017, moovel’s North America arm also helped launch the Austin, TX-based MobilityX accelerator with Capital Factory. And no one is safe. See the startups disrupting the industry.

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Austin America Mobile Data 44