PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Originally an eCommerce solution for companies selling desktop software, the company did a 2011 pivot into the SaaS space. FastSpring recently named tech veteran Zia Zahiri as chief technology officer (CTO) to lead the technology strategy and development team and drive products to market.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2017

Online styling company Stitch Fix is in preliminary discussions with bankers regarding an initial public offering, according to Fortune. Founded in 2011, the company offers a subscription service of regular fashion “fixes,” or curated boxes of clothing compiled by both human stylists and data analytics.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The December Subscription Commerce Tracker® explores the latest developments in the SaaS sector, as well as trends in the subscription market, as businesses seek flexible solutions to help them weather the pandemic. The New York Times recently made headlines when the number of its online subscribers reached a record 6 million in Q3 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In doing so, we bring the power of community to buying and selling online. We created Poshmark in 2011 to make buying and selling simple, social and fun. percent in 2020’s first nine months, which didn’t sway the market once the stock started trading. But things turned around later in the pandemic as shoppers moved online.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2016

The CFPB has officially opened up its online forum for accepting consumer complaints geared at those who have experienced issues from online marketplace lenders. When consumers shop for a loan online, we want them to be informed and to understand what they are signing up for,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Alibaba initially launched Xianyu in 2011 under a different name, and it received its current moniker in 2014. The consumers conduct the entire transaction online and pay using Alipay , where the money is held in escrow until the buyer receives the item and is happy with it. Xianyu Versus Zhuan Zhuan: What’s The Difference?

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Yotpo, the New York-based eCommerce marketing platform, has been selected as a partner by the UPS Customer Technology Program ( CTP ) that promises to provide small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with access to customer reviews, visual marketing, loyalty and referrals, the company announced. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

The 2013 holiday season then began to show signs of the shift to online and digital, and away from brick-and-mortar retail. Data assembled by ShopperTrak and published by The Wall Street Journal in January of 2014 only quantified the steepness of that decline — starting as early as 2011. The gap between the department store’s 3.3

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

Both luxury brands are competing in a declining market for handbag sales, and Kate Spade’s vibrant styles give Coach an edge in the race for younger consumers. The company, which expanded to 816 stores currently from 177 stores in 2011, has also suffered from rapid growth and overexposure. According to Bloomberg Pursuits , Coach Inc.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

The company, which launched in 2011 and has four employees, works with 250 Northwest farms to deliver fresh fruits and vegetables right to people’s kitchens. Regular prices are “on par” with premium grocers and less than farmers’ markets, Teeny said. Organic items are less expensive than from higher-end markets.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2018

According to reports in the LA Times , CashCall is no longer offering an online loan application on its website, and a call to customer services indicated that CashCall officially stepped out of the personal loans to consumer businesses about a month ago. At least, they did. What’s Next.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

The subscription commerce market has grown at an impressive rate, having increased by more than 300 percent over the past seven years. In the July Subscription Commerce Tracker , PYMNTS explores how subscription-based businesses are adapting to an ever-changing market, and how they keep their payments experience secure.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The report compares, among other things, the relative distribution of payments methods for the nation of over 35 million between 2011 and 2015. Here are some of the key findings: In 2015, the Canadian payments market saw a total of 20.9 Since 2011, the use of checks decreased by 25 percent in terms of volume. Online is up?

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

led the market with 33 percent, CNBC reported. Postmates was founded by Lehmann, Sam Street and Sean Plaice in 2011 and says it has grown to include 600,000 merchants nationwide. Second Measure Inc., accounted for 32 percent while DoorDash Inc.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

With Jetlore’s talent and AI-powered technology, we will enhance and accelerate PayPal Marketing Solutions, adding new capabilities that continue to expand PayPal’s value proposition for merchants beyond the online checkout experience,” wrote PayPal in its blog post. “We

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

“No other platform features the PICKUP Good Guys, a curated network of vetted independent contractors delivering big and heavy goods, enabling PICKUP to provide retailers greater value across their assortment than any other solution on the market today,” she said. Postmates was launched in 2011 and is based in Silicon Valley.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2017

Online food delivery platform startup Delivery Hero is going public , following in the footsteps of GrubHub, Just Eat and Takeaway.com. Delivery Hero was founded in Berlin in 2011. That could spell good news for Rocket Internet, a German startup incubator.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Founded in 2011, Appota Group grew out of the Topica Founder Institute. Its online gaming ecosystem generates content, advertising, esports and more. Now that our license is approved, we can provide a broader range of services in the payment market and reach more customers,” a company spokesperson told Tech in Asia.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

And in leveraging Amazon’s scale as a platform — with millions of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and even micro-sized businesses hawking pretty much everything under the sun — it might seem a “slam dunk” if, say, a financial industry powerhouse were looking to bring small business loans to a new market. The Challenge.

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CB Insights

MARCH 11, 2019

HotelTonight started offering last-minute hotel bookings via its mobile app in 2011 and has raised over $117M. The post Airbnb Acquires HotelTonight: A Review Of The Online Travel Booking Market appeared first on CB Insights Research. HotelTonight’s CEO has said that the startup has been profitable since 2016.

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BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In January 2018, Microsoft had to temporarily stop accepting bitcoin on its online store. This problem is not limited to Bitcoin: a popular online trading game called Cryptokitties led to congestion on the Ethereum platform in December 2017. Typically, the price on an exchange is set by a market maker or liquidity provider.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2017

Since 2011, the 38-year-old has been running a criminal organization which administers one of the most important websites of electronic crime in the world.”. Reuters cited police as saying $4 billion or more in virtual currency had been laundered through the platform since 2011, which was the year it was founded.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Walmart has had an online presence in China since 2011 after buying part of the Yihaodian supermarket business. Unfortunately, at the time, that partnership failed for Walmart in terms of grabbing market share. JD.com seems to have more promise for Walmart, as JD holds 23 percent of the market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Grubhub absorbed 27 of OrderUp’s markets, including Baltimore itself, reported The Baltimore Business Journal. OrderUp does, however, continue to operate in 11 markets, which license the platform’s technology and mobile app, though they may not be doing business under its name. And all that was just within the most recent quarter.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

percent of the market, respectively. China’s market is very mature,” said Xue Yu, an analyst at IDC. In China, people shop more online than in the U.S., GoPay was started in 2011 by HNA, an airlines-to-finance company. With their tight hold on the industry, two companies have thrived – Alipay and Tencent, who have 53.8

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

The increase during what has been a volatile time for financial markets tells a “tale of two cities,” he told the network on Wednesday (May 27), as COVID-19 has wreaked economic havoc in addition to its health toll. Founded in 2011, SoFi made its reputation by refinancing student loans for millennials.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

Restaurants can expand their menu without additional expenses on food, marketing and delivery,” Yandex said in a statement, “even if nearby restaurants aren’t specialized in it.”. Home-style and simple food is getting traction online — like borscht, meat cutlets with mashed potatoes and Hawaiian poke.”. Petersburg and Moscow to start.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Uber , Lyft , Fiverr , Airbnb , Postmates were the early names in the game, all founded between 2009 and 2011. But what has changed, enabled by the advent of mobile, is the emergence of various centralized platforms that offer gig workers an easy access point to locate — and be paid for — gig jobs as they choose to take them.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

“In doing so, we bring the power of community to buying and selling online. We created Poshmark in 2011 to make buying and selling simple, social and fun. Poshmark, according to its S-1, enters the market a profitable firm, with growing revenue, an increasing consumer base and rising revenue.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

Wealthfront, an automated online financial adviser, or “robo-adviser,” is reportedly breaking into the lending space. The company has teamed up with RBC Capital Markets. Founded in 2011, Wealthfront is one of the fastest growing automated investment services. Interest rates for the new service run between 3.25 percent and 4.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

into the so-called online-to-offline rental ecosystem, with a market size upwards of Rs 20,000 crore ($2,889,400,000). “Until now, we were in the home rentals market through listings on both our platforms, Housing.com and Makaan.com. This moves Elara, which is based in Singapore and backed by SoftBank and News Corp.,

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Gonzobanker

MAY 14, 2021

On May 7, the Fed announced a proposal to make changes to Regulation II that it says will “clarify that debit card issuers should enable and allow merchants to choose from at least two unaffiliated networks for card-not-present transactions, such as online purchases.” It is a momentous occasion that we will all celebrate … NOT.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

The online personal styling service Stitch Fix saw its shares plummet more than 30 percent on Tuesday (March 10) after the startup’s second-quarter sales for fiscal year 2020 missed analysts’ estimates, according to reports. The company anticipates that the move will give it a bigger market share in apparel. As of 3:55 p.m.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2016

The two sites have been part of the Walgreens family since their acquisition in 2011 in a deal valued around $409 million. Walgreens is bolstering its presence online to compete with the likes of Amazon, which is stealing sales from it,” noted Paul Schrimpf, an associate partner at brand and marketing consultancy firm Prophet.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2016

The CFPB report notes that attempts by online lenders to collect payments directly from consumer banking accounts has a high correlation with leaving those borrowers with even more debt. Taking out an online payday loan can result in collateral damage to a consumer’s bank account,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Starting with Siri’s appearance on the market in 2011 and exploding into the public consciousness with Amazon’s Alexa (and to a lesser extent Google Assistant), with rapid growth over the last six or so years, the voice connected future has been expanding into every aspects of the consumer’s life — and into the co-pilot seat. “We

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