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APRIL 29, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted traditional banks to take fresh looks at their digital initiatives and has given digital-only banks the opportunity to learn about the advantages and hurdles of serving customers primarily through online and mobile channels. Building Trust Between Banks and Consumers Online.

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MAY 1, 2016

Robinhood: On Target Launched in December 2014, Robinhood is a zero-fee stock trading app that quickly gained popularity among financially ambitious millennials. Robinhood was paid the enormous compliment of having “cracked the millennial code” by none other than Jay Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank and founder of BankMobile.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

One company, Fleet , which originally launched as Shipstr in 2014, seeks to change the way logistics is done through an online marketplace. How about getting online and Google searching for freight forwarders? The online option as offered by Fleet is a differentiator, according to Lock. “We,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

One might imagine that mall operators nationwide take a rather jaundiced view of the internet, since online shopping has more or less killed the mall. But perhaps that is the old conventional wisdom — the emerging idea is that online retailers are giving back some of what they’ve taken away these days. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

percent from 2014-2019. It’s not only a race for space when it comes to warehouse and logistical needs by eCommerce operators. It’s also a race for the best technology – in large part, a race to deploy the best, most efficient robots in eCommerce fulfillment operations. Space availability is down 7.4 percent from 11.3

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Abrigo

JANUARY 22, 2015

Over the first half of 2014, these banks, with an approval rate of just under 60 percent, beat out large national banks (31 percent), large regional banks (45 percent) and online lenders (38 percent). In fact, its 2014 Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices noted that 2014 marked a third consecutive year of eased standards.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

That arguably describes the recent acquisition of Seattle-based Blueprint Registry , an online universal gift registry, by David’s Bridal , the privately held wedding retail chain that traces its roots back to the first years after World War II. Online Advantages. When in doubt, bet on digital. Industry Changes.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

A recent California Supreme Court decision that essentially allows a negative Yelp post to stand about a lawyer could help determine how online reviews are treated in the future. She eventually sued Bird for libel in 2013 — but not Yelp — and won a default judgement in 2014, winning $550,000 in damages. A colleague disagreed.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 15, 2018

It was was acquired by Madrid-based BBVA for $117 million in 2014 as the megabank sought to […]. Josh Reich, CEO of the digital bank Simple, announced yesterday that he was stepping down from his role after 10 years. Simple was started (as BankSimple) one year into the credit crisis as an alternative to the big banks.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

How cumbersome and annoying do you find the return process for items that you ordered online? The growth of online commerce continues at a rapid pace. The online shopping experience gets better every day. All online returns today are some version of ‘put in mail.’ shopping malls. One area has lagged behind — returns.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Florida’s ShipMonk, started in 2014, offers eCommerce fulfillment services and technology solutions. The ShipMonk funding is part of a surge in cash going to such B2B companies as GoSite , which targets small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that are moving operations online.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

Ant Group, the online payment service affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, is looking to go public as early as this year, Reuters reported. . Ant Group was launched in 2014 to provide global financial services. If the IPO moves ahead, one of the sources said it would be one of the world’s biggest listings this year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

Why should merchants be the only ones who get to leverage the speed, convenience and low-friction environment of the online marketplace? The big box retailer has been investing heavily in its online marketplace, and recently invited international vendors onto its platform. Since 2014, it has added 65,000 professionals to its network.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Google appears to be losing steam in the ongoing race to dominate the online advertising market, and competitors Amazon and Facebook are taking advantage of the stumbles. The slowdown stood starkly against the 66 percent paid clicks growth seen during the fourth quarter of 2014, when costs were down 29 percent. The essence of it all?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

By the numbers, both Walmart and Amazon exceeded all expectations in terms of earnings, but they operated through the quarter on very different levels in other areas. via Amazon have increased from $86 billion in 2014 to $339 billion in 2019. online and physical) jumped about $7 billion from Q1 2020 to Q2 – from $103.9

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2020

Wells Fargo is striving to revamp its approach to technology to ensure systems stay online, satisfy regulators and block cybercriminals, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Saturday (Jan. Last month , Wells Fargo hired Scott Powell to be its new chief operating officer and serve on the bank’s operating committee.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2019

That was established in 2014 by that same court, and enables residents of the EU to ask search engines to remove links containing their personal information. That might not mean much to companies that are not based in the EU but, because of their global operations, must conform to the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

That’s what led him to Goodworld, an online platform that removes the friction from digital donations, making them possible (and secure) by using hashtags. In fact, the company, which launched in 2014 and is based in Washington, D.C., Such a process can lead to online amplification for the charitable cause. Portable Hashtag.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

When it comes to retail, general commerce and online payments, the increasingly powerful middle class in India will probably get major credit in future textbooks for shaping the global digital economy. Look no further than an India-based hotel operation called Oyo for further evidence of that. and Europe.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

After taking the helm in July 2017, Carrefour chief executive officer Alexandre Bompard is seeking to reinvent the company’s brick-and-mortar hypermarket business and expand its eCommerce operations. billion USD) in eCommerce by 2022 — six times Carrefour’s current investment in its web operations. billion euros ($3.4

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

As more and more retail commerce is done online, the battle to get goods to doorsteps with haste is becoming ever more heated. Bank of America estimated that Amazon has poured roughly $39 billion into delivery services and technologies since 2014, according to Digital Commerce 360.

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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

MARCH 6, 2020

In 2014, Amazon’s U.S. In 2014 Walmart controlled roughly 9.1 That is the same market share it has held since 2014. percent in 2014 to 1.9 “Walmart’s results show it’s a food fight out there, with Amazon re-accelerating holiday sales growth,” Evercore Analyst Greg Melich said on Feb. gross retail sales were $86 billion.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

To save physical retail, anyone who wants to operate a physical store must convince consumers that it’s worth their time to—how’s this for an insight?—go What’s really steered people wrong is focusing on the average percentage of all retail sales that are online, and ignoring what’s happening in key verticals. population was online.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

PICKUP Enterprise operates the end-to-end customer experience and includes access to its Good Guy network, which specializes in both the delivery and assembly of big and heavy goods. . PYMNTS reported in July that online grocery sales in the 30 days prior grew more than 9 percent and hit a record of $7.2 May grocery sales were $6.6

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The app allegedly violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which requires that companies get parental permission before collecting data from children under the age of 13. Since 2014, 200 million users downloaded the app, with 65 million accounts in the United States alone.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Jumia operates in 14 African countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Egypt. Some of its brands include online takeout service Jumia Food, travel booking service Jumia Flights and classified services Jumia Deals. retailers online in markets across Africa, according to reports. Jumia Scope.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

The interview comes at a time when financial institutions (FIs), payment service providers and eCommerce operators are putting more focus and money into building infrastructures for real-time payments — and as regulators and consumers are coming to better understand the appeal and need for such services.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Since 2014, Mastercard’s Start Path “has invited more than 230 later-stage startups worldwide to participate in its six-month virtual program, providing technical guidance, operational support and commercial engagements within the Mastercard ecosystem,” the company said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

million last month to purchase the retail condo housing Murray’s flagship store, affiliated classrooms, as well as its catering and event operations. Murray’s former owner, Rob Kaufelt, will reportedly remain as a strategic adviser, and the team leading the New York City operation will largely remain unchanged. percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Tencent, which operates WeChat, one of the largest chat platforms in the world, recently teamed up with huge diamond mining firm ALROSA , as well as blockchain operation Everledger. China has the largest number of internet users in the world, with over 800 million people online, but the country also has strict censorship policies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

That wasn’t perhaps the most surprising news, given how Amazon keeps taking control of more logistical and delivery operations — an effort that many observers expect will eventually include the eCommerce operator competing head-to-head with UPS and FedEx. Since its launch in 2014, Instacart has attracted more than $1.6

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The report emerges at time of greater focus on the pros and cons of the third-party delivery aggregator ecosystem — Domino’s has gone its own way and controls its own delivery operations — and the ongoing rise of mobile order-ahead technology. it can still feel odd to now view Domino’s as a trailblazer of online and mobile commerce.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

It marked the third time that Ant had a quarterly loss since its unit’s result was disclosed by Alibaba in the early part of 2014. Ant operates Alipay, the digital payment service in a battle with Tencent ‘s WeChat Pay for dominance in China. Alibaba blamed the loss on increased investments to capture growth.

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Perficient

MAY 27, 2022

Since 2014, New York has only allowed crypto companies to operate in the state if they obtain a BitLicense, and even then, licensed companies are limited in the types of digital assets they can sell. For instance, Coinbase can only offer about half the coins available on its platform to New York customers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Bureau of Labor Statistics data from 2014 to 2017. percent share in 2014 to the 6.4 Most of the time when people talk about the “Amazon Effect,” they talk in terms of the impact on traditional retail economics driven by the shift from offline to online sales and the impact of making free shipping table stakes. Amazon’s 2.1

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Today, 45,000 robotic units are in operation in 20 Amazon distribution centers helping associates fulfill and distribute online customer orders. In the last two years, Amazon has launched operations at over a dozen new fulfillment facilities, many of which house robotic technology. percent in the third quarter of 2015.

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