PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

An idea hatched at the Burning Man desert arts festival, the experience-focused hospitality group Habitas was founded in 2014 by Oliver Ripley, Kfir Levy and Eduardo Castillo. . The startup uses 3D printing technology to build its hotels in Mexico, where Ripley says 100 rooms per month can be built. “We

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Bank Innovation

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

JULY 27, 2018

Apple, Microsoft and Samsung are facing litigation from California-based SpeakWare that accuses the technology firms of patent infringement. The company claims the firms are using its 2002 patent for a hands-free, voice operated, remote-control transmitter, according to a report from CultofMac.com.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Such tools are no longer at the far reaches of the universe, and today’s technologies would make the Enterprise’s crew feel right at home. Wingstop, a fast-casual buffalo wings chain with 1,031 locations worldwide, tends to be an early adopter for new technologies. Orderscape is also working on voice-activated ordering technologies.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

It’s a bid to boost the Cupertino, California-based technology giant’s hardware sales and services business, PYMNTS reported. consumers and found while 81 percent of adult Americans owned smartphones, just 6 percent used Apple Pay at a physical store five years after the service debuted in 2014.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 6, 2017

Ellison-Taylor, chairman of the AICPA , recently noted that technology tops her list of the most important trends shaping 2017 because it will drive so many of the profession’s opportunities and challenges in the year ahead. But how are accountants supposed to keep up with all of the technological trends ?

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 7, 2017

The company, acquired by Bankrate in 2014, rolled out its FI-facing app […]. But while major FIs have the resources and tools in place for helping customers manage and monitor credit, smaller players often lack that crucial infrastructure. In comes Wallaby Financial.

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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. We need to be a technology company,” Charles Scharf, CEO, said in his first meeting with employees after taking the job in October, the WSJ said. .

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 7, 2014

In a recent survey conducted in partnership by the Federal Reserve and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors ( CSBS ), over 1,000 community bankers weighed in on a range of hot button issues facing their organizations in 2014. One example is the impending transition to an expected loss model as proposed by FASB.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

House committee this week began reviewing the idea of allowing the likes of Amazon or Facebook to receive charters to operate as banks — an idea that’s already gotten plenty of pushback from traditional financial institutions (FIs). This isn’t the OCC’s first attempt to create a special banking charter that would benefit tech firms.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Often written off as a technological solution in desperate search of an actual problem, the QR code fell by the wayside development-wise. consumers could have learned to pay with QR codes, but the technology hit two major roadblocks. Second, U.S. consumer interest in adopting mobile payments had been pretty consistently low.

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Bobsguide

MARCH 14, 2022

Profile Software , the leading financial solutions provider, announced today the selection of Axia by Cirdan Capital, a financial technology company in the UK founded in 2014, that specialises in the issuance of structured investment products, to complete the proprietary technology of its platform.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

is looking to buy NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells military-grade technology, for around $1 billion. At the time, an NSO spokesman said that NSO doesn’t operate its systems and requires customers to use them lawfully “for the prevention and investigation of crimes.”. Francisco Partners acquired NSO for $110 million in 2014.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The company said its robotaxi is capable of driving up to 75 miles per hour and can operate continuously for up to 16 hours on a single charge. Building a vehicle from the ground up has given us the opportunity to reimagine passenger safety,” said Jesse Levinson, Zoox chief technology officer and co-founder. For its part, the U.S.

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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

OCTOBER 16, 2020

That’s why Mastercard and Stride , which operates a portable-benefits platform for gig workers, are joining forces to make it easier for independent contractors to shop for, select, enroll in and pay for healthcare coverage. “We 15) following the partnership’s announcement. [To] million gig workers save more than $1 billion on benefits.

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Here are critical facts to know about some of the most popular BNPL service platforms: Afterpay: Afterpay was founded in Australia in 2014 but was acquired by fintech Square earlier this year. When deciding whether to use a BNPL service for a purchase, it is essential to read the fine print.

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Abrigo

JUNE 10, 2020

The former Chief Operational Risk Officer was fined for insufficient action on AML program deficiencies and staffing issues. FinCEN encourages technological innovations to help fight money laundering, but technology must be used properly,” the regulator said in a news release announcing the fine against LaFontaine.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

It was a good day for Jumia Technologies on Friday (April 12) — and that’s a good signal about the future prospects of eCommerce in Africa, home to some 1.3 Jumia operates in 14 African countries, including Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Egypt. billion people, of whom at least 725 million have mobile devices. Jumia Scope.

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Perficient

MAY 17, 2022

million vehicles from the average of 17 million vehicles each year since 2014. We believe now is the perfect time for auto lenders to address their debt collection operations. Process optimization that operates efficiently, audit-free, and maximizes the potential of the collection function before adding and layering in technology.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While technological advancements have revolutionized many aspects of operations, payroll and expense management are not [among] them. This approach can be compelling for employers that need to quickly solve problems to grow their workforces and operations worldwide.”. based organizations, 41.2 percent four years later.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

CNBC reported that the initiative aims to use real-time supply-chain analytics to deliver items more efficiently, in part using Microsoft’s Azure technology to pinpoint and resolve friction in logistics, pivoting to new routes if necessary. By keeping freight and parcel delivery operations in house, the company can lower costs.

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Abrigo

JUNE 2, 2017

As data becomes a more integral part of analysis in today’s technologically savvy world, it becomes clear technology’s influence on client acquisition will only become progressively more important. outlined the responses from 188 accounting professionals in a 2014 survey. Former CPA wasn’t using state-of-the-art technology 4.2

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The pizza chain has transformed itself from a spot for late-night food requests from dorm-room residents — to a leader in mobile and digital technologies, and a blazer of its own path in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) world. First, a few broad points — data that helps define the context in which Domino’s is operating and innovating.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Apple will adhere to Russia’s demands that the technology conglomerate change the way the Crimean peninsula is displayed on Apple’s Weather and Maps apps, according to BBC reports. Russian annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Apple previously labeled Crimea as an undefined territory.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

First-quarter annual revenue was $8 billion, with an operating margin topping 40 percent. went public in 2014. The investment was also the largest investment for a minority stake by a technology company anywhere in the world and the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) in the technology sector in India.

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Insights on Business

APRIL 29, 2019

As technology like IoT and AI continue to revolutionize the automotive industry, cyberattacks, natural disasters, changes in industry regulations, supply chain disruption, and product recalls all are just a small sample of the catalog of risks that can negatively impact an automotive company’s reputation, and affect its bottom line.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2018

In its starkest definition, the efficiency ratio is operating expenses divided by revenues. A lower ratio means the bank is operating with better cost control. Dean Athanasia, co-head of the firm’s consumer and business banking operations, said at a conference that the efficiency ratio would stay below 50 percent.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Cotten didn’t file personal tax returns for 2014, 2015 or 2017 and his 2016 return didn’t report any income from Quadriga, and Robertson’s tax returns from 2015 and 2016 showed income of less than C$60,000 a year, while in 2017 there was income of less than C$5,000 — but none of it from Quadriga.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Mastercard is expanding its Accelerate financial technology (FinTech) portfolio and is adding 11 companies to its Start Path startup engagement program, according to a Wednesday (Aug. 12) announcement. The company said its efforts recognize “the important role FinTechs play in the world’s rapid digital transformation.”.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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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. The Role Of Trust.

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FICO

MARCH 6, 2020

In 2014, I joined Tonbeller as Head of Sales & Channel Operations and became Management Board member shortly thereafter. In our experience these technologies can increase the number of SARs by 20% while at the same time producing efficiency gains of 30% in alert investigation and case management. What solutions do you have?

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. As of 2014, the mobile phone penetration rate in Singapore was 148 percent. Singapore’s GDP was roughly $407 billion in 2015. With an estimated population of just 5.47 A Knack For Mobile.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

Wine Insiders , in one case, has combined edgy technology and innovations, and supplemented traditional marketing channels with digital advertising. 2014: The year that DRINKS , which was Wine Insiders’ chief competitor, acquired the company. All this, Today in Data. 400M: Amount of revenue Wine Insiders has brought in to date.

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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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The company has said in its filings that “technology is at the foundation of our global platform.” As Fortune reported, the company has returned $100 million to the investors, who, thus far, have ponied up a minimum of $50,000 to invest in $3 billion of real estate assets since 2014.

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