PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Although Alibaba and JD.com usually lead China’s eCommerce market, the four-year-old Pinduoduo is “popular with China’s lower-tier city residents.” Amazon China held less than 1 percent of China’s total eCommerce market as of June 2018, according to market research institute eMarketer (in Chinese). In addition, major U.S.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Retailers continue to rely on paid search and email marketing channels, but mobile marketing and social media are continuing to increase in popularity as a way for businesses to grow their customer acquisition, according to a new study.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In a sign of the times in consumer lending, Auto Finance News today announced the launch of Auto Finance Innovation 2016, a new industry forum to explore the fintech revolution and how it is reshaping automotive lending and leasing.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

When Mastercard fully rolled out its digital wallet last year – into the overcrowded market – it was unclear whether the company would be able reach the adoption goals set out by CEO Ajay Banga. The payment network enabled 80 million accounts at yearend 2016, and added five new Read More. But it did.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 15, 2016

Bank Innovation Israel 2016 registration has officially opened today. The only Western fintech event in Startup Nation, the 2016 Bank Innovation Israel will take place 1-3 November at the Dan Tel Aviv. The event is presented by Bank Innovation, one of the world’s leading fintech blogs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

If there’s any industry that has been slow to transition online, it’s antiques. Two recent moves from leading arts and antique dealers are leading a trend toward online arts and antique buying. Now we’re going to take a smaller storefront and concentrate more online. We’re finally knocking down the barriers online.”.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 21, 2017

These companies include firms like Stripe, a six-year-old start-up that is the preferred code for building online checkout services. Really easy to work with, the company is the chosen system for many other innovative companies including Kickstarter and Apple Pay, and valued at almost $10 billion by the end of 2016.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The panel of judges — Scarlett Sieber of BBVA; Sam Maule of Carlisle & Gallagher; Ryan Falvey of the Center for Financial Services Innovation; Matt Wilcox of Fiserv; and Phil Ryan of Bank Innovation — will decide which company is worthy of the “Best in Show” DEMOvation crown at Bank Innovation 2016.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

But they show an increasing interest in online banking, an attempt to grow savings — and a higher debt burden. At a high level, noted the Federal Reserve, between 2016 and 2019, real gross domestic product grew at an annual 2.5 Between 2016 and 2019, the proportion of all families that saved increased from 55 percent to 59 percent.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 15, 2018

In markets like Australia, this is already happening. National Australia Bank set up its own alternative lending arm called QuickBiz Loans back in 2016. Over the […].

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 22, 2017

First they started to invest in equivalent products and services to their own in other markets of similar nature, such as India and Thailand. In November 2016, Ant partnered with Thailand’s Ascend Money, which also runs a digital wallet service.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2017

A new report by Global Market Insights reveals that the market size for mobile POS terminals will gain significant growth in the coming years, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 19 percent from 2016 to 2023. According to a press release , the POS Terminal Industry is expected to be valued at $103.52

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

21), I’m excited to introduce Free Assembly , a modern fashion brand that offers elevated style essentials at an incredible value,” said Denise Incandela , senior VP of the women’s group, elevated and online brands. “At The retailer is following in the footsteps of Amazon , which first took aim at the fashion industry in 2016.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

In restaurant technology, cloud kitchens have emerged as a new model driven by the rise of online ordering. sales the athleisure market generated as of 2016. 50 percent: Share of Swiss consumers who currently bank online. sales the athleisure market generated as of 2016. All this, Today in Data.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 26, 2017

billion over 357 deals US online personal finance firm SoFi raised the largest round globally at $453 million China, which raised the largest amount of VC investment in 2016, dropped to second place with $1.0 increase on H1 2016 deal value, but an 18.5% Global VC FinTech investment attracts $6.5 Overall, the US experienced a 7.7%

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2017

According to the latest findings of the European Ecommerce Report 2017 , it is a good time to be selling online in Europe — especially since online retail growth has been “exponential” over the last several years. During 2016 alone, eCommerce activity increased by 15 percent to €530 ($602 billion U.S.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Small businesses continue to flock to online platforms to find much-needed financing, with banks still failing to fill the demand for small to medium-sized business (SMB) loans despite economic growth in the U.S. But the majority of online SMB lenders do not disclose publicly their fees and interest rates, reports warned.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Pepsi has purchased Be & Cheery, a Chinese company that sells online snacks, for a reported $705 million, according to a report Monday (Feb. The move, if approved by Haoxiangni shareholders and China’s top market regulators, would make Pepsi “China’s leading consumer-centric food and beverage company.”. 24) by CNN.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

Just consider the news this week: Truebil , an online marketplace for buying and selling secondhand cars, has raised $14 million in a Series B round led by Japanese investor Joe Hirao, the founder of ZIGExN. China, too, is experience growth in online sales of used cars. Phones and Luxury Watches. Phones and Luxury Watches.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

“More than 70 percent of our online transactions are made on a mobile device,” he said. “It’s Earlier this year, the company launched MoneyGram.com in 21 new markets. Online and mobile transactions increased 16 percent year over year, and digital accounts for 16 percent of all money transfer revenue.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

MoneyGram posted earnings that showed continued growth in online transactions, up double-digits on a year-over-year basis. MoneyGram Online saw 39 percent transaction growth year on year, where international online transactions were up 113 percent and revenues grew by 53 percent. Fourth-quarter revenues at $323.7

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Perry, and new fund Bramalea Partners, launched by Andrew Boyd, former head of global equity capital markets at Fidelity Investments. Loadsmart features an online portal designed for those in the shipping business to move freight through ports and across rail lines and highways on land.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

LendingClub provides personal lending online, and it wants access to funding that is more stable and not as expensive. In 2016, the company faced a setback when its founder, Renaud Laplanche , was fired for irregular loan practices. However, the FinTech wants to reestablish itself in the market as a full-fledged bank.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The amount of use cases has really expanded, as customers want to be able to answer simple questions when shopping online that aid in the consideration process. It started when Founder Stephen Lease was training for a marathon in 2016. Earlier this year, Vertebrae created a virtual 3D try-on application for mobile and online.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Walmart is positioning its new line, called Free Assembly, as “a modern fashion brand with elevated style,” featuring casual looks with layered approaches that will make it marketable during any season. Denise Incandela , who was once SVP Women’s Group, has now added “elevated and online brands” to her title. The Monday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

online bank, which already offers credit cards, savings and loans to 13 million customers. We expect to have that in the market next year.”. For its part, Marcus has issued $3 billion in new consumer loans since launching in October of 2016, through the first quarter of 2018. It recently rolled out its services in the U.K.,

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Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2016

We can all agree Credit Karma, Chase Mobile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and PayPal aren’t leaving the Top Ten on App Annie anytime soon. But ratings and rankings aren’t everything — there’s also the cool factor. How easy is the app to use? Does it makes us feel good (even Read More.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

When we think of cool, James Dean doesn’t immediately come to mind. The app Songsterr does. We are proud fintech nerds, and for five years we have marked the Coolest Brands in Banking on Bank Innovation based not on the type of sunglasses worn by a CEO, but on the Read More.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

As India approaches the fourth anniversary of 2016’s demonetization, the landscape that has defined the country and economy is undergoing a radical shift. India has heretofore been a cash-based economy, where even consumers shopping online often paid in physical currency via cash on delivery (COD).

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Accenture

APRIL 26, 2017

For years, we’ve heard people proclaiming the demise of the bricks-and-mortar bank branch, supposedly swept away by customers’ mass-migration to online and—increasingly—mobile alternatives. 1-5] Source: UK findings of Accenture 2017 Global Banking Distribution & Marketing Consumer Study— Beyond Digital. Stay tuned. [1-5]

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

PayU , a global online payment service provider headquartered in Copenhagen, has launched a new single API integration that will allow merchants to boost their business in high-growth markets. The cross-border market is expected to grow from $401 billion in 2016 to $994 billion in 2020,” said Matthias Setzer, CCO at PayU.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Demand is rising for online services such as those providing cloud-based backups and storage. The cloud storage subscription market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8 percent from 2016 to 2022, and uptake is rising even faster in the Asia-Pacific, which is expected to see a CAGR of 27.2

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 26, 2018

launched its Marcus digital bank in late 2016, the conventional wisdom was the investment bank wanted to expand into retail banking. EXCLUSIVE— When Goldman Sachs & Co. But, apparently, that’s not the whole story. Marcus, it seems, is an asset pricing play, Goldman’s CEO implied yesterday.

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Accenture

JUNE 7, 2017

trn in 2016, and is poised to grow at ~19% CAGR up to 2020¹. Source: Worldpay Global Payment Report 2016. The Challenge—a fragmented market unsuited to merchant needs. For payment gateways, defining their target markets is critical in terms of geographies and merchant segments. Global eCommerce reached $1.9

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

The global contactless payment market is projected to reach $18 billion by 2025, in fact, up from $10 billion last year — a nearly 12 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR). CU members who reported shopping online at least several times a week increased by nearly 50 percent since the pandemic began last spring.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

PYMNTS research on consumer shopping habits showed that 24 percent of all consumers say they have taken at least one of their routine shopping activities online and do not plan to revert to shopping in stores for this activity, even after the pandemic is over. More consumers are going online to shop and pay as the pandemic progresses.

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