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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Shoppers had new opportunities to buy groceries without having to walk through the aisles of their local supermarkets or wait in line at checkout counters this year, as grocers rolled out digital innovations in shopping and payments. The offering comes as 4.9 Cashierless Checkout.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Though FinTech has, in many ways, heated up the competition with banks, traditional financial institutions (FIs) widely began to realize in 2018 that their best strategy to remain competitive in today’s financial services landscape is often to collaborate with (not against) those FinTech firms. Visa Acquires Longtime Partner Fraedom.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

Bank Innovation’s five picks for companies that made noise in fintech this year may not include any banks, but it does include a company owned by a collection of them. Indeed, as far as innovation is concerned, 2018 was the year of the fintechs and nonbanks -- some friendlier to the traditional players than others. […].

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. operations. These projects range from less visible, but equally important, system upgrades on the back-end and more visible ones like installing Softbank’s robot Pepper in its New York flagship.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—Crypto wallet provider Wirex will be expanding its services to several new markets in 2018, including the United States, CEO Pavel Matveev told Bank Innovation. It’s [one of] our top priorities at the moment, we are in the process of getting a company, looking for names,” Matveev said. “We

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MARCH 23, 2018

In financial services today, security and innovation can work with each other, and against each other. FinServ cybersecurity is, of course, a prime target for innovation. The pace of innovation focused on consumer experience is showing no signs of slowing down. from EMVCo and “PIN on Glass” from the PCI Council.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – If 2017 was the year that brought bitcoin into mainstream finance, will 2018 be the year for ether? Powered by the Ethereum blockchain, ether started the new year on a positive note, hitting an all-time high of $914 today, according to CoinDesk’s Ethereum Price Index.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Glenn Fodor, SVP and head of First Data Insights, contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. Furthermore, Amazon expects physical retail sales will likely be north of $15 billion in 2018. Most notably in its offline push during 2018, Amazon launched a series of cashierless concept stores known as Amazon Go.

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Marketplace lender Best Egg will move towards financing consumer purchases, including home improvements, as it looks to expand in 2018, the company told Bank Innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Video games are helping to drive retail innovation and growth, and that includes the hot area of subscription commerce. This is only part of the innovation trend stemming from video games. Consumers are buying Tilly’s products online, as digital growth was up 22 percent in 2018.

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MARCH 5, 2019

How do you measure innovation? Innovation and change also stand as constant factors in payments – including purchase financing – and in online marketplaces , where trust is becoming a more vital factor. Meanwhile, in the connected vehicle ecosystem , voice is becoming a much bigger agent for innovation. homes in 2018.

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MARCH 16, 2018

The word “innovation” get thrown around a lot in banking these days (ah-hem!), but Lara Druyan, managing director, head of innovation, west coast, for the Royal Bank of Canada warned that without metrics, it is easy for innovation efforts to get “squishy.” “I don’t.Read More.

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APRIL 24, 2018

EXCLUSIVE - Known as one of the first technology companies in Europe to procure a German banking license, solarisBank has lofty ambitions for 2018. That plan, according to Timo Weber, VP of strategy and internationalization, is to add 50 more partners over the course of the year. “A A big part of our effort this year […].

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Bill.com , which works in cloud-based software to simplify payments through automation, has partnered with KeyBank to introduce Key CashFlow sm , which aims to help small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and commercial customers with online banking, a press release says.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Spreedly , a payments infrastructure firm headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, is introducing innovative revenue optimization solutions aimed at increasing conversions. False transaction declines totaled $331 billion in 2018, Spreedly said, citing an Aite Group report.

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DECEMBER 24, 2018

What follows is a list of four alliances that the Bank Innovation staff found most interesting. While some banks and fintech view each other as competitors, that’s not always the case. In fact, there have been a number of significant bank-fintech partnerships this year.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

JPMorgan Chase had the highest "buzz ranking" among banks in 2018, according to YouGov's Brand Index, an annual poll measuring which brands are considered the best by consumers. Participants were asked, “If you’ve heard anything about the brand in the last two weeks, through advertising news or word of mouth, was it positive or negative?”

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Here are five deals, in no particular order, that Bank Innovation's editors think will most significantly impact the landscape in 2019. This year the financial services industry saw a lot of fintech M&A activity. iZettle is […].

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The shop owners are looking to see if automation can make deliveries quicker while keeping costs down, as they work with a new roster of companies that seek to increase the efficiency of online order fulfillment in a small amount of space, The Wall Street Journal reported. Online orders still comprise a small portion of the U.S.

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APRIL 1, 2019

To serve a wide range of consumers in the digital age, innovators are rolling out subscription offerings ranging from news content to gaming. From Netflix to FabFitFun , digital innovators are adopting recurring payment models to provide consumers with access to entertainment and apparel along with other products and services.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Bruce Parker, founder and CEO of Modo , contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. So, uh, that’s not exactly how 2018 turned out. Now this technology is getting its comeuppance as banks and innovators come to realize that blockchain does not solve all problems for all people at all times.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Blockchain technology and digital loans will continue to grow in 2018 as banks continue to work on their cybersecurity in the coming year, software provider Mitek predicts. It’s just logical that given the extent of recent data breaches, that we’re going to see more of the same.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Mike Camerling, CEO of AEVI , contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. We cannot call 2018 a Year of Change, for that would imply that we completed a journey. Rather, we are changing — and are still in the early stages of a transformation of the payments industry that is gathering speed and far from over.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

To help diners make the best use of their mobile devices to order meals, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are tapping into mobile innovations. Domino’s was one of the original restaurant chains to drive disruption with the development of an online tracker.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

But which Bank Innovation stories caught […]. Bitcoin is no longer enjoying the limelight, non-bank giants like Amazon, Walmart and Google have shaken up the banking landscape and automation has become the norm in various aspects of banking with banks like using it in the backend of credit decision-making and lending.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – With over 28 million digital customers (online and mobile) in 2017, it seems only logical that Wells Fargo is increasing investment in its mobile app.

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APRIL 7, 2020

But the numbers tell a tale, and recent stats in the March 2020 Credit Union Innovation Index show the need for CUs to step up their efforts to innovate. percent from 2018 to 2019. CUs need to move beyond payments, said Fagan, and embrace what he termed a “full-scale, full-service approach to innovation.” Keeping Score.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

According to the new PYMNTS Order To Eat Tracker , the volume of mobile app orders rocketed 130 percent from 2016 to 2018, and the overall mobile order market value is set to reach $38 billion by 2020. And digital innovators are devising new ways to deliver food to consumers.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

percent of retailers have said they innovate to improve customer loyalty. That, in fact, is one of the main findings in the new Retail Innovation Readiness Index from PYMNTS, powered by FinTech firm AEVI. Things have changed, though, he said — one reason why that innovation finding carries such weight. “I Innovation Divide.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

According to the report, cybercrime touched nearly every sector throughout 2018, including those that may seem less obvious, like education or manufacturing — and for one obvious reason: the money. Facebook’s 2018 regarding the stewardship of user data and privacy was one it would like to soon forget. Department Store Hacks.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

But since it’s the data point that most use to define the online/physical retail sales split, let’s use it to project, based on historical trends what the world looks line in twenty years. It also purchased online pharmacy PillPack , and owns Zappos and fashion eTailer Shopbop. percent of all retail sales, including auto, in 2039.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

At the same time, however, online platforms are aiming to protect their users as fraud mounts. 89 percent: Year-over-year increase in loyalty program fraud between 2018 and 2019. 10 percent: Approximate share of consumers today who use voice-enabled devices and apps to browse, shop and buy goods online. .

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JULY 29, 2019

The rise of video games, both online and mobile, is helping to drive innovation in retail. This is only part of the innovation trend stemming from video games. Consumers are buying Tilly’s products online, as digital growth was up 22 percent in 2018. Larger Trends. More Money.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Despite the abysmal stock fall of LendingClub, arguably the pioneer in the online lending space, digital lenders in […]. The year 2017 has been the year for bitcoin, but it has also been the time for digital lenders, who seem to be experiencing significant growth across personal, SME, and student-focused verticals.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The one thing we all have to learn: it is not about the innovations themselves. We get very excited about our innovative capabilities, and we are extremely proud of all of our IP and patents in this area. Those innovations have illumination that there is value here beyond a great light,” said Karner.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

Consumers expect fast, efficient service that barely requires them to look up from their smartphones, and the modern QSR needs to innovate accordingly. and Canada, plus the innovation cues it’s taking from outside the restaurant industry. Attention To Innovation. If we’re not there, we’re not in consideration,” she said.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

When it comes to QSR and mobile innovation, pizza seller Domino’s has earned itself a leading position. Now, thanks to a court case brought against the chain by a blind consumer, we can probably expect more innovation in the coming years to make eCommerce more accessible to people with disabilities. Domino’s Innovations.

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