PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2021

In a ranking of remittance outflows, according to the latest-available World Bank data — for 2019 — Malaysia is 12th, with immigrant workers sending $1.4 Also for 2019 outflows, Bangladesh ranks 103rd, with immigrant workers sending $84 million to home countries. Malaysia falls 73rd on the list, with inflow of $1.4

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

The 2020 Credit Union Innovation Index , conducted in partnership with PSCU , found that over 20 percent of members would drop their current CU over lack of innovation. The share of CU members reporting they were willing to change primary FIs over insufficient innovation increased by 4.6 percent between 2018 and 2019.”.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 2, 2020

Gartner’s Digital IQ Index for 2019 surveyed 80 banking and financial brands, including national banks, regional banks, online banks and fintech startups. It examined 1,200 data […].

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Despite predictions of a bleak economy and decreasing investment spending from businesses, banks will not be cutting down their technology spend in 2019, according to Kurt Spieler, Chief Investment Officer at First National Bank of Omaha.

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Perficient

JANUARY 14, 2021

According to Feeding America and the USDA, in 2019, more than 35 million Americans struggled with food insecurity; and this number has risen to nearly 50 million people during the COVID-19 pandemic. . Coming Together to Support Food Security. Submission by Imranur Raheem, technical consultant. Giving Back To Food Security Organizations.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 17, 2020

Welcome to the latest episode of our Weekly Wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, January 17, 2019.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

As the growing app economy has brought innovation throughout 175 nations, Apple said Monday (June 15) the App Store ecosystem fostered $519 billion in sales around the world just last year. The app store counts nearly a million apps in its catalog and half a billion individuals each week visit the marketplace from 175 nations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The world of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is where it’s at when it comes to so much retail innovation these days. The QSR chain launched the program after testing it for much of 2019, according to an announcement. That’s hardly it when it comes to recent innovation in this space. Loyalty Innovation. Other Moves.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Digital Innovation. 6) that DD Perks members nationwide – were able to earn rewards points, whether they pay with cash, debit, credit or Dunkin’ gift card – beginning in October of 2019. Menu Innovation. The three areas were key for the company in 2019, driving 2.8 Dunkin’ U.S. reported comparable store sales growth of 2.8

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes. Third, read and enjoy the 2019 edition of the GonzoBanker Awards, our 18 th. Mark Turner, Executive Chairman of the Board, WSFS Bank – We have to give the nod to an early 2019 retirement of Turner, who had one hell of a run in 12 years at the helm of a great community and wealth bank.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

We didn’t need more than two hands to count the ones we felt were change-the-world sort of innovations. By the numbers, it is hard to deny in the closing days of 2019 that instant payments, as observed by the PYMNTS Instant Payments Tracker , have hit their stride and are no longer a P2P payments tool for gig economy workers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

would be the latest nation to develop and launch a nationally available real-time payments system. Real time is real, it’s here and it keeps growing,” Michael Miebach, Mastercard’s chief product and innovation officer, said in an interview. The move comes 24 hours after the Federal Reserve announced the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

As part of a broader effort to bring the newest innovations to its operations, the National Bank of Fujairah PJSC (NBF) has teamed with blockchain firm Ripple to enable cross-border payments via the RippleNet platform. In 2019, news surfaced that PNC Bank had started to utilize RippleNet to facilitate cross-border transactions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

So much for now will depend on the powers of in-vehicle infotainment systems — an effort that, as speakers from the National Association of Broadcasters and other organizations will discuss — will probably require closer collaborations between automotive players and media-and-content providers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In today’s top payments news, Mastercard’s CEO speaks out against a national payments system, the FCA tells credit card companies to be reasonable with customers in debt and the People’s Bank of China is prepared to inject $173 billion into the country to stabilize the economic damage wreaked by the coronavirus. billion.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

The acquisition was finalized in July 2019 for $34 billion. Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has designated cloud security and its importance for national security as the primary topic for its annual summit in 2020, which is currently slated to occur on June 25. Why Banks Need To Craft Dedicated Solutions For Digital Transformations.

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Insights on Business

JANUARY 9, 2019

In the statement, regulators have provided leeway to create innovative new approaches. In the statement, regulators have provided leeway to create innovative new approaches. They agreed not to penalize banks who undertake an innovative “pilot program” even if the program proves unsuccessful.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

As PYMNTS readers know, the QSR industry is undergoing historic innovation and disruption — and the latest financials from one of the largest and most successful QSR operators show where the trends are headed for late 2019 and the 2020s. More details about QSR digital and mobile innovative efforts are coming soon enough.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Comparing it favorably to the first half of 2019, Feedzai says it closed deals in the U.S., The deals sometimes concerned big players, including “some of the largest and most innovative companies in the world (e.g. The deals sometimes concerned big players, including “some of the largest and most innovative companies in the world (e.g.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Hoffmann also said there has been “terrific consumer reception” to its handcrafted espresso beverages, along with sustained momentum of its national value platform. The executive added that menu innovation and consistent national value offers are the pillars of the company’s 2019 plans.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

Kicking off this week’s grocery tracker, Whole Foods Market (WFM) shares hit their highest level seen since the summer of 2015 as activist investor Jana Partners puts the squeeze on innovation and pressures the organic grocer towards a possible sale. Recovery has been slow for the national grocer since prices fell in February.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2019

The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. In the modern digital era of QSR, it is almost impossible not to mention Starbucks and its myriad contributions to innovation — including the first really successful launch of a mobile wallet product in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Just ahead of its annual investors meeting, Walmart lowered its fiscal 2019 forecast for adjusted earnings per share to a range of $4.65 Walmart continues to forecast fairly robust online sales growth for 2019, though at a somewhat less impressive rate than expected for the current calendar year. to $4.80, down from $4.90

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 8, 2017

I recently hosted Nick Ogden, the founder of WorldPay and serial entrepreneur, at our Nordic Finance Innovation meetings in Stockholm and Oslo. Nick is now launching the first new UK clearing bank for over 250 years called ClearBank.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Remittances to developing nations continue to grow, which has spurred many global markets to pursue efforts to enable more efficient cross-border payments. World Bank data shows that remittances to low- and middle-income nations reached a record high last year, with migrants sending $529 billion to their home countries. innovations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

QSR Innovation. But don’t think CBD-infused products, or coffee subscriptions, or even more robust mobile offerings are a sure path to success for fast food operations in 2019 and beyond. Those commuters, according to the PYMNTS Digital Drive Report , spend about $230 billion a year in commuter-inspired purchases.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

These market conditions may not seem ripe for FinTech innovation, but where there are challenges, there are opportunities. Michael Sassoon, CEO of banking and technology firm Sasfin , recently told PYMNTS about some of the country’s biggest hurdles in small business FinServ — and what technology innovators hope to do about them.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

That is just one of five critical findings highlighted in How We Will Pay 2019 , a PYMNTS, Visa collaboration examining how consumers use a wide range of connected devices to shop and make purchases. This report — the third in our annual series — shows the results of a national study of 5,000 U.S.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 22, 2020

Download the free report to learn about the biggest emerging trends in blockchain and strategies to watch for 2019. Total equity funding to the space, which is one measure of investor enthusiasm, fell over 30% in 2019. Using CB Insights data, we analyze investment trends across the space from Q4 2019.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

As PYMNTS readers know, the QSR industry is undergoing historic innovation and disruption — and the latest financials from one of the largest and most successful QSR operators show where the trends are headed for late 2019 and the 2020s. More details about QSR digital and mobile innovative efforts are coming soon enough.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

As PYMNTS readers know, the QSR industry is undergoing historic innovation and disruption — and the latest financials from one of the largest and most successful QSR operators show where the trends are headed for late 2019 and the 2020s. More details about QSR digital and mobile innovative efforts are coming soon enough.

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Innovation Mobile Trends Operations 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The nation continues to push against cash in favor of digital payments, while both the government and private sector continue to fuel FinTech innovation. It hasn’t been easy for the nation’s small businesses, however. “Where there were 15 workers before, now there are three. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. And since iPhone users skew more to the affluent, it also denied those innovators the opportunity to monetize their spend. 23-25, 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Visa , the Official Payment Services Partner of FIFA , announced Wednesday (December 6) partnerships with the Union of European Football Associations’ ( UEFA ) Women’s Football Competitions and the Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) Total Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

The most successful among them are adapting to this digital ecosystem by innovating new digital capabilities, as Justin Benson, CEO of cloud-based payments platform Spreedly, noted in an interview with PYMNTS. percent year-over-year increase since 2019. eBay On The Importance Of Streamlining International Payments Operations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Turkey didn’t become standard fare on the Thanksgiving table for over another 200 years when Abraham Lincoln officially declared it a national holiday in the 1860s. According to data released by the American Farm Bureau Federation, it will cost less this year than it has been for a decade, down 4 percent since 2019 alone.

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