PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

New payment rails are once again in the spotlight as real-time payments and cryptocurrency emerge as the top focuses for innovators. In this week’s look at payment rails innovation, the European Union begins paving the way for greater crypto adoption, while Mastercard expands its own crypto accelerator initiative.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The year 2020 has been a wild ride, and certainly one for the books in just about every corner of the commerce ecosystem. I think there are three words that come to mind when I think about the 2020 pandemic and merchants: ‘pivot, adapt and evolve,’” she said. In fact, Kathleen Fiorello , head of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

"As we transition to a new year and a new environment, where the rollout of vaccinations globally begins to create a prospect of some stability, we must draw on the lessons of 2020 to build a more productive and prosperous world," says Kohli. The second component is technology, which has been critical to addressing our challenges.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

"Even after the pandemic subsides, the digital acceleration we experienced in 2020 will not — it is here to stay," she says in " A Look Forward: What Executives Wish for America and the World in 2021.". Even after the pandemic subsides, the digital acceleration we experienced in 2020 will not — it is here to stay.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Risk management platform Feedzai announced a 44 percent increase in growth for the first half of the fiscal year for 2020, which a press release says was one of the company’s most successful so far. 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

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

But the one thing that might work is taking a page from the innovation playbook that Netflix seems to have written and followed over the last 22 years. A combination of forces — Netflix’s own content and technology innovations and advances in hardware and software — helped them consistently attract more eyeballs. Until March of 2020.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Innovating on the point of sale (POS) for consumers isn’t a one-shot deal. Visa North America Senior Vice President and Head of Product Brian Cole told Karen Webster that when the topic is POS innovation in late 2020, innovation spans an entire continuum from card-not-present to card-present transactions and everyplace in between.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Something to bear in mind in 2020, when, as was the case in 1939 when Thanksgiving got its last major revision by presidential order, Americans are celebrating the holiday facing a national crisis, deep economic uncertainty and preparing to celebrate their holiday very differently and far more digitally than they ever have before.

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Abrigo

APRIL 27, 2020

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

PSCU reported that the hike in mobile wallet credit purchases among its CUs’ members was nearly 48 percent by August 2020, while mobile wallet debit purchases climbed 22 percent during the same period. The use of Apple Pay, Google Pay and other digital wallets has also been on the upswing since the start of the pandemic.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This Year was brought to you by the number 2020 and the letters W, T and F” – Big Bird (more or less). Sit back and enjoy our take on the best and worst of banking in 2020 as you celebrate the holidays. Most Oft-Heard Statements of 2020. Kudos to blazing new trails that many institutions are taking on in 2020.

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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. And, in digital banking, banks are innovating with their strategies for fraud protection and anti-money laundering (AML). 96 percent: Share of retail banks that plan to develop services focused on real-time payments by 2020.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

The Texas-based eCommerce firm, which helps businesses design and roll out online storefronts, said in a press statement that it has notified the U.S. BigCommerce ’s potentially big move comes as interest in online commerce explodes in the wake of the coronavirus crisis and the social distancing requirements it has spawned.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

To get a sense of the most significant seismic shifts that have pushed payments innovation inexorably ahead through the past 10 years, as well as what lies over the horizon, PYMNTS queried 29 C-level executives with a collective thumb on the pulse of innovation. Hindsight may be 20/20, but it’s crucial as we get ready for 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

market for initial public offerings (IPOs) had a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic — or perhaps because of it. billion during 2020’s first nine months. Considered an online version of a dollar store, ContextLogic looked in many ways like the next Amazon. percent during 2020’s first nine months to $1.75

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Spreedly , a payments infrastructure firm headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, is introducing innovative revenue optimization solutions aimed at increasing conversions. The challenge for merchants is providing seamless payment options for customers. .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

In-person payments of transactions like parking violation fines or sanitation fees is no longer possible, leaving government entities to accelerate their electronic and online payment acceptance capabilities. ” Accelerating ACH Innovation. Yet ACH volume is on the rise, and that includes in the B2B payments context.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Digital transformation is emerging as the backbone for CUs providing the innovations their members seek, and implementing new technologies is becoming ever more critical to credit unions’ bottom lines. CUs had big plans to boost their digital innovations when 2020 began. The Drive Toward Digital.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

For Main Street businesses, to say 2020 was challenging is an understatement. The good news, according to PYMNTS data , is that as 2020 is coming to a close, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are feeling genuinely more confident about their odds of continued survival than they were when the pandemic began.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Consumers, in short, entered spring 2020 realizing that their old, largely physical habits for feeding themselves were a bad fit in a world where proximity between themselves and strangers was frowned upon as a public health liability. Digital Innovations Will Outlast the Pandemic That Inspired Them. Paytronix CEO Andrew Robbins.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Consumers have shopped online, via mobile devices and at brick-and-mortar stores in various capacities for years, but the pandemic is dramatically expanding the connections between these channels. billion online in Q2 2020. This means eCommerce now accounts for 16.1 percent of overall sales in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Most Parisian shows were streamed online, including Chanel, which outfitted models with logo-clad velvet surgical masks. “I JFWO is working to bring collections online and will essentially stage a new online event with the cooperation of various media outlets. However, Imajo said the effect will be tempered by online exposure.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. And that new fuel comes as the legal online and mobile gambling industry in the U.S. Payments Innovation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Online sportsbooks have been beneficiaries of that dictum ever since COVID-19 eradicated most live sports, leaving millions of fans and a great many bettors potentially mired in boredom. That’s caused the sector to balloon in 2020’s first half, and that growth is showing plenty of momentum. A ‘League’ Of Their Own .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2020

In October 1829, Sam Patch jumped down the 175-foot Horseshoe Falls (the largest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls), but Taylor was the innovator who came up with the idea of adding a barrel to the trip. Taylor was not the first person to attempt a plunge over the famous falls. Usually we run out fairly quickly.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Shorten the timeframe a bit, and it gets (just a bit) easier to see what may be rushing toward us – or what we may be rushing toward — in terms of innovation in-store, online and across all manner of channels. In fact, a time capsule sealed today, with a prediction of what Dec.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

There seem to be countless sources of collateral damage associated with the unexpected appearance of COVID-19 in early 2020 – the shutdown of production in China, the ripples through the global supply chain, the virtual zeroing out of the travel and events vertical and the carnage on Wall Street. An Opportunity for Innovation .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

Banks’ use of such innovations is predicted to expand, too, with 60 percent of FIs saying they aim to gain customers and improve customer experiences using digital channels. Bot activity is the third major threat banks faced in 2020. This increased digital presence also brings a greater risk of digital fraud, however.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Bloomberg reports that it offers a bevy of innovative options intended to entice customers into spending more time shopping. Tencent plans to open the store in the first half of 2020 in Shenzhen in China’s so-called technology hub. The seven-floor store is Nordstrom ’s biggest location ever. billion or $135 a share in cash.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Take a look (and have a listen) at our 10 favorite podcasts from 2020. Is 2020 Healthcare’s Year To #KillTheCheck? One is regulatory trends, where regulators are looking to increase competition in this field and drive innovation. The other is technological innovation. billion in sales for the month of November alone.

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PYMNTS

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. CUs need to move beyond payments, said Fagan, and embrace what he termed a “full-scale, full-service approach to innovation.” percent to a recent 21.9 Keeping Score.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 26, 2018

Most people look at 2020 as year when there will be a significant shift. Yes, we’re aware this notion has been part of the dialogue ever since the advent of digital payments. But how quickly will cash be replaced as its use is reduced? That’s unclear. And then there’s.Read More.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

To bring its fashions to new markets, Zara plans to roll out a global online platform. Orders will be fulfilled from Zara’s Spanish online platform and orders will be in euros. The full online catalog will be operational by 2020. The new markets include many areas of Africa, such as Cameroon, Tanzania and Senegal.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands came in two flavors during 2020. The second flavor were the brands that had seen traction before the pandemic and flourished during it with innovative marketing, fresh business models and cool packaging. What also makes Spiceology unique are the blends.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

The year 2020 meant big changes for retailers that had primarily defined themselves by physical interaction as brick-and-mortar merchants were forced to adapt to an eCommerce-focused world as their best option for holding on to their now homebound customer base. The year 2020 saw the overall index score rise by 2.2

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BankInovation

JUNE 3, 2020

Bank Innovation is proud to announce the Bank Innovation Build 2020 Virtual Experience, designed to provide industry professionals the insights, strategies and best practices to propel their innovation teams to success. Produced by Bank Innovation and Royal Media, Build will take place Sept. 9 and 10 online.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The combination of consumer packaged goods and a single place to buy all the food that went on a consumer’s table from one big store ushered in a huge innovation in consumer convenience, as well as expanding the selection of food that went on those tables. Delivery stands as a big area of innovation. Delivery Trends.

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