PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Reuters quoted unnamed sources as saying the offering would occur in early 2021, valuing the company at about $30 billion. Then shares soared 85.8 percent to $158.22 on their first trading day.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

As 2020 limps toward its exhausting conclusion, get ready for a massive rebound in 2021 — for consumer spending , for small- to medium-sized businesses’ ( SMBs ’) top lines, and for the U.S. I actually think that 2021 may not be a good year — I’ll be blunt in saying that,” he told Webster. economy in general. FinTechs To The Rescue?

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Takeaway 1 Financial institutions that invested in technology in 2020 are using it to increase the loan portfolio in 2021. Growing loans, earnings are banks' top challenges in 2021. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Just ask them, as was done for the December 2020 How To Put AI In Your 2021 FI Business Plan Playbook , a collaboration with Brighterion. Circumstances] have underscored the singular importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in managing credit risk as well as supporting other bank operations. Want to know what 10,000 U.S.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In fact, according to The Business Research Company’s 2022 Payment Security Global Market Report , the payment security market is expected to reach $43 billion by 2026. All of Instagram’s shopping features allow users to add items from multiple vendors into an Instagram-operated cart. billion of economic output.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

B2B FinTech startups have stepped into 2021 with a bang, as industry players raised more than $910 million in combined funding. Yesler operates a B2B eCommerce platform for the lumber and building materials industry, and investors at Tech Square Ventures have just led a $3.3 Zerone Microsystems Private Limited.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Not every product launches smoothly (RIP Fire Phone ), not every new endeavor delivers (Amazon’s flirtations with offering a travel platform ended abruptly) and not every new market immediately yields. Amazon still has mountains to climb, even as the market is softening toward them. Amazon is the biggest winner.”.

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Cisco

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Some of the key benefits of embracing a cloud-managed IT solution include a decrease in time to market thanks to automation and zero-touch provisioning, the ability to simplify visibility and troubleshoot while helping IT teams get ahead of issues, and the ability to focus extra time and budget on resources and business-critical projects.

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SWBC's LenderHub

JUNE 14, 2021

All through last week, longer-dated Treasury notes and bonds rallied and the yield curve flattened 11 basis points despite large funding operations and the May CPI coming out higher than expected. Last Week: Treasury yields were front and center last week as equities and corporate bonds quietly ground higher and tighter.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. On the next pages, you’ll find our listings of the top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. The bank issued 2,182 PPP loans in 2020 and 2021. A: Technology.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

In " A Look Forward: What Executives Wish for America and the World in 2021 ," Herrero discusses how his firm's community-based digital literacy and entrepreneurship programs are harnessing technology and connectivity to improve education provision and livelihood outcomes for previously disadvantaged groups.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Shannon passed away in 2021 after her diagnosis in 2017. Through organic growth and strategic M&A, Abrigo has grown to be a leading player in the bank technology market, serving over 2,300 financial institutions across the U.S. He was named an Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 Central Texas Award Winner.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Speaking at a news conference with leaders of six major international economic and financial groups, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Li said the country's economy “this year can achieve positive growth, and we expect next year (economic) operations can recover to a reasonable range,” Reuters reports. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

16) that it has acquired fellow delivery service Glovo 's Latin American operations for about $272 million. Glovo will continue to operate the businesses in the five countries that are new to Delivery Hero until March of 2021. Delivery Hero said on Wednesday (Sept. Delivery Hero focuses only on food.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Sezzle , the installments payments platform, will be working on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services with Target , a press release says, which will test how the popular payment trend works with the retail giant's operations. Bork is responsible for Sezzle’s large-scale acquisition efforts.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2021

Operators of U.S. private businesses reported that 2021 is off to a good start overall, but signs of inflation are on the rise, and the jobs market outlook is somewhat gloomy, according to a press release from research firm IHS Markit. Chris Williamson , chief business economist at IHS Market, said in the release: “U.S.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. We stood this up from zero to fully operational in two weeks,” Goldfeder says. 2021’s Honorable Mentions.

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APRIL 2, 2021

AI technologies, such as voice recognition and natural language processing (NLP), are being used to improve customer experience and to gain operational efficiencies. These technologies are also used to better target marketing in retail and customize trade recommendations in wealth management. Email: 2021-RFI-AI@cfpb.gov.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Kemper will join N26 in the second half of 2021, replacing co-founder Maximilian Tayenthal, who will become co-CEO with Co-Founder Valentin Stalf, N26 said in a press release. In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. Its most recent valuation was $3.5

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

With so many people working from home, digitizing assets, moving to the cloud, and digital transformation (connecting people where they are using various channels) are becoming key priorities to companies entering a disruptive 2021. I am outlining 6 topics that will become a key part of analytic product teams in 2021.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The combined company will operate under the Huntington name. Affirm Delays IPO Until Q1 2021. The delay could have been motivated by several different reasons, all leading back to a hot — and crowded — IPO market this year. The IPO had been scheduled for this month.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Parker went on to note that the goal of Amazon’s Pharmacy platform is to inject transparency into the market so that any patient can easily understand their options. The news also sent immediate ripples through the entire pharmacy ecosystem, particularly in the stock market. pharmacy market has been anticipated ever since.

Marketing 181

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Within that tightly knit group, there’s the bank’s leadership team, comprising president and CEO Greg Dennis, chief lending officer Jon Girard, vice president of operations and compliance Kristine Hendrickson, and executive vice president and chief financial officer Michele Boeder. Garlich, vice president and director of marketing.

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APRIL 14, 2022

With the rise in vaccination rates and a hopeful return to a “new normal,” it won’t be possible to put the genie back in the bottle and return to legacy operations. New product opportunities are being driven by innovation and market conditions. New skill sets are required to operate in a digital environment.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs , are now eyeing the Asian market for merger deals as they compete to finalize deals before their initial public offerings (IPOs) expire. market for taking private companies public. Another 93 have listed since the start of 2021. According to Bloomberg , 248 SPACs listed on U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

MercadoLibre , which operates platforms for buying and selling goods across Central and South America, is eyeing an investment in Brazil next year that would be even bigger than its $716 million investment this year, Bloomberg reported. However, it is not simply a technology or a regulation.

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MAY 17, 2022

It seems like everyone in 2021 took out a loan on a new car, even though we all knew supplies were low and demand was high. hit a record $734bn in 2021, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 2021 was a mix of constrained inventory and pent-up demand. It really is a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The straw that reportedly broke the theater operator’s back was a push-back until 2021 of the release of “ No Time To Die ,” the 25th James Bond film. But now, the movie is the latest in a long line of big blockbuster titles that have been bumped to 2021. This is the film’s second delay from an original April release date. “No

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BankUnderground

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Their flexibility, low premia and underlying leverage appeal to all market participants ranging from conservative investors hedging against intraday market volatility to aggressive traders speculating for quick profit generation. The improved market conditions have encouraged both market participation and innovation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

I n How To Put AI In Your 2021 Business Plan Playbook , PYMNTS and Brighterion collaborate to provide a blueprint of how financial institutions (FIs) can incorporate AI into their consumer credit strategies. To learn more about how banks can build an effective AI adoption strategy, download the playbook.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In today’s top news, economists expect the economy to recover back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021, and China’s banking watchdog warns of further Big Tech regulations. Economists: Stimulus, Vaccine Key To Full Recovery By Year-End 2021. Plus, online lending startup SoFi is looking to go public through a SPAC.

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MARCH 28, 2023

As the pace of digital transformation in companies speeds up, increased complexity and volatility are creating the need for supply chain organizations to adapt their investments in technology to better align with the requirements of increased agility, resiliency, and intelligent operations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Wholesale clubs and Trader Joe’s themselves have proven there is a huge market for brands that don’t check all of the boxes for a standard supermarket trip. We did a comprehensive evaluation of the market before selecting Manthan-RichRelevance. 27, 2021,” said spokesman Andrew Whelan, as reported by MarketWatch. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The stars of financial services in 2021 will have something to do with credit,” i2c CEO Amir Wain told Karen Webster, saying the days of the simple checking or demand draft accounts (DDA) are over. You can’t be a star with the DDA in 2021,” he added. Mobile isn’t a developed market phenomenon. Mobile isn’t a U.S. phenomenon.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond said it has finished its sale of Cost Plus World Market (CPWM) to a private equity firm, while Starbucks will help Washington state with the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. Bed Bath & Beyond Finishes Sale Of Cost Plus World Market To PE Firm. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

Washington 141

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Business continuity involves future proofing operations and becoming more efficient,” Billtrust President Steve Pinado said in the announcement. The deal is expected to close in early 2021 and the combined company will be known as BTRS Holdings. It is anticipated to trade on The Nasdaq Stock Market with a new ticker symbol.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Funds that have expertise in both companies operating in Asia and how U.S. capital markets work hold a significant advantage.” Bloomberg noted that currently, the global market is dominated by US SPACs at 85 percent of the market, and Asia is about 5 percent.

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