PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

If there’s a playbook for Main Street’s migration to digital, Toronto’s Schulich School of Business is authoring a very effective chapter. In an interview with Karen Webster, Chris Carder , co-director of Entrepreneurial Studies at Schulich School of Business, outlines the story of how innovation can become teamwork. Carder said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Insurance may not be the most flashy or exciting of industries, but its continued reliance on paper and inefficient underwriting processes makes the market a prime target for technology disruptors. ” Opportunity On Main Street. It’s no surprise, then, that the InsurTech arena has ballooned in recent years.

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Perficient

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Over the past ten weeks, I have had the amazing opportunity to work as a marketing intern with the corporate communications team at Perficient. During my internship, I have been so lucky to dip my toe in several areas of marketing that I am interested in, which has helped me improve my skills and get a feel for different career paths.

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Bobsguide

JUNE 3, 2022

Auriga was recently honoured with the prestigious Peter Kulik Innovation Award from the ATMIA, the leading non-profit trade association representing the entire global ATM industry. Q: How do you feel about your Peter Kulik Innovation Award win? Q: Finally, do you have any thoughts on upcoming ATM innovations and trends?

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are some of the main beneficiaries of these innovations, as they become more inclined to look into global eCommerce to add to their in-store sales. 55B: Square’s market capitalization. All this, Today in Data. Data: . 45%: Decline in cross-border payments volume in May 2020.

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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. The growing popularity of DVD rentals in the early 2000s introduced more competition into the market, making them more affordable for more consumers. I Don’t Want To, But I Have To’.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes the launch of business cards by American Express and Amazon in addition to one by Wyndham Hotel & Resorts and Barclays.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Key Takeaways Trepp's head of Commercial Real Estate Finance outlined the current CRE market and looked at the future of CRE during Abrigo's recent ThinkBIG conference. This post by Hayley Collier , Trepp's Marketing Communication Specialist, was originally published on Trepp's blog and can be found here. The pandemic's impact on CRE.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Innovation has become such a buzzword that it can be applied to countless solutions and initiatives, from emerging 5G mobile technology and the rise of “smart factories” to using blockchain to trace and track food supply chains to deploying kiosks to personalizing the ordering experience. The State of Innovation. points to 19.3,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

have much simpler goals than bringing to market an epoch-making innovation. Neither entrepreneur is hoping to disrupt the world with noodles or sandwiches — but both would very much like a chance at disrupting Main Street in their respective towns. But not every entrepreneur in the world has a big idea.

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PYMNTS

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

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2019

It seems every firm is trying to find a way into the expansive — and ever-growing — “health and wellness” market. In the last few years, wellness has become a dominant lifestyle value that is profoundly changing consumer behavior and changing the markets.”. Well, with innovation of course. The industry now represents 5.3

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

It is a very good test market,” Drappa said. The market being small, you can test your product on different population[s] with reduced marketing fees.” Large multinational companies see opportunity in the city: Oracle has picked Brussels to bring its FinTech Innovation Program to the continent, the company announced in June.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

Those are some of the common myths of innovation , and they apply to the payments world. Moving past those myths, and finding deeper truths about payments innovation, was the underlying result of a recent PYMNTS webinar, featuring Karen Webster and Amir Wain, founder and CEO of i2c , an integrated commerce and smart payments firm. “

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

It’s a landscape that has created an opportune environment for technological innovation. He recently told Karen Webster about how new market entrants can rethink aspects of the industry that no longer work for the policyholder or insurance company, and which parts should be preserved to drive the evolution of the sector overall. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Morgan is focused on enabling payments for the millions of small businesses that are the lifeblood of Main Streets across the U.S. – Those latter two firms have been in the in-store POS market for quite some time (Square, for example, since 2009). and, by extension, the U.S. As reported this week, J.P.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

these programs appear to have remained the same in most markets. The FSS understands that innovations often lead to heightened systemic, operational and cyber risks, as well,” he noted. “[It] FIs have long been the dominant players in the financial market. This will likely mean new classes of IT risks.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Those who work in and around high tech and innovation are lulled into a narrative about progress being on a march ever forward, rarely slowing, never stopping and certainly never turning around and marching in the wrong direction. . Once one gets outside of the top 25 banks in the U.S., The Soft Middle in Financial Services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

eCommerce innovators, however, are offering consumers the opportunity to get an energy boost from one instant cup of coffee without the need to find multiple cups of coffee outside of the house. The company’s target market, Kovalevski says, is divided into two segments. Coffee eCommerce Innovation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

The uncertainty injected into the market, as Ning Wang, co-founder and chief business officer at PingPong , told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, is having undeniable effects worldwide – which are not likely to wear off anytime soon. An Opportunity for Innovation .

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PYMNTS

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. Personal Shopping Services. A customer can order at 5:00 p.m., pick up at 5:30 p.m., The offering comes as 4.9

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

The clothing rental market in the United States is projected to reach $4.4 This might attract customers, but retaining them requires constant innovation. Such developments have become a main focus for FashionPass, which is currently building out its mobile app. Clothing Rental and the Future of Fashion.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2019

When it comes to innovation, go to the source. has joined the ranks of companies and brands setting up innovation labs. QSR Innovation. The PepsiCo innovation effort comes at a time of significant technology development in the world of restaurants, including quick service restaurants (QSRs). In other words, PepsiCo Inc.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

Innovation is one of the keys to advancement — and that increasingly means opening tech hubs, incubators and other such operations. But not all innovation labs or tech hubs give rise to seamless tech progression. PYMNTS readers can be forgiven if they view innovation labs (no matter the label) as something that verges on retail fad.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

The partnership aims to create a secondary credit market that is transparent and efficient and makes it easy to manage credit and digitally store documents, loan history and due diligence activities, preventing “information asymmetry risks,” the release stated. Diokno, Philippines’ Central Bank (BSP) governor in the release.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

It’s one thing to want to improve or innovate. What’s harder — and what really makes the difference — is figuring how, where and when to innovate, a task that must take into account various factors and even wildcards that keep popping up in the growing and global digital economy and its various ecosystems. B2B Payments.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

When it comes to implementing innovation, trying and succeeding are two different things. percent of them said they want to innovate to gain a competitive edge, while 75 percent seek to boost their sales revenue. percent intend to use innovation as a way to improve customer loyalty. As much as 77.4 Another 62.2 Another 62.2

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

To provide consumers with the curation of a subscription box or the flexibility of a rental platform, digital innovators are tapping into the subscription business model. The estimated market size of the sharing economy by 2025 is $335 billion. Spotify rolled out multiple marketing campaigns during the quarter.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

To enhance diners’ experiences in quick-service restaurants (QSRs), managers are utilizing digital innovations, enabling everything from faster orders to more efficient kitchens. More than 70 percent of QSR managers see these as the main benefits of implementing technology, according to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

It’s also the start of another football gambling season — one that involves mobile commerce and digital payments, and companies trying to innovate their way to success in this growing field of transactions. More Innovation. Such desire for speed is also helping to drive innovation in other forms of gambling-related payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Not innovating is not an option. Perhaps in the early days of digital banking and mobile apps, innovative technology was a “nice to have,” but that is no longer the case. The Bank Innovation Readiness Index , in collaboration with payments solutions provider i2c , provides evidence to back that up.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have heard the call for innovative digital ordering capabilities, with several major brands stepping up their investments in this area. The company will deploy delivery-focused kitchen management solutions from ConnectSmart to more than 900 locations in these two global markets.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Apparel used to be mostly a brick-and-mortar retail experience, but that has changed drastically over the last few years – and has been one of the main innovations when it comes to commerce related to the clothes we wear. About one-quarter – or 26.8

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 24, 2018

Standard Chartered, headquartered in London, is expanding its global digital footprint from Hong Kong to the west coast of Africa. The bank, which has $663.5 billion in assets and operates mainly in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, announced in June that it would begin work on developing a disruptive new business model for the Hong […].

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

At the end of the day, he noted, trust is the critical element at credit unions, and the main differentiator between credit union customers and other banking customers. It’s a statement borne out by the new Credit Union Innovation Playbook , a PYMNTS/ PSCU collaboration. But, Lynch noted, it is still a starting point. For example, 49.1

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Morgan’s EMEA Head of Wholesale Payments Shahrokh Moinian, technological innovation is helping to unlock more opportunities for corporate treasurers to step up to this newfound strategic role of mitigating risk within their organizations. The other is technological innovation. According to J.P. That’s our No.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

There isn’t a lot of room to really innovate the Thanksgiving turkey. Instant Pot doesn’t do much marketing as a company policy — but plenty of well-known people seem content to take on that duty for free on its behalf. So is this innovation worth investigation? Or is there? The Instant Pot Solution. “I Dinner On Demand.

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