PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Metro Bank has launched an app called MCash for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to pick up and drop off cash as needed, according to reports on Monday (Dec. Metro Bank’s customers will make about 250,000 trips to either deposit or take money out every year, an activity that totals about £30 million of deposits every month.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

The myth of the lone (and possibly mad) scientist died out a long time ago, as the industrial age led to teams of researchers working together (or at healthy cross purposes) to enable innovation. As for Walmart, its tech incubator has given birth to innovations and entrepreneurial efforts, as PYMNTS has covered.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Retailers are turning to accelerators to drive innovation, and Target is taking its program to the international stage: It is teaming up with Germany’s wholesale and food specialist METRO AG for its cohort this year. They will also visit the headquarters of Target in Minnesota and METRO’s Accelerator headquarters in Berlin.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Through our Bright Paths program, we’re committed to bringing more diverse insights and skillsets into the conversation and driving true innovation forward. Andrea: We also believe innovation is best achieved when every perspective is considered. So how does Bright Paths work? What can someone who would like to participate expect?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Tools that can fill specific business needs and features beyond more than just real-time speeds are beginning to grow more important, propelling development and innovation in this area. Faster payments are filtering into the transportation industry as well. The system will come fully online in the city by 2021, according to the MTA.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) is launching an initiative called the FinCEN Innovation Hours Program, as a call to private sector companies that have developed tech to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, the organization said in a release. FinCEN expects to hold events in the Washington, D.C.

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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. Pizza chain Domino’s , for example, is planning to test self-driving vehicle technology in one major metro region.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

To capture this spending, grocers are driving innovation through their brick-and-mortar stores with delivery and pickup efforts (among other initiatives). At the time, the retailer said the 50th metro area for grocery delivery was in Akron, Ohio and that more locations were on the way.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Sensibill CEO Corey Gross said in the release that there's a "new urgency around cost savings, efficiencies, digital engagement and innovation in otherwise mature markets.". s Metro Bank on a new corporate expense management solution, PYMNTS reported. Loyalty and rewards companies can use it to deliver rewards to users quicker.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Mostly because that is where innovations tend to get their start — ridesharing, delivery on demand, one-day shipping, buy-online pick up in-store, experimental experiential retail locations, pop-up shops and the list goes on (and on).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

There are also a lot of busy working professionals and big corporate headquarters in both of those metro areas. Within three to five years, Zohr plans to have expanded into most major metro areas across the country. Both cities are relatively spread out, so people have longer commute times. and avoid the trek to a garage.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Yet this week’s look at payment rail innovation finds that many players in the B2B space are turning to develop new payment networks and services infrastructure from the ground up, rather than rely on new technology for legacy payment rails to improve the business payment experience. ” Metro Bank Loops SMBs Into Bacs.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 8, 2017

Seven years ago, the first new retail bank in almost a century got its licence to open: Metro Bank. Now, there are so many new banks starting up in Britain (and across Europe) that it’s sometimes hard to keep up with it all.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2017

Here in the States, urban commuters are doubtlessly familiar with bike-sharing based on docking stations — from metro Boston’s Hubway service to Los Angeles’ Metro Bike Share. As of the latest U.S. Department of Transportation’s national count in 2016, there were 3,378 bike-share docking stations across 104 U.S.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Bank of the West recently added 143 ATMs across the Denver and Sacramento metro areas through an agreement with ATM operator Cardtronics. One target? Millennials, actually.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

LISNR is taking part in the METRO Target Retail Accelerator , certified by Techstars. That’s a mouthful, but it means LISNR, which sells ultrasonic-sound transmission technology for use in retail and payments, gets an opportunity for an innovation boost, alongside retail leaders from around the world. Solving For Friction.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

But Alphons believes Wardrobe is lean and ready to compete with two critical innovations that are unique among fashion platforms in the sharing economy. metros in 2020 and beyond, though no specific plans have been announced yet. In some sense, the company is late to the race, facing a host of long-established competitors.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The rest includes a number of other factors, like the number of accidents the drivers had, the type of card and the specific Metro area. The company’s early assumption was that it would attract millennials living in metro areas. It’s not something we want to force the customer to interact with,” he said. “It’s

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BankBazaar

JANUARY 14, 2025

Penetration in Tier-3 cities will increase and smaller transactions, driven by fintech innovations. Credit Card Growth: Customisation and fintech innovations will drive penetration in Tier-3 cities, despite challenges like delinquencies. Issuers will focus on customisation, offering tailored rewards for specific demographics.

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BankBazaar

JANUARY 31, 2021

Metro services announced in 27 cities, plus additional allocations for Kochi Metro, Chennai Metro Phase 2, Bengaluru Metro Phase 2A and B, Nashik and Nagpur Metros. A new scheme, titled PM Atma Nirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojana, to be launched to develop primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2019

The recent news about challenger banks — which are striving to ride the wave of payments and financial services innovation sparked by such factors as the rise of smartphones and regulatory encouragement for new products and services — follows a scandal at Metro Bank , the report noted.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The service started in Ann Arbor, Michigan and spread to other metro areas. We’ve gained extremely valuable insights from operating our own car-sharing business,” Pamela Fletcher, GM’s vice president of global innovation, said in a statement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Metro Bank is currently piloting an integrated receipt data capture and management solution, the result of its data integration with FinTech Sensibill. A press release announcing the pilot also revealed that Metro Bank plans to expand the integration’s capabilities into services like invoicing and bookkeeping.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

According to the blog post, the retailer currently has grocery delivery available in almost 100 metro regions and “is continuing to innovate to find new ways to serve customers – better, faster and easier.”. households.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

“We are finally seeing funds being poured back into innovative tech that can help self-employed people and small business owners with their finances,” said Coconut CEO and Co-Founder Sam O’Connor in a statement. The funds aim to inject competition into the U.K. banking sector.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

“We are excited about our growing relationship with Visa and are looking forward to continuing to drive innovation in financial services.” In June, LISNR participated in the METRO Target Retail Accelerator , certified by Techstars. The opportunity gave LISNR an innovation boost via the collective effort of incubation.

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Accenture: Banking

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In my frequent conversations with clients across the UK and Irish banking industry, one of today’s hottest topics is the rise of the challenger banks such as CYBG, Metro and AIB UK, and particularly the neo-challenger banks providing digital-only services, like Monzo, Atom and Starling. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Challengers like Monzo , Santander and Metro Bank were forecast to put a stop to the dominance of the big four. Metro Bank shares dropped 30 percent after it was forced to cancel a planned bond sale, while Santander lost 1.5 Challenger banks in the U.K. They are, however, failing to thrive per reports. billion pounds ($1.8

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Marketing dollars play a role in making current clients aware of interest rate offerings, and special promotions often bring in new, eligible customers (although Sherbank in Russia’s home loan promotion of a free kitten may take the prize for most innovative tactic).

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2018

In 1948, a cooperative in Switzerland brought an innovative transportation solution to life: The group, which was known as “Sefage,” created the world’s first carshare program. A former director of Seattle’s Metro, Peterson knew he had a winner when he came across carsharing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Is the store register on its way out in favor of other retail and payments innovation? Sound, too, could end up playing a bigger role in retail payments innovation. The company sells ultrasonic sound transmission technology for use in retail and payments — and is a part of the METRO Target Retail Accelerator , certified by Techstars.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“With continued innovation and personalization, we are providing customers with more ways to enjoy fresh, delicious meals that align with their individual tastes.”

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The Paypers

OCTOBER 14, 2019

(The Paypers) UK-based Metro Bank has announced three fintech and SME partnerships, following GBP 120 million funding it secured from the Capability and Innovation Fund.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Metro Bank is hoping a new feature that allows employees to take and instantly upload photos of such receipts will help fix that. These mistakes can be costly, especially for small businesses, but many of them are turning to more innovative expense tools to ensure this does not occur. The Latest Workforce Spend Headlines.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Visa and Planeta Informatica said they have partnered with Ingenico Group to implement Visa SAM, with an eye on launching contactless transit with Metro Rio in late April, building on Ingenico’s existing contactless terminals.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

The invoice, which was issued at the Futian Station of the Shenzhen Metro, was developed by the Shenzhen Municipal Taxation Bureau with the help of Chinese tech giant Tencent , according to Coin Telegraph. Before 2017, bitcoin held more than 70 percent of the market — but that was before new cryptos came on the scene.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

Walmart, for its part, is doubling down on grocery pickup: The company announced in September that it was offering grocery delivery in 50 metro areas across the United States. Combined with third-party, crowd-sourced delivery providers, we are well on our way to bringing grocery delivery to 100 metro areas covering 40 percent of U.S.

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